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Whatever Happened To Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 4?!

November 1, 2021 by Gary Collinson

EJ Moreno on Sam Raimi’s aborted Spider-Man 4 movie…

With Sam Raimi currently making his return to the Marvel universe as director on Marvel Studios’ Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Tobey Maguire expected to return to the role of Spidey alongside Tom Holland and Andrew Garfield’s web-slingers in Spider-Man: No Way Home, what better time to revisit their last flirtation with the world of superheroes.

Yes, in this episode of Whatever Happened To?, we’re taking a trip back in time to 2008 and Sony’s original Spider-Man continuity, when the studio announced that Raimi and Maguire would reunite for a fourth outing in their blockbuster Spidey series, set to swing into cinemas in May 2011.

As we know, Spider-Man 4 never materialised, with Sony ultimately pushing ahead with a reboot in 2012 (before going cap in hand to Marvel Studios to reboot the character again four years later) and Maguire handing up his Spidey suit for good (well…). So, why didn’t the film materialise? Whatever happened to Spider-Man 4? Here’s EJ to break things down…

SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Spider-Man: No Way Home

Are you disappointed that we never got to see Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire back for Spider-Man 4? Excited at the prospect of potentially seeing Maguire back in the role of Peter Parker for Spider-Man: No Way Home?

Let us know, either in the video comments or on our social channels @FlickeringMyth, and if you enjoyed the video be sure to subscribe to us on YouTube, and take a look at past episodes of Whatever Happened To? here…

 

Originally published November 1, 2021. Updated November 20, 2021.

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, EJ Moreno, Flickering Myth TV, Gary Collinson, Movies Tagged With: Anne Hathaway, John Malkovich, Marvel, Sam Raimi, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 4, Tobey Maguire

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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