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philfearon: [b]
The director tells Vulture he was a bit
exhausted with the “tremendous amount of
delegation” needed to make “gigantic” movies
like the Spider-Man films. However, it
ultimately came down to an inability to get
together a suitable story that led him to pass
on a fourth installment of the blockbuster
franchise.
“It really was the most amicable and
undramatic of breakups: It was simply that we
had a deadline and I couldn’t get the story to
work on a level that I wanted it to work,” he
said of his split with Sony Pictures. “I was
very unhappy with Spider-Man 3 , and I wanted
to make Spider-Man 4 to end on a very high
note, the best Spider-Man of them all. But I
couldn’t get the script together in time, due to
my own failings, and I said to Sony, ‘I don’t
want to make a movie that is less than great,
so I think we shouldn’t make this picture. Go
ahead with your reboot, which you’ve been
planning anyway.’”
He continued, “[Sony co-chairman] Amy
Pascal said, “Thank you. Thank you for not
wasting the studio’s money, and I appreciate
your candor.” So we left on the best of terms,
both of us trying to do the best thing for fans,
the good name of Spider-Man , and Sony
Studios.”
Raimi still hasn’t seen Marc Webb’s The
Amazing Spider-Man or Christopher Nolan’s
The Dark Knight Rises, but he did say he has
nothing but love for both projects. In fact, he
had originally looked at Anne Hathaway to
play Felicia Hardy, character Webb is rumored
to be incorporating into The Amazing Spider-
Man 2 and an actress that Nolan used in The
Dark Knight Rises.
“I’m not surprised [Hathaway did great in
TDKR], because I loved what she was doing
with the auditions for Spider-Man 4 ,” Raimi
said.
One movie he has seen is Joss Whedon’s The
Avengers, and he “loved it.” It turns out that
he has a bit of a history with Joss Whedon,
who Raimi finds an “extraordinarily talented
filmmaker.”
“In 1994, I was making a western called The
Quick and the Dead and having a script
problem, and I came to the studio and said,
‘Can you find me a writer? I’ve shot this
movie, and the end isn’t quite working,’”
Raimi recalled. “Ultimately, the movie didn’t
quite work. But they suggested Joss Whedon,
who was doing Buffy , so I met Joss and he
saw the movie, and he helped me solve this
ending in one afternoon. I thought, ‘Damn,
you’re a good writer! I wish I could have had
you rewrite the whole movie and save this
picture!’”
He continued, “I’ll never forget how good he
was, and how precise, so when I saw The
Avengers, I was not surprised that his name
was on it. It’s a very hard job to take all
those heroes and all those stories and know
exactly what bits the audience needs and what
they don’t need.”
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Get ur facts right before speaking bro....

DarryOsh: Y do u make it sound like all good actors can be good directors. Come on, they are not the same.

You have said that you are not fan of nollywood and never will you be. That says a lot. It doesn't matter what geneveive or anobody does. As long as it's Nigerian, it can never be good abi?

Whatever!

ChynoBEATS: lolz...boss I'm jst 19 o ..

DarryOsh: This statement is based on the presupposition that there is a ladder in the movie industry : from costumier to actress and then u graduate to directing. That is wrong. If what u know how to do is act then stick to it. When she tried singing and e no make sense u guys dey yab am. Now u want her to direct so that you can have something to laugh about abi?

So u want her to scamper of to new York film academy like all our nollywood actors, some of whom have zero passion for directing. I don't think Sandra bullock, meryl streep etc have directed any movies. It's thise same nonsense mentality that drives our artistes to run and establish record labels after just one hit track.

Dunno y people just 'pretend' to hate geneveive. You know she is good and when her next film comes out you will still make sure you watch it. Abeg she spoke the truth joor. She cannot b dragging roles with the 'waka pass'. She has paid her dues.

And as for that director that calls her an ingrate, did they pay her for doing nothing? Was her face not selling their movies? It's business. They both benefitted from it. So he should stop making it sound like she was a charity case he took on.
I tire for naija people o. Una no like to dey hear true talk.

ChynoBEATS: uhm sir...Holland is not d country's name... It's netherLands.... Holland is just a city in there... Though some dutch'z don't mind if they call their country Holland it....but d majority don't.... :\ .....

prof800: What happened to "sticking to your onions... and working on your craft"?

Ray McBlue: Sookie's now a complete whôre that can sleep with anybody that caught her fancy. I missed the Sookie of Season 1-4, at least, that version had some dignity apart from being a fang banger.

What's with the fairy tale concerning a certain Vampire goddess named Lilith anyway? Why did the show runners had to bring religious annotations into a series that doesn't really need one?

Season 5 and 6 are major failures IMHO and I wouldn't be suprise if the 7th season toes similar lines.

ferdimako: na so boateng go console am on Tues.

Ray McBlue: I agreed with her. After forcing myself to finish season 6 albeit with a lot of skipping involved, I finally accepted the fact that HBO had finally succeeded in ruining what used to be one of the best Vampire series on TV. Now, I'd rather watch Being Human (US) or Penny Dreadful.

khanivorous: I don't know how you'lld feel about this but the truth is after the death of russell edinghton( don't mind the spelling) and the season that involved the necromancer..... The tv show turned to PAW PAW

khanivorous: Apart from season 3 and 4...the tv show na trash

jidesp: No one knows whats happening. For me, Tokyo TV would probably run the franchise again if the ratings increase more than it was.

Krak: Is Sam Okwaraji a movie star?

You sound like a clown.

Krak: False. He died of a heart attack while playing against Angola at the National Stadium, Surulere. August 12, 1989.

How is that related to the present topic?