"The Amazing Spiderman" (2012)

[Am_I_Evil]

Who says it's suppose to be high school.

everyone involved....that was one of the main reasons they said they were rebooting it...to go back to Peter Parker in high school...

[Tech Star]

I just hope that this time, Venom will be done right in Spiderman.

[Rappy Veteran]

Who says it's suppose to be high school. And no, you can't have it dark and in high school, not really.

Thats the reason for the reboot to go back to the origins of spidey which is high school

[Rappy Veteran]

Ultimate Spider-Man Writer Brian Bendis Consulting Spider-Man Reboot?

Brian Bendis is a well known, well respected bestselling comic author. He has won critical acclaim including five Eisner Awards (the comic equivalent of the Oscar), while remains one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics. Bendis was behind the Spider-Man comic book reboot, Ultimate Spider-Man, which he continues to write ten-years and 130-something issues later. Could Bendis be consulting on the upcoming 3D Spider-Man reboot?

Latino Review noticed that Bendis tweeted on January 11th responding to fan questions about the film:

i work as a consultant on the marvel movies. this is a sony movie. i have no involvement. but maybe if you all scream loud enough :)

And earlier today Bendis tweeted:

Just spent a very interesting morning at Sony with the entire spidey movie team!! Very very cool stuff!!

Looks like Bendis might?ve been consulting Webb, screenwriter James Vanderbilt, and team on the new big screen reboot. It shouldn?t be that much of a surprise as the (500) Days of Summer director told MTV in January that he is a big fan of the Stan Lee material, but he ?love(s) the ?Ultimate [spider-Man]? stuff.?

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[Draconian Guppy]

Ultimate Spider-Man Writer Brian Bendis Consulting Spider-Man Reboot?

Brian Bendis is a well known, well respected bestselling comic author. He has won critical acclaim including five Eisner Awards (the comic equivalent of the Oscar), while remains one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics. Bendis was behind the Spider-Man comic book reboot, Ultimate Spider-Man, which he continues to write ten-years and 130-something issues later. Could Bendis be consulting on the upcoming 3D Spider-Man reboot?

Latino Review noticed that Bendis tweeted on January 11th responding to fan questions about the film:

i work as a consultant on the marvel movies. this is a sony movie. i have no involvement. but maybe if you all scream loud enough :)

And earlier today Bendis tweeted:

Just spent a very interesting morning at Sony with the entire spidey movie team!! Very very cool stuff!!

Looks like Bendis might’ve been consulting Webb, screenwriter James Vanderbilt, and team on the new big screen reboot. It shouldn’t be that much of a surprise as the (500) Days of Summer director told MTV in January that he is a big fan of the Stan Lee material, but he “love(s) the ‘Ultimate [spider-Man]‘ stuff.”

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That's good news to some point I guess, though I prefer the original than anything in the ultimate universe ( Drawing wise at least...)

[Rappy Veteran]

lolwat :laugh:

[Lqv2015]

I'm over this whole reboot thing. Now I'm pretty stoked bout what they can do with this whole teen comic book movie. I hope it's not all cheese like the latest teen vampire movies.

[Razorwing]

Cool. I'm looking forward to this.

[Rappy Veteran]

New director Marc Webb explains his fascination with the wall-crawler:

I think that there's something about Peter Parker that's just... He's a legend. That mythology is appealing to me and it has been for a long time. It's just a dream come true. [sam Raimi] did something fantastic, but I do think the mythology of Spider-Man is wide and vast, and there's more opportunity to explore that cinematically.

And he says he's "casting a wide net" for the new Peter Parker. [MTV]

[Draconian Guppy]

Hmmm every time I read this thread I think "This just seems to be going all to hell..." I blame Rappeh for that... I mean... Sony :shifty:

[Growled Member]

I just hope that this time, Venom will be done right in Spiderman.

Amen to that. They did did a horrible job with Venom in SM3. I was very disappointed.

[sundayx Veteran]

I'd probably enjoy it more if they just put the animated episodes with the space shuttle and venom and all that.

[Xero]

^ haha yea. Just air the cartoon instead. What bothers me is the casting for the title character. Much like Captain America. I'll give just about every movie a chance but bad casting is going to really bug me.

[Rappy Veteran]

Buried in an article by the L.A Times about what projects this years Oscar winners have lined up next is this nugget of info regarding directing gigs offered to Best Director winner Kathryn Bigelow:

Kathryn Bigelow, the veteran filmmaker who won Oscars on Sunday for best picture and best director, has also been cautious about signing on to a new film. The ?Hurt Locker? director-producer has turned down a host of jobs on big-budget movies, including an offer to direct the relaunch of the ?Spider-Man? franchise ? the job wound up going to ?(500) Days of Summer?s? Marc Webb.

Things like this always interest me. After directors and actors receive Oscar nominations there is a period of a few weeks between the announcement and the ceremony where they receive a ton of offers. Sony will have no doubt looked at a number of different directors after they decided they were rebooting the Spider-Man franchise, and I?m sure they had a glance at this year?s Best Director nominees for potential directors.

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so they offered the gig to Kathryn that would of been quite bad ass :p

[+jamesyfx Subscriber²]

The problem with Spider-Man with me has always been his abilities. I mean, who would want them? Sticky stuff coming out of your skin, and sticky fingers? Sounds a bit icky to me. :rofl: The other stuff he can do sounds good, but the main bit? No fanks.

I hope the next movie will be more about plot and character development than mindless fighting baddies and doing odd computer-generated acrobatics.

[Xero]

^ I think his abilities are some of the best. He's normal but not, you know? He's not like Superman whose pretty much invincible. However Batman is the best, no superpowers, just strength and intelligence. And one badass cape.

[PGHammer]

i think those two are a little unrealistic, but so would lizard, so who knows? I know venom was kinda unreal (like he is a computerized symbiote...) but he is such a classic character its easy. A guy who shoots lightning and a huge guy on steroids dressed in a rhino costume would prolly turn away to many people.

Venom *and* Rhino for 4 is possible, if they could manage the CGI needed for Venom.

Venom wasn't exactly a baddie (not in the classic sense). Alien definitely (remember, he came in as an unwitting passenger on Col. Jameson's space shuttle, which Spidey saved from crashing), but not a baddie. Venom was severely influenced by Spidey (which is why he has most of his powers; conversely, it's also why Spidey's alarums *don't* go off when Venom, or Carnage, is out and about) because Spidey was the first human Venom encountered.

Why Rhino? Lest anyone has forgotten, while Spidey as trying to puzzle out the strange events since saving the shuttle (unknown to him, due to Venom and Carnage), he (unknown to him, still wearing Venom) encounters Rhino (who is, as usual, up to no good). Rhino would ordinarily have little trouble with Spidey muscle-wise; however, this time, the Venomized Spidey slamdances Rhino all over the place; in fact, he literally terrorizes the not-bright-baddie and leaves him trussed up at the Bronx Zoo!

[speedstr3789]

Venom isn't a computerized symbiote. The symbiote originaly came from space aboard a space shuttle./quote]

You better read up on your comic history....

[PGHammer]

The problem with Spider-Man with me has always been his abilities. I mean, who would want them? Sticky stuff coming out of your skin, and sticky fingers? Sounds a bit icky to me. :rofl: The other stuff he can do sounds good, but the main bit? No fanks.

I hope the next movie will be more about plot and character development than mindless fighting baddies and doing odd computer-generated acrobatics.

*Not* out of his fingers.

The fluid is a Parker-developed epoxy shot from cartridges he wears under his suit. (Synthetic spidersilk, to be precise.)

Parker is a brain, and a major brain. In the comic books, he was recruited by Reed Richards *and* Tony Stark while still in high school. (In case you've forgotten, he did, in fact, intern with Stark Industries while at ESU.)

I would like to see more of the interest by Richards and Stark in Peter (in both cases, the interest predates The Bite).

Natural spidersilk has been the inspiration for *most* of the planet's artificial fibers (especially nylon, rayon, and Kevlar) because of it's properties.

Parker's synthetic spidersilk has one other unique property; it decays naturally over time, leaving *no* toxic byproducts!

[Rappy Veteran]

*Not* out of his fingers.

The fluid is a Parker-developed epoxy shot from cartridges he wears under his suit. (Synthetic spidersilk, to be precise.)

Parker is a brain, and a major brain. In the comic books, he was recruited by Reed Richards *and* Tony Stark while still in high school. (In case you've forgotten, he did, in fact, intern with Stark Industries while at ESU.)

I would like to see more of the interest by Richards and Stark in Peter (in both cases, the interest predates The Bite).

Natural spidersilk has been the inspiration for *most* of the planet's artificial fibers (especially nylon, rayon, and Kevlar) because of it's properties.

Parker's synthetic spidersilk has one other unique property; it decays naturally over time, leaving *no* toxic byproducts!

Spidey is saving the planet! :woot:

[PGHammer]

Spidey is saving the planet! :woot:

His motives weren't all tha altruistic; it was simply to avoid leaving a mess!

Spidey sees himself as a higher-tech Duane Chapman (which is largely why he has a love-hate relationship with the NYPD, which sees *themselves* as a professional law-enforcement agency, and are loath to have amateurs like Spidey encroach on their turf).

[speedstr3789]

His motives weren't all tha altruistic; it was simply to avoid leaving a mess!/quote]

actually, he made it to dissolve quickly so that it couldn't be analyzed. This was waaay before the technology we have today)

[Nagisan]

^ I think his abilities are some of the best. He's normal but not, you know? He's not like Superman whose pretty much invincible. However Batman is the best, no superpowers, just strength and intelligence. And one badass cape.

I feel the opposite as you do, I hate superheroes who just have fancy gadgets and what not (except Iron Man, because his entire suit is one big gadget). But Batman for example, he is not a superhero IMO, he is a smart guy with lots of money, nothing "super" about that. :P

The only reason Iron Man is an exception for me, is because his suit of armor is just badass, its not like grappling hooks and what not that Batman has, its just one mechanical device he uses to fight crime (to me, Iron Man is like how Spiderman uses tech for his webs, Iron Man uses tech for his armor/suit, whereas batman just uses tech for everything which is boring).

[Xero]

^ Everyone to their own :) I like it because its more realistic. Being a comic fan I love when they can make things seem real. Nolan does an excellent job at this. Iron Man too. Spidey doesn't fit into this but I still like him. Mostly because I dressed up as Spiderman many times as a kid :blush:

[Rappy Veteran]

Exclusive: 'Percy Jackson' star Logan Lerman frontrunner to be the new 'Spider-Man'

HitFix has exclusively learned that Logan Lerman is first choice for Sony Pictures and the clear frontrunner to replace Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker in the reboot of the blockbuster franchise. A source close to the production tells HitFix Lerman is "almost 100% locked" but not in contract negotiations for the role yet.

Marc Webb ("500 Days of Summer") is directing the new untitled "Spider-Man" which is being written by James Vanderbilt ("Zodiac," "The Losers") and is meant to be a more teen-friendly incarnation, taking Peter Parker back to his early days of balancing girl trouble, homework, and crimefighting. The new film is expected to begin production later this year for a July 3, 2012 release.

Maguire, co-star Kristen Dunst and director Sam Raimi were expected to continue their version of the wall-crawler's adventures until Raimi bowed out after creative differences with the studio earlier this

year. At that time, Sony Pictures decided to re-cast the film and move in a new direction, and had already been developing a reboot script as a contingency plan.

Lerman beats out rumored contenders Anton Yelchin, Jesse Eisenberg, Patrick Fugit and Johnny Simmons.

The 18-year-old Los Angeles native is best known for his role as Percy in February's hit "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief." His other credits include "Gamer," "My One and Only," "Bill," "3:10 to Yuma," "The Number 23" and the TV series "Jack & Bobby" where he played Bobby. Lerman got his start in two Mel Gibson films "What Women Want" and "The Patriot" at the young age of 8.

The attention focused on the casting of this role is not surprising when one considers that, historically, one of the reasons "Gone With the Wind was a phenomenon when it was released in 1939 was the deep investment that the audience already had in the characters thanks to the popularity of the book. Mega-producer David O. Selznick made canny use of the the casting process to hype the film, and the search to find the right Scarlett O'Hara and the right Rhett Butler was international news for a full year.

These days, it seems that the search for each new superhero has become a major sport for outlets that cover entertainment news, no doubt because modern audiences have a major investment in seeing these characters done right. When Sony Pictures decided to reboot "Spider-Man," speculation began immediately, and Lerman was one of the early names bandied about. At the time, those conversations were premature, but it appears that the process has brought Sony back around to the young actor, and now he is poised to wear the familiar red-and-blue costume after all.