The Spectacular Spider-Man: 10 Reasons It's Already Doomed

1. One Movie A Year Ruins Two Franchises

Marvel are in a damn-near perfect situation at the moment. They release two movies in an ongoing series a year (set to go up to three before the end of the decade), but because there's so many sub-franchises to their Cinematic Universe fatigue never sets in. Going to a Marvel movie is a semi-annual tradition by now, yet there's still healthy gaps between Captain America or Thor stand-alones (or big, hype-exhausting Avengers team-ups) that provide a nice variety in entertainment (for all the formula talk, last year's Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Guardians Of The Galaxy were pretty distinct). Other franchises have tried to get in on that - Star Wars is set to plug yearly gaps between proper Episodes with spin-offs, X-Men are once again trying to make spin-offs work and D.C. is flat-out copying Marvel's release approach - even if none have quite the same versatility. The Spectacular Spider-Man looks to be joining the club, with Sony hoping to turn it into something akin to Harry Potter - an ongoing series of annual stand-alone movies, tied into a wider narrative - that will support itself independent of The Avengers (meaning they get to take home actual profit). Still, even with the opportunity for spin-offs (although, again, is The Sinister Six film really that great an idea?), this seems like overkill; do audiences already bummed out by Spider-Man want annual trips to see him for the foreseeable, like a demanding relative? And that's saying nothing of production times - Harry Potter gave up on one a year only two movies in because of that. More importantly, and ignoring the questionable viability, this could have a detrimental effect on Marvel. Spider-Man will forever be linked to this world, and if audiences get worn down by too much web-swinging, it'll affect how they view The Avengers too. Are you excited for The Spectacular Spider-Man? Or do you wish they'd just let the whole thing lie? Share your thoughts down in the comments.