News > Sam Raimi Talking "Spider-man 4"?

Our friends over at Bam!Kapow! told us about this interview between Sam Raimi and ComingSoon.net/SuperheroHype in which the director considers his future with the "Spider-man" franchise. This could understandably excite or disappoint Spidey fans based on the trilogy's checkered past (to put a finer point on it, checkered last installment). Raimi said (emphasis added):

James Vanderbilt is writing the script and I'm excited to read it. I think it's going to be done in a few months… I'm hoping it's as great as our discussions were about it and I'm hoping it feels right for me because I love Spider-Man. I'm hoping I'm well rested enough to embrace it and I'm hoping Sony wants me to do it. If all of those things come together, I would love to do it. There are a lot of unknowns about the future.

As for the questions of Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst being replaced by other actors, Raimi said only, "I'd hate to re-cast anybody in the future, I can't imagine that." Patrick Fugit and Michael Angarano had been rumored to step in as Peter Parker, but those searches were later denied by Sony.

-David Morgan