Following the poorly-received SPIDER-MAN 3, there were a number of high-profile names thrown around for the inevitable franchise reboot. Although he might seem an unlikely choice, David Fincher was apparently considered for the gig, before it eventually went to current director Marc Webb.
Speaking to IO9, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO director outlined how he would have handled the opening sequence of his spider-movie, which would have been darker and more operatic.
My impression what Spider-Man could be is very different from what Sam [Raimi] did or what Sam wanted to do. I think the reason he directed that movie was because he wanted to do the Marvel comic superhero. I was never interested in the genesis story. I couldn’t get past a guy getting bit by a red and blue spider. It was just a problem… It was not something that I felt I could do straight-faced. I wanted to start with Gwen Stacy and the Green Goblin, and I wanted to kill Gwen Stacy.
The title sequence of the movie that I was going to do was going to be a ten minute — basically a music video, an opera, which was going to be the one shot that took you through the entire Peter Parker [backstory]. Bit by a radio active spider, the death of Uncle Ben, the loss of Mary Jane, and [then the movie] was going to begin with Peter meeting Gwen Stacy. It was a very different thing, it wasn’t the teenager story. It was much more of the guy who’s settled into being a freak.
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO arrives in UK cinemas 26th December.
Marc Webb’s THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN arrives in UK cinemas June 2012.
