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‘Spider-Man 4’: What went wrong?

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The blogosphere buzzes with the collapse of ‘Spider-Man 4’ -- and the decision to turn the origin story that had loosely been called ‘Spider-Man 5’ by some into the next movie (sans Sam Raimi, Tobey Maguire and many others associated with the franchise heretofore).

Sony is essentially forsaking the fourth movie and its many irresolvable debates over various villains and characters. Instead, it’s hoping that a movie about ‘a teenager grappling with both contemporary human problems and amazing super-human crises’ can reboot the franchise less than 10 years after it was rebooted in the first place.

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At the very least, the new movie will probably cost a couple fewer shekels, though there’s a superhero-sized paradox, namely -- how do you make a fourth installment an origin story after the first installment did pretty much just that? More on our Company Town blog, and more here as the story unfolds.

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