Major movie studio in planning for second film in huge franchise-in-waiting before first outing is even done shooting non-shocker! Okay, okay, we’ll cut the snark. But it really does look like Sony is following a predictable path with The Amazing Spider-Man, and has hired the film’s main writer, James Vanderbilt, to kick off the script for a sequel.
After being brought aboard to work on ideas and drafts for Spider-Man 4 when Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire were still attached to that incarnation of Peter Parker’s universe, Vanderbilt was maintained when the Raimi-flavoured follow-up was shut down and the focus was shifted to a reboot.
And though Vanderbilt originally pitched several films in a possible series, his work on** The Amazing Spider-Man** has largely been limited to this first new movie, which sees Andrew Garfield take over the spider-suit for director Marc Webb.
But it would appear that Sony was pleased with Vanderbilt’s work (even though regular Spidey script writer/polisher Alvin Sargent also took a pass) and has brought him in to hear his ideas for a second Garfield-starring flick, which just got the thumbs up.
There’s no word on when this still-developing sequel might shoot, but we’re betting Sony doesn’t want to wait too long between movies if Amazing turns into another monster hit…