Tobey Maguire Scores HUGE Payday For Next 2 Spider-Man Films!

Most of you have probably already heard by now that Tobey Maguire and director Sam Raimi have agreed to return for a fourth and a fifth installment of the Spider-Man franchise.  What you might not have heard, however, is exactly what Tobey Maguire is going to be getting for his six months of work.

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Tom Cruise and Sam Raimi Developing Sleeper

With Tom Cruise getting tremendous reviews for his short work in Tropic Thunder, he’s using the attention to announce several new projects.  In fact, he’s announced three projects in just the last two weeks.  The latest is an adaptation of the DC Comics/Wildstorm comic, Sleeper, which Sam Raimi is producing with an eye on Cruise for the starring role.

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Sam Raimi To Adapt Dennis Lahane’s Next Novel, “The Given Day”

The Dennis Lehane novel adaptation train just keeps chugging along.  This time Sam Raimi is the director climbing on board.  Raimi and Columbia will be reteaming to adapt Lehane’s next novel “The Given Day” which Columbia has already acquired the rights to although the book doesn’t hit shelves until September 23.

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Spider-Man 4 and 5 to Shoot Back to Back?

With a summer full of superhero movies and Marvel planning their superhero slate for the next several years, I was beginning to wonder when we’d hear something concerning the reigning boxoffice superhero.  Well, we have word now that the next two Spider-Man movies might be filmed back to back.

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Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe’s “Nottingham” To Be ‘Gladiator Version of Robin Hood’

Determined not to be outdone by Scorsese and DiCaprio, Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe are making plans for another trip down the Hollywood aisle - their fifth together (Gladiator, A Good Year, American Gangster, Body Of Lies).

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