fb.indiewire.com – While you might still be miffed that "The Amazing Spider-Man" told the origin story you already knew, director Marc Webb admits to Rolling Stone he had actually turned down a script for the first movie that ditched it altogether. "It was different. It still had the Lizard in it, but it was a script that jumped ahead in time and relied on knowledge of the comic books that I don't think everyone had," he exlained to the magazine. 4 weeks 6 days ago via jetli

thewrap.com – Sony's Columbia Pictures announced Wednesday its plans to remake “My Best Friend's Wedding” — in Chinese. The studio has partnered with several Chinese filmmakers and production companies to make three Chinese-language movies, with one being a re-telling of the hit Julia Roberts romantic comedy. Six of the ten highest-grossing movies released in China over the past five years have been in the country's native tongue, encouraging many in Hollywood to contemplate changing their approach to the world's second largest film market. 5 weeks 6 days ago via jackiechan

variety.com – Columbia Pictures is beefing up its presence in China striking partnerships with prominent local filmmakers, as well as entering into split-rights agreements with mainland production companies. Chief among Col’s newly struck filmmaker relationships is with “Farewell My Concubine” director Chen Kaige, who just started production on his martial arts action film “The Monk,” which is... 5 weeks 6 days ago via donnieyen

joblo.com – While at SXSW on Saturday, director Marc Webb had an interesting conversation with The Playlist about his initial thoughts on rebooting Spider-Man, and shared some information about the villains appearing in THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2. One big concern many fans have about THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 is the amount of villains, and they are worried it's going to end up being a mess similar to Sam... 6 weeks 1 day ago via theothersenhman