Ahead of Sony’s eagerly-awaited Hall H panel later today, Movies.com caught up with director Marc Webb to discuss his plans for expanding the studio’s Spider-Man franchise beyond next year’s sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which sees Andrew Garfield returning as the wall-crawler to do battle with Jamie Foxx’s bad guy Electro – not to mention a host of other villains including The Rhino (Paul Giamatti) and Norman Osborn (Chris Cooper).
“There’s always been a plan to extend this universe,” states Webb, referring to the recently announced sequels The Amazing Spider-Man 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man 4. “That there were certain ongoing stories that were going to play out over multiple films. So, that’s always been in the works and there’s been some early talks about the nature of what those next two movies are. It’s too early to talk about too many of the details, but if you pay attention to this film that’s coming out, you may get a feeling and sense of what’s to come in the future.”
As for whether he plans to return to direct the later instalments, Webb appears to confirm that he’ll be back for The Amazing Spider-Man 2, but admitted that, “the fourth one was a little bit of a surprise. We always talked about there being a set of three movies, but there may be elements that expand outside Spider-Man that could fulfill that fourth film.”
So, what could those elements that expand outside Spider-Man be? The long-rumoured Venom spin-off, perhaps? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below…
Originally published July 19, 2013. Updated April 11, 2018.
