Spider-Man 4 News

Yesterday, along with moving back Thor, Captain America and The Avengers, Marvel announced a release date for the highly anticipated Spider-Man 4 movie. Spidey and pals will swing into action again on May 6th, 2011. So keep that date open and bookmark this page for all the upcoming news regarding Spider-Man 4.

And in the meantime don’t forget to check out Avengers News to get all the latest news on Thor, Captain America, The Avengers and of course Iron Man 2!

Spider-Man 4 is now on it’s second writer. The first writer James Vanderbuilt, who wrote Zodiac, didn’t impress the studios with his take on what Spider-Man 4 should entail so Sony has hired David Lindsay-Abaire. Lindsay-Abaire is a pulitzer prize winner for his play “Rabbit Hole”. Not really sure how this is going to play out, he doesn’t seem to have much experience in the comic book genre, but he is obviously a good writer so hopefully we’ll get something interesting out of him.

Nothing is official yet, but apparently in an interview that Kirsten Dunst did with MTV she mentions that she’s “in” when asked about her involvement with Spider-Man 4. However, shortly after that she said that she’s not saying anything…. So basically nothing is official yet, but it sounds like she wants to do it if everything works out how she wants it to. This could mean that she’d be back for both Spider-Man 4 and 5 since they are going to be shot back to back, unless of course they kill Mary Jane off in Spidey 4, but we’ll just have to wait and see. If we hear anything official we will let you know.

source: MTV (via Cinematical)

And with both Tobey Maguire and Sam Raimi! That’s the rumor. The Hollywood Reporter has come out and said that both Tobey and Sam are very close to a deal with Sony Pictures to create two more Spider-Man movies. The movies will hopefully start filming in 2009 and will be filmed back to back. Writer Jamie Vanderbuilt who penned the “Zodiac” screenplay has been tapped to write. And don’t worry, the Venom movie is still moving forward. Writer Jacob Estes wrote a draft of the script while recently Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese were brought on to revise.

So we’ll see what happens. Hopefully they close these deals and we get to see some more Spidey action soon. With all of the Marvel Studios movies coming in 2010 and 2011, we could be seeing a ton of comic book movies in those 2 years. I just hope that they don’t all suck.

source: Hollywood Reporter

With Spider-Man 4, hopefully, getting ready to move forward, you can bid on your chance to visit the set. Although Spider-Man 4 doesn’t even have a script, director or actors attached to it, you can bet that it will get made and Sony will be sure it does. And what better way to donate to a great charity and get to goto the premiere, check out the set, meet the cast and be an extra on the movie! Check out the auction!

Here’s what the winner gets:

You and your guest will enjoy:

• A visit to the set of Spider-Man 4 (one shooting day)
  • Location of visit will be determined by Sony Pictures based on scheduling of visit
• A meet and greet with the cast (1 hour)
• A walk-on/ extra role in the film for the auction winner only
  • Role and length of screen time to be determined by Sony Pictures
• Trip to the New York premiere
  • Location of American premiere may be changed at Sony Pictures’ discretion
• Designer outfits to wear to premiere for winner and guest from top designers
  • Designers to be chosen by Sony Pictures
  • Winner and guest may keep the outfits
• Winner and Guest will walk the premiere’s red carpet

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