Drew Goddard Reportedly Writing & Directing New SPIDER-MAN Movie
Are you ready, Spider-fans? Ever since it was announced that Marvel and Sony would be bringing Spider-Man into the Marvel Cinematic Universe and then producing a new standalone Spider-Man movie, we've been wondering what would happen to Drew Goddard's Sinister Six movie he's been working on. Well, Latino-Review spoke with one of their sources at Sony, and the source says that Goddard will be the man to write and direct the new Spidey standalone movie.
This is great news for fans of Goddard's work (if you haven't seen The Cabin in the Woods, get on that immediately!), and it makes a lot of sense. Goddard was working with Marvel on Daredevil before he jumped into the Spider-Man universe, so it's clear he has a lot of love for the character. Plus, he's been living and breathing these characters for months already, so he's a solid choice to bring this new movie to life.
The report says there is talk of calling the movie The Spectacular Spider-Man, and they reveal a few more key pieces of information about the direction Sony is taking the character:
No new origin story, Spidey exists from the beginning, taken as a given
New actor, probably an unknown, he will be specifically based in High School and they want him to be able to grow up into the role. The thought being if this works, Spidey can do multiple trilogies for years ala Harry Potter.
A major part of the first film will involve Spider- Man fighting Iron Man and then trying to pass the “audition” to join the Avengers
The first film will involved the Sinister Six coming together with the thought to later maybe spin them off.
Spider-Man fighting Iron Man? Whoa! That seems to give a pretty clear idea of whose side Spidey will be on when we first see him next year in Captain America: Civil War.
The Maze Runner star Dylan O'Brien was reportedly in contention for the lead role, but this report indicates that the studio is looking for someone even younger than O'Brien. And then there was the recent rumor that Spider-Man wouldn't be white - which lead many to assume they were looking at bringing a Miles Morales Spider-Man to the big screen for the first time. As of now, we don't have any more details about casting, but with Civil War coming up relatively soon, we expect more casting rumors to start pouring out over the next few months.
What do you think about all of this? Is Goddard the right guy for the job?