So the news has been trickling in about casting for the “The Amazing Spider-Man” sequel, scheduled to be released May 2, 2014.
The latest casting news is Chris Cooper will be the Green Goblin. The first thing I thought, “Oh, heck yeah! He’s perfect!” Then I remembered something. Jamie Foxx briefly mentioned Spidey on the red carpet at the Oscars this year. He’s going to be Electro.
Oh, and didn’t you hear? Paul Giamatti will be cast as Rhino.
Individually, these all sound like amazing casting choices. These are all award-winning actors, and these are characters I’m not as familiar with. It’ll be great to see how they fit into the Spider-Man universe. But doesn’t this seem all too familiar?
James Franco as the New Goblin. Thomas Haden Church as Sandman. Topher Grace as Venom. Yep, that’s the cast from 2007’s “Spider-Man 3”, which disappointed a lot of fans of the series. I believe it ultimately led to this reboot. I really don’t want to say it, but I think the curse of the overstuffed villain plot may resurface.
I am not a movie “expert”. Like most people, once you’ve seen what works and what doesn’t, it’s not too hard to ascertain future projects. Casting 3 villains in one movie didn’t work.
“The Amazing Spider-Man” was a great, fun, flick, but it was a bit weak as far as plot flow. There were moments that were a smidge boring. So their remedy is to throw in more characters?
The Spider-Man franchise has always been a wonderful part of my life growing up. I really hate to see a reboot fall the way its predecessor did.
Here’s hoping I am proven wrong.
What do you think? Is the next Spider-Man doomed to fail like Spider-Man 3? Or is there hope? Sound off in the comments below.