Tobey Maguire Reportedly Offered $20M For 'Spider-Man 4'
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The British Telegraph is running a fairly standard puff piece on Tobey Maguire in the run up to the release of Spider-Man 3, with Maguire spouting the same 'maybe I will, maybe I won't' boilerplate when it comes to the next installment in the series. "They'll definitely develop a fourth movie and write a screenplay, and I would consider it if there's a good script, a good story that I felt was worth telling and Sam Raimi was involved and the right cast came together for it," he says. More interestingly, the paper seems to know something that I don't, which is that a $20 million offer is already on the table for Maguire, should he decide to put on the costume one more time. Maguire was paid $16 million for Spider-Man 3, was signed only for three films, and currently has no other film projects lined up, superhero or otherwise, according to the paper.
Maguire blanches at the notion that he is confiining himself to big-budget work: "When I read a script, it has nothing to do with the size of the budget or whether it has global appeal," he's quoted as saying. "I just want to tell stories and play different roles, and I always want to work with great filmmakers." The article also goes into the old story about Jake Gyllenhaal almost getting to put on the suit for Spider-Man 2 before a last-minute intervention by Ron Meyer, president of Universal, put the kibosh on that. In typical British press style, the reporter also feels compelled to point out that Maguire didn't "look particularly relaxed" during the interview, and looks more like a "classroom nerd" than a superhero. You gotta love those Brits.
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4-20-2007 @ 1:09PM
Dwayne Conyers said...
Tobey will consider a good script... or maybe an appealing plot...
But $20-million? Makes it a sure thing, eh wot?
---dwacon
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4-20-2007 @ 1:59PM
The Jeremy said...
I doubt it will happen in *3*, but I want to see Spidey actually joke and taunt his opponents during the battles just as he's always done in the comics and 'toons. More wisecrackin' and less of Tobey's "woo-hoo" screams.
I also want to see the Spidey mask move around the mouth area when Spidey is talking. Even the 70s live-action series did that. Even though I am not deaf, I find that annoying watching masked characters onscreen supposedly talking but all you see is the static mask. Yes, pet peeves of mine.
And can we get the McFarlane version of the Spidey chest logo?
ps. Sony, when is the Blu-Ray release for the films? Hurry up and slay HD DVD by finally releasing these titles...
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4-20-2007 @ 3:51PM
Eklen said...
Does anyone else agree that Jake Gyllenhaal should just play spiderman??
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4-20-2007 @ 8:56PM
The Jeremy said...
I agree with Jake getting the role if we get a transformation with the character of Peter Parker becoming more outgoing in his later college years to take place onscreen. That would be more of the John Romita (sic) version of Parker from the comics, or say Nicolas Hammond from the live-action series.
I had hoped that would be when the black costume would debut onscreen - with the cast change - but alas, it is coming sooner. I hope it works, and works well.
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5-08-2007 @ 6:52PM
black spider man said...
stick with tobey maguire in spider man 4 the movie would suck if he wasint playing it it also wouldint pay as well it just wouldint be the same if u put a nother actor in there if u r thinking of puting a nother actor in there dont make the movie cause it would suck it would reck the movie
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6-18-2007 @ 11:41AM
Sean said...
Tobey im beggin u please please at least do a 4th uve really made me believe in u and u cant quit now id pay a 300$ fine even though its notin compard to ur money sill please stay ur my favorite actor of them all!
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