Screenwriting : Rewriting Reboots by Kyle Le Roux

Kyle, I would say focus on your other projects you never no what might come out of them. Being an artist of any kind begets lots of disappointments, but when the right opportunity comes it is all sooo worth it. I multi task between projects I always seem to have multiple ones on my list, trying to complete them all is a task within itself. The upside of this is I never really have any dull moments, matter of fact I just finished posting my Spotlight interview on author Jacqueline Rainey. Read her story if you get a chance its a short interview with links to her info. On mobile its m.videobylina.com computer. http://videobylina.com. good luck with your writing career.

Thanks Lina. Great Read, thanks for recommending that. I especially liked the part about adding broken pieces of her into stories, just like Joss Whedon said: “I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I'm afraid of. ” Spider-Man is someone every kid wished they were, Peter Parker was relatable to all "nerdy" teens and inspired in many ways as comic character. You are right in saying focus on other projects though... I become my own worst enemy by writing about my stories and then the spidey light bulb flashes and I lose focus again. I wish my brain had it's own depth of field calculator so I can maintain that focus. Hence why it's a goal. It's like watching someone else bring up your child in their own ways...

Spot on Kristina... Thats all I'm waiting for... Like you said your idea is just screaming to be made and I meet a lot of writers that say "Well that's been done already" and to me that's just find a reason not to write or finish a story or idea. Go for it Kristina, like you said if you write or make it better and our audience agree then voila! And Jacqueline I'm glad someone agrees with me. Write the story so people can believe it a little, after all that's our jobs as writers to enhance peoples imaginations and give them a reason to think maybe this will actually happen one day. Too many plot holes too and he's not a relatable character too, it is still visually entertaining and Marc Webb does know how to tell a good love story.

If you plan on writing this as an exercise, I'd say go for it. However, if you plan on writing this, with a view to shopping it, I'd say you're wasting your time. As much as you love or loath reboots or remakes, those decisions rest with a studio. The dollar is the bottom line. Comic books have an inbuilt audience and the hero over coming impossible odds, is an appeal that can be resold to a new up and coming audience. Studios will pick their own writers for these assignments. Also, you don't own the rights to the characters etc, so shopping it is impossible. Use it as an exercise to shape your craft and see if you can make better decisions than the studio or current writers. If you can do that, ultimately, you'll be on a winner.

Eoin, again spot on. Sony own the rights and it's their money maker at the moment but in saying that this is being done as an exercise however if all else fails I'll have something for Marvel or whomever buys the rights maybe even Sony for a third time. It is helping me see things that I've missed when I've written previous scripts for other stories so everything I find out whilst writing this. It's just this damn passion for Spider-Man that drives me insane.

What they said. You're wasting your time writing something for existing characters from film, TV, or books because someone owns the rights to those characters and stories, and you can't sell or make your script unless you obtain (buy) the rights to do so. That leaves original stories and characters you've created, or stories whose copyrights have expired and are in the public domain. So get your imagination cracking and spawn something new and original into the world.