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Script Issues in “Spider-Man 3”

“What, Remy? Come to me today. What’s going on with the script of “Spider-Man 3″?” Claire asked.

In fact, before coming, he already had some vague premonitions in his heart. In a previous life, Sam Raimi’s version of “Spider-Man” came to an abrupt end after only filming the third film. Sony-Columbia Pictures couldn’t wait to start the reboot of “The Amazing Spider-Man”.

Among them, there must be many reasons that led to the abortion of “Spider-Man 4”. There are various reasons intertwined…

“Claire, do you know what Columbia’s investment budget is for the third “Spider-Man”?” Sam Raimi first asked a question.

“Um? Or 200 million US dollars?” Claire said without thinking.

“No~” Remy shook his hand and said, “It’s 280 million US dollars.”

“Wow~ so much???” Claire’s eyes widened, “Then can I ask for more remuneration? Hahahaha~” ”

You can give me more If not, Sony-Columbia Pictures will cancel this series!” Raimi scolded with a smile.

“Hehe~” Claire scratched her head sheepishly.

“The script writing of Spider-Man 3 did encounter difficulties!” Remy said seriously, getting down to business.

“What’s the difficulty?”

“This time, Columbia asked to join three villains to join the battle with Spider-Man.” Remy looked pained and confused.

“Three? So many?” Claire raised her eyebrows.

In the first two films of “Spider-Man”, a villain appeared in each film to serve as the point of conflict. The first one is ‘Green Goblin’ and the second one is ‘Doctor Octopus’. Although there are not many villains, the advantage is that the director can have enough time to enrich the background of each villain, perfect the motivations of the characters, and make the villains flesh and blood. At the same time, the director also has the opportunity to create more dramatic parts for “Spider-Man” other than fighting, and increase the thickness of the protagonist’s character.

This method has been fully used in the first two parts, and the effect is very good. So far, the first and second installments of “Spider-Man” are rare sequels to a series of movies that don’t fall short.

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Claire recalled watching “Spider-Man 3” in her previous life. Indeed, in one movie, Spider-Man had three enemies at the same time – “Sandman”, “Venom” and “Little Green Goblin”, three villains With the appearance of enemies, the director obviously failed to control the rhythm of the movie, making the plot between several people confusing.

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“Remy, can you show me this version of the script you wrote?” Claire pointed to the printed manuscript on the table.

“Of course!” Remy nodded and handed the script manuscript to Claire.

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Claire opened the script, read it roughly, nodded and said: “I understand, Remy. In this version of the script you submitted to Sony-Columbia Pictures, the only new villain added is the ‘Sandman’, and there are also There is the ‘Little Green Goblin’ who is also a friend and foe.”

“Yes, only “Sandman” has been added!” Remy nodded, “My idea is to continue the first and second parts of “Spider-Man” According to the rhythm of the movie, there is only one villain in each episode, so that I can fully grasp the rhythm of the movie, arrange every character who appears, and tell the story well!” “Remy, I agree with your suggestion!” Claire said

. Judging from the previous life of “Spider-Man 3”, Remy has indeed failed to control it. Perhaps “Spider-Man 3” with only a “Sandman” is the most suitable arrangement for him.

“Alas! What a pity! This time, Sony-Columbia Pictures did not grant me a high degree of script freedom, and strongly requested to add the character of ‘Venom’, saying that this is a new character that comic fans and movie fans around the world are eagerly awaiting. “Sam Raimi said helplessly, feeling depressed inside.

“Why are they so determined?” Claire asked puzzledly, “Isn’t it too late to arrange for ‘Venom’ to appear in the fourth film?” ”

I’m not even sure if there will be a fourth film!” Remy’s answer was somewhat laced. The bitterness.

“This…” Claire was speechless for a moment.

Actually, to be honest. In the third part of “Spider-Man” in the previous life, the role of ‘Venom’ was not outstanding. In the setting, ‘Venom’ can amplify the dark side of the host’s heart, and the red Spider-Man is also affected and turns into a black Spider-Man. However, as an innocent Spider-Man, Peter Parker has very few dark sides in his heart, at most two – one is revenge (the tragic death of his uncle Ben); the other is jealousy (MJ got together with his good brother) , in addition, there is no extremely lethal dark side.

This resulted in a funny scene in the ‘Dark Spider-Man’. Peter Parker became a funny naughty kid – the kind that everyone hates dogs, which caused dissatisfaction among the audience. Claire couldn’t bear to look back at those scenes in Dark Spider-Man. It was indeed quite embarrassing.

“More than that, Sony-Columbia Pictures also wants to add a new female character to create a love triangle!” Raimi continued to complain.

“Oh! They want to add ‘Gwen’ into the mix, right?” Claire thought for a moment and figured it out.

“Yes! Gwen’s character is simply a crushing of MJ’s character. This will make the audience side with Gwen! I even doubt that your girlfriend Jessica will react after knowing this news. I won’t give up the show directly~” Remy said with a bitter smile.

“Haha~ I’m worried too!” Claire also smiled bitterly.

In her previous life, Gwen’s popularity and reputation really dwarfed MJ’s, which made Claire have to wonder if Sony-Columbia Pictures had already been paving the way for “The Amazing Spider-Man”, because in “The Amazing Spider-Man”, Gwen She is the real girlfriend, and her character reputation is much better than MJ.

“Remy! Let’s go to Columbia Pictures and persuade the producer, Mr. Avi Arad. Let’s see if we can arrange these characters to be shot in three or four parts. The third part is still only arranged. ‘Sandman’ and ‘Little Green Goblin’ are equal parts villains,” Claire suggested.

“Will they agree?” Remy obviously didn’t have much confidence.

“Let’s work hard again. I can agree to reduce the pay and lower the budget for the role! If it doesn’t work,” Claire said decisively. He had thought about this carefully before coming here and discussed it with Roxy.

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(Go back one day)

“Roxy, do you think if I lower the salary, Columbia Pictures will change their mind?” Claire asked Roxy for her opinion.

“Yo? Are you willing to lower the salary? This is so unusual!” Roxy was a little surprised, “I clearly remember the price you asked for during the negotiation for the second film’s salary!”