Sam Raimi on Spider-Man 4 and Spider-Man 5

Posted by dominie in Comics, Films, News on October 17th, 2008

In an effort to gain some solidarity in the mist of all the Spider-Man sequels rumors, MTV caught up with director Sam Raimi to discuss the details.

A couple weeks ago Kirsten Dunst told MTV “I’m in if they’re in,” referring to Raimi and Maguire, but when asked to confirm officially her role, the actress was not so quick to answer. Raimi replies to MTV, “Kirsten, I’d love to work with her again. 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.” That’s great I thought, but Raimi continues, “I wish I could work with James Franco again. 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.” So ultimately, we have no answer.

And as for the villain, Raimi teases, “[Dylan Baker’s] a great actor, and I think one day The Lizard’s story will be told. 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.”

Raimi denies having a script yet for the sequels, but insists that production will begin by March 2010.  He also reveals that the final decision to shoot Spider-Man 4 and Spider-Man 5 hasn’t been made yet, and that he’s also curious to know what Amy Pascal, Sony’s Chairman, will decide.