hahahhaha. I didn't notice that. Why would this just be coming out today then? Strange.Quoting The Mike (view post)
hahahhaha. I didn't notice that. Why would this just be coming out today then? Strange.
edit: found it.
It looks like real news is about the same:
Raimi states "I've just started working on the next installment of the Spider-Man series. Screenwriter David Lindsay-Abaire is in New York right now writing the screenplay and I am going to receive a draft of it in about three weeks I think."
Maybe it's Irish April Ful's Day? :lol:
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It's very very horrible, sir. It's one of those things we wish we could disinvent.
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Here's some real news. Alan Cumming is playing Green Goblin in Julie Taymor's Spidey Musical.
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I'm still all about going to New York in February/March to see that.
admits mistakes, wants to fix them in 4
I take this to mean that there will be almost no action sequences or villainy in Spider-Man 4 and will consist almost entirely of Young People having Young People Problems to amusing musical cues, involving much delightful mugging for the camera.
YES.
I'm glad that he made a movie for half a billion dollars and decided it was a learning curve and now wants another chance.
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Um, while it was greeted with a lot of disappointment from some very vocal people, didn't it still manage to make almost 900 million for Sony worldwide? And its budget was more like a quarter billion? I mean, that's still a success from the studio's point of view, right?
I mean, it's not uncommon for a director to look at all of his films as learning experiences. He sees missteps in his films, and I think most directors--if being honest--will cop to mistakes being made.
I know, and I would rather he says this honestly than insist that Spider-Man 3 was a good movie, but there's something about it that rubs me the wrong way. I mean, it's the second most expensive movie ever made and he's just basically saying, "Yeah, lots of people didn't like it. It's not the best. Let me try again, you'll like this one." It doesn't really make me want to see it. At all.
Also, with other directors, that learning curve is by trying out new things. Getting experience. That's different from making a sequel of the same movie with the same character over and over.
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8 I think you mentioned this before in one of the Spiderman threads, but Raimi was just appealing to the studio with the third installment. They were pushing for the third villain because they didn't know if there would be a 4th film, and the ending result was too much going on in such a little time. That's why venom's appearance sucked so much. Think of the direction Raimi could have went with if they let him work the syndicate into the story himself. If he had an entire movie to play with.
There's no doubt in my mind that 4 will be better than 3.
Yeah, I'm glad he admits it was awful basically. At least I know he won't be reusing stuff from the third movie.
Raimi's neocon suck-ups bother me more than his callous disregard for Sony's cash.
I think it takes some balls to admit that your own movie with a $500 million budget wasn't good.
I still wish they'd get someone else to take over the franchise, but I admit I'm eager to see what he has up his sleeve.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
Where do you get $500 mil from?
That's how must it cost.
Between the film's production and the advertising budget, it cost $500 million.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
$250+ mil on advertising? WTF? It cost MORE to advertise than it did to make?
Yeah, that's not all that uncommon.
I bet Fox spent more on advertising Wolverine than they did making it.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
I'm obviously out of the Hollywood 'how to make money' loop but I guess they're thinking long term investment from DVD sales and TV showings + comcast on demand crap and stuff. I can see spending $100 mil on advertising, esp during the Super Bowl and high profile events but that $250 number blew my mind.
According to the-numbers, if it made 900 mil WW, that's 300 mil profit, + 150 mil from DVD sales, + 33 mil TV rights.. so I guess they do make a lot of that back pretty fast. Still a win for Hollywood.
Generally duke, when you factor in the budget to make the movie, that's also the amount it will cost the studio to advertise it. There's no official documentation, it's just what they say.
This is where studios, directors, etc get in trouble over gross %. Studios can forge the numbers all they want into saying how much they put into advertising.
Spiderman 4 poster.... also Iron Man 2, Shrek 4 and Oobermind - May 6th, 2011
this is weird....
A flashback?
But... I though that Spiderman 3 established Sandman as the real killer.
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