‘Spider-Man’ Ropes In ‘Vacation’ Screenwriters John Francis Daley And Jonathan M. Goldstein
A couple of screenwriters have just landed in Spidey’s web.John Francis DaleyandJonathan Goldsteinare in talks to write the upcomingSpider-Manreboot, whichJon Watts(Cop Car) will direct.Tom Hollandplays the latest incarnation of the friendly neighborhood superhero.
Get all the details on the Spider-Man screenwriters after the jump.
Deadlinebroke the news. Daley and Goldstein were previously on theshort listof potential directors forSpider-Man. Watts won that battle, but now the duo get to be involved in another capacity.
Daley and Goldstein’s first feature screenplay together was 2011’sHorrible Bosses, and they’ve since reunited forThe Incredible Burt Wonderstone,Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2, andHorrible Bosses 2. Currently they’re working on theVacationreboot / sequel, which also serves as their directorial debut.
Details on the newSpider-Manfilm are being kept under wraps, but it’s been described byKevin Feigeas a"John Hughes" movie, in the same way thatCaptain America: The Winter Soldieris a conspiracy thriller andAnt-Manis a heist flick.
Marvel and Sony were purposely looking to cast young for the Spider-Man / Peter Parker role, so as to explore the character’s youth. Said Feigeearlier this year:
We want to play with Spider-Man in the high school years because frankly there’ve been five Spider-Man films and the amazing thing about it is, even though there’ve been five Spider-Man films, there are so many things from the comics that haven’t been done yet. Not just characters or villains or supporting characters, but sides to his character. The most obvious being the ‘young, doesn’t quite fit in’ kid before his powers, and then the fella that puts on a mask and swings around and fights bad guys and doesn’t shut up, which is something we want to play with and we’re excited about. […]
[S]ome of my favorite Spider-Man arcs and Spider-Man stories, he’s in high school for a lot of it. We want to explore that. That also makes him very, very different from any of our other characters in the MCU, which is something else we want to explore: how unique he is when now put against all these other characters.
In another light, though, you could argue the newSpider-Manwill pick up with the webslinger a bit further along in his journey. Unlike 2002’sSpider-Manand 2012’sThe Amazing Spider-Man, the new film won’t be an origin story.
Spider-Manis scheduled for release onJuly 28, 2017, though the character is expected to make his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in next year’sCaptain America: The Winter Soldier.
