It seemed like a win, win. The director announced for the first reboot of Spider-Man was named Marc WEBB. Poetic indeed, but sadly after two movies, Sony pulled the plug on plans for the character and sent Spidey home to Marvel. Webb doesn’t have any regrets though. I’m sure he had some battles with Sony with Amazing Spider-Man 2, and is glad the character is in the right hands. Here’s what he had to say:
No, I’m very excited for all the folks at Marvel and what they’re going to do with that character. I think he belongs in that universe and there’s a real excitement to see what they come up with. Maybe we’ll all be on a panel someday, Sam, me and whoever directs it.
That quote was recorded before Joe Watts was announced to direct the reboot. He also talks about his vision for Sinister Six and still hopes it will happen at Marvel Studios.
My vision of that movie was a summer annual. So you didn’t have to worry about continuity. It was just, ‘We take Peter, put him on an adventure, we put him back in his life.’ I intentionally wanted a movie that didn’t have to worry about mythology and continuity. It was important to me to make a movie that could stand on its own. So the good news is, you know, [laughs], it slots in very well to any plan anybody ever wants. We just need to let a couple years go by, I think. The tricky part about all this is I love this plan. I love that you get to see Spider-Man in Marvel movies. I think that’s a great thing. I’m on board with that decision because as a fan that’s what I want. So who knows what the future holds? This is Hollywood, man, you’ve gotta play the long game.
Source: CBM