The rift between Raimi and Sony over Spider-Man 4 and its villain has been extensively reported, but film geeks and webheads aren’t the only ones waiting for a conclusion to this fight. John Malkovich, appearing on an Italian soccer show*, mentioned (without specifically confirming he’ll be portraying The Vulture) that he too is waiting for a script and hoping that filming will commence shortly. This is via badtaste.it (valiantly translated by Google here).
So obviously Raimi has made definite moves to put The Vulture into this film, which makes me think Sony’s agenda has been, like with Spider-Man 3, to shoehorn in an addition villain rather than completely replace one. Total speculation on my part. But hell, what’s wrong with adding a little prestige to your tentpole with an actor like Malkovich as long as you balance it out with some fucking cool-ass fangs and shit?
In other Malkovich-related news, The Heat Vision Blog that he’ll be replacing John C. Reily on the Bruce Willis-led action flick, Red. There’s no mention of what drove Reily away from the insanely casted film– perhaps somewhere in the assassin-driven plot someone offs a donkey. Malkovich will be stepping into the role of a “retired CIA agent, a contemporary of Willis’, who is erratic and paranoid that everyone is out to kill him and joins Willis in is quest to find out who wants them dead.”
*Wikipedia gave me nothing on Malkovich and “soccer” or “futbol” so I have no idea what the fuck that’s about.
(Spidey 4 stuff via Collider)
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Just scrap the film. Wake me up when the franchise is completely rebooted. Sony will do their best to make sure this movie resembles an aborted fetus, and I want no parts of it.
European Soccer shows often have special guests from the world of entertainment. The basically perform the same function as talk shows in the US, which are less popular in primetime on this side of the pond.
European Soccer shows often have special guests from the world of entertainment. The basically perform the same function as talk shows in the US, which are less popular in primetime on this side of the pond.
Hmmmn. John Malkovich may be unusual choice to portray the Vulture due to his age (and look). Wonder why they didnt go with Tim Roth who would have fit the character like a glove. No make up required sans the shaved head.
While Vulture is a decent choice, I question why they didnt go with “The Scorpion” as there is so much story there with Jameson being responsible for his creation. Seems like a wasted opportunity to use J.K. Simmons characters more who is arguably the best part of the Spiderman films and would be just the direction the franchise.
Malkovich could be just the shot in the arm this series needs
this is a spiderman movie i could see myself buying a ticket too.. and i hate the character of spiderman (pansy's don't deserve superpowers, imo)..
No, I want them to run this bitch into the ground like the superman franchise, then 20 years later when I'm 45, they come out with spiderman returns.
I'd rather have a Malcovich Mr. Freeze. I remember the Mr. Freeze episode of the original cartoon from the 90s as being sorta beautiful. And his look always reminded me of Malcovich.
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