New Spider-Man movie slated for 2010-ish

The fourth movie in a series is usually not much of a cinematic sweet spot, but Marvel Vice President Peter Cuneo has reportedly confirmed Sony Pictures’ web-brained scheme to make yet another Spider-Man movie. (Pun made to honor the last Spidey film, which maintained a level of wit on par with a cereal advertisement.)

Cuneo told IESB (via: Cinematical), “it's up to (Sony), most likely scenario is 2010 or 2011 but we can't speak for them and I think, that we don't know. They have given us their re-up payment for that film so you know they're going to make it within a reasonable timeframe.” He added that there are some issues with actually getting the cast and director to return, which is always promising. Maybe they should look into casting this dude for the lead.

One good sign is that the competent James Vanderbilt (Zodiac, also working on the upcoming Wolverine film) is tapped to pen the script, which therefore might have some nuance this time around.

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