Spider-Man 4? Spider-Man? Spider-Man reboot...?

First of all, why does Sony think it's a good idea to try to destroy their current grasp on the Spider-man franchise with a FUCKING REBOOT only a few years after the last movie? Sure sure, the Punisher was rebooted very quickly, but you can almost see the Punisher movies like a serialized action series, like James Bond, so you don't need to have the same people playing the same characters.

Spider-Man on the other hand has dragged itself through 3 films that, by the end, wore the actors and director so thin that they all refused to sign on for a 4th film. Because Sony knew that replacing a director like Sam Raimi would be a difficult thing to do while maintaining a similar directorial style, they decided that calling this film Spider-Man 4 would be a bad move, so they did what everyone else does in Hollywood these days...

REBOOT!


YEAH! That's a good idea, make a movie reboot for a film trilogy that's less than 10 years old. Wait, Spider-Man 3 came out in 2007? THE FUCKING REBOOT IS LESS THAN 5 YEARS PAST THE LAST FILM IN THE SERIES?

Okay, okay, so maybe the movie won't be too bad, as long as the director they pick is well suited for the job, has a passion for the characters, and gets some creative control over the process. Oh right, Raimi left the series because the studio was being too controlling, forcing Venom into the 3rd movie and strong-arming him into making a lot of choices he was vigilantly against.


Oh, and you say that the director, Marc Webb has directed only one feature (500 Days of Summer, which was a fine film)? Sounds a lot like a big studio giving a newer director a huge project to undertake. They must be putting a lot of faith into his skills to give him this much to tackle.

OR

They know that as a new director, Webb will be easier than Raimi was to control when it comes to creative choices. Raimi broke a lot of the old "rules" of film making in his day, and that's what made him such a great director. 500 Days of Summer is a good flick, but it's not the most ambitious from a direction standpoint. Webb seems like he's more willing to take suggestion and nudges from big wigs who want to see THEIR version of Spider-Man on the screen.

Now, who is going to play Spider-Man?

Almost a cross between Tobey Maguire and Topher Grace

Andrew Garfield, best known for his roll in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Will be your new Peter Parker. The movie is rumored to be set during Peter's high school years, as opposed to the first movie's university setting. Should be a nice little watch, considering we'll be seeing a 28 year old actor playing a 17 year old, I know it's not that unusual, but they could put a little effort into finding a younger actor if they really want to hit that age.


Anyway, I know I'll be in the theater when this movie comes out in 2012, but I really hope once this movie fails to live up to it's predecessors they'll can their license on Spider-Man and give it up to Marvel Studios, so we can see it properly used again.