By Fred Topel | Image property of Columbia Pictures.
Spider-Man 3
The junket for Spider-Man 3 has happened and of course the big question of every participant was, well, Spider-Man 4. There’s no question that the series will continue, but whether they will be Sam Raimi films with Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst remains to be seen.
Spider-Man 3 Junket Brings Talk of More Installments
“Yes, Sony is making 4, 5 and 6, but I haven’t even had time to think about involvement,” said Raimi. “I don’t want to assume that they are definitely going to ask me. I don’t want to be presumptuous about that.”
That said, it’s hard to say no too. “It would be very hard to say goodbye to Spidey. If there was a great story to tell and I had a really good take on where he could grow to now, then I think it would be great. But, I’d have to have a tremendous passion to do it because so many people love Stan Lee’s character.”
Though he had been quoted as saying three was it, Tobey Maguire wonders where that sentiment came from. Today he’s keeping an open mind. “If there was a great story there and there was something interesting for Peter Parker to do like a storyline that I loved for Peter parker and Sam was involved and the right cast was in place, at that point I would consider it,” he said. But only if Raimi were directing.
Kirsten Dunst was reported as saying a trilogy with different actors would not work. Now she’s less badmouthing future plans and more just protecting her own trilogy. She believes her Mary Jane should only be with Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man in Sam Raimi’s movie. Then she leaves it open to the agents.
“This is definitely the end to this trilogy,” said Dunst. “We’ve closed this chapter. But if Sam and Tobey and I were to come back together, we’d definitely be doing another movie.”
Even the producers, who assure that Spider-Man will continue to be a movie star, have a hard time thinking about Spider-Man 4 after just finishing 3. “This is like a mentally exhausting period when you finish a movie so none of us are going to give you the kind of answer that will make sense past May 6,” said Avi Arad. “I think that will be time to evaluate and look at it. It’s so speculative at this point.”
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