Itas commonplace nowadays for studios to get a jump on the sequel to big budget properties before the first film hits theaters, and Sony got a very good head start on the follow-up toThe Amazing Spider-Manby settingJames Vanderbiltto pen the sequelback in March of last year.AThe Amazing Spider-Man 2is already dated for May of 2014, and now reckon it’s the studio would like another pass on the script.A So who do you get to pen a high priority, big-budget summer movie?AAlex KurtzmanandRoberto Orci, of course.A Hit the jump for more.PerDeadline, the screenwriting team of Kurtzman and Orci have been hired to rewrite Vanderbiltas script for the sequel toThe Amazing Spider-Man.A Vanderbilt, whose past credits includeZodiacandThe Rundown, was an inspired choice to pen theMarc Webb-helmed reboot, but I canat really say the same for Kurtzman and Orci.A Their credits includeTransformersandTransformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and they also pennedCowboys & AliensandJ.J.
AbramsasStar Trek.Theyare by no means terrible screenwriters, but given the pick of Vanderbilt I was hoping Sony would go for another interesting choice if they wanted another pass onThe Amazing Spider-Man 2.AGary Rosspenned the script forThe Hunger Gamesand Lionsgate just tappedEternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindscribeCharlie Kaufmanto adapt a young adult series(seriously), proving that itas possible to get someone known more for character work than action sequences to write a successful, ablockbustera screenplay.A The Kurtzman and Orci-penned dramaPeople Like Usopens this summer, so maybe we’ll be pleasantly surprised by their ability to tackle intimate character drama.Nevertheless,The Amazing Spider-Manisnat even out yet so itas still early days.A Itas possible that another screenwriter might be brought on to do yet another pass.A In the meantime, Spideyas in the hands of Kurtzman and Orci.