It’s been a big week for Sony’s Columbia Pictures and fans of the Spider-Man franchise. A mere week ago we found that the studio has selected Gary Ross to direct and rewrite the upcoming Venom solo film. Ross has a long history with the studio and actor Tobey Maguire and he’s currently involved with the script of Spider-Man 4. While we later heard that Venom might be far off with Ross also being tipped to helm the Spielberg-less Matt Helm remake, there’s no slowing the Spidey franchise one way or another.
On the Peter Parker side of things, Raimi revealed a few days back that they’re planning for an early March start of production for Spider-Man 4 to meet their summer kick-off release date in 2011. That’s not all however, as more recently we reported on director Sam Raimi discussing the possible villains of Spider-Man 4.
Now, MTV is sharing the part of their interview with Raimi where he touches even more Spider-Man sequels in the pipeline, specifically the 5th and 6th installments. Read on after the jump for more!
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In the interview, Raimi is directly asked if he will direct Spider-Man 5 & 6.
“Every time I make one of the ‘Spider-Man’ movies, I have to ask myself, is the character still intriguing to me?… Do I love the character? Am I dying to tell the next story of Peter Parker and Spider-Man?”
“And so far the answer has been yes.”
Spider-Man 5 & 6 are happening not long after Spider-Man 4 hits theaters whether Raimi’s involved or not. Since it seemed like such an effort for the studio to bring him back alongside the stars, Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst, I’m not sure I’m buying into the likelihood of him returning for more. If you want just one big reason why, just check out the ridiculous amount of upcoming and in-development projects he has listed on IMDB. He’s got too much else going on and he’s also responsible for helping adapt Warcraft to live-action which will no doubt kick off another major franchise.
He doesn’t need more Spider-Man and after the debacle of interference related to the production of Spider-Man 3 (hopefully and apparently rectified this time around), he’s got so many other things to look forward to.
On top of all of that, we know that James Vanderbilt’s scripts for Spider-Man 5 & 6 are being written so they can act as a quasi-reboot of the franchise should Raimi and crew not return. With the Venom solo project on its way down the road, the likely possibility of the cast not returning for a 5th Spider-Man, Raimi’s words on how they’re picking the villain of Spidey 4 as to not set up for a solo film, the ruining of Venom in his first on-screen appearance, and the need of the studio to fast-track these highly-profitable films, I don’t expect Raimi to be back in the director’s chair for Spider-Man 5.
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I saw just stop doing spider-man 4 and start over like they did with batman, spider-man could be so much more Bad A! And like the graphic novels and comics spider-man was awesome action, fighting, a lil darker, more like what everyone wants to see they just need to stop butchering the superhero and start over and do it right, they need someone like me to give them advice of what they should put in the movie and then let them figure the rest out.
@ The Pitt Man
Question i know what would be another good poll for them to ask would be, How many villains should be in the 5th installment? Or maybe a character related question like, Should the character of Felicia Hardy/Black Cat be introduced in a sequel?
yeah great ideas – have polls about a 5th movie before the 4th movie is even made.
And???? – complain about the 4th film before its release? sure. Afterall, it pays to think ahead.
I’d love to see Raimi stay on, and direct every major Spider-Man flick. He’s a fantastic director, and probably the most appropriate for the job. Don’t rush to get the movies out… let the man take his time and do them each right. Venom could have been done better, obviously… but I also think that Raimi has a chance at some serious redemption there if he’s allowed to bring back Carnage (his way… with minimal “studio” involvement.) Sam Rami’s got the ability to make the rest of the Spidey flicks both family-friendly and dark-gritty. He’s great at balancing things like that.
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