Stan Lee in Venom Spin-Off
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If it's just in the script phase, that doesn't mean anything. At such an early point in the filmmaking process, anything that's written in a script is essentially a suggestion, not a guarantee. In Hollywood moviemaking, scripts tend to go through dozens of drafts or get tossed out altogether and replaced before a single frame of film is shot.
At this point, anyone writing any Marvel movie is going to expect there to be a Stan Lee cameo in it. So it stands to reason that such a cameo would be written in at the very earliest stages, well before anything's actually locked down.
At this point, anyone writing any Marvel movie is going to expect there to be a Stan Lee cameo in it. So it stands to reason that such a cameo would be written in at the very earliest stages, well before anything's actually locked down.
Hmmm. A movie based around a character who was killed off in the least well-received movie in the series? And apparently to be played by a different actor who played him last time round? I wouldn't be betting on sitting down to see this in the cinema any time soon. Or ever, in fact ...
Is Topher Grace going to reprise the role? I guess I'm wildly in the minority, but I didn't mind either the character or the actor, and I'm mildly interested in seeing them both again...I guess it helps that I've never been a Spidey fan from the comics, so whatever they want to throw out there, I've got no preconceived notions.
I think the only way to do Venom "properly" is as a villain for Spider-Man. It seems a solo flick would have to do the same utterly awful, misguided thing the comics did, which is to try to turn this murdering monstrosity into some kind of "hero," which to me is just sick and wrong.
Although come to think of it, there is another possible approach that might work: do it as a horror movie with Venom as the monster that must be defeated. Somehow I doubt they'd go that route, though.
Although come to think of it, there is another possible approach that might work: do it as a horror movie with Venom as the monster that must be defeated. Somehow I doubt they'd go that route, though.
ooh, now I want WB to make a Two-Face movie!
Or Big Wheel. C'mon, you can't do Spider-Man movies without using Big Wheel!
OH GOD NO!
God no. Venom has always been one of my least favorite villains of Spider-Man and I hated the third movie (but then I'm not a big fan of any of the Spider-Man movies).
I agree.....
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I think for Spider-Man 3 they mainly went with the "Ultimate" version of the character-who was an old friend of Peter's but one was morally corrupt, a sort of darker parrarel to Parker. He was also thin, kind of like Topher was, although the Venom suit (In that continuity, a sort of enzyme instead of something from space) added bulk and of course the nasty teeth (It did this to Peter too at one point, when he realized the suit was 'bad').
The current rumor for Spider-Man 3's villain is the Chameleon. The Chameleon of course was Spider-Man's very first "Supervillain".
The current rumor for Spider-Man 3's villain is the Chameleon. The Chameleon of course was Spider-Man's very first "Supervillain".
My Spidey-Sense says this will go down the Catwoman route...
Doubtful, unless it becomes the vanity project of an actor so famous that nobody dares to point out that his ideas are terrible. That's the only reason Catwoman was so awful -- because it was Halle Berry's vanity project. It wasn't the fault of Warner Bros., except in the sense that they didn't have the courage to sit their star down and say, "Listen, these ideas you're coming up with are monumentally horrible and you need to stop thinking you're qualified to make creative decisions." (See also Battlefield Earth/John Travolta and Gigli/Jennifer Lopez.)
If it does turn out badly, a better analogy would be Elektra. (Though I actually kind of liked Elektra, up to a point.)
I mean more in regards to how it will linger in development hell long after the franchise it was suppose to spin out of has long ended (naturally or otherwise).
I recall reading a script review of Catwoman when Ashely Judd was still linked to the title role, long before Halle entered the fray. It was basically the same movie that ended up in the kitty litter, sorry, onscreen. Patience Price, or whatever her name was, no Gotham/ Batman connection, cosmetics company, the same cop character (at that stage Owen Wilson rather than Benjamin Bratt was supposed to play him).
It was just the same stupid screenplay, essentially. There may have been elements introduced to appease Ms Berry but this was a dumb disrespectful project from the start. Can't blame it all on her.
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