Sam Raimi talks Spider-Man 4 & 5

Sam Raimi is all set to make the next Spider-Man film. Tobey Maguire is all set to put on the red and blue suit. But one person is still missing from the film.
Kirsten Dunst. Will she be back or will she say no?

“Kirsten, I’d love to work with her again,” Raimi said to MTV News. “I hope she’ll be written into it. I couldn’t imagine making one without her, and I think she’s an important part of the movies.”

Nevertheless, Raimi admitted that the very nature of an episodic series requires that characters come and go. “I wish I could work with James Franco again,” said the man who directed the first three hit movies. “But his character died in the last one; same with Uncle Ben. Fortunately, we’ve been able to bring back all the dead characters [like Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn or Cliff Robertson as Ben Parker]. I can’t let them go, in each and every picture; but it gets harder and harder.”

Now things are about to get hard yet again for Raimi, as he’s making plans to continue the cinematic tale of Peter Parker. “I’m really excited about Spider-Man, and I’m hoping to direct it,” he cautioned. “I don’t have a script yet, but production would start probably by March of 2010, I’m guessing. It sounds like a long time away, but we need a script first, and a lot of pre-production has to take place.”

Raimi didn't say whether it is truth or not that the next two Spider-Man films will be shot back-to-back. He said it was really up to the head of his studio, Amy Pascal.

“If Tobey and me, and all the producers, like the story for two pictures and Amy wanted to do it, then we would do it. It just hasn’t been written yet," Raimi said.

Finally, Raimi offered comment on the wishes of fans to finally let Dylan Baker’s (who plays Curt Connors on Spider-Man 2 and 3) storyline come to fruition. “He’s a great actor, and I think one day The Lizard’s story will be told,” he teased, referring to Baker’s Curt Connors character. “I don’t know if it will be this one or not. I just don’t know. I’m definitely hoping to work with Dylan in the picture. I just don’t know who the villain is yet.”

Spider-Man 4 is rumored to be released in May of 2011.

More news to come! Catch ya' later!


Spider-Man versus The Lizard.