Sam Raimi Wants to Direct 'Spider-Man 4'

Last summer, it looked like Sam Raimi was ready to walk away from the Spider-Man franchise, but he's singing a different tune this summer. Coming Soon recently talked to Raimi about his status as the most profitable superhero series ever gears up for its fourth film. "James Vanderbilt (Zodiac) 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. A year ago, Marvel and company were hunting down a new writer, based less on where they knew the characters were headed and more on where the new writer wanted to take the story. Raimi seems excited about Vanderbilt's concept, adding, "I'm hoping it's as great as our discussions were about it. Then Raimi officially threw his hat in the ring again: "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. There are a lot of unknowns about the future." As for those of us who would like nothing more than this series to progress without Kirsten Dunst, though, a bit of bad news. Raimi doesn't envision changing up his cast. "I'd hate to re-cast anybody in the future, I can't imagine that." Then you, sir, are in the minority.

Comments

[Will]

God help us all...we will never get the Spiderman we deserve as long as the Sony people own this franchise.

[oh shit]

Please no....Sam Raimi, you did enough damage by ruining the best villian ever in the horrendous direction of the third film.
Please...No...

[Me]

The best villain ever? Heh, no.

Raimi didn't ruin Spider-man 3. Whoever forced him to add Venom at the last minute did. The script was written with Sandman and Vulture in mind, not Venom. Add to that the fact that Raimi, like most real fans, hates Venom and all of his one-dimensional children and the movie was bound to be garbage.

[KC]

Hey, the three movies were pretty good so far and they're obviously making money. Why change the director?

[AaiRez]

To be honest with all of you, i never watched the third one, i was too socked at the fact that they totally butchered the entire comic series which i was deeply involved with as a child to a teenager, and to see how all this was portrayed was disgusting, i saw the 2nd one out of spite that maybe the story would be good, but no, cant say it was. But, by all means, if this movie series keeps making money, then why the hell not right?

[z]

WHERE THE HELL IS CARNAGE ???!!!!

[BayAreaDM]

Last one was really bad, although maybe Raimi learned something from his mistakes, I'd still prefer him over anyone else at this point.

[Dan]

I think the spiderman movies were okay..while they may have not followed the
comic 100% i think it did a decent job at an enjoyable movie. However...
I do agree with a lot of people that his job on bringing venom into the story
line and killing him off was HORRIBLE. I've never been agry at a movie, but
after I saw it i was real annoyed. They need to let sam raimi go and begin
a fresh start.