Ok, kiddies, Here's the recent scoop on Spiderman 3. Production is scheduled to begin early next year. The release date has been announce for May 4, 2007, so clear your schedules. Toby Maguire is being called back to play Spiderman (Yay!) and Kirsten Dunst is going to play Mary Jane again (Boo!). But along with the joy that is Spiderman there is one thing I've got mixed feelings about; while there is still no word as to who the next villian is, the actor that will play the new evil character has been announced. Thomas Haden Church has been cast. You might remember him as Lowell Mather from the sitcom 'Wings'. THEY CAST LOWELL MATHER FOR SPIDERMAN !!!! Although he did was in 'Sideways', his history of movies is not too impressive, especially since he was cast as Lowell Mather and then went on to another not-so-great sitcom called Ned & Stacy which was just a repeat of the Lowell Mather character, just with a different name.
I liked 'Wings' when I was a kid. It was funny then, but now, the only other actor from that show that still gets work is Tony Shalhoub on USA's 'Monk', but I wouldn't want to see him cast in my Spiderman movies. Why not a Wolverine/Spiderman crossover?? It worked great in the comic book. Thrown in a Wendigo character (like in the Perceptions storyline of Spiderman issues 8 - 10) and you have yourself one kick @$$ movie. Throw a borderline PG-13/R rating on it and you will have a comicbook fanboy's dream. What can they do with 'Lowell Mather' ?!?
Sam Raimi, director of the Evil Dead trilogy, can do great, hilarious movies that don't skip on story. I understand that the Spiderman movies are for family viewing, but why cast 'Lowell Mather' in order to reach that goal? Is it too much for a fanboy like me to ask for an awesome story line in a Spiderman movie? The past two movies are good, don't get me wrong, but they can do so, So, SOOO much more with Spiderman. First of all, kick Kirsten Dunst to the curb and get someone who has the Mary Jane quality from the comics. Toby Maguire is ok where he is. Aunt May is awesome too. But they need some comic fanboys to sit in a room for one night, One Night and record every single geeky thing they say pertaining to an Awesome, Made-for-the-fans/By-the-fans Spiderman movie. Throw some pizza and Dr. Pepper into the room every 4 hours and watch the creative juices flow. One Spiderman geek among the group must at least be grounded enough know when a dumb idea is a dumb idea and control the group. But, I think, if they did that, then you would have one Excellent Spiderman movie that would live for ages as the Ultimate Comic book Movie.
Why aren't I working for Hollywood?
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