It was announced earlier today that Marc Webb, will be directing the reboot, while Jim Sturgess is rumored to helm the title role. Well now Hollywood Reporter is reporting more of Sony's plans for the film:
"The plan for the movie is to be in the $80 million range and feature a cast of relative unknowns (so you can quash those Rob Pattinson or Gordon-Levitt rumors at this point). And the story will be pared down to center on a high school kid who is dealing with the knowledge that his uncle died even though the teen had the power to stop it."
"The touchstone for the new movie will not be the 1960s comics, which were the inspiration behind the movies by Raimi, who grew on up on them, but rather this past decade's "Ultimate Spider-Man" comics by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley where the villain-fighting took a back seat to the high school angst."
"Avi Arad and Laura Ziskin are producing the new movie, which will begin production this year."
MarvelFreshman: Now that I think about it, in the first Spider-Man film, they did kinda rush the death of Peter's uncle. That aspect should be what makes SPidey want to be a hero. I think that was the main problem with the first Spider-Man. They rushed over the franchise to get to an older Spidey for the sequels. High school should be Peter Parkers's main place as a character. Now that I think about I would really like it more, if he would stay a teenager. I'm starting to like this reboot idea.
Do you guys remember the Venom movie that was in the works. I wonder what affect the reboot will have on that.
