Some Spider-Man Reboot Tidbits Hit the Web
James Wortman Apologies in advance for the limited updates lately. Between a busy work schedule and a social calendar packed with end-of-summer activities, I’ve been a tad estranged from the blogosphere, for…
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The Spider-Man Musical’s in Full Swing?
Troubled Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark—featuring music by U2’s Bono and The Edge—is apparently finally happening, with an official opening night set for December 21. According to The…
Sony Chooses its New Spider-Man
When Sony Pictures’ fourth Sam Raimi Spider-Man flick faced some production difficulties earlier this year, the studio did the most reasonable thing by Hollywood logic: They fired their veteran director…
Sony: Spider-Man Reboot Will Be 3D
Following the commercial and critical success of James Cameron’s Avatar, Sony Pictures announced February 9 that its forthcoming Spider-Man reboot, helmed by (500) Days of Summer director Marc Webb, will…
(500) Days of Spider-Man
So, it looks like Marc Webb—who directed the indie romantic comedy (500) Days of Summer—is going to helm Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man reboot, which will hit theaters in 2012. Variety reports…
Sony: Spider-Man 4 Is Dead
On January 11, Nikke Finke and Mike Fleming at Deadline Hollywood brokenews that following some widely publicized script problems that delayed production, Spider-Man 4 won’t be happening at all. Sony…
Sam Raimi Promises Less Villains in Spider-Man 4
Like most comic book geeks with a keyboard and a digital soapbox, I have a hard time writing about anything related to the Spider-Man movies without first mentioning what a…
A Venomous Spidey Spinoff May Have a Writer
After arch-villain Venom was unceremoniously shoehorned into Spider-Man 3, Columbia Pictures is readying a spin-off film for the character, Variety reports. Fresh from rewriting the script for Spider-Man 4, which…
They’re Actually Making a Sequel to Ghost Rider
You know, for some reason, I like Nicolas Cage. No, he’s not a particularly good actor and he’s been involved in some terrible movies (see the awesomely bad Wicker Man…
Bruce Campbell Gets Expanded Role in Spidey 4
Since you apparently can’t have a Sam Raimi Spider-Man film without Bruce Campbell (and what self-respecting geek would want one?), the cult icon and star of Raimi’s Evil Dead trilogy…