Sequels Who Should Write Spider-Man 4?

[Visionary]

I'm curious to know, and I'm sure you all have some favorite screenwriters, novelists or even comic book writers, that you would like to see writing or help writing the fourth movie.

Have you words to say?

 

[GoldGoblin]

David Koepp or Frank Darabont.

 

[Visionary]

If THE LIZARD truly is the main villain in Spider-Man 4 (and hopefully KRAVEN) and all signs are pointing to it. I'd like to see some extremely creepy and scarry ass writers writing SM4, such as:

Novelist and screenplay-writer William Peter Blatty who wrote THE EXORCIST.

or

Charles Edward Pogue who wrote the screenplay for THE FLY.

And when these two are finished with their drafts, give it to an action writer, such as:

Tony Gilroy who wrote the screenplay for THE BOURNE IDENTITY/Supremacy/Ultimatum.

 

[FaT_tONle]

Shh

 

[Catman]

I'm fine with David Keopp. He did a good enough job in the first Spidey.

 

[Visionary]

Shh

SuperHeroHype! don't write screenplays.

 

[Visionary]

I'm fine with David Keopp. He did a good enough job in the first Spidey.

I don't know, I kind of want to get away from the usual Spidey writers this time around.

 

[tzarinna]

I haven't given it much thought.
But the first person that comes to mind,if he's still alive,is Clive Barker.

Spoiler

That's my wet dream.

 

[Catman]

I don't know, I kind of want to get away from the usual Spidey writers this time around.

If that's the case I think they should hire Paul Dini. It would be interesting to see his take on a Marvel character.

 

[Visionary]

If that's the case I think they should hire Paul Dini. It would be interesting to see his take on a Marvel character.

Interesting.

 

[Catman]

Interesting.

He's done an amazing job with Batman, Superman, and other DC characters. I'm sure he would do great with Spider-Man as well.

 

[FaT_tONle]

SuperHeroHype! don't write screenplays.

The posters can come up with it... we got our popular villains... not everyone will agree but the combo villain is almost a lock at this point for SM4.... everyone likes that plot.... the script writes itself.... lets have a writing competition and spare Sony some money... I guarantee we could come up with something decent... of course this is a joke but it would be fun to see how close it actually is to the real deal

 

[drmick]

Regardless of who writes the screenplay, the plot should NOT be done by the RAimi brothers!

 

[Fried Gold]

Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio

 

[DX]

David Koepp or Alvin Sargent

 

[GothamProtector]

Peter David! He wrote all the adaptations. It's time he wrote a movie from the ground up!

 

[Venom'sDad]

David Koepp or Alvin Sargent

God No..... No Alvin.... PLEASE!!!!!!

 

[fabman]

Haven't they already hired David Koepp?

Anyway, Alvin Sargent is a great writer. He added a lot of depth to the characters, etc. It's ridiculous you're bashing all those people just because Venom didn't have enough screentime... get over it!

 

[Venom'sDad]

Who said anything about Venom, I just think he's suited better for Puff, The Magic Dragon..... learn to read.

 

[fabman]

I know... I wasn't reffering to your post but to the Raimi & Co. bashing. Learn to understand.

 

[DX]

God No..... No Alvin.... PLEASE!!!!!!

Could be worse, you could have Akiva Goldsman write it.

Anyway if not Alvin how about Neal Purvis and Robert Wade(Casino Royale)?

 

[fabman]

How about Michael Chabon? He wrote Wonder Boys and also provided the screen story for Spider-Man 2.

 

[DACrowe]

I like Michael Chabon because while Raimi preferred Sargant, Chabon shows interest in the franchise and characters and is a very fine writer.

I want to get away from fanboy favorites. I'm not sure who should write it, though. I can safely say I don't wnat Koepp. His first draft for SM1 sucked and that movie was rewritten by Scott Rosenberg, Michael Chabon and Alvin Sargent as well.

Sargent is a much better writer than Koepp at least for Spider-Man. Koepp also writes his summer blockbusters in a very lazy fashion as he did with Jurassic Park: The Lost World, Spider-Man's original drafts, War of the Worlds, etc.

Mammet would be a dream and he does dabble in the over the top as seen in The Untouchables but he'd never do it. Oh well.

 

[Visionary]

Is David Koepp already signed to write SM4, some seem not to like his work, although it seems he still have some fans about the place?

I would really like a new really great writer to at least write the first draft. I read somewhere that Alvin Sargent is NOT writing SM4, is this true, I thought he was already signed on?

 

[ThatDamnNinja]

I don't know who should write it, but ideally, it would be someone with who can really emphasize dialogue and character interaction in a believable, and dramatically resonant way. Action has not been a problem and, by all accounts, isn't that difficult to write, at least in comparison to good character development. I mean, the problem with Spider-Man 3 wasn't that there was too much character stuff and not enough action, it's that the character stuff was handled poorly; the film clearly felt like it was better than it was in that department, and ended up coming off as overdramatic and schlocky.

I almost wouldn't even MIND a Spider-Man movie with the same ratio of character development-to-action, as long as the character development was well-written, which, in Spider-Man 3, it was not.