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Sam Raimi to Direct Spiderman Film
livewirevoodoo submitted a story that I read yesterday but didn't initially think of posting here. On second thought, I think that Sam Raimi is directing Spiderman in a feature movie. The Evil Dead series is pretty dang awesome, and since I'm a junkie about seeing comic super heros on the big screen (I loved Burton's Batman, and am watching out for the upcoming X-Men flick). There is also about a Bruce Campbell Peter Parker. Not sure about that one.. I always thought Parker was well, more geeky then the uber macho Campbell. But anyway, not the standard Slashdot-fare, but I thought a lot of you might like it anyway.
that's funny, It sounds like your saying the bible is non-fiction... naw i must be mistaken.
dumbass don't encourage them
wtf is up with you
You talk big for someone who is no better than I:
http://slashdot.org/comm ents.pl?sid=99/12/30/1240229&cid=1
Lame
Bruce Campbell, Sam Raimi and Rob Tappert (Mr. Lucy Lawless) grew up together. So they all worked on the Evil Dead movies through Darkman and now Xena/Hercules, though I don't think Bruce is as involved with the TV shows. Also Josh Becker, who hasn't been involved with most of the projects, but did some through his association with the others: Lunatics, a Love Story (great spiders), I think Thou Shalt Not Kill was a joint effort as well.
Chris O'Donnell??? Good grief! The only person more annoying (and less feminine) than Chris is his big (and I do mean big) sis, Rosie.
Say, what's ol' Chris doing nowadays, anyway? He's on that Felicity show on the WB, playing... who was it again? Oh yeah: Felicity.
Holly v v ood?
I don't get it. Are those supposed to be breasts or something?
Explain, please.
Did anyone here claim that Spiderman was real? No! And the last time I checked, Slashdot wasn't a religious forum, so "atheistic stories" is a nonissue.
Incidentally, you mention the batcave. Is there a biblical basis for belief in Batman?
He's a great choice for Spidey.
But I believe Bruce Campbell is born to play...
THE TICK!!!
Mary Jane (Julia Roberts?)
Julia Roberts? I see her more as Venom. I always thought her mouth was just about wide enough.
Y'know, I'm surprised I haven't seen this mentioned as a good Marvel movie. It was done about 2 summers ago, released on Fox. It was called Nick Fury: Agent of Shield, and starred David Hasslehoff. I was surprised at how good it was. Hasslehoff with a cigar and an eyepatch was pretty funny; he managed to pull the whole gritty Nick Fury act off without a hitch. They were supposed to make more of the movies about Nick Fury, but I don't know what ever happened to them. BTW, Bruce Campbell would be pretty funny as Spidey. He doesn't fit the Peter Parker image, really, but his wit is a dead ringer for that of Spiderman. --Fast Choker
"There is also about a Bruce Campbell Peter Parker"
"On second thought, I think that Sam Raimi is directing Spiderman in a feature movie."
This.. is my BOOMstick!
I saw an image of a Spiderman movie poster with Leo DiCaprio on it a while back...
Give me some sugar, baby!
Uber is not a word. Über is. Spell it with me. Ü-B-E-R. In ASCII, UE-B-E-R. As in: übercool, Übermensch, über the mountains and through the woods, übergeil, usw.
Yeah, I'm sure all those noncomformists conform to the stereotype that nerds like cult flicks and the Evil Dead movies.
Batman, like the US Constitution, is not Biblical in the technical sense, but must nevertheless be considered divinely inspired for all practical purposes. Bruce Wayne does indeed exist. I find your lack of faith disturbing. You are almost certainly a hermaphrodite and/or a Communist.
"Extended ASCII" is 8 bit.
If you read it carefully you see it says it is not Raimi and his brother Ted, but it IS RAIMI and the producer Rob.
applauso
C'mon, really, why did you type it that way? Enquiring minds want to know.
fuck you and your umlauts. this is america here, you stinking kraut.
.... at least by the time I stopped reading Spider-Man (around the time of that Secret Wars mini-series, and the black costume) Marvel was portraying Spidy as the strongest creature ever created - and mostly unaware of it.
Go figure.
I am american. I will have you know, English is not the native language for the majority of America. I'd say Spanish most likely is. In the United States and Canada, English is the native language.
I live in the US, and I still know how to spell über.
Short and muscular. Maybe for Pug from Alpha Flight, but not for the Spectacular One. Every SpiderMan comic I ever saw portrayed him as rather lanky.
Are you referring to that UK Indie movie "Among Giants"?... That would be Pete Postlethwaite, of The Usual Suspects, and Dragonheart, among many many others. Great actor :)
come on retard, you know when people say America, they refer to USA. when we want to refer to the spics, we say central or south american, or we call them mutts.
Oh good. Another multi million pound blockbuster with a flimsy script and special effects to make you forget how flimsy the script is. anyone know when a decent film is being released?
"Get the fuck out of my face"
Yes he has an english accent. Its a sort of non regional one. Accents vary alot in the UK. Not all good actors can drop into an accent if they want. That requires control of the voice, not necessarily great acting skills. Impressionists dont always make great actors. I'd really hate so see Robert Di Nero or Al Pachino try a Wolverhampton accent. Doubt they'd be able to do it all.
That's about all I had to say really...bizap
if Marvel would just select a good director and script then stay the Hell away, we would have several really good super movies out. Probably some dogs to, but, I'd rather have a few bad ones, then none.
What are they goung to do about the Comic breasts? CGI? Plastic surgery? these are the important questions we want answere! hehe
Comic breast are breast that are bigger then the persons head, btw.
Don't forget the Star Trek cartoons!
remember kids cool is defined by the people you're around, so everybody is cool in the right circles!
I will admit that Batman is my favorite geek hero. Nobody understands him, develops great touys to do what he wants, and the Car hehe.
Why can't you guys just proofread your paragraphs once before you post them....read them outloud...this article sounds like it was written to fast. I don't care about grammar...but continuity of the ideas you are trying to express.
You're right. I hate it when Hollywood screws up cool comic books. Can't they make them into animated movies instead of live action?
there is a great superman comic where superman goes to fight vampires. well, CK is not invulnerable to magic! so the vampires start kicking his ass..hehehe batman finally saves him.
What about shaxpear? some of his writing is non-fiction, does that invalidate him? hjow about opera? or Lord of the Rings? a good story is a good story, the means in which it is delivered is just there to get an audience.
yes, I misspelled his name on purpose, however even he would sign his name with an x some times. But a boffo cock-jocky like you must of know that, I mean you are so superiour then us poor fools who enjoy an occasional comic book.
The flash tv series could of been a great movie. I really dug that show, I try to catch it on Sci-fi channel.
OH yeah things can only be true if they are biblical, my bad
How about ActiveX-Men? hehe because if you use activex you must be an X man
Contact is a horrible movie, I can only keep myself from vomiting when I think about the whole world being exactly the same after the discovery of aliens i.e. the 8 hours of silence on the tape. (or however many hours)...or worse yet they still dont believe in ETs
vapor-flicks?
That, however is besides the point. The point is, I have at no point criticised comic books, per se. I still read them occasionally. Some of them are a pretty good luagh.
The same way that a joke is only funny once, a film is only interesting once. Remaking the same film about the same old character ad nauseum, is just not entertaining. To use the cliché You seen one, you seen them all.
There IS TOO a Spiderman, he's real, dammit! He's as real as anybody! He's as real as Jim and Spock and McCoy, you dumb bastard! Next you'll be claiming that Dr. Who isn't real, and then you'll want to take away my Linux box and my pr0n and my O'Reilly books. This is a slippery slope and I'm not a-gonna go slidin' on it, no sirree Bob! You keep your hands off my fully posable action figures and my landspeeder model collection or, or, or . . . well, I don't know WHAT I'll do, but I gotta go on IRC now and chat about Perl but when I get back I'm gonna do something real bad, I'm tellin' ya!
I dunno, after seeing the original Evil Dead, I can certainly see the original '70's monster whipping boy, as a geek.
>action scenes and the like -- but what about a plot? What aspect of
>Spiderman can they focus on in 2hrs and produce a good movie? Tim
>Burton did this excellently with the first Batman movie, using
>Batman's long-time foe The Joker, but Spiderman really doesn't have an
>equivalent equal -- all his enemies like Green Goblin, Dr Oct, and
>Venom, are just foes, but not a constant one. I don't see how you can
>pick one foe and still have a good Spiderman movie.
I see the same problem happening with the X-men movie. How much are you willing to bet that they're going to make Magneto out to be some kind of crazed terrorist bent on *WORLD DOMINATION* when he's nothing of the sort. Magneto's outlook on things were a lot like that of the younger Malcom X rather than being those of a pure villian. How the heck do you get something like that across in 2hrs?
>That is the main reason I'm waiting for the X-Men movie, too. :)
>I remember reading somewhere that Glenn said he'd play the part only
>if the script was good. That was like 2-3 years ago...X-Men has been
>'in the making' for awhile..
What are you guys getting your hopes up for? Everybody knows that the X-Men movie just like all the other movies based on Marvel Comics characters is going to suck big time. There's just something about the Marvel characters that just don't translate well to movies...
> One more word on The X-Men: they did a damn good job of choosing
>Professor X! I couldn't think of anyone better than Patrick Stewart!
Somehow over the years of reading the X-men, especially durning the Claremont years, I never imagined/pictured Charles Xavier having a English accent. I guess I'm just weird.....
>Don't forget the Star Trek cartoons!
A lot of people would like to, including the people who worked on them.......
I want to see Glenn Danzig as Wolverine.
LK
"Hi. This is my friend, Jack Shit, and you don't know him." - Lord Kano
I agree with you one hundred percent! John Fucking Cusack is the ONLY actor who could play Peter Parker. ...
And by the way
This is a letter I have planned on writing for some time, a letter that I believe is extremely important and one that unequivocally must be heeded if we are to undo the damage caused by Slashdot. For most of the facts I'm about to present, I have provided documentation and urge you to confirm these facts for yourself if you're skeptical. Although we can occasionally tie the retailers of warped new claims to older fabrications, there is unfortunately no shortage of new rumor. There are three points I need to make here. First, Slashdot continuously seeks adulation from its cronies. Second, even without making an ethical argument against neopaganism, I can show that the mistaken claim that Slashdot's opinions represent the opinions of the majority -- or even a plurality -- is not only incorrect but is somewhat telling of Slashdot's core sentiments. And third, it is not possible fully to understand the present except as a projection of the past.
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Yummy!
it's in my head
. . . and all poor Taco can think of to do about it is to post nonsense about imaginary comic-book characters. Yes, you pathetic liberals, you heard me right: SPIDERMAN IS NOT REAL. There is no Biblical basis for belief in Spiderman. It's just a story. Get over it.
In fact, the posting of this dumb story is a case in point, which perfectly illustrates the Slashdot creeping socialism issue. If all stories must be treated equally, then all most be posted, even the gay or atheistic stories. This disgusts me. I must retreat to the Batcave. FOAD, you left-wing losers.
Sorry, the X Movie is already in shooting and it's not Glenn Danzig as Wolverine. Hugh Jackman (I've never heard of him either) is playing Logan.
I don't expect anyone outside of Australia is likely to have heard of him! He's done a couple of movies here, seems quite a decent actor. Hopefully X-fans will enjoy his Logan.
Bruce Campbell *is* uber macho. He is the coolest person in the entire world.
Betcher ass! Check this out. Meeting Bruce was one of the coolest things in my life (so far.) A group on the UW-Madison campus that shows films arranged for him to attend and hold a question and answer session after a showing of Army of Darkness. He is completely personable and doesn't have an ounce of star attitude. Anyone not knowing who he was would think is just some ordinary Joe. He spent about 1-2 hours after the movie answering questions and telling stories (some hilarious ones about Sam Raimi) and then another 2-3 hours signing autographs and talking to people in the autograph line. I wish I had had a video camera with me.
> And then again, the only Marvel character that got a decent film was Blade.
:)
Actually, the Dr. Strange movie was pretty good. I'd never seen it until recently, when it was on TV and the TV reviewer gave it three stars (out of a possible four), which suprised me, but when I watched it, I had to agree.
I suspect that the main reason that nobody ever saw the Dr. Strange movie is that all the attention went to another movie released the same year -- a little number you might have heard of called Star Wars.
But a Sam Raimi Spiderman certainly has the potential to be the best Marvel-character-based movie yet!
It's "Joxter the Mighty" to you. . .
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
These are my friends, See how they glisten. See this one shine, how he smiles in the light.
I don't know, we're talking Marvel here. If you want non-camp, the origin of the material can't have been anywhere near Stan Lee.
Marvel always stretched my suspension of disbelief a bit too thin. Despite Superman's limitless powers, I always found it a bit more realistic than anything out of Marvel.
By the way, what do they mean by "X-Men"? did they have sex-change operations, or what?
I wish I had a nickel for every time someone said "Information wants to be free".
These are my friends, See how they glisten. See this one shine, how he smiles in the light.
Good? Bad? I'm the guy with the gun!
First you wanna kill me, now you wanna kiss me... BLOW.
I'm a grown adult, and I can't believe I watch it every Sat. I used to be (and still am!) a major fan of the original Transformers. I think Beast Machines has been a faithful and worthly Successor to the Series. It almost feals like the CG art is how they (BM) were always supposed to be portraid. I love it!
My only wish is if Mainframe would redo the Original series.
Do not read this
Typos? Poor grammar? Nah, it's just that new hipster bee-bop lingo that's so popular these days.
You darn kids, with your TV games, your fancy sneakers, and your Braun hand blenders.
Ah, you are right. I saw him listed as being part of The Flinstones and assumed he had directed it. Upon closer inspection, though, I realized what becomes of one who assumes! :)
Thanks for the heads up!
I could not justify my existence if I were a turkey farmer. Would I terminate myself? Undoubtably, yes.
But seriously, he has done some good stuff. The Evil Dead movies were funny as hell, and he did show that he was a good director with A Simple Plan. I think his style will work well for the Spiderman movie...
I could not justify my existence if I were a turkey farmer. Would I terminate myself? Undoubtably, yes.
You know, you can disable Katz's articles entirely. I haven't read a Katz post in months. If he'd stopped posting, I wouldn't know!
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There is also about a Bruce Campbell Peter Parker.
Huh? Was this written in old english?
And on top of that. .
** Martin
By then he'll be the only one not to have played Batman... ;-)
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>Tim Burton did this excellently with the first
>Batman movie, using Batman's long-time foe The
>Joker, but Spiderman really doesn't have an >equivalent equal -- all his enemies like Green
>Goblin, Dr Oct, and Venom, are just foes, but not
>a constant one. I don't see how you can pick one
>foe and still have a good Spiderman movie.
Hmm... maybe that's why the last two Batman movies
have sucked major ass. They should have stopped
after the second one. Tim Burton's version
of Batman is much more of a dark knight than the
cheesy TV show could ever hope to portray.
I always thought that Spiderman was cool for being
able to think quick and outsmart his opponents,
rather than brute-forcing his way through every
situation like some other boring superheroes that
I won't name. *ahem*Superman*ahem*. Plus, I
always wanted a pair of those webshooters...
I had discussed this with my friends, and we all agreed that Michael J Fox could pull it off quite well. I don't know that he's muscular necessarily, but he never appears "flabby" or anything. If he was a few years younger it might help too...
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
I only post comments when someone on the internet is wrong.
While I don't think there's much validity to the Bruce Campbell statement, and I don't think he quite has the right looks (Spidey's supposed to be a little tall and gangly) I could see Bruce delivering the right attitude to the roll in the form of witty/funny one-liners in a battle. Other people I've heard mentioned for the role included Johnny Dep (right look; not very comical though) and Tom Cruise (completely wrong in both areas). I almost think they'd have to pick an unknown to get it right. I think Christian Slater has the right attitude for Spidey, and his looks are close. But I dunno. Anyone?
...On second thought, I think that Sam Raimi is directing Spiderman in a feature movie.
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There is also about a Bruce Campbell Peter Parker.
CmdrTaco, I'm begging you here, PREVIEW BEFORE POSTING. Read the article aloud or something. These two lines made no sense at all.
As for Sam Raimi directing Spiderman, while I adore Raimi's work, I'm convinced at this point that nothing good can ever come of a Marvel comic adapted for film. Has anyone here ever seen The Punisher or Captain America? Live action Spidey is a no-win situation -- if you play him straight, the inherent ridiculousness of a guy in tights whose powers come from a radioactive spider bite is almost insurmountable. If you play it campy, you've got an unwatchable, embarassing farce, and you alienate all the comic geeks.
Personally, I stopped caring about Marvel comics when they broke up the Defenders and started mass-producing Wise-Cracking Superheroes(TM) by the truckload. I hope that Raimi proves me wrong (if he actually takes the job), but I just don't think that Spiderman, or any of his Marvelous ilk, have the depth of character to actually sustain a film.
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I don't buy the "recently Hollywood has been too derivative" argument. Hollywood has *always* been that way. Name some classic movies (say Casablanca, The Wizard of Oz, Gone With the Wind), and more likely than not they have been adapted from novels. Nowadays, of course, there are many other media (comicbooks, TV shows, and old movies) to derive movies from. It's just that in looking back, you more often think of the movie when you mention these titles, not the book that preceded them.
Hollywood has always wanted a safe bet. That's why they have seldom produced complete original art. Fortunately, some directors manage to bring these stories to the screen in a way that adds something beyond a rote interpretation of the original or, worse, a pale imitation. Perhaps, if anything, that is what Hollywood has been lacking lately.
That sure as heck got my attention. Made my eyes cross.
Mine too, since Sir Ian McKellan is playing Magneto in the X-Men movie, not Spider-Man.
Jay (=
BTW, does Men [in] Black count as a sucessfull movie of a marvel character?
No, since the original comic came out from Aircel Comics and is creator-owned. The only "MIB" comic Marvel put out was a half-baked "prequel"; it followed the comic continuity (which had MIB chasing down the supernatural, not just aliens) more than the movie continuity.
Jay (=
Wasn't MIB a Malibu Comic before Marvel got it?
*doh* I checked, and we're both right; I forgot that Aircel was an imprint under Malibu. That explains how Marvel got the book, then -- they purchased Malibu back in the early 90's (and then proceeded to evicerate the company, but that's even more off-topic...).
Jay (=
Heck, i think the original evil dead was a film project when the two of them were in college together. either that or it was just a low buget horror movie, either way....
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"Swallow this"
WTF?!?! Who gives a damn if reading comic books is cool? Who cares if anything is `COOL'? If you like it, do it!
Take that biotch!
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King Aelfred war meine hlafward!
I didn't like Damon in Good Will Hunting
(I don't think he played a believable geek).
I think the guy from Starship Troopers would
be a good Parker
My pick for J. Jonah Jameson: Martin Sheen
Doc Octopus: Christopher Walkin
What I want to know is will spidey have his very own Spidey Boom-Stick?
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you guys brought the aicn server load to 7 with this link! good job!
not only that, but it's also the hardest to type url I've ever encountered!
all his enemies like Green Goblin, Dr Oct, and Venom, are just foes, but not a constant one.
Isn't a sentient suit (Venom) that used to live on the moon enough for you?
Anyway, Raimi is a fine director, I don't care much for Xena or Hercules, but he does a damn good job at the helm of both.
nb, I especially like the fact that Xena's weapon isn't a phallic symbol, but a instead.
I think Bruce Campbell has done a terrific job in the past. However, if this is true, then I believe someone like Chris O'Donnel (Robin from the last 2 Batman movies) would make a much better Peter Parker.
Dr. Strange was a failed pilot for a TV series. I saw it when it originally aired in the 70's and then hadn't seen it again until recemtly when they aired it on Sci-Fi (I think). It shows it's age, but it's still the best Marvel TV thing IMHO.
See, Blade and MIB are Marvel comics (eg, comic books published by a particular nigh bankrupt publishing giant.) But they are not Marvel Universe (eg, comics or books set in the fictional world containing the Fantastic Four, X-MEN, Avengers, etc.)
Um, Blade in the comics is actually very much a part of the Marvel Universe.
I'm surprised no one in this thread has mentioned Raimi's film A Simple Plan yet... definitely one of the most gripping, tragic, and powerful movies I've seen in the last few years. If you haven't seen it, see it. It's like Fargo except much bleaker. I think Raimi could do a creditable job directing just about anything, and I'd love to see him helming a Spidey flick!
After thinking about it for a bit, I can see a Spiderman movie with a Raimi atmosphere being a Really Good Thing (TM). Raimi's TV productions have had just the right mix of light drama and outright zaniness for a Spidey movie. Besides, he can't do worse than Marvel group has been doing with their modern attempts at either animated or live action productions (anyone remember the Fantasitc Four movie that never even made it beyond the trailer? How about the Generation X abortion? And have you tried to watch any of the animated children's series? They are completely unwatchable: Even when you know what the plotlines are supposed to be, the cartoons are impossible to follow!)
DC has at least done reasonably well with their animated series, though the Batman movies went from acceptable to complete dreck. I'm very disappointed that Marvel has been squandering their best characters and plotlines in a frenzy of cheap marketing, obtuse media productions and rediculous revisionism.
Thank God Peter Parker wasn't bit by a radioactive dung beetle.. Imagine what his super powers would be then...
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Well, I guess not anymore....
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Things like Spiderman movie announcments USED TO BE standard /.-fare. Now all we get is the latest spewings from posers like Katz.
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Actually, when I was a kid I thought I was gonna grow up to be Spiderman. And I really beleived it !
Don't laugh !!!!!
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They definately cast this preaty well.
:) as well as the Godzilla and Men In Black series. This man puts together some very nice work, maintaining both production value, and story/continuity that is remarkable in an age where Saban (the e-bola of Childrens Programing) holds such control.
I'm looking forward to seeing how the film comes out. It could finally break the Marvel curse (either the film is terrible, or its stuck in pre-production hell forever).
In another interesting rumor I've heard, there will be a new X-men animated series based on the movie, debuting on... the WB network(major shocker if its true) and produced in part by Harold Ramis, who also brought us such great animated adaptations as, all of the Ghostbuster series (on which Raimi wrote
Here's to good things (hopefully).
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For Peter Parker? Hell no. I personally would like to see either Charlie Sheen or John Cusak.
BTW, does Men is Black count as a sucessfull movie of a marvel character?
Venom, hell -- Campbell should play J. Jonah Jameson. That'd be a Spider-Man movie I'd actually watch.
Yeah baby! It doesn't get any better than this. Unless someone can Natalie Portman's petrified leg out of my ass.
Wow. Bruce Cambell / Sam Raimi's Evil dead stuff was absolutely superb. I couldn't believe the end to EDII when I first saw it!
Darkman was also fantastic. Who can forget the explosion scene? The toy bird strikes light to the gas, the iris contracts, the explosion spreads in slow motion. Incredible inventiveness and attention to detail.
Sam Raimi is definately on topic for this forum! I await the film!
is a very creepy guy. Definitely a good choice for a villain!
Did you see him in Sleepy Hollow? wierd!
Insert mind here.
Well, I dunno, Bruce Campbell just isn't the kind of actor to have in a big hollywood blockbuster release. Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan, but it seems like he fits so perfectly in the "B" Movie arena. As well as the Hercules and Xena shows, I mean, they're so bad, they're perfect for him. Not having Bruce in them would be downright insane. I especially agree with the other poster who said his perfect role would be as "The Tick".
-- My neighbors dog has a four inch clit.
I'm definitely stoked to see this story on /. I don't want it to take over, but it's of interest to some of us here and is a nice change of pace.
"Hey... don't be mean." --Buckaroo Banzai
They had this rumored on Coming Attractions a few days ago. The article on Aint it cool just sounds like another rumor. There's no confirmation of any kind. Sam Rami is one of TWO directors that is has been narrowed down to, but he's already directing another movie!!t ml
Check out the Spider-man rumors on Coming Attractions at http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/details/spiderman.h
As die-hard evil dead fan I cannot wait for this to come out! I love bruce. Whether as a beaten and bloody ash, or as smart and witty Atolicus, King of Theives, he is just so smooth! Now he gets to be everybody's friendly neighborhood spiderman! Can you just see him as the wall crawler? AHHHHHH!! Oh yeah.. Sam Remi is pretty cool too. Love you Bruce. Love you Sam!
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I dunno. I haven't been too impressed with superheroes on the big screen.
The superman movies weren't all that great, and the Quest for Peace was just awful. I wasn't too impressed with the latter half of the batman movies(then again, nobody was impressed with Arnie's entry as Mr. Freeze), and don't get me started with The Punisher or that awful remake of Captain America. Hmm, bad guy can still kick ass after 50 years? He must have found the fountain of youth somewhere in Italy.
Yep. And Marvel's financial difficulties are largely over. They got actual talent to work on most of the books and dropped a lot of crap entirely. (Of course, the last year or so, they've been having trouble getting the talent to stay put, so who knows?)
Intolerant people should be shot.
Cusack's too old. Parker needs to be High School / Early College age. Norton, otoh sounds great.
Intolerant people should be shot.
Marvel hasn't had noticable camp since the early 70's. Same as every one else. It hasn't always been great (or even good), but it hasn't made you want to hurt someone after you read it.
Intolerant people should be shot.
i did dump her ass, by the way :) No one can take my Aunt May away from me !!!
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Well, if you like Matt Damon, take in a viewing of "The Talented Mr. Ripley."
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It was...well, interesting.
Personally, I feel it would be a rather big stretch for Damon to get the mannerisms of Peter Parker down. I think there are better choices out there.
As far as the whole being well built part: In comics virtually everyone is well built unless their appearance as something else sends a message about the feelings of the character. How many SO's of superheroes are average looking? I mean average looking for the real people you see every day, not average looking for a supermodel/hunk of the month.
So, it may be a little disenheartening to see a *wimpish* biochemistry geek (who has a job as a photographer to help pay the bills) fill the role but the other option is to either make the pre or post-accident Parker CG modified. Which may not be such a bad idea anyway as long as there is a definite plot there and Spiderman can move faster than Jackie Chan.
Jackie has the physical attributes/techniques down pat for Spider-man. Its Peter Parker he'd have trouble with.
Bummer about Brandon though...talk about typecasting.
As far as the other characters...I'd like to see a well done comic based movie (with plot) that didn't look like a Hollywood cameo gallery. Some lesser known actors or unknown (but good) ones to fill all the gaps. Anything else would just be an extension of the campy old Batman sitcom with guest villains.
Ok, that's my 2sense.
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I'm not sure that I would like to see a dark, serious take on Spiderman. He has always been this geeky kid who had trouble paying the rent. When he fights super-villians, he is constantly making wisecracks. Todd McFarlane made a darker, serious Spiderman book for a year and a half, and it did reinvigorate the series. But I still like my Spiderman old-school. He is not the gloomy Dark Knight of Gotham. He is the wisecracking kid with real life problems. I wouldn't mind more fun and less angst, and I think something more along the lines of Evil Dead III would be great.
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Movies that haven't gone in front of the cameras are ephemeral as mayflies (and some of the ones that do make it that far die too), but one hard fact is that the Spiderman movie has moved along far enough to have signed Ian McKellan to play Magneto. That sure as heck got my attention. Made my eyes cross.
That fisherman isn't Raimi... http://www.bruce-campbell.com - check out the rumour section. Bruce demystifies the idea.
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If Bruce Campbell gets this part, it will probably turn out to be my favorite movie. The campiness that oozes out of him will do the role justice. I just can't imagine Leo doing it (as was rumoured early on.) He's one of the most underrated actors in Holly v v ood, and he really deserves to play what will probably become the next big francise. Anyway, if Bruce doesn't do it... I will.
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In ST:TNG, his accent was supposed to be pseudo-French (Jean-Luc Picard). I've seen him in other features where he had no accent at all (or, as some refer to it, a Hollywood accent). Any good actor can drop whatever accent that they want to, if they try.
Oh, and BTW, I've never watched ST, so don't label me as a Trekkie.
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I'd say Cusack is definitely too old. Edward Norton, however, would rule as Peter Parker. I say we get a petition going to make it so...
I'd be happy, Edward Norton is my favourite actor these days.
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Raimi needs a box office hit to keep him going, and Spiderman is hopefully the project to do it - seeing as how "For Love of the Game" was a flop.
No other comic book->big screen adaptation screams for his stylistic touch more than Spiderman...To see Raimi and his signature cinematography would be a treat.. not to mention stunning in the context of Spiderman fighting Venom or that guy with the pumpkin bombs whose name eludes me at the moment...
With Raimi (and hopefully Campbell) on board.. this would be a comic film project that would be the guiding light for all other film adaptations... I hope the X-Men will do well, but alas, too many cooks in the kitchen are in that one. Marvel will have so much riding on that film that its libel to crack. Spiderman under the guided and gifted hand of Raimi will fare MUCH better... and hopefully be the example for Superman and any Gen13 or Danger Girl or JLA films in the future...
Rhino: Arnie fits the look, but there's no way he'd play the "dumb villain" part.
Vulture: I can't remember his name (it's very weird!) but has anyone seen the movie previews lately? Some older guy crawling up high-tension power line towers? He looks just like how I'd envision this character.
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Tim Burton did this excellently with the first Batman movie, using Batman's long-time foe The Joker, but Spiderman really doesn't have an equivalent equal -- all his enemies like Green Goblin, Dr Oct, and Venom, are just foes, but not a constant one. I don't see how you can pick one foe and still have a good Spiderman movie.
The thing is, Hollywood wouldn't WANT to stick with just one villan. There's just too much money to be made by cramming in as many marketable characters as possible (just look where the Batman movies ended up).
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Like most super-heroes with a secret ID, Peter Parker plays the part of the nerd very well. You can cover a lot of muscle under the right clothes. Remember the guy who played the lead in Fantasy Island on Kahn in the Star Trek II movie? (Can't remember his name.) The guy hid a massive amount of muscle under his suits. Besides, unlike Batman, you can't fake it with the suit because it isn't body armor. You'll need someone who has some muscle to play the part, or else he'll look totally lame when in costume. As for the geek factor, Bruce showed that he can play the geek when he needs to. Take a look at him when he's back in the S-Mart store at the end of Army of Darkness. He does a good job coming across geeky there. Plus, Spiderman is a wise-cracking, quick-witted, devil-may-care kind of character. It takes a certain kind of pinache to carry that off, and Bruce has it. If you got someone who was too geeky, it wouldn't work.
Q: IS IT TRUE YOU'RE CAST AS THE LEAD IN THE "DOOM" AND "SPIDERMAN" AND "QUAKE" AND "SUPERMAN" AND "BATMAN" MOVIES?
A: NO, BY GOLLY, I AM NOT "CAST AS THE LEAD" OR INVOLVED WITH EITHER THE "DOOM" OR "SPIDERMAN" OR "QUAKE" OR "SUPERMAN" OR "BATMAN" FLICKS. APPARENTLY, THE PRODUCERS CALLED ME, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE CALL WAITING...
It's a bummer, since he would make a great Peter Parker.
It's a bummer, since he'd be excellent for the part. I went and got all excited about the Spiderman movie when I read that Bruce was going to be in it. Now even if the movie comes out, I'll be comparing whoever gets the part with Bruce Campbell.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Nope, that's B.
Evil Dead series - B again.
Princess Bride - maybe not 'B' but certainly not part of the 'A' category either.
Highlander - (first movie) - again a 'B' movie.
I mean really, it just goes on like that. The first Terminator is one of the few exceptions to this rule.
Oh well, just the way it is.
I'm surprised this ended up being posted on Slashdot. 90% of the stuff posted on Ain't It Cool is purely rumour. And only 10% of those rumours end up being true. Ain't It True very rarely checks sources and posts any fanboy's emails without much if any verification. Take this one with a grain of salt, people. This is the same site that posted James Cameron was making the Spiderman movie for sure.
Sony owns the rights to make Spiderman. Last time I checked, Raimi was still under contract with Universal to make a few more movies for them.
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I've been watching Beast Machines and I hear that isn't going to have any new episodes until Sept. Gimme an eff'n break!
Oh yeah, why hasn't Cartoon Network picked up the original Transformers (the best cartoon to date) and GI Joe cartoons. They had Thundercats on already for god's sake!
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Apparently, Bruce himself has heard the rumor about him being in the lead, and denies it:
Q: IS IT TRUE YOU'RE CAST AS THE LEAD IN THE DOOM" AND "SPIDERMAN" AND "QUAKE" AND "SUPERMAN" AND "BATMAN" MOVIES?
A: NO, BY GOLLY, I AM NOT "CAST AS THE LEAD" OR INVOLVED WITH EITHER THE "DOOM" OR "SPIDERMAN" OR "QUAKE" OR "SUPERMAN" OR "BATMAN" FLICKS. APPARENTLY, THE PRODUCERS CALLED ME, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE CALL WAITING...
(http://www.bruce-campbell.com/rumors/)
I think Spiderman does qualify as geek fare. Comics are a central part of some of our interests. It doesn't all have to be about computers. I've always been a fan of Bruce Campbell, even though he has been involved in some cheezy stuff. Peter Parker did always seem a bit skinnier and pastier than Bruce Campbell, but then notice how Peter Parker beefs up once he puts on that Spiderman suit. I guess the Bruce Campbell involvement make come from his involvement in Evil Dead as well.
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I do believe that Raimi is the man at the moment, but I don't buy a word about Campbell.
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WTF is wrong with you? You saw the headline, you saw that he said tha that it isn't for most of the /. masses. Did you just move on? Noooo had to click the link didn't you, couldn't be a intelligent person and realize that this held no interest for you, and ignore it. Just had to post. Got news for you.. there are other things that people are interested in that you have no interest in that fall under the /. area. Get used to it, stop being a lil whiney baby, and move on.
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I think Raimi is talented enough to do the wall-crawler justice. His Evil Dead series is immensely enjoyable. But, Bruce Campbell, while incredibly cool, is too old to be Spiderman. I'd like to see John Cusack (also a little too old) or even better, Edward Norton behind the mask! Now THAT would be cool!
Cameron does not think he is too good to do Terminator 3 at all - the problem is contractural and legal. Cameron has to be one of the worst successes in Hollywood when it comes to looking after his own money and interests as long as he gets what he wants - in other words, he doesn't give a toss.
After all, everyone seems to forget he gave up all his money on Titanic in a show of financial responsibility (and although paid a post success bonus, remember, most everyone thought the film didn't stand a chance in hell of making a profit - least of all him). When it comes to The Terminator, way back when he sold the rights to the franchise for 1$ to his then producing partner / later ex wife Gale Anne Hurd - Cameron had some writing credits to his name and some work on Corman flicks but no directing credits, which he needed. He agreed to sell Hurd the rights for that low as long as no matter what happened he would get to direct the film.
After that it becomes a huge mess. Caroloco, who go bankrupt, end up with the rights as they chumped up for T2, and from there on its a nightmare. Basically, three times in his career a project hasn't happened because of stupidity, greed, beuracracy, and red tape (T3, Spiderman, The Minds of Billy Milligan). He has said he would love to do a T3 - it's just that he won't do it if it's not in his control, and as it stands now, it won't be.
And for the last damn time, Campbell will not play Spiderman. He's way too old. The Cameron treatment which is the basis of the Sony film (which they did manage to buy) has Spidey as a senior in high school.
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This is, unfortunately, crucial to my expectations. Only two Marvel Universe tales have made it to movei form - Captain America and The Punisher. And, how can I put this gently...
THEY BLEW GOATS!!!! THEY SUCKED! THE PAIN, THE PAIN!!!!
Uh, yeah, thats about at gentle as I can be about it. If you want to truely fear the upcoming movies, rent Captian America. The costume is just hideous. The action was cheesier than the later Batman sequels could dream of. Do not see this movie alone.
OK, positive thoughts. Love Ramie(sp) so maybe he'll do something useful with this. Maybe they'll use the black and white costume and make it tights instead of plastic. That could cut down on the worst of the cheese fator in transforming four color comic heroes into live action.
...will work for Chick tracts...
thats true..most all my geek friends USED to read comics..I have to say this movie would kickmajor bum if directed by KEvin Smith. But since it isn't(and hasno other well actors in it)...it probably won't sit well with the "general" public...I call 3rd row, seat 5
Cold war is over, Soviet Empire in pieces, but 007 still attracts hoardes. Hoardes of crowds, not evil KGB agents.
I can't even begin to fathom what makes people go an spend £5 and waste 2 hrs of their otherwise busy, fulfilling lives to watch overremade movies about genetically mutated humans-turned-superheroes jumping who have poor dress-sence or mentally retarded secret agents who have yet to realise that Messers Reagan and Bush did what they have been trying to do for the last god-knows-howmany years.
It is rare to find big green ugly ultra-evil villains with grandoise schemes to take overther world [(c) Bill Watterson] these days. There is much worse, a far worse kind of bad guys, but if superheroes really want to fight them, why not form a political party and run for the whitehouse.
Spiderman and superman are for kids. We grow out of them, like we grow out of Santa Clause and the Tooth Fairy. These movies are a insult to the human intellect. That time could wasted at the theatre can be better spent posting on slashdot. Why not start saving the money you would otherwise spend watching films that even kids find too silly to watch ? You would be surprised how soon you can by that new Kryonix Athlon 900. Let James Bond chase big breasted blondes. Let Superman wear his underwear on top. We, have got work to do.
Several people sit at a table in a conference room... EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Ok, we've got the sponsors lined up, and the toys are in production, now all we need is a script for the movie. Has anyone ever SEEN the Inspector Gadget cartoon series? WRITER_1 Nope. WRITER_2 Me neither. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Ok, well which one of you wants to write the script? WRITER_1 (to WRITER_2) You wanna do it? WRITER_2 Na, I'll pass. WRITER_1 Ok, I guess I'll do it then. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Ok, now about how long do you think it'll take you to finish it? Just a rough estimate. WRITER_1 Hmmmm. I'd say...umm..including a couple of rewrites, about 2 days. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Ok, great. That's settled then. Anyone wanna grab lunch?
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I'm a big fan of American Gothic as well as the ED trilogy (well Army of Darkness was pretty pants - I reckon due to Ivan Raimi helping with the script), and hope the teamup works.
But in saying this it probably won't considering his previous Super hero outings in the form of Hercules and Xena, which actually makes me worder if the film will be worth a second thought.
Raimi and Bruce Campbell work well together (ie the Evil Dead triology) and they could really make this work.
BTW: Bruce Campbell does look like Peter Parker, pre-clone wars crap.
Who ever does this movie, lets just hope it doesn't turn into another "Captain America" fiasco.
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Sorry, the X Movie is already in shooting and it's not Glenn Danzig as Wolverine. Hugh Jackman (I've never heard of him either) is playing Logan.
We actually have X-Men movie posters in the movie theater by my house, I believe the big release date is July 16th 2000.
#1) IMO, AICN is the worst bunch of geeky-ass fanboys ever to try to run a web site. Their feedbacks are a disgrace, nothing but insults and "my director is better than your director" oneupmanship.
#2) Having said that, here's an idea: Remember Ralph Bakshi's Spiderman cartoons of the 60's and 70's? Dig this: have Actor#1 play Peter and Spidey, but like the cartoon, have Bruce overdub the internal monologue that Spidey always had running (it was a different voice than Peter).
That would by cool.
I still love the old Spidey cartoons, despite their low-budget cheesiness. It's a damn sight better than Marvel's foray into CGI backgrounds. Ugh!
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It doesn't mean much now, it's built for the future.
I wouldn't hold much hope out for the X-Men movie either. The comic itself has gone way downhill in the past year or so, both writing wise and art wise. I can't imagine the feature length film, beig advised by the same clowns, could be anything more than WildWildWest shlock for public consumption.
Peter Parker is the geek hero. A brainy kid endowed with super powers. How many of us have dreamed about that ? I used to love reading Spider Man comics, until my gf told me it wasn't cool :(
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If you are looking for someone to *ahem* pull off the geek, I must again suggest John Cusack. Whether as John Kelso, Himself, Narrator, Martin Q. Blank, Himself, or Scary Man, Cusack cannot be said to fail to pull off the geek.
Alternatively, might I suggest another fine Narrator/Himself, Edward Norton.
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Evil dead I-III (Army of Darkness aka Evil dead III) are my absolute all time favorite movies. Way back in the 70's when Raimi made the first one, (recently re-released btw), It was amazing how scary it was with the limitation of the medium at the time (Effects-wise)... Now that he's been given this script in an age where effects make up most of the movies out there I am REALLY looking forward to seeing what he can do with such a deeply rooted pop-idol as spidey. To the comment of Bruce Campbell not being that nerdy? You probably haven't caught him on Xena as the 'king of thieves' or on the x-files when he played a demon who wanted a human baby. I can definitely see Mr. Campbell as Peter Parker... Oh, on a side note, if you don't know what Raimi looks like, rent Evil Dead I... He's one of the fishermen guys on the side of the road that they honk at after the truck... Oh well, back to work.
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I'm going to keep waiting, but I won't be surprised if this turns out to be a dead end for the film industry. Buton did a helluva job on Batman, but the ones that followed sucked! My hope is that this Spiderman, and hopefully the upcoming X-Men will give a renewed vigor to the comics-to-big screen drive that we once knew. Personally, I think that the Hulk should make a silver-screen debut.
One more word on The X-Men: they did a damn good job of choosing Professor X! I couldn't think of anyone better than Patrick Stewart!
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Anyway, I'm glad to finally see Spidey on the big screen. I watched the old and new cartoons, and the short-lived live series (in the 70's?) when it was running on SciFi. Although I'll admit the comic took a dive after McFarlane left, Spidey is second to none in my book.
BTW-Danzig is not playing Wolverine, I saw that mentioned somewhere awhile back...that's too bad though.
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sam raimi's kind of a nerdy guy (i mean that as a compliment), and spiderman is dear to the heart of nerds everywhere. i don't see what this *doesn't* have to do with slashdot! huzzah!
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Raimi started out with the Evil Dead series who had, while not being a great cinematographic success, a hardcore cult following, and frankly, nobody did those quirky horror flicks better than he did.
Some people might think that Spiderman might be up another alley entirely, and that such a project would require a better established director, used to big-budget action flicks, à la Cameron or De Bont.
On the contrary. Raimi showed us he has a myriad of talents, and a true gift with the camera. Just watch "A Simple Plan" again (if you haven't checked that movie out, what's wrong with you? A great flick). Genius filmwork, showing a wealth of talent, and some great acting (Paxton and Thornton primarely). I think he would be a great choice, and give us another look at the superhero genre. (Remember the effect Burton had with his first Batman. I expect the same thing with Raimi).
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Rent a copy of Wolf(I know it sucked) and watch the feral side of Jack come alive.
Although I cannot claim originality for the concept, it is worth noting that there was a definite progression of "Ashes" in the Evil Dead saga.
... err... undead/possessed].
In the first movie, E.D.1, "Ashley" is clearly (as someone else stated) a whipping boy. He is a far cry from "Ash, Housewares" of Army of Darkness fame. He does significantly less ass-kicking, and is clearly more on the receiving end of the abuse [the exception to this being the "Full-body-bitchslap" that he delivers to Linda while she is
In the second movie, E.D.2, "Ash" has started to define his role as somewhat macho with the occasional one-liner, and the fact that he not only takes abuse, but really dishes it out as well [...Groovy...].
But clearly in Army of Darkness, in the regular theatrical release, "Ash, Housewares" is the "uber-macho" that was aforementioned as he shows "essentially" no fear [with notable exceptions]. There is no doubting that "Ash, Housewares" is the buccaneering hero that we are all used to seeing, and most of us generally think of. What is interesting though, is that the director's cut portrays Ash quite a bit more like "Ash" from ED2, showing a truly terrified side in several shots.
Patiently awaiting the arrival of my copy of the Limited edition Army of Darkness DVD (still available at www.cduniverse.com).
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Sam Raimi also is one of the producers of "Hercules: the Legendary Journeys" (the Kevin Sorbo show) as well as the vastly more popular spinoff "Xena: Warrior Princess" (both of which, as any good Bruce Campbell fans know, regularly features Campbell as "Autolycus, the King of Thieves").
He's also exec-producing Campbell's new show Jack of All Trades. In Campbell's own words: "The show centers on my character, Jack Stiles, an American spy, adventurer, and rogue dispatched to an island in the East Indies by President Jefferson to thwart Napoleon's advances in the region. Jack isn't at all happy about the remote assignment, especially since he's supposed to serve as personal attaché to a wealthy British widow and secret agent for the Crown named Emilia Rothschild (Angela Dotchin). Disguised as the Daring Dragoon, Jack teams with Emilia on numerous covert missions to stop Napoleon's imperialism in the East Indies." Yeah, sounds cheesy, but that's never stopped me from watching Army of Darkness over and over again...
I think Raimi might be able to do a good Spider-Man film (though I have to wonder about the potential chesse factor) but Campbell should NOT, NOT, NOT be allowed to play Peter Parker! That would be a casting error on par with Nicholas Cage as Superman.
Let him play Flash Thompson (jock who harassed Peter in high school) as an adult, or maybe let him play Eddie Brock before he becomes Venom (or even as Venom -- Campbell can act pretty crazed when he wants to).
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Let's hope Spider Man is more like A Simple Plan than Darkman.
I like camp as much as the next guy, but after a while it would be nice for comic books to be taken seriously. Look at what Burton did for Batman. A legitimate look at an interesting character. True to the source material, dignified, and novel. If Raimi goes camp witht his one, then why not just get Jim Carrey to talk with his ass cheeks while battling Billy Zane in a Doc Octopus costume.
I have been hearing about this upcoming Spiderman movie for years now, and I have had numerous debates with my friends about who would play what characters. We generally agreed that Peter must be played by someone who is somewhat small, yet very muscular. And someone who could conceivably been a geek in high school, although this is pretty easy since I think every movie star was a geek in high school. Anyways we thought long and hard about it and decided that Brandon Lee would have been perfect, if he were still alive today (so what if he's not white!).
/.ers: who would play the classic Spiderman characters, such as Peter, Mary Jane (Julia Roberts?), Flash, Gwen Stacy, Aunt May, etc., or the villians, such as Doc Oc, Vulture, Rhino, Electro, Mysterio?
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Personally I wouldn't mind Matt Damon as Peter Parker. He pulled off the geek in Good Will Hunting, and we all know he is TOUGH! Any other suggestions?
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Maybe it's because baby boomers who lived on these shows want more of them, and since they have a good amount of control in Hollywood, they have the ability to get these movies produced. They might be trying to revitalize a show, but often than naught, they want a last hurrah for the show
At least there have been films that have realized that such revitalizations are out there and they saturize on them, "Galaxy Quest" and "Mystery Men" come to mind). But personally, I'd rather see uniqueness in the theater with new characters and situations then trying to adopt something meant for the small screen to the large screen and failing miserably.
Now, as to Spiderman, I'm not sure about this; Marvel's about to tank, and the Spiderman cartoon as shown on FOX is (from what others have told me) rather out of character for Spiderman in general. I'm sure that this will end up as a typical summer blockbuster with lots of action scenes and the like -- but what about a plot? What aspect of Spiderman can they focus on in 2hrs and produce a good movie? Tim Burton did this excellently with the first Batman movie, using Batman's long-time foe The Joker, but Spiderman really doesn't have an equivalent equal -- all his enemies like Green Goblin, Dr Oct, and Venom, are just foes, but not a constant one. I don't see how you can pick one foe and still have a good Spiderman movie.
(However, this at least beats the rumors than Leo DeCaprio was going to play Parker/Spider, and with James Cameron directing).
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I'm glad Rob posted this one. I imagine a good portion of us read comic books (the nice thing about the word 'read' is that its past- and present-tenses are spelled the same). Spiderman is well documented as a breakaway success because Parker was a average-joe, with girl problems, school problems, etc. He was someone comic book readers could connect with.
This is news for nerds, and I hope more stuff like this gets posted. The fact that this almost wasn't posted is yet another reason to clamor for a open and moderated submission queue.
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Harry Knowles' site declines on a weekly basis as he continues to focus on how he can make money off his notoriety. He only has one real scooper anymore, and the scoop was confirmed in Daily Variety today - with a huge disclaimer.
Raimi has been offered the Spiderman project. The problem is, he's all set to direct a Billy Bob Thornton script called The Gift with Keanu Reeves and Cate Blanchett. It's ready to roll. In order for Spiderman to happen, Paramount will have to let Raimi go as soon as photography wraps on the Gift to go shoot Spiderman, and then he'll edit them together - Sony has to have Spiderman out for summer 2001 for some arcane contractural reasons that have kept the project stalled for years. Read about it here.
Raimi is a perfect fit - imagine Darkman with a huge budget, and James Cameron worships the guy - and Cameron wrote the treatment for Spiderman that would be the greatest comic book adaptation ever made - and probably the best nerd movie ever made. Well Sony bought the Cameron treatment, and have since moved on to multiple drafts by different writers, but hopefully Raimi will stick to the Cameron one, which you can read here. And for anyone who hates Cameron vis a vis his success with Titanic, just read the damn thing. It's incredible.
I find this is Slashdot worthy news - news for Nerds. Raimi is a huge nerd, with a huge nerd audience, and why does every bowel movement George Lucas make get reported here, especially when he just seems obsessed with crapping on the heads of his loyal audience?
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Taken straight off of www.bruce-campbell.com:
Q: IS IT TRUE YOU'RE CAST AS THE LEAD IN THE "DOOM" AND "SPIDERMAN" AND "QUAKE" AND "SUPERMAN" AND "BATMAN" MOVIES?
A: NO, BY GOLLY, I AM NOT "CAST AS THE LEAD" OR INVOLVED WITH EITHER THE "DOOM" OR "SPIDERMAN" OR "QUAKE" OR "SUPERMAN" OR "BATMAN" FLICKS. APPARENTLY, THE PRODUCERS CALLED ME, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE CALL WAITING...
Hope this clears things up a bit.... Bruce Campbell rules.
-- My neighbors dog has a four inch clit.