Sam Raimi Talks Spider-Man 4 A script will be done in a few months Source: Coming Soon, IESB
After committing several years of his life to the series and seeing his third effort greeted with less than enormous enthusiasm, it was widely thought that Sam Raimi would probably only come back to the Spider-man series in a producing capacity, rather than directing. But speaking to Comingsoon.com Raimi gave every indication that he's open, and actually quite eager, to direct a fourth.
"James Vanderbilt is writing the script and I'm excited to read it. I think it's going to be done in a few months," Raimi said. "I'm hoping it's as great as our discussions were about it and I'm hoping it feels right for me because I love Spider-Man. I'm hoping I'm well rested enough to embrace it and I'm hoping Sony wants me to do it. If all of those things come together, I would love to do it."
He also stated that were he to return he'd have no intention of re-casting the roles. For the rest, head here.
In relate news, IESB spoke to J.K. Simmons (J. Jonah Jameson in the series) who says he'd be up for further films and said he'd spoken to Tobey Maguire about the possibility of coming back for more.
"There was talk of doing four and five concurrently and I don’t know if they’re still considering that or not," he said, "I spoke to Tobey in, I guess it was February…sort of awards season time and, y’know, he’s certainly amenable to doing some more and hopefully we’ll be able to get everybody back and make another good one."
There's more of that interview here. That, of course, doesn't count as confirmation of anything, but all this is suggesting that a fourth film in the series with all the original cast members is still a definite possibility. Does that have you excited or would you rather leave it at three?
I'm still pissed with Raimi for ruining the first movie and changing The Green Goblin/Gwen Stacy arc - ya know Spidey's most important story EVER! Who gives a $hit about Venom? He's a lame character anyway. And Harry did die in the comics. Ya have to take the movies as movies and seperate from the comics. I think all of the movies have been brilliant. Peter is a sad character, though he's meant to hide it more, I think Tobey is great in the role. Kirsten is great as MJ too. Hopefully 4 will be j... Read More
if anything spidey 4 and 5 should have been about venom as he is everything that spidey is but bad...but seeing as they "killed" him off that rules that idea out, it also rules out anythin about carnage the only villan that spidey and venom worked together to defeat so the only good villain left is lizard and he should have been done for spidey 2, so all in all they should just give up! ... Read More
The third movie suffered from being overcrowded with sub-plots and backstories but there were still some great moments such as The New Goblin/Spiderman fight and the introduction of Sandman. It's only big flaw is Rami's refusal not to give every hero and villian a story arc instead of just letting them show up and kick arse (Although what a colossul flaw this turned out to be).
I say let him do the fourth one as long as he only has two villians MAX, ONE main plot arc and two sub-plots at THE... Read More
L: arronskie
After seeing No 3 a.k.a. `Spiderman The Musical` at this moment in time I really could not care less.
watched it again last night and it was even worse on second viewing.....i]a mess. Way too many gripes to mention, but my top five gripes have to be.... script (in general) - utter SHITE. The best delivery in the world couldn't have saved some of the dreadful dialogue...most evident in the final scenes with the news reporter and kids (who the hell says "wicked cool"??)ler..... Read More
Im a big fan of the spidey series but i think its time for a new director and a new spidey. And definetly a new mary jane, i always thought kirsten dunst was terrible. It would also be good if they didnt arse about with the story and maybe make peter parker actually happy in the next movie instead of crying so much. ... Read More
Sam let a lot of people down, but he made a couple of good films. He deserves another stab at it. I say this through clenched teeth for what he did with the third film, almost unforgiveable. Killing Harry, what a prick. But he's got a long way to go before he makes me develop a Lucas sized hatred of him so why not see what he can do to bring Spidey back with a bang. If he's really lost it, reboot Incredible Hulk stylee.
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L: swordsandsandals
AL: Olly Richards
Does that have you excited or would you rather leave it at three?
shoulda left it at two. This idea makes me feel slightly nauseous.
hy, exactly? Spiderman is a great character, and as we have seen with 1 and 2, can help create some great films. How do you know number 4 won't be any good?
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They should just stop. i really have a pain in my arse with spidey and the last one was worse than maguires stupid face. make it darker and bump it up to a 15s or whatever it is more violence maybe give pete a drug problem since he practially killed his buddys family off ... Read More
well Raimi's a smart man and so's Maguire, so hopefully they learned the lessons from 3 and 4 should be pretty great.
if they're doing 4 and 5 bck to back also, are they doing a double-film-story also? that could be good. ... Read More
Spiderman three, was cheesy as hell and was so pro America it got sickening. If he does make a Spiderman 4 he better give it an overhaul because the third instalment completely wrecked Spiderman 1's credibility to me. Maybe he should make it a bit darker? and a bit more serious> hell maybe a bit more realistic. stop the cheesy crap ... Read More
