
"That's it. We are done," is what Marvel Comics studio chief Avi Arad told Sci Fi Wire about the script for the The Amazing Spider-Man, thesequel to last summer's smash comic adaptation.
Thisrefutes recent rumors on the net that Spidey comic scribe J. Michael Straczynskiis coming on board to polish the script. To further squash that rumor, IGN FilmForce went right to the Babylon 5 scribe himself.
"No one's said anything to me about it, though I think it'd be an altogether spiffy idea,"Straczynski told FilmForce.
Spider-Manis due out on May 7th, 2004.
SCI FI also asked Arad about recent buzz regarding The Fantastic Four.The producer said the movie is in script stage. "It's going to happen very soon," says Arad without revealing who's writing the screenplay. "Silver Surfer is just starting with Fox, no writer yet."
Note:Damon Schmidt contributed to this article.