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Comment RSSExclusive: Tension On Spider-Man 4 Production
17.12.09 # News # 4 Comments
It surprised a few commentators when Sam Raimi decided to return to the franchise after Spider-Man 3. Well, we have a source closely connected to the new Spider-Man production that reports that problems aren’t exactly ironed out.
A few days ago Raimi gathered up those working on pre-production and announced unexpectedly that he was leaving.
At the moment those spoken to in that meeting are on hiatus.
Does it mean Sam Raimi has walked? Not necessarily, his motives aren’t clear. It could be a momentary lapse in desire to go through with the project. It could be a move in the power play that goes on behind the scenes.
It has been reported elsewhere that Raimi had a struggle with producers on Spider-Man 3, that the character of Venom was forced into the movie when Raimi didn’t want him there. Watch this space.
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I can’t decide of Spidey 3 was so bad because he had a lot of control or didn’t have enough.
It’s a good sign he’s willing to walk if it’s not to his standards, I think. Drag Me to Hell proved he’s at the top of his directing game, though that script was written a LONG time ago in his Evil Dead days. He and Ivan wrote Spidey 3, I believe, and that doesn’t bode well if he’s writing the 4th.
Fingers crossed we can get something closer to #2, cause I really dig the series.
According to this website, it was over a villain. I must say, The Vulture seems like a worse villain than talking sand.
http://iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7951:spider-man-4-production-on-indefinite-hold&catid=43:exclusive-features&Itemid=73
If it was going to be anything like the last one, i hope for things like this to happen. Being a giant Spider-Man fan, it’s hard to resist seeing these films – even when Eric Foremen plays Venom- but maybe if there is enough chaos around the film i can convince my self to stay away.