Spider-Man 4: July 3rd, 2012 - Page 2

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EARLY PREDICTION

Sony is seeing massive success with SP3 that may go unmatched this year or ever but I want to caution them to avoid opening around James Cameron's Avatar in 2009. Avatar is a fresh idea that's rumored to already be amazing with technology not seen yet.

The last thing that Sony wants to do is put this up against a sleeper...

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Right, but it's a big Summer. "Avatar" opens in May? Open "Spider-Man 3" in July. There's room enough for MANY big blockbusters.

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Other tentative Summer '09 releases...

"Captain America"
"Clash of the Titans"
"The Flash"
"Ghostbusters: Hellbent"
"The Green Hornet"
"The Hardy Men"
"John Carter of Mars"
"Magneto"
"Monsters and Aliens"
"The Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time"
"Super Max"
"Superman: The Man of Steel"

"Avatar" currently is set to launch on May 22nd of '09, which means Sony will very likely look to snag the first weekend of May once again. Spidey 4 could be in theaters on May 1st (which is a Friday) and have three weeks to itself before "Avatar" even opens.

Both times Spidey has opened on the first weekend of May have resulted in record-shattering launches. I seriously doubt Sony wants to mess with that formula. If Sony seriously intends on releasing a new one in two years than expect Spidey 4 to open on May 1st, 2009.

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They really want a new Spiderman for May09?

re: Spider-Man 4: May 6th, 2011

David

I understand that but Sony wants superiority when a Spiderman installment is released. There will be more chest pounding as SP3 continues to rake in huge amounts of revenue for this offering.

I'm just saying the Sony should be careful with the franchise now. We know they want to do several more with or with out the Fab 3. They probably wouldn't mind replacing Tobey and Kirsten for economical reasons. Their replacements are critical, if Raimi does not return that's even more critical.

Throw in the mix a movie that a great many are interested in that has a fresh idea. Now pour in Sigourney Weaver and Michael Biehn (still unconfirmed).

Avatar could be SP4's Buster Douglas....


Terry with 2009 pretty far off changes may occur. 20th Century Fox may just say we want early May after possibly seeing footage that has them salivating...

re: Spider-Man 4: May 6th, 2011

From what I understand, Fox (as well as Cameron) want the movie to open during Memorial Day Weekend of '09. As of right now, that date is pretty much locked.

Jon, scripting began on Spidey 4 well into post-production on Spidey 3 (they hired David Keopp). The studio is also quietly looking to replace both Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst in the lead roles. Everyone else who appeared (and didn't die) in the first three movies will be back for #4 (namely Bryce Howard, JK Simmons, Rosemary Harris, and Elizabeth Banks).

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jake Gyllenhaal, and an unnamed third actor have been talked about as possible replacements for Maguire, while Mandy Moore and several other actresses have been mentioned as replacements for Dunst. The studio wants to ink the new players to three-picture deals, something they didn't do with Maguire and Dunst. The same goes for the next director, should Raimi opt not to return.

If Maguire were to return he'd command between $20-$30 million. He was paid $17 mil and $19 mil respectively for Spidey 2 and 3. Raimi has been eyeing New Line's "The Hobbit", as well as another "Evil Dead" movie, and seems to want to take a break from Spidey.

This could all be moot, but Sony does want a new movie in theaters for the summer of '09. Their best case scenario has a Spidey movie coming out every 2-3 years.

Bringing Raimi, Maguire, and Dunst back would play havoc on the budget, as it did with Spidey 3. Yes, the studio would love them to return, but its not really cost effective at this point and could be a good time to hand the franchise over to new blood.

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MANDY MOORE?!? oh god.

How about....

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Bryce Dallas Howard should've been MJ in the first place IMO. She was good in her few scenes with PP. But she's obviously not a possibility now they used her (rather pointlessly) already.

Knowing the studio heads though it'll probably end up being Lindsay Lohan, lol. Her "people" are probably desperate to get her on a big time franchise picture like this anyway.

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No offense to Kirsten Dunst, but I've always seen her as the weak link of the franchise. At this point, she's really the only one I think needs to be replaced. Dunst has shown promise in other roles ("Mona Lisa Smile", "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"), but not in the Spidey movies.

As for Lindsay Lohan, I think all of her baggage would work against in getting a role in such an established franchise. The studio may not want to risk all of the craziness surrounding her possibly hurting the movie in any way. She'd probably have to jump through all sorts of hoops to land that gig. At this point, Sony is looking for "cheap, but talented" to fill the role(s).

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Actually I think Mandy Moore would be a good fit. If they are going to replace Tobey, that's going to be trickier.

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Elisha Cuthbert for Felicia Hardy.

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Well yea, I mean do they even NEED a new MJ? With Gwen Stacy introduced and now talk of the Black Cat being in the fourth film, do they even need to have MJ in this film at all? The movie kinda ended on a question mark for the future of their relationship. Just have her character ditch town.

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"If they are going to replace Tobey, that's going to be trickier."

Its almost too bad Grace was in SM3

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The problem I had with Topher Grace is ... I dunno, every scene I saw him as "that 70s Show kid", I never really for a second bought him Brock/Venom in a serious way.

Maybe it would be different if he had been cast as Spider-Man.

I've also thought maybe for the movies they could reverse the Gwen Stacy/Mary Jane relationship and have Mary Jane die and Gwen Stacy then becomes PP's full time GF. Hey it's not like movie franchises don't make bigger changes to the source material anyway.

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Terry, can you elaborate on Raimi's desire to do another Evil Dead film? It's been talked about for years now. Do you really think there's a chance he'll do that before moving on to something like The Hobbit?

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My gut feeling is the future Spider-Man films will get progressively sillier/more over-the-top.

The turn for that already has been made in Spidey 3 ... but really I think the further you get away from PP/Spideys origins the more convulted the story becomes anyway (even in the comics).

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With all the clout Raimi has now, thanks the huge success the Spidey franchise has become, he's in a position where he can actually have a big budget to do another "Evil Dead" movie. All of the movies were done very much on the cheap and the thought of having real money to do one of those movies, plus the chance of working with Bruce Campbell again, is probably very enticing.

From what has been said in interviews, Raimi REALLY wants to do "The Hobbit". He's strengthened his position greatly with Spidey 3's record opening this weekend. Doing another "Evil Dead" is something that is on his radar (either as director or producer), but "The Hobbit" seems to be his "holy grail" right now.

There are a lot of "ifs" involved though. Sony still has first crack at him on Spidey 4, if they choose to A) choose to bring him back and B) give him a deal equal to Peter Jackson's record payday for "King Kong".

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need to get over that.
he has been in a few movies now, was good in Traffic and
proved with In Good Company that he can be a lead in a film.
and as a few mentioned he would be just right as peter parker in future movies.

he has the ability to be funny, snarky the way spider-man is.

re: Spider-Man 4: May 6th, 2011

The Lizard will definitely be one of the villains for Spidey 4. The most popular rumor suggests that Lizard and Carnage will be the villains for #4. Sony may opt to have just Lizard being the baddie, but don't be surprised if a second one (Carnage or someone else) is thrown in.

From what I understand Sony already has a skeleton idea of what the fourth movie will be in terms of the storyline, despite what the producers are saying right now. The one thing that is for sure is that Lizard will appear in film #4.

It'll be interesting to see if any of the "big three" (Raimi, Maguire, and Dunst) return for the fourth movie. Sony is said to be "quietly" looking at possible replacements for all three. Whatever happens, film #4 will be the first of the new trilogy of Spidey movies.

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All we need in a superhero film is ONE villain... ONE!!! You start throwing them in there like the old Batman franchise that went bust and you'll take down this Spider-Man franchise.

It already was becoming sloppy in Spidey 3 with THREE villains. Venom was completely wasted as a character though he (it) was one of the most loved villains, and they should have focused soley on him.

The script also seemed of far less quality than Spidey 2, which IMHO is the best of the series so far.

Comparing POTC 3 to Spidey 3, they both stunk, but Spidey 3 only less so because their heart was in the right place, it just needed more work and the dropping of the baggage of Sandman and Harry/Goblin 2.

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Honestly, Dunst could be replaced with a cardboard monkey & it wouldn't make any difference. The fact that she honestly believes that she has a role in the success of the Spiderman franchise is LAUGHABLE at best & quite sad.

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Interesting info on the possible director for Spidey 4.

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Scoop...Plan-5977.html

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I honestly don't see Sony or Marvel being too happy with that choice even if it means getting Raimi back in a producer's role. They're going to give Bruce $200 million to direct a tentpole franchise film for them when directing an episode of Xena Warrior Princess is the biggest thing on his directing resume.

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The idea that Bruce Campbell would direct Spider-Man 4 is preposterously stupid. Cinemablend should be ashamed of themselves for drawing such conclusions.

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Cinema Blend updated their story revealing that Bruce Campbell is NOT the director that Raimi has in mind to helm Spidey 4 should he take on the mantle of producer. They go on to say that they will continue their detective work because the "person of interest" has worked with Raimi before. So, we'll see.