VACATION Writers Reveal Why Marvel Studios Chose Them To Pen SPIDER-MAN Reboot
John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein recently confirmed that they are indeed writing Marvel's upcoming Spider-Man reboot, and talk here about how exactly they convinced the studio.
John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein (whose credits include The Incredible Burt Wonderstone and Horrible Bosses) were among those considered to direct Marvel's Spider-Man reboot, but pretty much all of us forgot about the other candidates when it was announced that Jon Watts will direct Tom Holland in the movie. That made it all the more surprising when the duo were revealed to be the writers of the movie, and they expanded on that in a recent interview with Deadline.
"Our agent helped get our foot in the door with Marvel, sending them a script we had written, and letting them know our track record and that we’d love to move from broad comedy to action and action comedy," Goldstein reveals. "Also, it helped that Kevin Feige wanted to draw on the spirit of John Hughes for this Spider-Man, and we had just written and directed a sequel to a John Hughes-created franchise with Vacation. We’d pitched ourselves to both write and direct, and so our pitch included a pretty extensive story outline that appealed to them. After Jon Watts got the directing job, they came back and asked if we would be interested in doing the script."
There are some very interesting titbits of information here. For starters, it sounds like Marvel's Spider-Man will be an action comedy, while Kevin Feige (who has already confirmed that we'll see a villain who hasn't appeared in a movie before) was clearly taken by their story outline, the details of which will likely remain secret for the time being. What do you think about these comments?
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