The Amazing Spider-Man The Official Marc Webb Thread

[terry78]

We don't really need to see the origin. Just treat it as a reverse Batman. Burton's Wayne was already the Bat for at least a full several months or so and was viewed as a myth.

 

[Project862006]

no origins is great news atleast some of my concerns have gone away

 

[craigdbfan]

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

The one bit of good news so far.

Really hope the $80 mil budget gets debunked soon too. This **** will not work with that budget especially with a director that has no expertise in that area of work like Neill Blomkamp seeing as people keep bringing up D9.

 

[Congo Jack]

I'll have to go buy (500) DAYS OF SUMMER now to learn a bit more about Mark Webb's style.

If it's true that they're aren't repeating the origin again - that's a good start at least.

 

[night0205]

I only wish Season 3 of Spectacular Spider-man was being done.

 

[sauronthegreat]

If the film is going to be a serious character driven drama 80mil will do just nicely. Maybe they are going with a less demanding villain like the Chameleon.

 

[Maze]

Marc Webb is an interesting choice, and for the moment he has shown strenght especially on character departement.

so it all add up to a story and not an fx extravaganza.. but at the same time Peterr Parker is spiderman from page one. i guess you could limit his scenes à la Burton's Batman..

 

[SPIDERMAN117]

Tagline for the New Spider-man film.

"This is a story of boy meets superpowers. But you should know up front, this is not a origin story "

LOL I kid :P
But I think Marc Webb could do it...I loved (500) Days of summer....but only time will tell

 

[Showtime]

District 9 only took $30 Million to make, and that turned out really well.

I think this movie will be fine.

Different movie, different time, different director. We'll see though.

These people are not really known names to teh general audience. Plus their paychecks are more than likely very smal compared to the other 3 not highlighted.

The size of the paychecks is neither here nor there. They are known, because the general public will recognize them. "Oh that's the guy from _____."

Thor is relative unknowns. How big is SLJ role, and besides Portman and Hopkins alot of the GA isnt going to know what a relative unknown is. We probably have 2 definitions of what unknown actor means

Lets put it this way, if those quantify as unknowns by your definition, then whomever they select for Spider-Man will be complete strangers.

 

[terry78]

JGL's character in the movie is basically Peter Parker and Spider-Man all at once. Gets the short end of the stick constantly, but is smarmy about it.

 

[bunk]

They made the first X-Men for less than 80 million. Of course, that was almost a decade ago, and well… it was not the most epic movie.

Either way, I have something to rent this weekend.

 

[terry78]

JGL's character in the movie is basically Peter Parker and Spider-Man all at once. Gets the short end of the stick constantly, but is smarmy about it.

 

[JP]

As long as we don't see his origins, I'm fine. And I'm not worried about the budget. Wasn't Hellboy II $80 mil?

 

[JP]

Tagline for the New Spider-man film.

"This is a story of boy meets superpowers. But you should know up front, this is not a origin story "

Genius.

 

[Project862006]

hellboy 2 was 85 million this could work

 

[craigdbfan]

As long as we don't see his origins, I'm fine. And I'm not worried about the budget. Wasn't Hellboy II $80 mil?

Wasn't the director Guillermo Del Toro?

Once again someone using an example of a director with a proficiency in special effects.

Marc Webb was hired, fine I'll give him the benefit of the doubt that he can make this work.

But $80 mil for a Spidey movie along with a director who hasn't displayed talent with special effects? No, thanks.

That $80 mil needs to get boosted to $150. For gosh sakes the first one was $140.

 

[Jennifer Walters]

Yeah, but Del Toro had been working with effects for quite a while at that point in his career.

I just hope Webb can pull this off if the budget really is that low.

 

[terry78]

We all know that the fanboy backlash was part of the reason this whole thing transpired. Hollywood trolls the internet for opinions all the time, and SM3 has had the rep of being horrible. It made a decent amount of money, but they know they need that nerd money to keep this **** going.

 

[DIRECTOR]

If you guys watch 500 Days of Summer, which is a great movie by the way, you can see a bit of Spiderman colors and cinemotagraphy. And I think the main guy can play Spiderman............ but why oh why do they want a teenager???? It's not going to be good at all

 

[ross2287]

500 Days of Summer was a great film guys. Maybe the funniest all year, and completely unique to the Romantic Comedy Genre. I'm behind this film, for now...

Solid choice.

Agreed. I think Webb realizes the spectacle that's to be expected from this franchise. While lacking the experience, we never know what he can come up with. Peter Jackson wasn't exactly a set-piece puppeteer, before tackling LOTR. Look how that turned out.

Oh, and the guy knows how to develop realistic and engaging characters. Particularly, youth-oriented. I can't stress enough how essential that is, and how lucky we are that Webb is handling that part.

The reality is, the problem isn't the focus on Peter Parker for Sam Raimi, it's that wasn't the Peter Parker from the comics! Hopefully inspiration will come from the Spectacular Spider-man animated series, because that seemed like the Peter Parker we want.

Weta should be doing the special effects.

Period.

I agree with everything here.

Tagline for the New Spider-man film.

"This is a story of boy meets superpowers. But you should know up front, this is not a origin story "

LOL I kid :P
But I think Marc Webb could do it...I loved (500) Days of summer....but only time will tell

I'm a little concerned about the budget, but I'm not gonna start complaining. I'm looking forward to a Spectacular Spider-Man style Marc Webb trilogy.

 

[DIRECTOR]

ps. This is going to end up being another Superman Returns movie

 

[Angel_Faerie]

Please tell me I'm not the only one amused by the fact that a man named Webb is directing Spider-Man

 

[samsnee]

Please tell me I'm not the only one amused by the fact that a man named Webb is directing Spider-Man

Beats their first choice Sheldon Spiderman.

 

[Angel_Faerie]

Beats their first choice Sheldon Spiderman.

 

[Deaths Head II]

Please tell me I'm not the only one amused by the fact that a man named Webb is directing Spider-Man

Nope.