The Amazing Spider-Man Marc Webb to return?

[Arun1910]

I just don't understand, why reboot spider-man when they know the director they have chosen won't be able to do the sequels. That is such a risky move.

 

[SoNicRaDiATioN]

I'm sure the plan was to have Webb for a longer period of time.

Fincher would be great for the Death of Gwen no doubt. And he has ties to Sony obviously with his last two films, but that ship has sailed.

 

[Micromind]

I think that Marc Webb will return.

 

[SpeterMan3]

I'll direct, alright? Problem solved.

 

[Doc Ock]

A Spider-Man 3.1, TSSM, keeping Loeb out of cancelling Avengers: EMH(mostly for Marvel), cancelling the horrible Ultimate Spider-Man(Marvel), keeping Josh Keaton as Spidey in EMH(Marvel)....all proof that Sony, and Marvel, doesn't listen to any petition or any vocal point. They just ignore or perma-delete comments from their Facebook

Your making me said about Marvel animation. I miss TSSM and I don't want EMH to go! Fantastic cartoons get screwed. But yeah as much as I love Marvel they have done alot of fishy things in the past several years.

 

[AF3619]

Saw USM today , idk but i kinda liked the "strange" episode. About cancelling EMH , why?

 

[Doc Ock]

Saw USM today , idk but i kinda liked the "strange" episode. About cancelling EMH , why?

I don't know if its final in being cancelled, but there is a new Avengers show on the way that closely resembles the Marvel Cinematic Universe that will be replacing the EMH. Its a big bummer for me as I really enjoy EMH, just as I really enjoyed Wolverine and the X-Men and SSM. I can see why most prefer DC Animation to Marvel's, DC sticks to it...

If Marc Webb doesn't return, I wonder if it would just be Sony to blame or Marvel as well. Even though Sony has the films rights I've always figured Marvel has a say in these things.

 

[Resistance61513]

This is a farcry but whatever, I'm running with it.

I'm kind of wondering if this is a stunt being pulled by Sony...I mean, it seems like Sony is kind of getting a feel for the reception of ASM. By no means did it do bad financially or critically. The main thing against it was the fact that it was a reboot.

However, people seem to be praising Marc Webb for his directing abilities with Amazing Spider-Man. I know a lot got cut from the film but that's because Marc Webb's take on the character was a bit radical. It definitely upset purists. I think that's one of the reasons why Sony had so much cut from the film because they didn't want to upset the Spider-Man fan base.

At least that's what it kind of seems like. So maybe because the Spidey fans were so vocal about their distain for the new direction, Sony is running this "rumor". They wanna see what the fan base thinks of Marc's job with this Spider-Man reboot. From here and other various media outlets it seems a lot of people are outraged that Marc might not return for ASM2.

I think Sony could possibly just want to hear the fans backing Webb up and confirming that "we" think he is the best candidate to continue this franchise. Or, if the response is positive to him possibly leaving, they're going to look for a new director.

At the moment, as many have already stated, it seems they are coming down to the wire. Shooting should begin roughly in October if they want to meet the 2014 release window.

I know the above sounds a bit outlandish but whatever, it's giving me false hope Marc Webb might return. I really want him to come out with a damn press announcement!

 

[Spuzz]

This is a farcry but whatever, I'm running with it.

I'm kind of wondering if this is a stunt being pulled by Sony...I mean, it seems like Sony is kind of getting a feel for the reception of ASM. By no means did it do bad financially or critically. The main thing against it was the fact that it was a reboot.

However, people seem to be praising Marc Webb for his directing abilities with Amazing Spider-Man. I know a lot got cut from the film but that's because Marc Webb's take on the character was a bit radical. It definitely upset purists. I think that's one of the reasons why Sony had so much cut from the film because they didn't want to upset the Spider-Man fan base.

At least that's what it kind of seems like. So maybe because the Spidey fans were so vocal about their distain for the new direction, Sony is running this "rumor". They wanna see what the fan base thinks of Marc's job with this Spider-Man reboot. From here and other various media outlets it seems a lot of people are outraged that Marc might not return for ASM2.

I think Sony could possibly just want to hear the fans backing Webb up and confirming that "we" think he is the best candidate to continue this franchise. Or, if the response is positive to him possibly leaving, they're going to look for a new director.

At the moment, as many have already stated, it seems they are coming down to the wire. Shooting should begin roughly in October if they want to meet the 2014 release window.

I know the above sounds a bit outlandish but whatever, it's giving me false hope Marc Webb might return. I really want him to come out with a damn press announcement!

It wasn't TOO radical a take and if this forum is any indication it didn't anger many purists either. Lots of people loved it.

 

[Resistance61513]

I was talking about the real origin Webb wanted to do. Peter being possibly genetically altered at birth.

I'm still convinced that Richard Parker experimented on himself while they were working on the cross species experiments. He probably injected himself or something in secret. When the results seemed to be inconclusive he didn't think anything of it.

However, when he and Mary decided to have a child the genetic makeup of that child was changed. This is why *spoiler* Connor's makes the statement in the ASM game that there must be something about Peter's blood that allowed him to retain humanity while being introduced to the cross species.*spoiler*

Honestly, I was really intrigued to see "The Untold Story". Really wish more of it was kept in. Hopefully they cut it just for the sake of the sequels.

 

[Web face]

Honestly, I was satisfied with how much the parents were a part of the story. Probably because Eggy and Tim and others told us that the origin wasn't really changed before the movie was released, so I wasn't preparing myself for something that doesn't actually happen. I think the parents were in there a good enough amount. Peter found his dad's bag which lead him to Oscorp and that started everything. Then the fact that Peter was abandoned by his parents was the reason why Peter and Ben had that small fight before Ben died so they did play a pretty large role in the story.

 

[TheWallCrawler]

I think that Marc Webb will return.

If he does, he really should get someone to help him with action scenes like Zack Snyder or something. I'm not saying that TASM's action scenes are bad, but they're not great either. And it's not because action itself was bad, it was pretty kick-ass actually, but the action scenes are kinda rushed

I mean let's face it, Marc is an indie director that had only directed 500 days of summer before this, he needs some guidance with a block-buster

 

[Jexx]

There's no proof that Marc Webb wanted to go with the genetically altered storyline...

 

[LegendAssemble]

Welllll too everyone who called me a crazed Raimi lover for saying this movie was a hollywood atrocity...I TOLD YOU SO.

But WOW I thought Webb wouldn't get screwed over until the third flick, heck Sam made it half way to 4 before he called it quits!

The only way to predict the future is to learn from the past, I never said that this movie was going to be bad, I just said the principal was awful. Sony was able to completely screw over Sam Raimi and butcher his vision to the point of his resignation, all while having a screen write pen a "possible reboot just incase Sam were to quit". Then not only that but the fans let him get away with it and praised them for it! The whole Vultures plot probably was strategically leaked so we'd all think we dodged a Batman and Robin, when in reality Sony execs probably pushed it so he'd quit.

The sad part is Sony Amazing butchered Amazing in editing and it still somehow came out to be an excellent film. Marc Webb and his direction and clear plan for these characters were what saved the film, which to say the least under performed compared to previous adaptations. I really loved this movie and I saw it 4 times, twice in 3D, and hoped maybe I was wrong about Sony, however it looks like I was wrong.

I'm starting a petition and a calling for a movement, boycott the next installment if Marc Webb doesn't come back and show Avi Arad we're done with him. He is the Dan Snyder of superhero films and it's time we got his meddling hands off our movies and his greedy fingers out of our wallets!

 

[Doc Ock]

I kinda agree on Avi Arad's meddling, it needs to go away. Although I have no idea if he "meddled" with this film as I like to believe he did with Spider-Man 3.

 

[SpiderMarvelite]

Webb or GTFO.

 

[SpiderMarvelite]

If Webb is off, Ill boycott this thing till I see a trailer from the new guy.

 

[LegendAssemble]

I kinda agree on Avi Arad's meddling, it needs to go away. Although I have no idea if he "meddled" with this film as I like to believe he did with Spider-Man 3.

There's pretty good evidence that suggests so. Marc Webb has stated he wasn't extremely happy about the way the film turned out in editing and theres this picture which pretty much sums it up...

I say make the next one fail and let the rights revert to Marvel if he really pushes Webb out. I mean look at the story...it's really bland. The thing that drove the movie was the way we cared about the characters and the technical aspects that, while important, come from the director and the actors. Arad needs to learn he can't have his cake and eat it too anymore.

 

[mayo23]

Can you really blame Avi Arad for "meddling", if he really did anyways? Look to the reasons as to why. The guy apparently reads the message boards everyday and it seems that he lets the general fan consensus dictate his so called "meddling".

Besides, I think Webb will also leave not only because he is not being asked to come back but also out of personal reasons. The guy just finished his first Hollywood blockbuster and his 2nd feature film and so I don't think he'll want to throw himself into another two years of pressure and commitment immediately after.

 

[spider-neil]

Welllll too everyone who called me a crazed Raimi lover for saying this movie was a hollywood atrocity...I TOLD YOU SO.

That's your opinion, that's not a fact.

 

[LegendAssemble]

Can you really blame Avi Arad for "meddling", if he really did anyways? Look to the reasons as to why. The guy apparently reads the message boards everyday and it seems that he lets the general fan consensus dictate his so called "meddling".

Besides, I think Webb will also leave not only because he is not being asked to come back but also out of personal reasons. The guy just finished his first Hollywood blockbuster and his 2nd feature film and so I don't think he'll want to throw himself into another two years of pressure and commitment immediately after.

Going on a website where people go to complain about things is a bad idea. "Listening to the fans" means shoehorning things into the movie that he thinks well fork up money for, thats how we got Spider-Man 3. Marc Webb was a stupid choice then if the guys not gonna commit to finish something he started. At least bring the guy on a producer, like Faverou!

 

[LegendAssemble]

That's your opinion, that's not a fact.

The fact is they're screwing over a second director, one who made a quite good movie out of a nothing special script too!

 

[mayo23]

Going on a website where people go to complain about things is a bad idea. "Listening to the fans" means shoehorning things into the movie that he thinks well fork up money for, thats how we got Spider-Man 3. Marc Webb was a stupid choice then if the guys not gonna commit to finish something he started. At least bring the guy on a producer, like Faverou!

Stupid or not, word was that he wasn't given a 3-movie contractual deal like Andrew and Emma were. So from the start, he was never committed to more than 1 film. And if rumors are true, then it appears that neither he nor Sony execs were too happy with each other. And i agree, if Webb doesn't come back he should at least come back as producer so he can somehow maintain and oversee what he started.

 

[Jick]

I think that, if we have another director, we'll have a first movie experience again. That is, it'll be his first movie handling the character, so it'll be his testing to see what works and what doesn't.
With Webb, he'll already have that experience. The way I see it, we have a bigger chance of getting a much better second movie with him than without him.

 

[Spuzz]

I think that, if we have another director, we'll have a first movie experience again. That is, it'll be his first movie handling the character, so it'll be his testing to see what works and what doesn't.
With Webb, he'll already have that experience. The way I see it, we have a bigger chance of getting a much better second movie with him than without him.

Exactly. I hope Webb comes back. His last name's too perfect not to