Ooh, P'haps this is to throw it inline with the whole Avangers Ironman/Thor/Hulk etc crossover, that's choice

I know it's weird, right? Especially since the first three films established that PP got his powers right near the end of his final year.

So I guess Hollywood's going for the retcon. Again. *sigh*

Oh oh oh - Flicks finally has the A-Team trailer!

http://www.flicks.co.nz/trailer/the-ateam/1771/

Although Liam's accent sounds a bit dodgy...

yay!!! Spider-man 3 was arse.

Are we becoming desensitised to the complete lack of coherence in modern film making?

Rebooting a series that is less than a decade old strikes me as being supremely stupid. Why not just make a Spiderman Babies movie? Or animate it? Or you know - stop kicking the dead horse!!

Maguire was always a crap choice for PP.

What's up with Hollywoods obsesion with prequels at the moment? Don't they realise people are getting tired of them?

Coming soon to a cinema near you: Scary Movie -1

The main cause of the split seems to have been Raimi's refusal to bow to pressure as to what characters (and thus what story) to use - and if the Spidey-3 mess is anything to go by the studio should have learned to leave Raimi to do things his way.

As it is, the whole reason Sony is ploughing ahead with the project is to prevent losing the rights - which means any chance of Spidey doing a crossover in Marvel films is still a long way off.

I suspect the replacement director will be one the execs can puppeteer by committee and the new film will be more "Batman & Robin" than "Batman Begins". Ther's a great horror story of studio/producer interference from Kevin Smith here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgYhLIThTvk (laden with profanity and bonus Spanish subtitles).

If not for the plethora of (apparently) quality superhero films coming soon I'd weep for the genre.