Yet Another Writer Hired for Spider-Man 4
I’m not quite sure what’s going on with Spider-Man 4 right now, but apparently the script is still being kicked around, and this week yet another new screenwriter has been brought in to have a crack at it. Columbia has hired Gary Ross (Pleasantville, Seabiscuit, Big) to do a rewrite, who has previously worked with Tobey Maguire on a number of projects. Story details are still very much under wraps.
This makes Ross the third major writer to join the project after James Vanderbilt (Zodiac) and David Lindsay-Abaire (Inkheart) also wrote previous versions of the screenplay. For the moment it appears that Sam Raimi is not having a hand in writing the screenplay himself. So is this a reason to start worrying about the film? I don’t think so. While too many rewrites can leave a movie nearly incoherent, this doesn’t always have to be the case. Let’s not forget that Spider-Man 2 had a ton of writers, including Alfred Gough & Miles Millar (Smallville), Michael Chabon (Wonder Boys), and Alvin Sargent (Ordinary People). What do you think, is this a bad sign for the project? Do the people involved give you hope?
Comments (6)
does anyone care?
Posted by Bob The Slob on July 9th, 2009Considering that it’s Spider-Man 4, I’m guessing that a lot of people care.
Posted by Sean on July 9th, 2009nobody on this site will care until Diablo Cody is attached, then they will loose their minds
Posted by rus in chicago on July 9th, 2009For the love of God, Allah, & Xenu I hope they start calling this THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN!!!
SPIDER-MAN 4 sounds awful.
@rus in chicago: I’d actually cringe if Diablo Cody were attached to this project.
Posted by Ryan M. on July 9th, 2009If only Spiderman 3 had lots of rewrites.
Posted by Captain N on July 9th, 2009The commentary with Raimi on Spider-Man 3 was interesting. Raimi revealed that he did re-writes during production that forced him to make difficult decisions. At the moment, the one thing I remember he changed was that originally, at the end, Spider-Man rescued Gwen Stacy instead of Mary Jane. There was something else that changed the motivation of a character, but I can’t recall what it was.
BTW, I don’t find Spider-Man 3 any worse than the other two Spider-Man movies.
Posted by Reed Farrington on July 10th, 2009Leave a Reply