Yup, there’s your rumor of the day. Silly? We think so.
Mania says they’ve learned that Sam Raimi has met with Rachel McAdams to potentially play the part of the Black Cat in the fourth installment of the “Spider-Man” films.
Or maybe we’re just hoping it’s silly because we think rather highly of Rachel McAdams and want to believe that, while the “Spider-Man” movies are ok, she’s generally way above this type of thing.
Or at least should be. Reporting on meetings taking place is always a dubious prospect. It might mean nothing and it could mean Raimi asked her agent and she said, “sure, why not, what do I have to lose?” but we’d be lying if we said we wouldn’t be disappointed if she took the role.
She strikes us as a serious actor and well, we’re not sure we really take these “Spider Man” movies too seriously anymore. Raimi should move on… although the silly sitcom horror that was “Drag Me to Hell,” certainly wasn’t our favorite move of the year.
Let’s hope this is B.S. or just a cursory meet and greet. You’re better than this, baby. “Spider-Man 4” is scheduled to hit theaters May 5, 2011, then probably Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst and Raimi will all leave the franchise and Sony will try to beat a dead horse with a new stick, not reboot the franchise, but just hire a new team to keep the series going.
A friend of ours makes a good point in saying, it’s sort of like when a creative team in comics leave and all of a sudden a series has a new artist and writer and the book takes on a new tone and while that’s valid and works for the comic book world, having flesh and blood human beings replaced with new actors is simply not the same thing and much, much more of a stretch to seamlessly accept.
Mania says the film will have two villains, Black Cat and Lizard, and this is where the report’s veracity worries us because those are the next two logical villains and characters to introduce into the series. The character arc of the Black Cat sees her as many things; an adversary, a lover and eventually, just an ally. She could have a long-lasting shelf life if they wanted to keep the series going, but then doesn’t it just become episodic TV? There’s a difference between film and television like that, something more sacred and weighty in the story that does end, but obviously if studios had their way, they’d milk these characters forever.
