With Aladdin currently surpassing critical and commercial expectations around the world, and The Lion King gearing up for a cinematic stampede on July 19th, Disney have been quick to announce details of another back-catalogue classic to receive the live-action treatment. According to Variety‘s exclusive report, 500 Days of Summer director Marc Webb is being lined […]
Marc Webb to direct live-action anime adaptation Your Name
Deadline is reporting that (500) Days of Summer and The Amazing Spider-Man director Marc Webb has signed on to direct a live-action reimagining of the 2016 Japanese anime feature Your Name for Paramount Pictures, Bad Robot and Toho. According to the site, the new film is being scripted by Eric Heisserer (Bird Box) and will […]
Marc Webb to direct Westboro Baptist Church film This Above All
According to Variety, Marc Webb (The Amazing Spider-Man, Gifted) has signed on to direct This Above All, a feature film based on the life story of Megan Phelps-Roper, a former member of the infamous Westboro Baptist Church. The granddaughter of Westboro founder Fred Phelps, Phelps-Roper grew up preaching the church’s hate speech, before coming to […]
Marc Webb had some important advice for Spider-Man: Homecoming director Jon Watts
When the torch is passed from one director to another, and franchises either continue on or reboot, it can be a bit of a ceremonious process. After all, the 90+ minutes of footage we see on-screen is the culmination of years/ months of planning and hard work. Leaving a project is sure to be an […]
Sam Raimi and Marc Webb reportedly pass on The Flash, Kevin Smith throws his baseball cap into the ring
Last night it was reported that Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future), Matthew Vaughn (X-Men: First Class) and Sam Raimi (Spider-Man) top Warner Bros.’ shortlist for the director’s chair on the DC solo movie The Flash, but it seems we may be able to scratch one of those names from the list. According to EW, […]
Director Marc Webb is “proud” of The Amazing Spider-Man movies
As excitement continues to build for the hotly anticipated release of Spider-Man: Homecoming (the web slinger’s first solo MCU film after being introduced in last year’s Captain America: Civil War), Collider sat down with Marc Webb, director of both movies in The Amazing Spider-Man franchise, to reflect on the short-lived series and whether he has any […]
Jenny Slate set to join Chris Evans for Gifted
Actress and comedienne Jenny Slate is set to join the cast of Gifted, reports Variety. The Obvious Child star will star opposite Captain America himself Chris Evans in the drama as well as Octavia Spencer (Snowpiercer), Lindsay Duncan (Birdman) and newcomer McKenna Grace. Marc Webb (The Amazing Spider-Man) is in the director’s chair for this […]
Marc Webb sets new projects Gifted and The Only Living Boy In New York
Seeing as he doesn’t have any more commitments to Sony’s wall-crawler following the disappointing The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Deadline is reporting that director Marc Webb is filling out his upcoming slate. First for the filmmaker will be Gifted, which is set to start shooting this autumn with Chris Evans (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) set […]
SDCC: Marc Webb talks Spider-Man, director “sad to surrender” franchise
MTV caught up with director Marc Webb this week at Comic-Con to talk about his upcoming directing duties on new TV show Limitless, but couldn’t resist asking him about Spider-Man and his views on the franchise now moving in a different direction. With the web-slinger now firmly in the mix with the Marvel Cinematic Universe […]
Rian Johnson, Neill Blomkamp and The Russos: Young Directors Selling Out
The Across the Pondcast returns once again for another episode! On today’s episode, Anghus Houvouras and Rohan Morbey sit down to talk about the latest trend in Hollywood – young indie filmmakers who move up to the studio system without much time to grow. Is it a good thing, is it a bad thing? Are […]
