Sargent working on Spider-Man reboot
Sat, May 15, 2010 
83 year old Veteran screenwriter Alvin Sargent has been brought on board to fine-tune Columbia’s "Spider-Man" reboot being directed by Marc Webb.
The script he's working off of was written by Jamie Vanderbilt who wrote “Zodiac” and a draft of “Spider-Man 4” before the studio scrapped its plans for the sequel to re-start the series. Sargent is said to be doing a production polish as the studio is looking to start filming later this year.
Sargent has worked on every single “Spider-Man” movie. He did un-credited rewrite work on the first “Spider-Man” and shared credit on “Spider-Man 2” and “Spider-Man 3.” He was in the middle of working on “Spider-Man 4” when the plug was pulled.
I can't tell if this is good news or not. Normally with a reboot you hire an entirely different team, and take a completely new approach to the character, hiring someone who's worked on the previous franchise somewhat defeats the purpose, doesn't it?
Reader Comments (5)
that's weird, normally theywould hire a whole new group
Wasn't it Sargent's draft that they used for Spider-Man 2? If it was anything that made Spider-Man 2 great, it was the script, so I'm all for it.
Good point J. I'm not really looking forward to the reboot myself, but if it turns out as good as Spider-Man 2, I'll be happy.
It does seem interesting....
but I have to disagree with you Mitch.
Let's look at Casino Royale, the James Bond reboot from '06...
* Directed by Martin Campbell, who also directed GodenEye;
* Dame Judi Dench as 'M'
* Neal Purvis and Robert Wade also scripted World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day.
Case in point: reboots could still have talent on both sides of a camera who worked on the past incarnations.
I knew about James Bond, and I hadn't even considered that. Point taken Darren.