SPIDERMAN 4
Spider-Man 4 was the planned, but ultimately cancelled fourth film in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man movie trilogy. It was scheduled for release in mid 2011. Disagreements between Raimi and Sony about the plot, characters and deadlines led to the film being scrapped in July 2010. The franchise would eventually be rebooted with Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man in 2012.
WHAT WE KNOW by Spider-Man Films Wiki[]
Spider-Man 4 entered development in 2008, with Raimi attached to direct and Maguire, Dunst and other recurring cast members set to reprise their roles. Both a fourth and a fifth movie were planned and at one time the idea of shooting the two sequels concurrently was under consideration. However, Raimi stated in March 2009 that only the fourth film was in development at that time and that if there were fifth and sixth films, those two films would actually be a continuation of each other.
James Vanderbilt was hired in October 2008 to pen the screenplay after initial reports in early 2008 that Sony Pictures was in contact with David Koepp, who wrote the first Spider-Man film. The script was subsequently rewritten by Pulitzer-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire and rewritten again by Gary Ross in October 2009.
Raimi expressed interest in portraying the transformation of Dr. Curt Connors into his villainous alter-ego, the Lizard; the character's actor Dylan Baker and producer Grant Curtis were also enthusiastic about the idea. Raimi also discussed his desire to upgrade Bruce Campbell from mere cameo appearances to a more significant role. It was reported in December 2009 that John Malkovitch was in negotiations to play Vulture[1] and that Anne Hathaway would play Felicia Hardy[2], though she would not have transformed into the Black Cat as in the comics in this film. Instead, Raimi's Felicia was possibly a new superpowered figure called the Vulturess.
As disagreements between Sony and Raimi threatened to push the film off the intended May 6, 2011 release date, Sony Pictures announced in January 2010 that plans for Spider-Man 4 had been cancelled due to Raimi's withdrawal from the project. Raimi reportedly ended his participation due to his doubt that he could meet the planned May 6, 2011 release date while at the same time upholding the film creatively. Raimi purportedly went through four iterations of the script with different screenwriters and still disliked them all.
CAST[]
- Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man Scarlet-Spider/Peter Parker
- Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane Watson
- John Malkovitch as Vulture/Adrian Toomes
- Dylan Baker as Dr. Curt Connors/The Lizard
- Anne Hathaway as Felicia Hardy
- Rosemary Harris as Aunt May
- J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson
- Bill Nunn as Joseph "Robbie" Robertson
- Elizabeth Banks as Betty Brant
- Bryce Dallas Howard as Gwen Stacy
- James Cromwell as Captain George Stacy
- Mageina Tovah as Ursula Ditkovich
- Elya Baskin as Mr. Ditkovich