Cloudy with a chance of Spiders
Phil Lord and Chris Miller, the prodigious pair behind the Jump Street franchise, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Lego Movie, and Warner's upcoming Flash film, are making quite a name for themselves in Hollywood. Now, the writer/producer/director duo will lend their talents to Sony's animated Spider-Man reboot, an idea first mooted back in January when a summit to determine the future direction of Sony's Spidey franchise was held.
Their involvement was announced during Sony's recent CinemaCon presentation. Reportedly, the dynamic duo is hard at work assembling a treatment for the film, and will be given a shot at directing, provided Sony are happy with what they hand in.
Presumably, this 'toon will occupy its own little corner of the Spiderverse and won't interfere with the deal struck by Sony and Marvel to include Spider-Man in the upcoming Captain America threequel, Civil War.
Then there is the small matter of Drew Goddard's rumoured Spider-Man reboot, pegged to arrive in 2017. From what we have gathered, both films will be separate entities, and will arrive roughly a year apart. The Lord/Miller version will be played mostly for laughs, utilising the pair's comedic talents to showcase the funnier side of our friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man.
Sony have already set a date for the film, so if everything goes according to plan, the CGI Spider-Man should be swinging into cinemas on July 20, 2018.
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