You might have heard that, as a result of the box office performance of “The Amazing Spider-Man”–which earned just over $750 million worldwide, on a budget of $230 million–has warranted a sequel. And in other news, the sky is blue, and dinosaurs have been gone (except Nessie) for a long, long time. This is good news […]
Marc Webb’s “The Amazing Spider-Man” appears to be opening strong overseas–in India it premiered bigger than Marvel’s “The Avengers”–but this has to be tempered by the fact that other movies that appeared strong because of international profits have gone on to underperform at the American box office. Like Peter Berg’s “Battleship,” for instance. So at […]
First, Sam Raimi is forced to cram too many villains (by which I mean Venom, who he didn’t want to use) into Spider-Man 3; then Sony (essentially) cans him, as well as his cast and crew, rebooting the franchise and handing the directoral reins to Marc Webb, who’s prior film was “500 Days Of Summer,” which […]
Let me start by saying that Ryan Reynolds seems to be an affable, charismatic actor, whom I enjoyed watching in films like 2005’s “Just Friends” or the more recent “Safe House.” Heck, he even was interesting in last year’s “Green Lantern.” The problem is that I am not entirely sure that Reynolds can headline a […]
For anyone that hasn’t seen Marvel’s “The Avengers,”–and considering all the moolah it’s pulling in, there are probably very few people who haven’t–get out there and catch what will probably be one of the best movies of the summer. For those who have, you’ll notice that NO time was spent exploring the origins of the […]
First off, I am not quite sure how “untold” this story is, since there were three prior films covering similar territory. Then, for some reason, they don’t feature Mysterio (quite possibly the greatest Spidey villain ever*) and the web-slinging scenes appear to look better than those of Raimi’s original trilogy, but do we really need […]
“The Amazing Spider-Man” trailer is up, and watching it makes me ask: Why? As far as I can tell Marc Webb’s reboot doesn’t appear to be bringing anything new to the party. Now keep in mind that it’s just a trailer, but how is it significantly different that Sam Raimi’s version? It will probably be […]
The web site for Marc Webb’s “The Amazing Spider-Man” has been live for a few days now, and from what I have heard about the film–beyond a basic plot synopsis–I find disappointing because it appears that they’re going to tackle his origin. Again. For the most part I enjoyed Sam Raimi’s take on the character–with […]
Edited 8/7 1249 Columbia Pictures is so confident about Marc Webb’s upcoming “Amazing Spider-Man” that they have already approved a sequel, which is probably going to be a problem for whomever decides to direct because it doesn’t exactly give much time for prep (unless Columbia is going to do a “Lord of the Rings” and make two films […]
Edited 8/1 1338 Here’s some new images from Marc Webb’s “The Amazing Spider-Man,” courtesy of Comingsoon.net.
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