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USA Today, Tuesday, January 12, 2010 Jinkies! I knew there were problems but - damn. As for that one year delay - yeah, 12 months should be plenty of time to cast a new Spider-Man, decide on and cast a villain, find a new director to fill Raimi’s shoes, write a script, shoot and produce it, and roll out the 50 billion action figures and related merch that accompany all superhero movies. I’ve got a feeling we’re gonna see the Spider-Man Musical with the $900,000-per-day production budget long before we see Spider-Man 4. And I suspect we won’t be seeing that disaster-in-the-making until after Sarah Palin has been elected president and nuked the Earth from her helicopter. Honestly, I loved the first two movies, but I preferred my old Power Records to the interminable Spider-Man 3. And I’d prefer committing Japanese ritual Seppuku to sitting through a Julie Taymor Spider-Man Broadway production.
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You won’t be seeing Tobey Maguire in Spider-Man 4, Sony Pictures said Monday. Also out is Sam Raimi, who directed the first three films in the franchise. You’ll also have to wait one year longer to see the film: It has been postponed until 2012.
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