I'm still hoping that the villain is Venom.
Raimi & Tapert Discuss Spider-Man 3
My first question to Sam Raimi would be this-- Is every Spider-Man
film not going to have an alternate title? Remember, X-Men
2 became X-Men United, and Pirates of the Caribbean
became Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl [to
speculate on sequels]. Raimi can easily name the films after the villain
the Spider-Man must fight each time. On the other hand, Raimi's system does
work, so I shouldn't complain.
In the interview with Sam Raimi about his various projects one thing was
certain-- Sony has Raimi by the balls when it comes to Spider-Man 3. Either
that, or Raimi is using Sony as a scapegoat to hide his secrets. Anyway,
check out what Raimi had to say on Spider-Man 3. [still no villain
announcement yet]
CS: You've decided on the Spider-Man
3 villain. Has he been established in your previous films or starting a
new story?
Raimi: Actually, I'm not at liberty to say because I think
Sony corporation, they're very particular about the presentation of the
Spider-Man story aspects to the press. So it's really in their hands. When
they decide they want to release the villain, I think then they'll make
some formal presentation. They'll probably have a mock up of what he looks
like and announce the actor that they're going to cast. I think because
they've done this in the past. I haven't yet talked to them about it if
that's how they want to put it forward, so I don't think I'm at liberty
to say?
CS: What is the theme?
Raimi: I can't say yet. I'm sorry.
CS: You don't know?
Raimi: No, I know. But I want to allow Sony really to say
when they want to say what aspects of the film they want to put out to the
public. I think they're just thinking it's way too early and people have
just had enough of Spider-Man for the time being. They want to give him
a rest. And when it comes time in a year or year and a half to start talking
about that movie, to start getting the audience interested, I think then
they want to probably make their presentation around then.
CS: Is there anything you can tell about Spider-Man 3?
Raimi: I'm really not at liberty to honestly. I can tell
you I think what you probably already know if you're interested and that
is that Alvin Sargent is hard at work on the screenplay now. My brother
Ivan and I turned in a few different drafts of stories and we finally decided
on one direction we wanted to go. I am starting to work with my storyboard
artist now. A lot of the guys that worked with me on the last two Spider-Man
pictures, coming up with the visuals, starting to design some of the action
sequences. I'm having the first discussions now with Sony Pictures Imageworks
on how to create some of these different characters. What improvements,
for instance, would we do to Spider-Man. They'll be subtle and the audience
probably won't even be aware of them but to that character specifically,
how will we improve his style of movement, his density, the sense of weight?
How can we take the next step? Where did we fail and what should we do about
it to bring it to the next level? I'm really trying to shoot for a level
of reality that we haven't yet achieved yet with Spider-Man films.
CS: Will you make the release date?
Raimi: I don't know. I don't know if I'll make it because
there are so many things that have to come together very, very quickly now
and it's hard to be able to say if they're all on course and a lot of them
depend on the success of others. So it's a guessing game. But the answer
is actually I must be ready, because Sony's demanding that release date.
So I'm just going to say yes, I'll be ready. 2007.
CS: And when will you start shooting?
Raimi: Well, I'm actually going to start shooting tests
next month. Tests, experiments with costume and the characters, movement,
new CG types of technology that we're going to develop, combinations of
existing technologies that are put together in new ways to make it seem
new but that stuff already exists. Our stunt people are going to be working
in a month also, shooting tests, mechanical effects tests.
CS: You shot the Doc Ock hospital scene during tests?
Raimi: Yes, we're going to do big scenes earlier and probably
the first thing to shoot really early might be plate photography and maybe
as early as September. Maybe a unit to shoot three days of plates, could
be as early as that.
CS: When will actors start filming?
Raimi: I think in September, it will just be myself, the director of photography, visual effects supervisor shooting environments. The actors probably wouldn't start, I don't know, but I think at this point, maybe in October? That's a guess.
CS: Will Bill Pope be back?
Raimi: Yes, Bill Pope will be coming back as the director
of photography.
To read the entire interview, where Raimi and Tapert discuss other films
such as The Grudge 2 and Evil Dead IV, go to ComingSoon.Net
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