Cinema Blend
As news broke that Marvel and Sony had come to terms on a partnership for a rebooted Spider-Man movie – breaking ties with Marc Webb’s two-picture series – some of us wondered if Drew Goddard would be given a chance to direct the new, standalone Spidey flick. Goddard had been working on a Sinister Six spinoff for Sony (building off the material Webb had created), and he also served as creator and writer on Netflix’s marvelous Marvel TV series Daredevil. From the outside, it seemed like Goddard deserved a shot at helming the as-yet-untitled movie, but today, he told he isn’t directing the movie because his ideas for the character were drastically changed, and he didn't have new ones.
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