View Full Version : If Raimi doesn't return, who should do Spider-Man 4?
jurassicalien
04-17-2007, 12:59 AM
Okay, so as time goes by, it seems that Raimi is in the middle about coming back, he says he'd love to, and then maybe. So let's think about this:
So if Raimi doesn't come back, who do we think should be the next director of Spider-Man? I really want to know who you guys would choose? To say "They shouldn't do it with out Raimi" is heartfelt, but that won't come to pass. If he doesn't return, there will be a part 4, we all know it. So who should do it?
Note: As much as it'd be interesting to say "Scorsese!" he wouldn't do it, let's be honest here. So realistically, who should take over?
My possible choices:
1) James Cameron - He was supposed to do it long before Titanic. So he has the interest, I'd want to see if he can still do it after Avatar, but beyond that, I think it'd be a cool choice.
2) Danny Boyle: In just watching the trailer to "Sunshine" (Why can't it come out now!) I believe he could handle the action scenes, and he'd bring something TOTALLY different to the project.
3) Ridly Scott: I don't think I need to say how awesome this man is behind the camera, so I'll just say this: Alien, Blade Runner, Kingdom of Heaven (DC)...think about it.
4) Ronny Yu: Now this man has a key eye, but not the best choices for American Films, but put him behind Spider-Man, and I think we have a case of amazing.
5) Peter Jackson: If Raimi takes Hobbit, Jackson does Spider-Man 4, it's only fair.
6) Wachowski Bros: Matrix 1 Wachowski, not Matrix 2 and 3, and no SM in Spider-Man, or super slow-mo and we have a fine film.
So what does everyone else think, if Raimi doesn't come back, who does it? (Someone will have to)
comhcinc
04-17-2007, 01:03 AM
stanley kubrick
six-gun
04-17-2007, 01:04 AM
No one, Spiderman should be a trilogy.
404error
04-17-2007, 01:06 AM
I know my pick is known for his movies and his love for comics, and I don't know what the opinions are on his movie work, but I vote Kevin Smith. He's just a comic lover so I think he would fit well. Did he do DD? I think he did.
*EDIT*
Just checked, he didn't so I think he would be an awesome fit for Spidey four if they choose to do another.
comhcinc
04-17-2007, 01:08 AM
I know my pick is known for his movies and his love for comics, and I don't know what the opinions are on his movie work, but I vote Kevin Smith. He's just a comic lover so I think he would fit well. Did he do DD? I think he did.
no he didn't and he has gone on record many times saying he doesn't want to direct an action movie. write maybe.
jurassicalien
04-17-2007, 01:10 AM
No one, Spiderman should be a trilogy.
I agree, but that ain't going to happen.
comhcinc
04-17-2007, 01:12 AM
I agree, but that ain't going to happen.
it's always neat to meet someone who can predict the future. got any lotto tips?
mikegraham6
04-17-2007, 01:14 AM
i think if raimi leaves he will be replaced with a no name director. no big name will want to follow him and in all honesty, when a comic book flick gets a big name director i count my blessings. for every Christopher Nolan theres a tim story in the wings getting ready to f*ck it up.
i think the bigger question is who will replace Tobey McGuire because i think he is done after this one. discounting the Jake Gyllenhal casting (that's too easy) who would you pick? i think if they decide to go the Young peter route, Shia Leboeuf (?) would be a good choice, he's an underrated actor, he can do the vulnerable peter and the cocky spidey that's needed for the role
jurassicalien
04-17-2007, 01:14 AM
it's always neat to meet someone who can predict the future. got any lotto tips?
It's not predicting the future, it's money, the studio has already hired a writer to do part 4. And has been quoted has saying "We're doing 4". Not predicting the future, it's reading statments.
13 5 78 9 10 Good luck with the lotto.
mikegraham6
04-17-2007, 01:17 AM
It's not predicting the future, it's money, the studio has already hired a writer to do part 4. And has been quoted has saying "We're doing 4". Not predicting the future, it's reading statments.
13 5 78 9 10 Good luck with the lotto.
your wrong, its always 4 8 15 16 23 42
jurassicalien
04-17-2007, 01:18 AM
your wrong, its always 4 8 15 16 23 42
No wonder I keep losing! DAMN!
six-gun
04-17-2007, 01:21 AM
your wrong, its always 4 8 15 16 23 42
Could we be any geeky-er?
comhcinc
04-17-2007, 01:22 AM
It's not predicting the future, it's money, the studio has already hired a writer to do part 4. And has been quoted has saying "We're doing 4". Not predicting the future, it's reading statments.
13 5 78 9 10 Good luck with the lotto.
yeah but until it is actually shot it doesn't matter what they say. you brought up cameron. i remember him giving a big interveiw talking about doing spiderman and how he was getting ready to shoot and everything.
it didn't happen
mikegraham6
04-17-2007, 01:23 AM
Could we be any geeky-er?
oh come on now, that was coming a MILE away!
but no i dont deny my geeky-ness:rolleyes:
jurassicalien
04-17-2007, 01:31 AM
yeah but until it is actually shot it doesn't matter what they say. you brought up cameron. i remember him giving a big interveiw talking about doing spiderman and how he was getting ready to shoot and everything.
it didn't happen
True, that didn't happen, but that was before there was a franchise, and ALOT of money behind it. It's one thing if there's nothing before, now there is.
It might not happen for a while sure, but there will be a Spider-Man 4.
mastap
04-17-2007, 01:37 AM
Schumacher! If there is one thing spidey has been sorley lacking in is plastic nipples.
ow! ow! stop throwing rocks!
comhcinc
04-17-2007, 01:38 AM
It might not happen for a while sure, but there will be a Spider-Man 4.
it's always neat to meet someone who can predict the future. got any lotto tips?
heh
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Could we be any geeky-er?
maybe, but only if we spelled it geekier :rolleyes: ;)
kwok_talk
04-17-2007, 03:57 AM
maybe, but only if we spelled it geekier :rolleyes: ;)
or g33ki3r
(please shoot me now)
it's always neat to meet someone who can predict the future. got any lotto tips?
predicting that a public company will leap at the chance to make hundreds of millions more dollars isn't quite a lofty prediction
it's lotto projection cousin would be that the lotto numbers will be numbers
or g33ki3r
(please shoot me now)
ok you've been sho1 or is it shol
I never get that right
jurassicalien
04-17-2007, 04:09 AM
predicting that a public company will leap at the chance to make hundreds of millions more dollars isn't quite a lofty prediction
it's lotto projection cousin would be that the lotto numbers will be numbers
Thank You!
no need to thank me
it's the troof
comhcinc
04-17-2007, 04:40 AM
predicting that a public company will leap at the chance to make hundreds of millions more dollars isn't quite a lofty prediction
it's lotto projection cousin would be that the lotto numbers will be numbers
here's the thing spiderman 3 isn't out yet. it could suck or worst it could bomb. no way of knowing that until it happens
worst case scenario (in my mind anyway) great movie, aweful box office. sony would not be so inclined to sink any more money into it
wow i'm being a bigger ahole than usual today huh?
here's the thing spiderman 3 isn't out yet. it could suck or worst it could bomb. no way of knowing that until it happens
worst case scenario (in my mind anyway) great movie, aweful box office. sony would not be so inclined to sink any more money into it
wow i'm being a bigger ahole than usual today huh?
I will eat roadkill if it bombs
literally - on video posted here
comhcinc
04-17-2007, 04:45 AM
I will eat roadkill if it bombs
literally - on video posted here
do i get to choose the roadkill?
how about this if it doesn't bomb i'll eat a steak well done ewwwwwwwww
mastap
04-17-2007, 04:46 AM
do i get to choose the roadkill?
how about this if it doesn't bomb i'll eat a streak well done ewwwwwwwww
That typo brings about horrible possibilities
comhcinc
04-17-2007, 04:49 AM
That typo brings about horrible possibilities
heh thanks i changed out keyboards today and i am having no end of problems
that and i love the r key
do i get to choose the roadkill?
how about this if it doesn't bomb i'll eat a steak well done ewwwwwwwww
no - I wouldn't want to lose any flavor during shipping
get ready to eat my streak
this has gotten really odd
mastap
04-17-2007, 04:51 AM
heh thanks i changed out keyboards today and i am having no end of problems
that and i love the r key
Ha, no problem man, if you brought up all my typos on the forums, you could fill pages upon pages
comhcinc
04-17-2007, 04:52 AM
no - I wouldn't want to lose any flavor during shipping
oh i was going to pick it up this weekend and store it. aged meat is all the rage now right?
'sides all kinds of things get run over around here
conorkilpatrick
04-17-2007, 05:39 AM
From Entertainment Weekly: (http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20035161,00.html)
On the eve of what is expected to be the biggest Spider-Man yet, Entertainment Weekly learns that director Sam Raimi is seriously considering directing The Hobbit—a choice that could potentially leave Spidey 4 without a director and, says Kirsten Dunst, a leading lady.
Raimi’s name has been floated in connection with The Hobbit ever since a very public dustup between Peter Jackson and New Line chairman Bob Shaye left the Lord of the Rings prequel without a director. Raimi went on the record for the first time about his potential involvement in the project during an exclusive interview with EW’s Steve Daly for the magazine’s Summer Preview issue, on stands Friday: “Peter Jackson might be the best filmmaker on the planet right now. But, um, I don’t know what’s going to happen next for me right now. First and foremost, those are Peter Jackson and Bob Shaye’s films. If Peter didn’t want to do it, and Bob wanted me to do it—and they were both ok with me picking up the reigns—that would be great. I love the book. It’s maybe a more kid-friendly story than the others.”
Sony’s President of Production Matt Tolmach tells EW that the studio is cautiously optimistic about retaining the team that launched the Spidey franchise so spectacularly: “Listen, we’re making Spider-Man 4. Our hope, dream and intention is to do it with Sam. But I don’t have a crystal ball.”
More in the link.
itsbecca
04-17-2007, 06:03 AM
No crystal ball hm? Maybe he should just ask JurassicAlien. :P
I'm confused though. The article says maguire doesn't really want to do number 4, but doesn't say that's because it might be without Raimi. Does anyone know about that? I couldn't blame him if it was just wanting to get away from that character, but that could definitley put a stopper on the sequel, at least for now. Of course it could always go the way of batman or bond.
comhcinc
04-17-2007, 06:19 AM
Of course it could always go the way of batman or bond.
and you think that is a good thing? i only accept two bonds and i'm holding out till the next batman before i make a judgment on that
jurassicalien
04-17-2007, 06:22 AM
and you think that is a good thing? i only accept two bonds and i'm holding out till the next batman before i make a judgment on that
Good or not, that doesn't stop it from happening.
itsbecca
04-17-2007, 06:25 AM
I never said I thought it was a good thing. I'm so so on the idea. I'm sure if it did there would still be spiderman movies I like in the future, but the continuity between the films would surely turn non-existant. But we can't really expect them to go forever.
(and out of curiosity which two bonds?)
comhcinc
04-17-2007, 06:33 AM
I never said I thought it was a good thing. I'm so so on the idea. I'm sure if it did there would still be spiderman movies I like in the future, but the continuity between the films would surely turn non-existant. But we can't really expect them to go forever.
(and out of curiosity which two bonds?)
i didn't mean that to sound that way. sorry. and i really don't want them to go own forever after three i think it should be at least 25 years before they make another one
which two bonds? George Lazenby and David Niven, who else (not really)
popltree2
04-17-2007, 07:13 AM
My vote is for Brian Singer.
humphrey-lee
04-17-2007, 09:26 AM
I really don't want to see any more flicks get made after this one, I think more will water it down, but if they get anyone, I guess I'd go with Gore Verbinski. I know the 2nd Pirates flick was a little dissapointing, but the first was the nuts and the 3rd looks to be equally so. I figure he's earned his big budget stripes by now.
paper
04-17-2007, 12:00 PM
I really don't want to see any more flicks get made after this one, I think more will water it down, but if they get anyone, I guess I'd go with Gore Verbinski. I know the 2nd Pirates flick was a little dissapointing, but the first was the nuts and the 3rd looks to be equally so. I figure he's earned his big budget stripes by now.
I could get behind that. But I agree. No more after this.
scrawl
04-17-2007, 02:40 PM
Spidey 4 will happen, Raimi or no...X-men 3 went on without Singer, (that wasn't the point of this thread.) I read at one point they have up to 7 plotted, but that was the studio.
My dream choice for director? Senior Spielbergo, nobody does blockbuster better.
I like the idea of Cameron, but pre-titanic cameron. Not silly "i'm king of the world and just found Jesus" Cameron.
Ridley Scott would be great, but we'd probably end up with his brother. Cue top gun music.
Clint Eastwood could bring the super down ending that would fit a spidey flick...
My unreasonable-whatareyousomekindofidiot choice for director? Fincher, that would be an unholy Spidey flick, he would get his ass handed to him royally in an R-rated beautifully filthy venom murdering random people flick. :)
Good or not, that doesn't stop it from happening.
exactly. we live in the real world where people like money. Everybody looks at this from an artistic perspective except the people actually responsible for the choices. Don't believe me, ask the people behind Police Academy 92, Friday The 13th Part 99, and Weekend at Bernies Part 2
conorkilpatrick
04-17-2007, 02:52 PM
My dream choice for director? Senior Spielbergo, nobody does blockbuster better.
And he's cheap, too.
jurassicalien
04-17-2007, 09:44 PM
And he's cheap, too.
He made Mr. Burns' film look damn good.
conorkilpatrick
04-17-2007, 09:52 PM
He made Mr. Burns' film look damn good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fszx42KUfM
paper
04-17-2007, 10:42 PM
Spielberg's kinda bland. I don't like his recent action movies.
jurassicalien
04-17-2007, 10:48 PM
Spielberg's kinda bland. I don't like his recent action movies.
I kow what you mean, nothing about WoftheW seemed Spielberg to me expect for the scene in the basement of the house when the camera/eye was looking for them, but taht was basically the raptor scene from JP.
But Munich, I liked and it felt back to form and really well directed. I think if he gets a film with heart and meaning it's great directing, give him a bland action movie, and that's what you get. (Though his bland directing is heads over genre action directors)
jo-relrollins
04-18-2007, 03:39 AM
I don't know if i want a new one after this. But my confusion stems from Kirsten Dunst,who at first i didn't want in this role but she grew on me. She stated in an interview that she thinks the characters couldn't live on without her,tobey, or Raimi.
Tobey, maybe
Raimi, of course
Kirsten, don't really care. Its not like she gave an Oscar performance.
Also the character are like 60 years old,someone else is bound to play them again in the future. So she was never gonna always be Mary Jane, the same with tobey. No one actor owns this part.
itsbecca
04-18-2007, 03:40 AM
I think spiderman can definitley live on without kirsten dunst.
mikegraham6
04-18-2007, 03:42 AM
I think spiderman can definitley live on without kirsten dunst.
Bring on Bryce Dallas Howard!!! YAY!!!
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t268/mikegraham6/bryce-dallas-howard-picture-1.jpg
HOTTIE!!!:D
itsbecca
04-18-2007, 03:48 AM
As Gwen Stacy?
(And WOW she looks a lot different there than in The Village... which is the only movie I've ever seen her in.)
mikegraham6
04-18-2007, 03:51 AM
As Gwen Stacy?
(And WOW she looks a lot different there than in The Village... which is the only movie I've ever seen her in.)
i agree with you, i really wasn't too impressed with her look in the village (or from what i've seen of lady in the water). but anytime i've seen her outside of movies (entertainment shows, magazines) she looks drop dead gorgeous. Its wierd how someone chooses movies where the characters don't do her justice, but i guess that just proves she is a real actress (too bad those moves where the village and lady in the water, yuck!)
kwok_talk
04-18-2007, 03:52 AM
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/214/463558624_5329a04c34.jpg
mikegraham6
04-18-2007, 03:54 AM
nice, i dunno about the bleach blonde porn star hair though:rolleyes:
itsbecca
04-18-2007, 04:08 AM
What a horrid picture. Is that a fake spidey too? You're just totally ruining the magic for me.
kwok_talk
04-18-2007, 04:42 AM
Snagged it off google, so who knows what validity it has.
mikegraham6
04-18-2007, 04:45 AM
Snagged it off google, so who knows what validity it has.
well it's totally real, no doubt about it, but i agree, im no fan of seeing this pics, they ruin the magic. I dont mind seeing this stuff in DVDs after the movie but before it just doesn't feel right....
you don't have any pics like that of santa claus do you?