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Sony Hires Spider-Man 5 & 6 Writer

August 17, 2009

Variety reports that Sony Pictures has engaged screenwriter James Vanderbilt to write Spider-Man 5 and Spider-Man 6.

Production on Spider-Man 4 will begin early next year for a May 6, 2011 release. Vanderbilt wrote the first draft of the script for the fourth installment. David Lindsay-Abaire was brought on board to do a rewrite, and Gary Ross is now rewriting that script.

The trade adds that director Sam Raimi didn't embrace all of Vanderbilt's ideas, but executives at Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios have. Vanderbilt has been hired to pen the fifth and sixth movies, which have an interconnected storyline.

It's unclear whether Raimi, Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst will be back for #5 & 6, but if they aren't, Vanderbilt's script would be the blueprint for a franchise reboot.

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COMMENTS (64)

Posted by:

OMG, Atari!

August 17, 2009

Please just do a gritty, dark, troubling story line with lots of violence and a little humor. Its that simple...

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August 17, 2009

They're all gonna suck anyways.

Posted by:

Zak

August 17, 2009

@OMG,
Right, cuz that has a lot to do with Spiderman.

Posted by:

Boocherhix

August 17, 2009

So, they hired 2 people to re-write the script he wrote for #4 and now they want him to write #5 & 6? That makes a lot of sense...

Posted by:

James

August 17, 2009

all i can say is MAXIMUM CARNAGE!!!

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NormanOsborn

August 17, 2009

Boocherhix - Read the Variety article. Coming Soon left a lot out - Sony and Marvel seemed to have liked Vanderbilt more than Raimi, and they say Spider-Man 5 could potentially be a reboot. I'm guessing there's a good chance 4 is the end of the Raimi films.

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mark m

August 17, 2009

well if it needs a reboot it need to be done. hopefully they will be doing a bit more continuity with the other marvel movies like iron man and the incredible hulk did , and have spidey have nick fury offer him a spot on the avengers?

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movierich

August 17, 2009

Jeez, now they're making a Spider-man 5 AND 6!?! How about seeing how good the fourth one does first!?!

Posted by:

DOM

August 17, 2009

these movies wont be the same if Toby Maguire & Kirsten Dunst is not in them...

Posted by:

District 10

August 17, 2009

the only chance of it being good is if they do it like the second. Anything like the first, third or a new idea will suck