Sony Snags 'Amazing Spider-Man 2' Writers for Third Film
The writing gang of Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Jeff Pinkner is once again caught in the spider’s web.
The trio are sharing screenwriting credit on Sony’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2, now in post-production and swinging towards a May 2, 2014 release date, and are reuniting for the third installment.
In June, Sony staked out the dates for the third and fourth Amazing Spider-Man films, setting June 10, 2016, and May 4, 2018 as release dates respectively.
Andrew Garfield is expected to reprise his role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man.
Marc Webb directed the first and second installments and the hope is that he will return.
Elektro and The Rhino are the villains of the Spider-Man 2 although perennial bad guys Norman and Harry Osborne appear in the movie as well. Fans are hoping that one of the future movies at least deals with the classic Death of Gwen Stacy storyline - Sorry, Emma Stone - but Sony was mum on the plot details.
Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach are back as producers for the continuing adventures of the hero created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.
Kurtzman and Orci also received executive producer credit on Spider-Man 2. While Kurtman, Orci and Pinkner share screenwriting credit, James Vanderbilt is billed under the story by credit.
For the third installment, Kurtzman, Orci and Pinkner are expected to receive story by and screenplay by credit.
Kurtzman and Orci will have to fit Spider-Man 3 in their already busy schedule. The duo have signed on to work on Star Trek 3 and are producing Universal’s reboot of The Mummy franchise as well as an adaptation of the Joe Hill comic book Locke & Key.
Pinkner, who was a writer on Lost, is a longtime Kurtzman and Orci associate. He worked with the duo on Alias and was a an exec producer and showrunner on Fringe, the acclaimed sci-fi TV show the pair created with J.J. Abrams.
Kurtzman and Orci are repped by CAA and attorney Michael Gendler; Pinkner by WME.
Hannah Minghella and Rachel O’Connor are overseeing the franchise for the studio.
Marc Webb confirmed to direct The Amazing Spider-Man 3
Big news for Spider-Man fans this morning, with the announcement that Marc Webb has officially signed on to direct The Amazing Spider-Man 3.
Sony has confirmed that Webb will return to complete the third in his trilogy of Spidey films, with Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, and Jeff Pinkner already having written a script.
The studio is planning to get production underway this autumn, ahead of a proposed UK release date of 27 May 2016.
Meanwhile, Variety reports that Sony’s plan for the Spider-Man franchise is even more ambitious than we had first suspected, with the studio aiming to release a Spidey movie every year.
This plan will accommodate the recently confirmed Venom and Sinister Six movies, as well as the main strand of Spider-Man stories, with The Amazing Spider-Man 3 expected to be the first release in this new schedule.
Whether or not viewers have an appetite for that much web-slinging remains to be seen…
The Amazing Spider-Man director to quit after next film
Marc Webb, the director of The Amazing Spider-Man series, has revealed that he will helm the next instalment of the film franchise and then bow out.
Speaking at SXSW, the director - who has worked on the two Spiderman films to date (including the forthcoming second movie) and will continue to work on The Amazing Spider-Man 3 - said that the third film "will close out [his] tenure." He added, "I’ve had so much fun doing it, but after the third movie, it’ll be the time to find something else."
After bringing home more than $700 million around the globe in his last superhero adventure, Andrew Garfield and the Amazing Spider-Man franchise aren’t being rushed back into the fray. A third film was originally slated for June 10, 2016, but Sony announced today that Spidey wouldn’t swing back our way—at least in his own film—until 2018. The twist is that we still might get a taste of Spidey in two years, because Sinister Six is now officially on the calendar for Nov. 11, 2016. That franchise expansion, to be directed by Cabin in the Woods‘ Drew Goddard, will feature a rogue’s gallery of ne’er-do-wells from Spider-Man’s neighborhood, some of whom were likely introduced in the most recent film. “With Sinister Six in the hands of writer-director Drew Goddard, we feel extremely confident placing the film on a prime date in 2016,” said Sony president Doug Belgrad in a statement. Think there is a chance that our friendly, neighborhood Spider-Man makes a cameo to jump-start Sony’s next-generation franchise? Me, too.
Sources say they'd like to work the web-slinger in, but nothing is confirmed yet.
Building on the rumours of a Marvel Cinematic Universe without Iron Man, Thor and Captain America, a new report suggests that Marvel Studios would like to someday incorporate Sony's Spider-Man into their shared universe -- and Sony may also be open to the idea.
According to HitFix, Marvel Studios is looking to bring Spider-Man into their Cinematic Universe -- but makes it clear that there is no confirmation of this happening, only reports of early discussions.
Again, this is mostly speculation, but here's the report from HitFix (which has proven to have a pretty good track-record with rumouriffic stuff):
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"While I can't get the confirmations I need to verify the story, I'm hearing that there are some very cool "Spider-Man" plans being discussed that would help Sony refocus their enormously important franchise while also opening up some connections in the onscreen Marvel movie universe that would blow fandom's minds. Will it work out? I don't know. I would love to be able to state for sure that it's happening. What seems clear from what I've heard is that Marvel wants to be able to play with all of their characters, and if they can make that work creatively and on a corporate level, they will, and that means the world gets bigger again."
The site also indicates that Fox is less cooperative when it comes to sharing their X-Men characters with Marvel. They seem to be content with their own shared universe, since they're expanding it with a Deadpool movie in 2016.
The next time we see the MCU will be in Marvel's The Avengers: Age of Ultron, which opens May 1, 2015. Sony's next Spidey-verse installment -- The Sinister Six -- is slated for a November 11, 2016 release.
“I think there are some stories that will fit beautifully into a cross. Spider-Man would be incredible mixed up with those other universes. But if we want to do that, the crossovers, it has to be a story that is absolutely centered on Spider-Man,” Arad told the Toronto Sun. “We cannot be second banana to anything out there. Because this is the king. This is the one that influenced young people from birth. I’m not preaching, but Spider-Man, Peter Parker, who is in all of us, is too important to go in and use it as a sidepiece for corporate purposes. The studio may disagree with me, some fans may disagree with me. I don’t care.”
Spider-Man has been "second banana" in the Marvel universe since it all started. Peter Parker/Spider-Man not getting respect and being persecuted in the press by Jameson is quintessential to the character. So, if they did a cross-over with the Avengers, I believe it would be out of character for him not to be a second banana to the Avengers.
I consider him the flagship property in all of comic books. Marvel's Superman.
As for his power level and persecution, I think that's the problem that Avi is highlighting -- that it might be hard to integrate him without him seeming like a throw in.
Same challenge exists for DC and Batman -- his stature has a character is not the same as his power level. So the story will be constructed to give him great significance. His name appears in the title and he will "fight" Superman.
On some movie boards, I've seen people saying that Spider-Man and The Fantastic Four are Marvel's B-listers. That adding them to Avengers would bring that franchise down. It's a shame to see that perception out there. It would be a crime for Spider-Man to appear in a Marvel movie on a level with Hawkeye or Black Widow.
I consider him the flagship property in all of comic books. Marvel's Superman.
As for his power level and persecution, I think that's the problem that Avi is highlighting -- that it might be hard to integrate him without him seeming like a throw in.
Same challenge exists for DC and Batman -- his stature has a character is not the same as his power level. So the story will be constructed to give him great significance. His name appears in the title and he will "fight" Superman.
I am not saying he isn't a flagship character, just that within the Marvel universe he isn't treated by the other characters like the flagship character. It was only recently that he was allowed into the Avengers.
Anyway, it doesn't matter, because it would take A LOT for Disney/Marvel Studios to get back Spider-Man. And I don't think it is going to happen.
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