Tag: Spider-Man
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Sam Raimi Says ‘Spider-Man 4’ Unraveled Because He Didn’t Want To Make “Compromises” With Sony’s Looming Deadline
The journey from Sam Raimi‘s never-made “Spider-Man 4” to Marvel‘s “Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness” has been an interesting one, as the genre director seemed keen to keep making “Spider-Man” movies despite the poor reception of 2008’s “Spider-Man 3.” Raimi is now giving a little more insight into how things ultimately unraveled and…
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Sam Raimi Would ‘Absolutely’ Do Marvel Again After ‘Doctor Strange 2’: ‘The World’s Best Toy Box’
“Spider-Man” director Sam Raimi admittedly was “not that familiar” with Marvel films before helming “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” — the MCU installment now ushering in the next generation of Marvel storytelling.“I had seen ‘Iron Man,’ the first ‘Avengers,’ ‘Black Panther,’ and ‘Doctor Strange,’ and little clips of the other movies,” Raimi told…
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Sam Raimi Is Game to Make Another ‘Spider-Man’ With Tobey Maguire: ‘I Think All Things Are Possible’
Fresh off the multiversal return of Tobey Maguire in “
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‘Morbius’: Jared Leto Was So Method & Committed He Had To Use A Wheelchair To Go To The Bathroom
Sony’s “Morbius” is finally in theaters and while people are endlessly sharing their hot takes of the poorly-reviewed superhero film (including our review) and ‘Spider-Man’ spin-off, what might be even more interesting is all the behind-the-scenes shenanigans of Jared Leto, who as one person joked on Twitter today, might be the Daniel Day-Lewis of bad…
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Morbius Spoiler Review: Drinking A Bag Of Artificial Blood Is More Appealing Than This Sequel-Bait
In “Morbius,” Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (as it’s now officially known) gets cluttered with mist trails and swarms of CG bats, and if you squint hard enough through the requisite darkness, you’ll see a couple of vampires, played by Jared Leto and Matt Smith. Leto is one of those actors who has a bandwagon of online hate running…
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Spidey Spin-Off ‘Morbius’ Sinks Its Teeth Into A So-So 39.1 Million Opening Weekend But Still Snags Top Spot
All comic-book characters are not created equal. At least when it comes to their drawing power at the box office. While Morbius, the latest big-screen origin story to spring from Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (think Venom but with vampire-bat DNA), did manage to open in the top spot over the weekend, its surprisingly soft 39 million…
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Kathryn Bigelow Will Direct David Koepp-Penned Adaptation Of Aurora For Netflix
Academy Award-winner Kathryn Bigelow is set to direct “Aurora” for Netflix, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film is based on the upcoming book from David Koepp worked as a screenwriter for films some pretty impressive films like “Jurassic Park,” “Mission: Impossible,” “Ghost Town,” and “Spider-Man.” Recently, he wrote the HBO Max film “Kimi” which starred…
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Morbius review – ludicrously pointless Jekyll and Hyde vampire-monster yarn
Jared Leto and Matt Smith are an outstanding doctor and his evil nemesis respectively, both grappling with the power to change into an evil demonWith a snarl, with a roar, with a facial morph into horrible sub-Voldemort nasal loss and then back to being handsome, the Marvel superhero-vampire Morbius is with us. And sadly his…
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Andrew Garfield Is Ok With ‘Spider-Man’ Oscar Snub: A “Gajillion People” Saw It, It’s Success Is “Plenty”
Andrew Garfield received a second Oscar nomination for his luminous performance in the Netflix film “Tick, Tick… Boom!” directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Garfield brings a warm earnestness and passionate vocal skills to the role of writer and composer Jonathan Larson. The film is an adaptation of Larson’s autobiographical one-man musical about the horrors of turning…
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‘Kraven The Hunter’: Christopher Abbott Joining The Cast As The Main Villain In ‘Spider-Man’ Spinoff Film
Though we have yet to see anything outside of two “Venom” films, Sony is hellbent on making its own universe of Spider-Man-adjacent characters a thing. We have “Morbius” arriving soon, “Madame Web” just found its lead, and various other projects in development, including the upcoming “Kraven the Hunter.” And though this little superhero universe is…