Link: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/43595

With the news that Sam Raimi is off Spider-Man 4, taking with him the cast and crew comes the equally startling news that Sony have now decided reboot the entire franchise. The press release says "Peter Parker is going back to high school when the next Spider-Man hits theaters in the summer of 2012". So, we know that this will be a younger Peter Parker and that we'll have to wait and extra year for cinematic Spidey, not really a bad thing as we've got plenty of superhero/comic book flicks out there to keep us entertained/annoyed.

So, what does this mean for the other Spider-Man news, John Malkovich playing The Vulture? Is this still valid or was he attatched to the now defunct Raimi production? Personally I hope he is on for this new rebooted version as firstly I think he could do a bang up job and secondly it may mean they'll not introduce the Green Goblin straight away. It would be pretty cool to have Norman Osborn just as Harry's dad over a couple of movies and his story arc slowly develop as he descends into madness. No origin story, I am sick to the back teeth of origin stories. The Incredible Hulk did it perfectly during the title sequences, we all know the charater, we've all seen the original movie just bloody get on with it and make a good story.

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Link: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=62262

It's all go in Hollywood at the moment when it comes to hiring and firing on several comic book flicks. According to Ainitcool Stuart Townsend is off Thor and being replaced by Joshua Dallas in the role of Fandral. The official line is this was due to 'creative differences' but there is a rumour circulating that it was because he turned up 6 hours late to a screen test. He's not one of the Warriors Three, he's a very naughty boy.

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