So, “Spider-Man 4” has a new director: Marc Webb of “(500) Days of Summer” fame. Interesting choice, since that was his first feature film and before that he was doing music videos. Great name for the job, however (Webb – get it?)
We already new that this version was going to be a prequel, but I read today that the budget is expected to be around $80 million! How can you make a “Spider-Man” movie for that? Sure, it’s going to be Peter Parker in high school and so there won’t have to be a lot of action scenes and special effects, but there are going to have to be some. And who’s are they going to get to play Peter and still be able to stay within that budget? (go to Whaddya Think? and vote for who you’d like to see in the role)
Also, Webb’s deal includes an option for two sequels. How are they going to do two sequels and not over-lap the first “Spider-Man” movie? Are we supposed to forget Toby Maguire completely?
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