Wednesday, January 06, 2010

A Sticky Sitch for Spidey

Spider-Man 4 has been delayed.

Sony has decided to push back the start of production on Sam Raimi’s fourthquel starring Tobey Maguire, which was set to begin next month.

The studio doesn’t know when production will resume. This latest schedule snag follows a halt last month, decided upon to tweak the script.

It’s unclear whether Spidey’s latest adventure will meet its announced May 6, 2011, release date.

What is clear, though: How unhappy fans will be...and how oh-so-possible it is for someone at the top of this pile to feel his of her job threatened.

Photo: FreeWebs.com.

Update: Well, this didn’t take long.

Given the news of the shift, Paramount and Marvel have claimed Spidey’s old (?) opening date for their Thor, while Disney has grabbed Thor’s vacated May 20, 2011, slot for its Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.

Spider-Man 4 could still be ready in time for its announced May 6, 2011, release date, though.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Boo! Although the really screwed the pooch with S-M3!