David Fincher Says ‘Social Network’ Sequel Would Be a ‘Can of Worms,’ Recalls Pitching ‘Spider-Man’ Film About Grown-Up Peter Parker: The Origin Story Is ‘Dumb’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Before Sam Raimi landed the directing gig on Sony’s 2002 comic book tentpole “Spider-Man,” it was David Fincher who met with the studio to try and get his own spin on the web-slinger to the big screen.
In a new interview with The Guardian to mark the release of his latest movie, “The Killer,” the director remembered not seeing eye to eye with the studio over what a “Spider-Man” movie could be.
They wanted an origin story, but he wanted to skip over the whole “bitten by a radioactive spider” part and focus on a grown-up Peter Parker. “They weren’t fucking interested,” Fincher said. “And I get it.
They were like: ‘Why would you want to eviscerate the origin story?’ And I was like: ‘’Cause it’s dumb?’ That origin story means a lot of things to a lot of people, but I looked at it and I was like: ‘A red and blue spider?’ There’s a lot of things I can do in my life and that’s just not one of them.” Sam Raimi’s film, featuring Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker, would in fact tell the origin story of Spider-Man.
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