The Amazing Spider-Man The Official Marc Webb Thread

[©KAW]

If only I could have taken the huge budget away from Sam Raimi & Co., besides the train scene in SM2, the CGI sucks in these films. Maybe that has to do with it being handled by Sony Imageworks. WETA should be doing the CGI.

 

[Solidus]

Yes, but this was possible because very little money actually went into location. I stress again, it was a landfill. How can you compare that to a metropolitan area? Even if they opt for a NYC stand-in, that's going to cost a hefty amount of money. Be it on-set locations or building sets.

Plus, we already know Webb is getting 10 million for this gig. I don't know if that goes into the budget, but if so, that's a hefty 1/8 down the drain already.

If that is the case I doubt the budget will be that low.

Well yeah, do look at my sig.

As the director for D9 started working on special effects at the age of 14 and is a master when it comes to practical effects and CGI.

Marc Webb hasn't proved he has a proficiency in this area. Sure as a character director he is fantastic but we have no idea how well he can handle something like Spider-Man.

I would have been fine with a small director if he had shown experience in both handling effects of this magnitude and characters. Webb hasn't.

Yea but I'm just saying lots can be done with little. But I will wait and see. I'm still excited. I'm sure the budget will be over 100.

 

[Boom]

Weta should be doing the special effects.

Period.

 

[Chewy]

The $80 Million budget is not a good sign

 

[SPIDERMAN117]

With $80 Million dollars...Idk what sony is thinking...i'd rather have a 120 million film like Star Trek...but for Special Effects....I would have ILM take on Spider-man...I love WETA....but I want to see what ILM could do.

 

[Solidus]

Weta should be doing the special effects.

Period.

That would be very nice if they did.

 

[The Chris]

80 million dollar budget! How the heck can a Spider-Man film be made with only 80 million dollars! That sounds like a disaster right there. Spider-Mann swinging around the city alone would call for a high budget, let alone fights with villains! Run Marc Run!

 

[©KAW]

Is the 80M budget official from Sony, who's reporting on the budget, which studios usually never reveal?

 

[Maze]

And IF this is true, how can they do that on such a small budget?

Ron Burgundy 1 hour ago
I read the Vanderbilt script 4 months ago...The Lizard, Venom, and The Scorpion are in it...you all should be thankful this guy is taking over or we would have had to wait forever for a decent adaptation of these characters...Venom will be set up as a villain and will redeem himself to be a anti hero for the Venom movie...The Scorpion gets a symbiote but its not the Venom symbiote..its one thats far more dangerous....

http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/01/19...pider-man-trilogy/#dsq-comments#ixzz0d7AMoXQt

 

[Crook]

Weta should be doing the special effects.

Period.

If this budget is true, they're stuck with Sony's effects house, and that's probably with a discount.

 

[Project862006]

Hollywood Reporter said it is around that money range quite a credible source

 

[samsnee]

I'm sure Marc Webb is a nice guy, but let's be honest. Sony wanted a director who hasn't done a big FX movie before so they can walk all over him.

 

[night0205]

80 million dollar budget? Spider-man 1 was 139 Million? How the hell do we know this source is telling the truth?

 

[Jennifer Walters]

And IF this is true, how can they do that on such a small budget?



http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/01/19...pider-man-trilogy/#dsq-comments#ixzz0d7AMoXQt

That sounds like a load of lies. 3 villains in the origin film? On a budget of 80 million? All this does not add up.

 

[Solidus]

Well after hearing the uproars I'm sure they will up it some if they have not already. Budgets change all the time, most films go over budget anyways.

 

[samsnee]

And as much as I would like to see a smaller, more character driven Spider-man movie, it just isn't possible if they are pushing it as a big summer tentpole. You can't do a movie about teen angst and then end it with a big superhero/supervillain fight that may not fit into the tone of the movie they are describing.

 

[Boom]

I read the Vanderbilt script 4 months ago...The Lizard, Venom, and The Scorpion are in it...you all should be thankful this guy is taking over or we would have had to wait forever for a decent adaptation of these characters...Venom will be set up as a villain and will redeem himself to be a anti hero for the Venom movie...The Scorpion gets a symbiote but its not the Venom symbiote..its one thats far more dangerous....

That sounds really bad to me.

 

[terry78]

I'm late to the party, so I do have to say I am interested to see the route Mark goes with this. I did see 500 Days and he does have somewhat of a different vibe going on. Not quite quirky, but not sappy either. The movie seemed to get the fact that it wasn't a normal rom-com type deal, so I think Webb will be able to capture Spidey's tongue in cheek nature at times.

 

[Nathan]

And IF this is true, how can they do that on such a small budget?

Ron Burgundy 1 hour ago
I read the Vanderbilt script 4 months ago...The Lizard, Venom, and The Scorpion are in it...you all should be thankful this guy is taking over or we would have had to wait forever for a decent adaptation of these characters...Venom will be set up as a villain and will redeem himself to be a anti hero for the Venom movie...The Scorpion gets a symbiote but its not the Venom symbiote..its one thats far more dangerous....

I hope this is fake.

 

[Solidus]

Sounds fake to me. I'm sure if anything they have way retooled Vanberbilts script from long ago. Because originally it was made to follow Sam's Spidey 3. So with out a doubt the SM4 one will be scrapped and re-done. Which maybe he already has done for a back up plan with Spidey 4.

 

[Bruce Malone]

That 80 million budget is really interesting to me. I mean what's the last superhero movie to have a budget under 100 million? Even X1 i think was above 80 and that was film is pretty much the grand father of the modern superhero film movement.

 

[Scarlet Spider]

Interesting tidbit from Drew at Hitfix, in regards to the origin:

I've talked to several people who have read it now, and word is, he's Spider-Man from page one.

http://***********/DrewAtHitFix/status/7968824667

 

[The Freak]

I know you guys are scared that he won't be able to pull off action, so let me give you an example of how he has handled it in the past in this music video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCUpvTMis-Y - If you don't like the song just mute it .

 

[MadVillainy]

Interesting tidbit from Drew at Hitfix, in regards to the origin:

good now ppl can stop b**ching about it being an origin story

 

[Jennifer Walters]

Interesting tidbit from Drew at Hitfix, in regards to the origin:

See THIS... THIS is the way I wanted it to go. Spectacular Spider-Man style. Over the summer break origin.