No Origin Story For Marvel’s ‘Spider-Man’ Reboot?

Let me see if I understand this correctly? It is possible for Hollywood to do a Super Hero Movie Franchise Reboot without doing an origin story every single time? That is good to know, because as fans, we sure thought they didn’t know how to do that. Sarcasm aside, it looks like Marvel is not going the origin story route with their take on Spider-Man. Get the latest on this below, and share your thoughts after the JUMP!

(Source: comicbook.com)

Spider-Man screenwriters John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein were at the premiere of Vacation, which they wrote and directed, and said the tone of the Marvel reboot will be different from the character’s previous feature film iterations.

“The main difference I think is the tone will be really grounded, about a real kid who gets these powers and what that means to a geeky, outcast kid and how he deals with them,” Goldenstein told USA Today. “You don’t instantly become a superhero, it’s a long journey.” Daley added, “It’s spending a lot more time in the high school. And so we have time to sort of develop the powers with him and experience the wish fulfillment. And also just the fact that it is really alienating to other people.”

Daley then confirmed that the reboot won’t waste time showing how Spidey got his powers, and it will avoid the goofy mistakes Sam Raimi (Evil Dead) made in the original trilogy. “I don’t think the origin story is going to be in there and also I think we’re going to avoid the emo dance (from Spider-Man 3) … as much love it,” he said.

They want to focus on the “self-conscious” Peter Parker who is not popular and a “little geeky.” Goldstein explained, “We want to sort of tell that story, and the fact that getting powers and becoming Spider-Man doesn’t solve your problems.” Daley added, “Because he has to keep it a secret from everyone, so it just makes everything worse for him.”