MTV.com has a lengthy interview with Sam Raimi on everything from The Hobbit to 30 Days of Night to Evil Dead to the next Spider-Man film:
“Right now, a writer is being sought to write the next installment,” Raimi said of the future of Peter Parker, following Marvel’s recent separation from original “Spider-Man 4″ writer David Koepp, who also wrote the script for the first film. “We’re in the very early stages.”
When last we spoke with the director of the first three Spidey movies, he mentioned plans to work both the Lizard and the supervillain group the Sinister Six into the next blockbuster flick. Over the last few months, however, Raimi and Marvel have decided to be more receptive of reinvention. “I won’t be working on the story,” he revealed, insisting he’ll adopt a hands-off approach. “It’ll be a brand-new writer coming in with a brand-new story — a fresh take on the Spider-Man series.”
This “fresh take” might not only include the comic’s most obscure supervillains, but also entirely new story lines that diverge from (or even contradict) plot details from the three Tobey Maguire flicks. “We’re hearing different versions right now and really enjoying the different stories,” Raimi said. “Hopefully, we’ll hear one that sounds right for the fourth installment.”
In terms of the rumored Venom spinoff flick and whether he’d be involved, he said “That’s probably for someone else.” And over at the MTV Movie Blog, see what he had to say about The Grudge sequel and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
October 17th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
I say bring aboard the Spider-Man villain the Mindworm played by Clint Howard!!!
October 17th, 2007 at 1:34 pm
I say they had their chance to make Spider-Man 4 once already this year. And squandered it.
Spider-Man 3 was one good film that should have been two great ones. And the way it ended…
Yeah. They’re not going to be able to better Spider-Man 2.
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