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Spider Man 4 has been canceled, and the series is going to be rebooted, featuring a new cast and director.
Apparently, Sam Raimi making 2.5 billion dollars for Sony Pictures wasn't enough of an incentive to continue having him direct.
Seriously, though... rebooted? The motherfucking series is eight years old. Not 18. Not 28. Eight.
Edit: You know, though, that if they go through with this, that there's things that they should not do in the reboot.
1) Don't use the villains you've already used. Yes, the Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, Sandman and Venom are well known members of Spider-Man's 'rogues gallery'. But give us someone we haven't seen in the movies. Give us the Lizard, the Vulture, Mysterio....
2) Don't show the origin again. As noted, the first movie in the Sam Raimi directed series came out in 2002. We do not need to waste 30-40 minutes of the movie showing Peter Parker becoming Spider-Man. We know the fucking story already.
3) For fuck's sake, don't get put super-star actors in roles just because they're super-star actors. Tobey Maguire was a relative unknown when he got the role of Peter Parker. In other words, no Tom Cruise, no Russell Crowe, no no, a thousand times no.
Apparently, Sam Raimi making 2.5 billion dollars for Sony Pictures wasn't enough of an incentive to continue having him direct.
Seriously, though... rebooted? The motherfucking series is eight years old. Not 18. Not 28. Eight.
Edit: You know, though, that if they go through with this, that there's things that they should not do in the reboot.
1) Don't use the villains you've already used. Yes, the Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, Sandman and Venom are well known members of Spider-Man's 'rogues gallery'. But give us someone we haven't seen in the movies. Give us the Lizard, the Vulture, Mysterio....
2) Don't show the origin again. As noted, the first movie in the Sam Raimi directed series came out in 2002. We do not need to waste 30-40 minutes of the movie showing Peter Parker becoming Spider-Man. We know the fucking story already.
3) For fuck's sake, don't get put super-star actors in roles just because they're super-star actors. Tobey Maguire was a relative unknown when he got the role of Peter Parker. In other words, no Tom Cruise, no Russell Crowe, no no, a thousand times no.
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Batman (Michael Keaton): Blech. It could have been worse. It could have been a musical. Frankly, I would rather have seen Keaton cast as the Joker.
Batman Returns (Michael Keaton): Bleeeech. About the only good thing in this movie was that DeVito made a wonderful Penguin.
Batman Forever (Val Kilmer): Bleeeeeeeeech. Don't get me wrong, Tommy Lee Jones made an interesting Two Face (although I would rather have seen Billy Dee Williams reprise his role from the first movie), but the Riddler? Damn. No, just damn. (But he's fabulous!) No, hush. Damn. Also, was there a worse actor to portray Robin then Chris O'Donnell?
Batman and Robin (George Clooney): Jesus H. Tap-dancing Christ, I always wondered what a train wreck of a film would look like when you're seeing it fresh.
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Although your idea of Keaton as the Joker, and thus by extension Nicholson as Batman, makes me giggle as I die a little inside thinking about watching that movie.
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And honestly, I didn't mean to infer that if Keaton was playing the Joker, then Nicholson would be Batman.... but the idea is giggle-worthy.
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