David Fincher Pitched A Spider-Man Movie In 1999, Without The "Dumb" Origin

Evan Campbell
10/30/2023

Before Spider-Man became one of the biggest box office draws of all time--now spanning three different decades--director David Fincher pitched his idea for the superhero in 1999. The filmmaker wanted to ignore Peter Parker's origin story, which meant those in charge "weren't f**king interested."Speaking with The Guardian, Fincher expressed how little he cares for Peter's beginnings while also understanding why he was rejected. "And I get it," he said. "They were like: 'Why would you want to eviscerate the origin story?' And I was like: 'Cos it's dumb?' That origin story means a lot of things to a lot of people, but I looked at it and I was like: 'A red and blue spider?' There’s a lot of things I can do in my life and that's just not one of them."Continue Reading at GameSpot...

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