Provided that taut Tobey Maguire doesnt go to pot or unless he is recast with like Jake Gyllenhaal or Vincent Chase Spider-Man 4 is a go and being eyed for a May 2011 release date Nobodys signed anything on any dotted lines and I dont think theres an actual script yet but as we all know [thats just a detail] The Closers JK Simmons aka J Jonah Jameson tells us In films they work backwards They announce that Spider-Man 4 will open on say Memorial Day 2011 they start the marketing campaign from there and at some point theyll write and cast the movieAside from Maguires involvement and the matter of a director Maybe Sam [Raimi] will direct again Simmons muses the big question surrounds No 4s No 1 baddie My vote goes to Lizard Dylan Baker has played Dr Curt Connors twice in Parts 2 and 3 though some spec it could be Vulture too ugly I say or Kraven ditto Whats your take What villain do you want to see wailing on the wall-cr
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Spider-Man might live dangerously, but at least one key player isn't letting the series' fate hang in the balance. Writer James Vanderbilt (Zodiac) tells Comics2Film that he had officially signed on to the project before the WGA strike began.... SAG Award nominee Debra Messing isn't resting on her kudos. The Will & Grace alum is set to play wife to John Leguizamo in Humboldt Park, a Latino family drama to begin shooting Feb. 13.... Beastie Boy Adam Yauch's not gonna let the ball dro-o-o-op, either. The mix-master Brooklynite is launching Oscilloscope Pictures, a film-distribution and international-sales arm of his production house. We'll be waiting to say hello nicely to his new projects. — Anna Dimond
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Gerard Butler (300) has bowed out of the Escape from New York remake, citing "creative differences".... Also per Variety, Spider-man 4 has tapped James Vanderbilt (Zodiac) to pen the script, which unlike No. 3 will feature two baddies, max. Neither Tobey, Kirsten nor director Sam Raimi have yet to sign on.... Ridley and Tony Scott are producing Tell-Tale, a psychological thriller inspired by the Edgar Allan Poe short story, says the Reporter.... Saw IV baddie Tobin Bell is a good-guy sheriff in a big-screen adaptation of the graphic novel Bump.
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This week's episode of ABC punching bag Boston Legal, preempted by a 20/20 special about the California wildfires, will air next Tuesday.... On Monday in Times Square, Papa John's, Spider-Man 3 director Sam Raimi and "Spidey" himself will announce a "Hometown Super-Heroes" campaign honoring police, fire and rescue workers. The rest of you can enjoy a Super-Hero XL3 pizza for $12.99.... Gretchen Mol and hubby Tod Williams welcomed a son back on Sept. 10, says People.... Heads up, Demi and Cameron: E! counts down the 25 Hottest Hollywood Cougar Tales on Saturday at 5 pm/ET.
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Questions about motion capture animation -- is it cheating -- John Wayne PJ Soles and more Send your movie questions to FlickChickSee Maitland McDonagh and Ken Fox review this weeks new flicks in Movie TalkQuestion Ive been reading a lot about the behind-the-scenes technology used to created the tentacle-faced Davy Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Mans Chest and Pirates of the Caribbean At Worlds End and keep seeing the term motion capture But none of the articles have explained how its different from old-fashioned rotoscoping Can you enlighten me oh FlickChick -- BradFlickChick The difference is computers Rotoscoping is a process invented by animation pioneer Max Fleischer -- creator of Betty Boop -- in 1914 It allowed artists to hand-draw over motion picture footage of real subjects frame-by-frame so that the instantly recognizable weight and flow of real human motion was maintained while the specifics of the image could be changed to the animators
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