Spider-Man

DIRECTOR Sam Raim has admitted making "a lot of mistakes" with the previous Spider-Man movies - and says he will apply the lessons he has learned to the fourth movie. Speaking in an interview to promote his upcoming horror flick Drag Me To Hell, Raimi told Cinematical : "As far as Spider-Man, I've learned a lot of lessons about what people didn't like and missteps that I'd made. "But I learned those lessons on the previous two, I was just a little quieter about them. I made a lot of mistakes, and it's part of the reason I so want to make this next ... Read Full Story

DIRECTOR Sam Raimi is just four weeks away from seeing a first draft of the Spider-Man 4 screenplay by Broadway playwright David Lindsay-Abaire. Despite the best efforts of website interviewers, Raimi still refuses to reveal which baddies the web-spinning hero might be facing in the next instalment. But he has explained the process for choosing which villains will appear in the movie, which starts filming next February and is set for release in May, 2011. He said: "I've talked with David [Lindsay-Abaire] about a possible villain, villains, villainess. [We've spoken] about who knows what Spider-Man's conflicting personas would be." "I'm trying to, with the ... Read Full Story

Bruce Campbell promised he'd be a bigger part of Spider-Man 4 , even though he's had three small fanboy-pleasing cameos in the first three films in the series. Tough to know whether or not to believe Campbell, though, because he's got such a long history with director Sam Raimi that, much like his appearances in the Spider-Man movies, it could be a tongue-in-cheek joke. But Raimi has backed up his friend and collaborator, telling MTV , "I promised him we would write something because I really love putting him in the pictures." Added Raimi, "I promised him a good, meaty role." Sounds great, right? ... Read Full Story

SPIDER-MAN fans are eagerly awaiting news of the upcoming fourth film and sucking up every molecule of information. What we do know - and have known for some time - is that the movie is set for release on May 6, 2011, and that Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire is working on the script. Director Sam Raimi now says the screenplay is nearly finished - and one report has led to Spidey fans spinning a web of speculation that the villain in the next instalment will be Electro. Raimi told JoBlo : "I've just started working on the next instalment of the Spiderman series. ... Read Full Story

Director Sam Raimi has been talking about Spiderman 4 in an interview given to MTV ( here ), and here the most interesting tidbit: “We’re definitely talking about working from all the material in the comic books and nothing [invented] outside of that, ‘Raimi continued. ‘All the characters or villain or villains, whatever we decide to do will be from Stan Lee’s creations or those that came after him.” Sam Raimi So they dugg into the precious history of Spider-Man comic books in order to select the right villain(s) for Spiderman 4. Well, I’m quite sure that the Lizard will finally get his part, ... Read Full Story