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Variety: Production to start early next year (SPID4). The studio has quietly engaged screenwriter James Vanderbilt to pen "Spider-Man 5" and
"Spider-Man 6".
Vanderbilt was the first writer on "Spider-Man 4." Director Sam Raimi brought on "Rabbit Hole" playwright David Lindsay-Abaire to rewrite him, and Gary Ross is now rewriting that script. The studio is enthusiastic about where it stands as the picture begins prepping for an early 2010 production start for a May 2011 release.
Raimi didn't embrace all of Vanderbilt's ideas, but execs at Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios have. Vanderbilt has been hired to pen the fifth and sixth movies, which have an interconnected storyline. That's what was originally discussed when Vanderbilt signed on to write "Spider-Man 4," but the idea of shooting a fourth and fifth film back to back with the original cast was scrapped. cont'd ...
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Variety: Production to start early next year (SPID4). The studio has quietly engaged screenwriter James Vanderbilt to pen "Spider-Man 5" and Aug 16, 20:45
MIght want to check that tag... LOL! {nm} Aug 16, 20:57
Variety: Production to start early next year (SPID4). Oops and rewrite .. Aug 16, 21:05