Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios announced the next installment of Spider-Man [SPID4] will be directed by Marc Webb, whose only previous credit is (500) Days of Summer. New York's Vulture broke the news today, though EW's Hollywood Insider was the first to finger Webb as a frontrunner to replace Sam Raimi, who bowed over creative differences and demands to meet the previous Summer 2011 release date. The fourth Spider-Man movie will reboot the franchise with a new cast. Written by James Vanderbilt, the new Spider-Man will take Peter Parker back to high school as a teenager dealing with his newfound super powers. THR's Heat Blog hears the movie is budgeted around $80 million and will feature a cast of relative unknowns.
Amy Pascal, co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Matt Tolmach, president of Columbia Pictures, said, “At its core, Spider-Man is a small, intimate human story about an everyday teenager that takes place in an epic super-human world. The key for us as we sought a new director was to identify filmmakers who could give sharp focus to Peter Parker’s life. We wanted someone who could capture the awe of being in Peter’s shoes so the audience could experience his sense of discovery while giving real heart to the emotion, anxiety, and recklessness of that age and coupling all of that with the adrenaline of Spider-Man’s adventure. We believe Marc Webb is the perfect choice to bring us on that journey.”
On Sunday at the Golden Globes, Webb revealed to MTV that he was a fan of the 'Ultimate Spider-Man', the comic series that reimagined and modernized the Spider-Man characters Stan Lee created in 1962.
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