Composer James Horner argues of The Amazing Spider-Man director Marc Webb that Sony "didn't want his input"...
This article contains a big spoiler for The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
It's pretty well known now that Sony's Spider-Man movie franchise is in a state of flux. Had all gone to plan, then a month or two after the release of last summer's The Amazing Spider-Man 2, then the studio would have outlined its full plans for a Spider-Man movie universe. As it stands, over half a year later, not a single new Spider-Man movie has been announced.
The problem is that The Amazing Spider-Man 2, whilst hardly a flop, did a good $100-150m less at the box office than had been expected. Furthermore, takings were down onThe Amazing Spider-Man, in spite of the sequel generally being regarded as an improvement.
One person who didn't return for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was composer James Horner, and he's shed some light on what was going on behind the scenes with the film. With regard to The Amazing Spider-Man, he said that director Marc Webb "was very inexperienced and he and I have a very good relationship, and the producers had their own opinion. And they didn't want his input. And then Sony had their own, they just wanted action".
Horner added that "to me, the whole thing about doing the movie was I liked the director and there as a chance to write something for the two lead characters and then she dies in the next movie". Yet it seems as though Horner isn't anAmazing Spider-Man 2 fan: "but the next movie ended up being so terrible, I didn't want to do it. It was just dreadful".
Ouch.
As things stand, The earliest we'll see The Amazing Spider-Man 3 is 2018. But it seems more likely that a fresh reboot of sorts ofSpider-Man is coming, starting with Drew Goddard's Sinister Six movie. For more info on the troubled Spider-Man franchise click here.
You can learn about all the potential villains of The Amazing Spider-Man 3 and The Sinister Sixmovie right here.
More as we hear it. The full interview with James Horner is here.
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