Spider-Man Screenwriter Offers Advice To Sony; Thinks Black Cat Deserves Solo Movie

Empire sat down with David Koepp to chat about his new movie Mortdecai, which he wrote and directed. Koepp, made a name for himself writing scripts for films that became blockbusters, like Sam Raimi's 2002 film Spider-Man. Based on that, Empire wondered what Koepp would do to turn things around for Sony's Spider-Man franchise.

"When I was doing Spider-Man the first time, I remember distinctly having thoughts about three movies, each of a different kind," Koepp told Empire. "The way the comic-book lines switched, it was Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man, Spectacular Spider-Man… there were a number of them. So rather than try to pursue the same course, or any kind of similar tone, you'd have strikingly different tones. The classic Spider-Man, that would be the top-of-the-line, studio Sam Raimi ones, then the Amazing Spider-Man ones, they'd be done for $75-80 million, and have a rougher, edgier, almost R-rated feel to them – if not R-rated, though I don't think they could ever bring themselves to do that. Tougher, nastier, a rougher look... shorter movies. I don't like superhero bloat, personally. And these series didn't have to be consecutive, they could be released concurrently."

I'm not really sure Spider-Man needs to be R-rated at any point, like Koepp suggests. You don't want to exclude a younger audience that wants to see Spidey, but Koepp has an idea for that demographic as well. "Then I also thought there should be a Spectacular Spider-Man series, because Spider-Man leaves out a large group of its audience," he said. "Little kids are fascinated by Spider-Man by the time they are three, or younger. But when I was a kid, I loved the animated series, so I always thought there should be separate lines to cater for different ages of Spider-Man fans."

Currently, Sony is trying to develop other character from the Spider-Man universe, like the Sinister Six. Koepp thinks that's a good way to go, but he has another character in mind that warrants their own film. "And I'd certainly develop other characters in the Spider-Man universe, which is what they are trying to do, I know," he said. "Black Cat deserves her own movie series."

Do you agree with Koepp? Does Black Cat deserve her own movie?

(via CBM)