Nerds are running the world. Andrew Garfield made a movie [called “The Social Network”] about it. Nerds are no longer pariahs and knowing how to write computer code is longer a [mocked] quality. What was important in those early comics was this notion that Peter Parker is an outsider and how we define that in a contemporary context. That, I think, was one of the challenges for us — getting Peter Parker’s outsider status to be current.
I think one of the things about Peter Parker that is so great, and what has made him and Spider-Man last so long is he is a kid that we all feel conn… - Marc Webb
I think one of the things about Peter Parker that is so great, and what has made him and Spider-Man last so long is he is a kid that we all feel conn…
- Marc Webb
There's a punk rock quality to Peter Parker, that I identified with when I read the comics [Spider-Man], and that I really liked. He has this chip on… - Marc Webb
There's a punk rock quality to Peter Parker, that I identified with when I read the comics [Spider-Man], and that I really liked. He has this chip on…
Nerds are running the world. Andrew Garfield made a movie [called “The Social Network”] about it. Nerds are no longer pariahs and knowing how to writ… - Marc Webb
Nerds are running the world. Andrew Garfield made a movie [called “The Social Network”] about it. Nerds are no longer pariahs and knowing how to writ…
I think it's really important, when you're redefining a character [ Spider-Man], for the audience to experience things that they haven't experienced,… - Marc Webb
I think it's really important, when you're redefining a character [ Spider-Man], for the audience to experience things that they haven't experienced,…
Sundance is a really special place. They're very protective of movies, especially lower-budget movies. - Marc Webb
Sundance is a really special place. They're very protective of movies, especially lower-budget movies.
I think that Spider-Man is a part of our culture. He's a perennial character. He's something that's constantly reexamined and there are so many versi… - Marc Webb
I think that Spider-Man is a part of our culture. He's a perennial character. He's something that's constantly reexamined and there are so many versi…
Geeks are running the world, anyone who's seen The Social Network knows the dynamic has shifted, but what I think is iconic and timeless about Peter … - Marc Webb
Geeks are running the world, anyone who's seen The Social Network knows the dynamic has shifted, but what I think is iconic and timeless about Peter …
For me, there were a few things in the Spider-Man comics that I thought were really interesting. There's this story about Peter's parents and where h… - Marc Webb
For me, there were a few things in the Spider-Man comics that I thought were really interesting. There's this story about Peter's parents and where h…
We're creating a different universe with different rules and a different tone and different villains. We were very careful to honor the iconography o… - Marc Webb
We're creating a different universe with different rules and a different tone and different villains. We were very careful to honor the iconography o…
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