‘Amazing Spider-Man’ Franchise In Flux As Roberto Orci Leaves Third Film
This past weekend,The Amazing Spider-Man 2crossed $200 million in domestic gross. Add in another $500 million across the world, and $700 million seems like a huge success. But fan reactions to the sequel were tepid and it certainly feels like excitement is waining. That’s not good for Sony Pictures, whofamously recruited an armyof talented writers and directors to shepherd the character in an every expanding, connected world. Two moreAmazing Spider-Manfilms were tentatively scheduled, along withVenomandSinister Sixfilms. It was an ambitious plan that was definitely less certain after the slightly disappointing reactions to part 2.
Now the plans forThe Amazing Spider-Manare even more in flux.Roberto Orci, who was scheduled to co-writeThe Amazing Spider-Man 3andVenom, revealed he’s left the franchise and isn’t quite sure what’s happening moving ahead. Read his quote about the future of The Amazing Spider Man franchise and more below.
IGNspoke to Orci, who said the following about the Amazing Spider Man franchise:
Now, the most likely reason for Orci to leave Spider-Man is the fact he’s doingStar Trek 3at Paramount, which is a franchise he’s even more passionate about. He’swriting and directing that film, which doesn’t leave a lot of time for other things. That still leaves his former partnerAlex KurtzmanandJeff Pinknerto writeAmazing Spider-Man 3and Kurtzman andEd Solomonto writeVenomthough. Two writers each should be more than enough.
The bigger question is, what do those writers do with a franchise audiences seem to be so low on? It would be easy if everyone was buzzing all summer about what’s going to happen next with Peter Parker. But after the release of the film, fan speculation and discussion about the future quickly fizzled. What Kurtzman and others will be most singularly tasked with is reinventing an reinvention.
Also of note,Drew Goddard– scheduled to write and directSinister Six– left Marvel’sDaredevilto work on this franchise. So there is still passion there and things are in the works. Orci’s comments kind of make it seem like anything could happen in the future though. It’s definitely a situation for fans to keep an eye on.
What do you think about the future of theAmazing Spider-Manfranchise?
