Sinister Six News

This post relates to: Spider-Man, Sinister Six

Argh!  "Final 3 Episodes"?  Boo!  I want more!  Get cranking on Season 2!  Don't make me wait until the fall! 

Sigh.

Just three original episodes remain for the first season of "The Spectacular Spider-Man" ... starting this Saturday, May 31 with the blockbuster gathering of The Sinister Six in an all-new episode entitled "Group Therapy."

Ratings for the series have continued to build over its first 10 episodes as "The Spectacular Spider-Man" has been posting tremendous
numbers -- particularly over the past four weeks, oftentimes doubling the competition in virtually all key demographics during both the 10 a.m. original episode time slot, and the 9:30 a.m. repeat slot.

Due to the Memorial Day holiday, Nielsen ratings for this past Saturday's repeat episodes have been delayed. Howsever, for the May 17
original episode, "The Spectacular Spider-Man" scored remarkable numbers in all Saturday morning broadcast network kids demographics, including the key categories of Kids 2-11 (1.8/8, topping it's nearest timeslot competition of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles-Fast Forward's 0.9/4), Boys 2-11 (2.7/11 to TMNT-FF's 1.4/5), Kids 6-11 (1.6/8 to TMNT-FF's 0.9/4) and Boys 6-11 (2.3/10 to TMNT-FF's 1.4/6). For the week, the original 10 a.m. episode ranked No. 2 for the entire morning slate in broadcast network kids ratings for the Kids 2-11 demographic to the established "Tom and Jerry Tales," and the 9:30 a.m. repeat Spider-Man episode placed fourth overall.

Despite premiering in March, nearly seven months into the season, original episodes of "The Spectacular Spider-Man" already rank No. 1 in its 10 a.m. timeslot for Saturday morning broadcast network ratings in the key Kids 2-11 demographic, and No. 3 against all Saturday morning broadcast network competition (behind CW 4Kids' reigning season champs and runners-up "Tom and Jerry Tales" and "Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!"). Riding those strong original episode ratings, the 9:30 a.m. repeat airings of "The Spectacular Spider-Man" -- which only began six weeks ago -- have already rocketed to the top spot among all Saturday morning broadcast competition in the Kids 2-11 demographic.

The remainder of the schedule for first season original episodes of "The Spectacular Spider-Man" on CW4Kids:

Saturday, May 31
9:30 a.m. – Competition (repeat featuring Sandman)
10:00 a.m. – Group Therapy (premiere)

Saturday, June 7
9:30 a.m. -- The Uncertainty Principle (repeat featuring Green Goblin,
Hammerhead & Tombstone)
10:00 a.m. -- Intervention (premiere)

Saturday, June 14
9:30 a.m. -- Persona (repeat featuring Black Cat, Chameleon &
Spider-Man's symbiote-enhanced black suit)
10:00 a.m. -- Nature vs. Nurture (premiere, season finale)

This post relates to: Spider-Man, Sinister Six, Electro, Doctor Octopus, Sandman, Rhino

Man a weekend without a new Spectacular Spider-Man cartoon was weird.  I kept feeling like I forgot to watch it.  Things should get interesting this Saturday though to make up for it.

Here, here … the gang's all here … with a slightly revised Sinister Six putting Spider-Man to the ultimate test in "Group Therapy," an all-new episode of "The Spectacular Spider-Man" premiering this Saturday, May 31 at 10:00 a.m. ET/PT on CW4Kids.

"Group Therapy" starts quickly and never slows. With Electro's help, Doctor Octopus busts himself, Vulture, Sandman, Rhino and Shocker outof Ryker's Island prison to quench their mutual desire for revenge.  Even with his new black alien symbiote suit, Spider-Man finds the
Sinister Six are more than he can handle. Peter Parker might wish for an easier way out of this predicament … but be careful what you wish
for, Pete.

"Group Therapy" is the third "The Spectacular Spider-Man" episode written by Andrew Robinson this season. Jennifer Coyle previously
directed Doc Ock's premiere episode, "Reaction," and takes her relationship with the character to new heights in "Group Therapy."

Prior to the premiere of "Group Therapy," CW4Kids will air a repeat of Sandman's debut episode, "Competition," at 9:30 a.m. ET/PT.

This post relates to: Sinister Six, Lizard, Spider-Man

What's in store for Spider-Man 4?  Will Sam Raimi direct or even be involved?  What about the Lizard?  And now there's talk of the Sinister Six? MTV.com had this:

"Sony Pictures is going to be making many more 'Spider-Man' pictures," Raimi told MTV News Friday night. "I just don't know what [my] future holds yet."

But from what he told us after the ceremony, it sounds like the filmmaker is setting the stage to bow out while he's on top. "If I can't find the right story that would work for me and that I could tell really well, I would like someone else to tell that story," he said of the already-announced "Spider-Man 4."

Amending his statement, he added, "But if it's a great story and Sony will bring me back to the screen, I would love to."

Indeed, it might be Sony that ultimately chooses to end the partnership, which could be a result of Raimi's still-standing pact with Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst that either they all return or none of them does. "It would be really hard for me to make a movie without Tobey and Kirsten playing the two leads," he said. "I would seriously think about James [Franco] too, but he bit the dust in this last one."

Ultimately, if Sony considers the price tag too high for another Raimi/Maguire/Dunst collaboration, then the negotiations would turn to keeping Raimi onboard as a producer only. "I would still hope that Sony would offer it to me [to direct] first," he said. "But that is not my place to say; it would be more about if Sony decided not to go with me. If not, it would be really up to them to come to a solution [for me to still be involved as a producer]."

Either way, if this tangled web does still involve the filmmaker, Raimi has been busy brainstorming about the villains he'd like to get into the next flick. "I would love to see Electro, Vulture, maybe the Sinister Six as a team," he said.

Those three possibilities wouldn't necessarily cancel each other out. Since both were founding members of the Six, the Soviet supervillain and high-flying supergenius could appear in the next flick, be teamed with a returning Doctor Octopus and Sandman and form a supergroup to also introduce Mysterio and Kraven the Hunter.

To read the rest of the story, including Raimi's thoughts on the Lizard, go to: www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1563359/20070625/story.jhtml