Black Spider-Man is hung

Producer Laura Ziskin said this weekend during a speech to California and Nevada theater owners that she was “hopeful” that Spider-Man 4 would be ready by 2011, a date later than the settings of many of the sci-fi films I grew up watching.  You’ve failed me again, future.

Neither star Tobey Maguire nor director Sam Raimi is yet committed to work on the next installment. But Sony has paid Marvel to renew its rights. [LA Times]

Also, they don’t have a script yet.  But fingers crossed, they’re working on it.  In related news, I’m planning to pay off my student loans by 2017.  Give or take.