āAll things are possibleā says Sam Raimi of directing a further Spider-Man movie, as he promotes Doctor Strange 2.
Spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home and Morbius lie ahead.
Sam Raimi is undoubtedly one of the godfathers of the current Marvel Cinematic Universe. Not only did he build up an appetite for superhero movies on the big screen with his
Spider-Man trilogy, but current MCU impresario, Kevin Feige cut his teeth as a young executive on those movies too. As such, itās lovely to see Raimi get a shot at making a film inside the MCU itself. Whilst the upcoming
Doctor Strange And The Multiverse Of Madness feels like a natural fit for Raimiās horror roots, there are those out there that would love to see him get his hands on a Spidey movie again.
Raimiās conclusion to the
Spider-Man series wasnāt perhaps as happy a farewell as he would have wished, with a planned fourth film ultimately falling out of favour. Of course, with the multiverse now in play and Tobey Maguire back in the Webheadās suit once more, narrative possibilities in the MCU are almost endless and as such Raimi has been facing questions about resuscitating that planned fourth
Spider-Man film whilst doing promotional duties for
Doctor Strange And The Multiverse Of Madness.
Whilst speaking to
Fandango, Raimi considered the possibility of going back to the series of films, stating that āāIāve come to realise after making
Doctor Strange that anything is possible, really anything in the Marvel universe, any team-ups. I love Tobey. I love Kirsten Dunst. I think all things are possible. I donāt really have a story or a plan. I donāt know if Marvel would be interested in that right now. I donāt know what their thoughts are about that. I havenāt really pursued that. But it sounds beautiful. Even if it wasnāt a
Spider-Man movie, Iād love to work with Tobey again, in a different roleā.
Whilst that doesnāt sound like itās in any danger of actually happening, Raimi did go on to express his desire to work with Marvel again in some capacity, adding āitās like the worldās best toy box to be able to play at Marvel. Iād love to come back and tell another tale, especially with the great management theyāve got there.ā
With the recently-released
Morbius seemingly building up its own continued
Spider-Man universe outside of the MCUās, not to mention the animated
Spider-Verse, Raimi may yet have have the opportunity to return to his
Spider-Man trilogy in some way. A lot of time has passed since the series ended though, and whilst last yearās
No Way Home demonstrated that interest in the Maguire version of the character is clearly still there, whether the unfinished business the filmmaker has with the series bothers him as much as it used to is debatable.
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