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Several Directors Being Considered For ‘Spider-Man’ Reboot
The superhero film genre is on fire these days, with each title released almost guaranteed to earn well into the hundreds of millions. That’s why Marvel and Sony Pictures are pushing forward with a new Spider-Man series, one that will supposedly take place over three, maybe four movies (each covering a year of Peter Parker’s high school), according to Deadline. But in order to make sure you’ve got a great series ahead of you, you need to make sure that the first one is a success. That’s why the studios are carefully considering who should direct the film, searching for someone who can tell a, “…coming of age tale [that] is John Hughes humor and emotion, plus all the superhero stuff.”
Here’s who the studios are currently considering: Jonathan Levine, the man behind Warm Bodies; Ted Melfi the writer/director of St. Vincent; Pitch Perfect director Jason Moore; John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein of Vacation; and Jared Hess, who wrote and directed Napoleon Dynamite.
The role of Spider-Man has not been set but there is a serious possibility that it will be determined before a director is chosen as the character is set to appear in Captain America: Civil War, which comes out next year.
The supernatural world of Korean folk horror movie Exhuma grows larger with the arrival of prequel spinoff webtoon Maengjong this weekend, Variety reports today.
Naver Webtoon debuts Maengjong on May 30.
The series hails from Haemuri (Olgami) and will trace the high school origins of how shaman duo Hwarim and Bonggil, played by Kim Go-eun and Lee Do-hyun in the 2024 film, came together to face occultish threats.
The story is set to begin when “Hwarim, who has been concealing her identity following a childhood encounter with a snake spirit called Jin, crosses paths with Bonggil at their school.”
Variety notes that Exhuma director Jang Jae-hyun participated in the project’s early concept stage.
“We are presenting ‘Maengjong,’ a new series capturing the appeal of the horror-occult genre, ahead of the full summer season,” said Lee Jeong-geun, Naver Webtoon’s Korea webtoon content leader. “With the high school story of Hwarim and Bonggil, who left a strong impression in the film ‘Exhuma,’ enhanced by Haemuri’s characteristic tense direction, we expect it will be a welcome work for genre fans.”
“It is meaningful that the spin-off story of ‘Exhuma,’ loved by many audiences, expands by meeting the new grammar of webtoon,” said Lee Hyeon-jeong, managing director of the film business division at Showbox, which distributed the film. “We hope it will be a fresh experience for both film fans and webtoon readers.”
Exhuma was a breakout hit in 2024, becoming the first Korean occult film to surpass 10 million ticket buyers and the country’s highest-grossing film of the year. I wrote in my review that “the intricately woven Exhuma delivers one of the year’s biggest surprises in horror so far.”
The bond between Hwarim and Bonggil was one of the film’s highlights, making this prequel webtoon a must for fans.
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