But going back in time, in the late 1990s and early 2000s, to think of sam raimi as the creative mind behind a record-breaking movie based on a comic book character, he was a bit of an oddity.
There was little expectation about a movie “Spider-Man”. An army of lawyers had to spend most of the 1990s fighting for the movie rights to the character, but he wasn’t exactly a hot commodity, either.
no hero of marvel comics had made its way into feature films and on the side of DC Comics the movies of “superman” had long since gone out in the 1980s., and the disastrous “Batman & Robin” 1997 put the gothic hero on hold for eight years. In the late 1990s, it was excruciatingly difficult to find a studio that took the idea of superhero movies seriously.
The success of “Blade” from 1998 on New Line Cinema at least it helped establish the idea that a character from Marvel could lead a movie to success, besides Fox I was working on a movie “X Men” largely due to the success of the mutants animated series.
Spider-Man, however, remained the most precious jewel of Marvel and, finally, in 1998, sony pictureschaired by John Calleybought the rights to the film for just $7 million, with the publisher retaining 5% of the profits and 50% of the marketing.
In a recent interview given to the Variety portal, it was Raimi himself who confessed that he thought he would never be chosen as director of the film.
“My agent, Josh Donen, said, ‘They want to be honest with you. There’s about 18 directors they have on the roster.’ And I said, ‘Okay, well, tell them I’m number 19.'”Raimi revealed.
james cameron He had tried to get behind the cameras with Leonardo DiCaprio as the protagonist, but finally the project did not prosper. Sony then began meeting with potential directors and found little interest: press reports included David Fincher Y Chris Columbus among the candidates. Despite a solid track record as a genre filmmaker, as stated Raimi was not among them.
However, the time came for the interviews in which Sony’s senior officials spoke with the directors interested in the project, to determine which of them was the most suitable to be able to direct the first “Spider-Man”. Raimi got a meeting, he found himself in a room that included the CEO of Sony Pictures, Calley, the president of Columbia Pictures, Amy Pascalthe head of Marvel Studios, Avi Aradthe Sony film executive, Matt Tolmachand the producer of the film, Laura Ziskin.
To break the ice, sam raimi talked about why he loves Spider-Man so much. She talked about the painting of the arachnid that he hung on the wall of his childhood bedroom. She talked about how Spidey’s alter ego, Peter Parker, represented the first time a nerdy kid (as he defined himself) could see himself as a superhero and not some goofy sidekick. He discussed how Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee brought to life a character whose weaknesses and failures were as important, if not more so, than his awesome powers and death-defying feats of bravery.
After an hour of meeting Raimi fell silent and left causing surprise in those present, apparently someone had told him that the meeting should last 60 minutes. Director of “Evil Dead” he left convinced that he would not get the job, but satisfied that he had been able to present his idea. To his surprise, it turned out to be the chosen one, and the rest was history, a well-known one who is currently celebrating his 20th anniversary.
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