Friday, April 16, 2010 5:52PM - By Krystal Clark
Earlier this year it seemed like Spider-Man 4 was shaping up with both Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst back on board with a new adversary to take down. At the time, John Malkovich had been rumored to star as the villain Vulture but before he could go in for a costume fitting the entire movie was scrapped by Sony. Months later at a recent press junket the actor was asked about his involvement with the film and whether or not he knows what caused the studio to pull the plug.
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Monday, March 16, 2009 12:00PM - By davidhall
Sam Raimi is set to spin another thread in the already dense web of Spider-Man flicks.
The director announced last week that Spider-Man 4 will be released May 6, 2011, but shot down reports that Sony Pictures was working on the fifth installation of the series simultaneously. Raimi said that he and the production team “are in the earliest stages of working with the writer, trying to work out a story,” but still no details on the villains or basic plot points.
He might be pushing it with a fourth (and fifth!) Spider-Man film, but the director has a fail-safe: more Evil Dead.
Raimi already mentioned at last year’s Comic-Con that he would enjoy making another Evil Dead film, so IGN managed to snag him for an interview at SXSW for an update on prospects for the franchise:
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Friday, October 31, 2008 12:12PM - By Mali Elfman
Remember how everyone blamed the writing in Spider-Man? Well, they trying someone new to try and spice up the upcoming film. They’ve hired Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire, to write the Spider-Man 4 screenplay for Columbia.
Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire are back as director and star. Kirsten Dunst is also expected to return for the latest movie.
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