Spider-Man Reboot Is Risky, Says David Fincher

Spider-Man Reboot Is Risky, Says David Fincher

David Fincher talks about the Spider-Man reboot in this MTV interview

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By Destroyer14 - Aug 19, 2010 07:08 AM EST
Filed Under: The Amazing Spider-Man
Source: MTV






Earlier this year, director David Fincher was reportedly on Sony's shortlist to direct the "Spider-Man" reboot, alongside fellow filmmakers Wes Anderson ("Rushmore"), and Marc Webb ("500 Days of Summer"), who eventually got the job.


Although he won't be directing the reboot, Fincher told MTV News that while he feels that the reboot is exciting, it also carries some drawbacks as well. Check out the interview below.




"It's risky," offered Fincher. "They're taking some risks. It's not like they're getting a conventional director. They're going at it in a different way... They're rolling the dice. I think that's always exciting."

"I took a meeting and I easily got myself out of that one," related Fincher. "I've never been interested in superhero movies. I just could not imagine someone getting bitten by a radioactive spider."


"I can't imagine Garfield in spandex, I can't imagine his being comfortable," said Fincher. "He's a wonderful actor, he's incredibly skilled and empathic and a lovely guy. So it's nice to see that."
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marvel72
marvel72 - 8/19/2010, 7:50 AM
a david fincher spider-man,would of been amazing.

no to the ultimate universe reboot.

should of kept in the proper universe,even better just make spider-man 4.
Hawksblueyes
Hawksblueyes - 8/19/2010, 7:53 AM
"I took a meeting and I easily got myself out of that one".

Sounds like he was relieved to not be a part if the project.
Kovacs
Kovacs - 8/19/2010, 7:58 AM
isn't everyone comfortable in spandex?
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 8/19/2010, 8:23 AM
Ha! I think Fincher is a great director but I really hate it when they go on about not being able to imagine fantasy elements in a movie. So a guy being bitten by a radioactive spider is beyond you, but an alien chasing people around a futuristic space prison is fine is it?
marvel72
marvel72 - 8/19/2010, 8:45 AM
@ brazilianbatman

i think zack snyder & adapt frank millers the dark knight returns.
InTylerWeTrust
InTylerWeTrust - 8/19/2010, 9:12 AM
Obviously it's risky. So was Watchmen, Iron Man, and the Superman reboot will be too. It sucks that he said he's not interested in superhero films though. He'd make an awesome Deadpool movie IMO :(

Now all the "[frick] the reboot" guys are going to jump all over his comment about getting himself out of the job. Ugh.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 8/19/2010, 9:26 AM
Bwahahahhahahaa....

[frick] the REBOOT!

: P

Seriously [frick] it and WEBB and all the Ultimites with cherries on top! : D


A SPIDER-MAN CONTINUATION REBOOT is the only way to go, not go back to day one, hasn't been long enough, JOE PUBLIC will get bored....

SPIDEY 4 ppl!

Only thing needs REBOOTING is crappy X-MEN!
6of13
6of13 - 8/19/2010, 9:48 AM
Yeah, didn't like X3 much, though Magento levitating the Golden Gate Bridge was brilliant (CGI wise, at least in my opinion). Cyclops could have blasted Jean Grey, at the final showdown. Now that would have been interesting, but they went and killed off Cyclops in the beginning.

Where was the xenophobia etc? They touched on that in X-Men and then hardly expanded on it in any of the sequels.
6of13
6of13 - 8/19/2010, 9:50 AM
Continue with RaimieVerse Spider-Man. Bring Osborn back!
Vital
Vital - 8/19/2010, 10:16 AM
I don't even remember the last movie he directed... wasn't it Benjamin Button? (I still have yet to see it).
airbeyonder18
airbeyonder18 - 8/19/2010, 10:20 AM
NO REBOOT!!! NO REBOOT!!! NO REBOOT!!!
Swanky
Swanky - 8/19/2010, 10:30 AM
Well I'm glad he didn't take it then. I have a hard time imagining a D-bag doing a a super-hero movie.
Swanky
Swanky - 8/19/2010, 10:30 AM
@ dead pool
i think zack snyder & adapt frank millers the dark knight returns.

HELL YA!!!
Layperson
Layperson - 8/19/2010, 10:31 AM
they need slam on the breaks with this movie...with Reboots in general. I have zero faith in any of them, save Superman. I mean let's be honest who really wants to see Sony or Fox over saturate the market for CBMs even more. To be honest the only thing that is keeping them viable at this point is the Avengers line, and adaptations of smaller comics like Scott Pilgram and Kick-Ass.

With regards to big budget flicks, GL is a wild card if you ask me, if it does well (which I think it will) maybe i'll reconsider this statement. But as for reboots of Spidey and the X-men, I just can't see regular people watching these reboots after paying good money to watch Spiderman 3 and X-men 3 (and Wolverine). Those flicks just killed those franchizes for a long while.

But that's just one man's opinion
Luigi
Luigi - 8/19/2010, 10:44 AM
He used to be a fan fav for a Daredevil movie. I liked him until he started The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo which was already made last year.
BlueSamurai
BlueSamurai - 8/19/2010, 10:44 AM
Its funny how the guy who can imagine someone aging backwards cant imagine someone getting bitten by a radioactive spider. Lol. I think hes just bitter. But I wish he changed his mind about superheroes and direct a Daredevil reboot!! A Rated-R Daredevil by him would be awesome!!

SPOILER:
Also, Benjamin Button was good. Kinda boring at times but still good. :) I just never understood the ending when he ended up as a baby. I mean I know he was going to but I didnt understand why he became an actual small-sized baby. Like he lost all that body mass? I was expecting a giant human sized baby. Haha. I mean its not like he came out of his moms pussy as an old adult-sized man also. Ouch! Haha. Just saying.
Luigi
Luigi - 8/19/2010, 10:45 AM
Btw, I think I missed something. Who said it was it was based of Ultimate Spidey?
RedDevil
RedDevil - 8/19/2010, 10:55 AM
This is deemed to FAIL as well as X Men. This fool is lacking the enthusiasm necessary to pull of a successful CBM. Fantastic 4 is questionable. That has the potential of success, but it is being run my Fox so it's an obvious FAIL. Sony and Fox are a bunch of idiots.......
thatiscrazy
thatiscrazy - 8/19/2010, 10:58 AM
No need to reboot, just make him older... get better casting.... and leave out the silly.

I can't live through another spider man origins movie.
UnfriendlySpidey
UnfriendlySpidey - 8/19/2010, 11:24 AM
I just hope it doesn't....

Yeah....Spidey has been my fav superhero since birth, so I have to have faith it will be good...its all this Spidey-fan has!!!

@Tea LMFAO!!
Str8OuttaKrypton
Str8OuttaKrypton - 8/19/2010, 11:25 AM
this guy sounds like a prick
thegreek
thegreek - 8/19/2010, 11:36 AM
Unfriendlyspider - LMFAO ... that vid is priceless

And this guy seems like he is a little annoyed that he didn't get picked... If u said u didn't want to do a super hero movie ... WHY EVEN MEET WITH THEM ... Douche
P862010
P862010 - 8/19/2010, 11:43 AM
david fincher is a more realistic type director there was a reason he was once attached to watchmen that would be his ball park of super hero movies


david fincher could probably do dare devil with his crime dram elements and realistic dark tone
fire59019
fire59019 - 8/19/2010, 12:09 PM
spider-man is no that great of a character, he was even worse when portrayed by tobey maguire! a reboot may be good, i believe the focus should be on other marvel characters not spider-man.
dancingmonkey08
dancingmonkey08 - 8/19/2010, 12:10 PM
Damn right LEEE, wouldnt it make sense to be a continuation because the movie is even going to be in college (rather than high school originally) right where Peter was in Spidey 3! Just continue on and use new villains rather than a bloody reboot!

LEEE, how would you feel to a Spidey reboot by Marvel Studios which followed the original comics and set the first trilogy completely in high school and then the next one in college. I would love this but only if Marvel Studios did it (with easter eggs referencing the Avengers)
Ironfistninja
Ironfistninja - 8/19/2010, 12:11 PM
Frick the reboot nuff said
skullboy
skullboy - 8/19/2010, 12:52 PM
They need to put the franchise to rest just as they did the Bat-franchise until the time is right for a reboot.
HULK2099
HULK2099 - 8/19/2010, 1:11 PM
This guy knows what hes talking bout
Blackman
Blackman - 8/19/2010, 1:34 PM
wait he never said "I've never been interested in superhero movies." He said "I've never been interested in- I just could not imagine someone getting bitten by a radioactive spider."
UncleDrew
UncleDrew - 8/19/2010, 1:45 PM
I liked the original spiderman trilogy and the only person I felt they should've replaced was Kirsten Dunst because she isn't as good as the other actors but I'll see how it goes, don't think they can top it with an actor who is too tall to be Spiderman.
flames809
flames809 - 8/19/2010, 2:41 PM
i don't get why all of ya are getting mad at sony doing a Ultimites spiderman movie, if ya haven't seen marvel is doing a Ultimites avengers, hulk,ironman, captain America and Thor but no one complains about that. ya just complain about spiderman reboot being like the Ultimites comics.
DasBoot
DasBoot - 8/19/2010, 2:46 PM
Am I dissecting his words too much? From what I heard, he only says he was never really interested in Spider Man. I'm thinking that maybe the right character and story might interest him...
phenomenon
phenomenon - 8/19/2010, 2:54 PM
risky... good advice.... DON'T!!!
hardcorefrokid
hardcorefrokid - 8/19/2010, 2:57 PM
Man, I would of loved Fincher to direct the Spiderman reboot!
killzonev2
killzonev2 - 8/19/2010, 4:01 PM
i thought the best part of spiderman 3 was when tobey smacked that bitch
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 8/19/2010, 4:04 PM
I'LL JUST SAY THIS..EVEN THOUGH RAMI'S 3RD WASNT AS GOOD AS THE 2ND AND THE FIRST( I WOULDA CHANGED THE GOBLIN SUIT THOUGH) IT WAS STILL SALVAGEABLE..IT DOESN'T NEED A REBOOT..IT BETTER BE GOOD..AND I HEAR ITS GOING TO BE CHEAPER...GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.
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