So did you think that Tobey Maguire was the perfect Peter Parker? Did you think that the huge volume of stories in comic books could keep the franchise going for years more to come? Where you just looking forward to the 4th movie in the series, expected in the summer of 2011?
Whatever you thought, you were wrong. At least according to the thinking of Marvel and Sony. Because they just pulled the plug on the 4th Spiderman movie.
Yep, the series is now officially done at 3. Well sort of. Because Sony and Marvel Comics won't let a good thing go. Not if there is even a slight chance of making a bit more money.
The problem was that Sam Raimi wasn't feeling 100% about doing abnother Spiderman movie. Add to that the huge cost of the recurring cast (who were apparently all for another try) and problems sorting out a script and/or villian. It's enough to make even J. Jonah Jameson cry.
But never fear. The powers that be (executives with an eye on the trends of the day) have figured out a way to help people with their Spidey fix, and make even more boatloads of money. Plans are now underway to scrap the original cast, get a new director, and start the whole thing over. But since the series is hardly old, a new twist is going to be added so it has a nice revisionist feel.
The hottest movies out now are teen movies. Twilight, Harry Potter, and so on. But Potter is about to end, and there is just so much angst that you can get from a hormonal vampire with pimples. Which is where Spidey comes in.
The new film will be all about the angst of being a teen-ager with spider powers, a curfew, and bullies you just can't do anything to even though you could. Add a couple of Teenbeat cover stars and you have a surefire money maker.
If I sound a bit jaded, I am. I don't like revisionist remakes. I generally don't like remakes either. And dropping a more than healthy dose of teen angst into the mix does not make a recipe for quality anything. I could be wrong, but it won't matter. As long as they fill the screen with the latest tween and young star, it'll make money.
On a seperate note, this now confirms the trend in Marvel movies. You get 3 and you're out. With the X-Men they could have skipped the 3rd. Hopefully Iron Man will be up to the task. Thor doesn't even need to be made once. And a remake of Daredevil can't be worse than what we already got. Oh, and the Wolverine movies? I can live without it.
But if Spiderman - the teen years is not enough for you, don't worry. A new, revisioned, all teen and 20-something X-Men prequel movie is already being planned. And that will probably kill the comic book to movie conversions for a while. I hope.
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