Spiderman 4 Cancelled. Reboot of Franchise Next

The Spider Man movies as we know them are dead (that's why ol Spidey is a zombie above). Nikki Finke reports that Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire will not be returning to the Spider Man franchise. Spider Man 4 will be a reboot of the entire shebang. A couple days ago, I blogged about how no one cared about Spider Man because of all the upcoming Marvel movies. Well, I gotta say, I think the reboot of the franchise is a great idea. Get a hip director (hello Neill Blomkamp) some hot young stars (hell, uh, not so sure about that one) and we're off. Of course it has to be avatarized aka, it must be in 3D IMAX.

Should You Care About the Spider Man 4 Delay?

Yesterday it was announced that "Spiderman 4" is being delayed due to script problems. Just weeks ago, fanboys were up in arms about casting rumors of John Malkovich and Anne Hathaway playing the Vulture and Vultress, so damn, I guess times can change with the flick of a wrist. In light of this delay, Paramount picked up it's hammer and crushed Spider-man's release date of May 6, 2011. Paramount's replacement:  that other marvel superhero project: "Thor."

The interesting here is that there isn't a huge backlash about Spider-Man getting delayed. The mood that I'm feeling is that Spider Man 3 was so disrespectful to comics that the web-heads don't really care. And with Marvel dangling "The Avengers" in front of our faces like the most tasty whoopie pie ever made, how are we supposed to get excited one character? After all, in no time we will have a whole team of them on the screen together battling evil. Sorry Spidey, looks like you can't hand power and responsibility after all.