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Spider-Man 4 hasn't even been filmed yet, but Sony is already looking ahead to the fifth and sixth installments in the franchise.
The studio has recruited James Vanderbilt to pen Spider-Man 5 and Spider-Man 6, which have an interconnected storyline, Variety reports. Vanderbilt wrote the screenplay to 2007's serial-killer drama Zodiac.
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Vanderbilt was the first writer on Spider-Man 4, but the script has since seen two rewrites because ...
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Spider-Man 3's Venom courtesy Sony Pictures Releasing
With the insane success of The Dark Knight and massive buzz over The Watchmen its no surprise that Sony is moving forward with Venom a Spider-Man spinoff based on a villain says The Hollywood Reporter The slimy-gooey creature originally introduced by Topher Grace in Spider-Man 3 would be a way to breathe new life into the aging Spiderman franchise However the studio isnt yet convinced that Topher could carry a tentpole picture and because Venom can change form the door is open for another bigger star to play the roleTheres also a fourth Spider-Man film in the works for 2011What do you say Spidey fans Are you psyched for a bad guy to take center stage And who would make a good Venom Erin FoxRelated149 Is Spider-Man 4 Crawling Your Way Soon149 Use Our Online Video Guide to Watch More Spider-Man
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Sam Raimi by Eric Charbonneau/ WireImage.com
Sam Raimi, the mastermind behind the Spider-Man trilogy, has found the leads for his upcoming weekly fantasy series, Wizard's First Rule. Relative newcomers Craig Horner and Bridget Regan will star in the series, which is based on the eponymous book by Terry Goodkind, says the Reporter. Horner, who hails from Australia, will play Richard Cypher, a man who becomes a magical leader. Cypher joins the mysterious Kahlan (played by Regan) to try to put the kibosh on a tyrannical leader's who ostensibly ruining everyone's lives. Production on the show starts this month in New Zealand, of course — the only country fit for magic and wizards. Could this new series match the action of Spider-Man? Only time (and some awesome special effects) will tell how Raimi's imagination translates to the small screen. — Anna DimondCatch more of Sam Raimi's magic with our Online Video Guide.Related:• Sam Raimi Drags Three More to Hell• Sam Raimi Scares Up 13 for the CW
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Marvel Super Hero Squad's Wolverine courtesy Marvel/Hasbro
OK, so my twin 5-year-olds these days are mad for Super Hero Squad action figures — these 2- 3-inch tall, shiny-happy versions of Wolverine, Spider-Man, Thor, Black Panther and, as more and more roll out/beckon Dad's wallet, seemingly every good or bad guy to ever inhabit the Marvel universe. Well, Marvel Entertainment is now developing a 26-episode animated series situating the same extra-cartoony characters in "Super Hero City" and throwing them into "humorous adventures" with Doctor Doom, Magneto, Loki and others.According to the Reporter, the half-hour Marvel Super Hero Squad series is targeted for a 2009 premiere on a network TBD. — MWM
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Family Guy courtesy FOX
I feel like I should be ashamed to admit this, but I freakin' love Family Guy. Oh. My. God. What is wrong with those people?! They get away with more jaw-on-the-floor "did they really just say that?" shizz than any cartoon and every live-action network series that I can recall, and yet, every time — every time, people! — I'm stunned. While not laughing me arse off, of course.My theory is that Guy flies, much like the Millennium Falcon, under the radar. Fox doesn't promote it too much, it never became huge-huge-huge and nobody in the cast has gone to rehab for press purposes. Hence, the freedom to have a walker-bound septuagenarian pedophile, a greased-up naked deaf guy and a veritable parade of equal-opportunity slurs against every special interest group known to man, woman and Wookiee. It universally flips the bird to Standards and Practices!Which is why I greet this week's "Blue Harvest" release with such glee. Not only is it a smashing production, but I am perilously cl...
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Lois Maxwell, the Canadian-born actress who played Miss Moneypenny in 14 James Bond films, died Saturday after a bout with cancer. She was 80.... Bono, the Edge and Julie Taymor are forging ahead with their Broadway musical take on Spider-Man, says the New York Daily News, and are currently looking for a "huge theater" to host the production.... A newly remastered Spice World DVD streets Nov. 27, timed to the Girls' World Reunion Tour.... MyNetworkTV premieres Celebrity Exposé tonight at 8 pm/ET. First to be exposed: Lindsay Lohan.... CBS' Cane this Tuesday features a performance by reggae artist Daddy Yankee.
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Spider-Man 3 courtesy Sony Pictures
Come Oct. 30, Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2 will be available on Blu-ray HD in the Spider-Man High Definition Trilogy Set. Spider-Man 3 will also be available as a stand-alone. Living legend Stevie Wonder is going to tour the U.S. for the first time in decades starting Aug. 23. At present, the Wonder Summer's Night tour is set to include 13 cities, but he may still add a few dates. TNT has OK'd a pilot for Family Man, an hour drama starring William H. Macy as an everyday dad by day, criminal mastermind by night. If he really wants to do projects this kooky, he oughta just join wife Felicity Huffman on Wisteria Lane and be done with it, already.Friday's Today's News was written by Ben Katner.
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Stan Lee and His Mosaic
Having celebrated his 84th birthday on Dec. 28, comic-book legend Stan Lee is still as exuberant and industrious as ever. In 2005, the man responsible for creating or cocreating Spider-Man, X-Men, the Fantastic Four, the Incredible Hulk and dozens of other Marvel characters formed POW! Entertainment with partners Gill Champion and Arthur Lieberman. The company's first release is the animated tale Mosaic, arriving in stores today on DVD. It's the story of a teenage girl (voiced by Anna Paquin) who's given the responsibility of saving the world after being transformed into a chameleon-like creature. TVGuide.com recently spoke with Lee about his plans for POW! and about the upcoming season of the Sci Fi
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J.K. Simmons, The Closer
Are things about to heat up for ex-lovers Will Pope and Brenda Leigh Johnson on TNT's The Closer (Mondays at 9 pm/ET)? Sensing that an interdepartmental romance might be brewing sometime soon, TVGuide.com Q&A'd the assistant police chief's portrayer, J.K. Simmons, about the show's success and its possible move to the fall battlegrounds, while also seeking out some scoop on Spider-Man 3.
TVGuide.com: I'm looking at this scene shot of you in the new TV Guide, and you're curling dumbbells that are, what, 30, 40 lbs. each?
J.K. Simmons: I think those dumbbells were 80 lbs. [total]. I always do half [re
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... it's a geek in a cape? Yep, most likely. Wannabe superheroes are being encouraged to audition at www.whowantstobeasuperhero.com for an upcoming reality series that comic-book creator Stan Lee (Spider-Man, X-Men) is developing with Sci Fi. The winner of the six-week competition will star in his or her own comic book and TV-movie, and be given Wonder Woman's private e-mail address.
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