Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios announced today that director Marc Webb, who previously helmed (500) Days of Summer, will direct the upcoming Spider-Man 4 film.
Damn. So, apparently Spider-Man 4 is a dead deal. It was bug-sprayed. Stepped-on. Swatted. Flushed down the ethers of possibility.
Let’s be honest, today’s news that Walt Disney was acquiring Marvel is hardly likely to inspire cheers among anyone except shareholders. If you’re a fan of comic book movies, you probably see this as a death knell for some of the great hero movies of the last few years, including Iron Man, Spider-Man, and even X-Men.
“Best. Ever.” is a weekly conglomeration of things that made my week. And there was much rejoicing.
The dark webslinger returns, Khaaaaaaan!, Jacob lives!, ER flatlines, Twouble with Twitters, Star Wars/Dallas intro, Red Dwarf rises again, Dallas Green, CuteOverload, and Terry Pratchett.
For the last week I’ve been keying myself up for a screening of Spider-Man 3 that Sony was putting on downtown. I watched the second movie again, read up a bit about how the film came together, and was ready for whatever director Sam Raimi could deliver. And truth is, I probably had too much [...]
This might be the first summer in years where I’m actually excited about almost all of the big movies coming out. It is summer though, so obviously they’re all popcorn pictures, but still – Harry Potter, Transformers, Live Free or Die Hard – I think I’m going to be in movie theatres a lot between [...]
Wow. That’s all I can say. Wow. Check out the new Spider-Man 3 trailer that I just got sent from iFilm.com – amazing stuff. Also just makes me admire director Sam Raimi even more for doing such a mind-blowing job of bringing Spider-Man to film.
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