Alvin Sargent has been signed up by Sony Pictures to write the script for Spiderman 3 with the option to be retained for the writing for a fourth film in the series.
That’s excellent news for the franchise and for the fans of the Spiderman series, which should be a fair few people! Coming Soon have the story and talk further about his involvement.
He has already begun work on the third film, which has a tentative release date of May 4, 2007.
The trade says Sargent is widely credited with whipping a problematic Spider-Man 2 script into shape, but he has evolved into the voice of the franchise.
The studio has not yet disclosed the storyline or villain for Spider-Man 3, but the story has already been crafted by Sargent along with director Sam Raimi and his brother, Ivan Raimi.
I have to say that I loved both Spiderman films and the treatment given to them has been the finest of a superhero transfer to celluloid next to the original Batman. Sure there are some rough edges, but it so captures what Spiderman is about and the true sense of the original comic. I hope this series continues onto the fourth and does it just as well as it has to date.
