Spiderman 4 Gets Delayed

Yes, it is unfortunately true.

John Campea over at the ‘Script to Screen’ blog put up a post earlier today about how ‘Spiderman 4’ has been put on ‘indefinite hold.’

The reason for the delay is still uncertain.  Apparently, there is some reports that it could be because of a dispute over who should be the villain in the movie.   Sam Rami is reported to want the Vulture, while Sony wants someone else.  Another report has it that it could be because of Toby Maguire possibly playing Bilbo Baggins.

Whatever the case, the film is now on hold and hopefully this delay will be a minor one.  I was disappointed a little with the last Spiderman film and I want to see a good one before they call it quits on this series.  If the reason is that Sam wants the Vulture I think the studio should step back and let him do the characters that he wants to do.  I understand that from a business perspective, no one is going to go running to the theatres to see the Vulture.  But, Vulture is the character that is currently inspiring Sam and if he is forced to do another character that he doesn’t want to do (Venom), I think it will be reflected in the film.

And as for Toby playing Bilbo Baggins, as I said in my last post it looks like that isn’t happening, (if you haven’t read my previous post, you can find it here).  But, if there is any merit to this rumour, I think it might be time to consider possible replacing Toby.  I don’t want to see Toby leave, but I don’t think that he is necessarily for the success of the Spiderman franchise.  That doesn’t mean that I disliked Toby as Peter Parker, or that he is a bad actor, its just I think that another actor could play the character.

So what do you think?  Could someone else play Spiderman?

Peter Parker is Bilbo Baggins. Maybe.

Today, the guys at Script to Screen put up a post reporting that Toby Maguire was rumoured to be in talks to play Bilbo Baggins, in the forthcoming film, ‘The Hobbit’.   This rumour has swept across the Internet, and even had at lest one confirmation of the rumour, namely through the LatinoReview. 

Since then, a post was put up, by the Senior Editor of the Scripts to Screen blog John Campea, reporting  that Toby’s PR person has come out and stated that the rumours are false.

Now, I really don’t know what to think about this.   Could Toby Maguire really have played Bilbo Baggins?  I’m not sure.  If Toby had received this role I think I would have been quite sceptical of him being able to pull off the role.  

Then again, I was sceptical, (as well as half the Internet), that Heath Ledger would have been able to play the Joker.  Maybe you were sceptical also.  But, now having seen the Dark Knight, I can’t see how the Dark Knight could have been as good without Heath in it.  Heath was the best part of the Dark Knight and maybe Toby would have hit it out of the park with ‘The Hobbit’.  Truth be told, I haven’t watched a lot of Toby’s films, and thus I’m unable to properly assess his acting ability. 

In any case, what are your thoughts?  Would Toby be a good choice as Bilbo Baggins?

Oh Brother

Have you ever went to the Theatre and been absolutely annoyed with a trailer?

I've been feeling that way lately about the trailer for the movie Brothers. Recently, I've recently been trying to see a movie every week on the cheap night at my local theatre and without fail the Brothers trailer plays before every showing each week and it just annoys me.

I have zero interest in seeing this movie so much so that it rubs me the wrong way to see the trailer and I just haven't had this happen to me before with any other movie. By now you are probably asking what is wrong with this trailer? Why does it bother me? The truth is I'm not even completely sure myself.

When I first saw the Brothers trailer it looked like a decent movie. I was saying to myself that I wouldn't mind seeing this movie when it comes out. Then, Toby Maguire's character went crazy and I was just turned off and decided never to see this movie. (At lest not in Theatres.)

I like the old formula of the girls husband or boyfriend dies and a close friend, etc. hooks up with the girl, then die husband or boyfriend is found alive and now they need to deal with what happened. But, this film (I find) tries to (at lest with the trailer as I haven't seen the movie) reinvent the wheel. The trailer seems to make this movie out to be some kind of thriller, when a film like this shouldn't be. Its just annoying.

If you missed the trailer for this film I posted it below. Tell me if you feel the same way about this movie. And what films have rubbed you the wrong way.