2. Drew Goddard Is Unproven (And Probably Not The Best Man For The Job)
Drew Goddard has been behind some of the most exciting elements of recent geek culture; he wrote some of the best episodes from the middle of Lost's run (Desmond's time travel, Locke's injury and Ben's mission off the Island were all penned by him), had a prominent role in bringing Cloverfield to life and, with buddy Joss Whedon, created the horror send-up The Cabin In The Woods. He gets genre filmmaking, which made him a pretty fan pleasing choice to direct the tricky Sinister Six spin-off. Now it looks like he's been promoted to the main job, with it strongly believed he'll be helming Sony's stand-alone Spidey flick. Elements of his past make him a fitting choice, but with him never having worked on a movie quite this big, it's hard to think he'll swing, let alone fly. Talent has been lost on Spider-Man before, after all; Marc Webb's ability to write adorkable dialogue shone through The Amazing Spider-Man, but, aside from some kinda cool web-swinging, his handling of the action was exactly what you'd expect from the guy whose only previous movie was (500) Days Of Summer. Goddard has a bit more experience with special effects, sure, but was the bloodbath at the end of Cabin actually a good sequence, or just a solid idea to begin with? Of course, the real reason Goddard's on the project is because he started out on The Sinister Six - some of that can be worked into this. Because a villain team-up has so much in common with a high school family film...