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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Nov 21, 2013 13:26:10 GMT -6
Director Marc Webb's "Amazing Spider-Man 2" will expand the wall-crawler's movie rogues gallery by two, with Jamie Foxx taking on the role of Electro and Paul Giamatti on board to portray the Rhino -- not to mention Chris Cooper as Norman Osborn, the man who becomes the Green Goblin. Despite the massive influx of characters for the sequel, The Wrap reports Sony Pictures Entertainment Co-Chairman Amy Pascal as stating more expansion of the studio's Spider-verse may be on the way. “We are going to access Marvel’s full world of Spider-Man characters, so be on the lookout for new heroes and villains,” Pascal said during a recent investor presentation. Pascal's comments line up with comments from Webb in July about the future of the franchise, saying that "Amazing Spider-Man 4" "might not just be a Spider-Man movie." "I think this was conceived of as a trilogy so there was a defined architecture to the story we were telling and we had sort of a rough outline of what was going to happen," the director told Crave Online. "I think the fourth movie, what we’ve discovered is that there are so many ancillary characters, that have enormous cinematic potential that there may be other ways to exploit those characters, in a way that is exciting and fun and worthwhile." Opening May 2, 2014 and directed by Marc Webb, "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" features Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Sally Field, Jamie Foxx, Paul Giamatti, Chris Cooper, Dane DeHaan and Colm Feore.
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Post by motorcykiller on Nov 21, 2013 16:18:10 GMT -6
“We do very much have the ambition about creating a bigger universe around Spider-Man. There are a number of scripts in the works” involving characters and villains in the series, Sony Pictures Entertainment chief Michael Lynton told analysts in a Q&A session wrapping up his operation’s first meeting with investors. But he didn’t offer details, except that Sony is “working closely with Marvel and Disney.” But lest fans of the Marvel world take that to mean that Spider-Man could finally join his buddies in an upcoming The Avengers or other Marvel/Disney film — think again. Sony’s longtime rights deal with Marvel for Spider-Man allows them to exploit any character within the superhero’s universe — including villains, girlfriends or even Aunt May. But Disney, which acquired Marvel in 2009, owns merchandising rights to Spider-Man and those related characters, so any further exploitation would have to involve Disney.
While Sony today promised to hold down costs, especially for films, Lynton says that “we have in no way shape or form lost our commitment to the movie business. The movie business sits at the heart and soul of the company.” And he wouldn’t feel constrained from approving a major project. “We never once found ourselves lacking for capital” when it comes to a needed investment including an acquisition. That also was true when Disney snagged Marvel. With theme parks and several cable channels, Disney has “a few more channels to exploit” the properties. “You have to measure it against that backdrop.”
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