Fans who have long hoped to see Tobey Maguire return as Spider-Man under Sam Raimi’s direction may have to abandon that idea, at least for now.
The filmmaker behind the Sony original Spiderman The trilogy made it clear that revisiting its version of Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson was unlikely, suggesting that their story has already reached its natural conclusion.
Speaking recently to ScreenRantRaimi reflected on his time with the web-slinger and why he thinks his films are best left in the past.
“The great character of Stan Lee, who a group of writers in New York at Marvel had come up with stories for, he created the character, but so many people contributed, so many artists, that for a brief period of time the torch was passed to me to continue after 40 years of work. Spiderman comics,” Raimi said.
“And then, after my three films, I passed the torch to someone else. And I think they have to continue to follow the script and the audience who now follows the torchbearer.”
Raimi explained that superhero storytelling evolves with its audience and that today’s fans are deeply invested in the current era of Spiderman directed by Tom Holland.
For this reason, he doesn’t think it would be appropriate to go back and revive his own vision of the character after new filmmakers take the reins.
According to him, the franchise must continue to move forward rather than backward.
that of Raimi Spiderman The adventure began in 2002 with Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker and Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane Watson, followed by sequels in 2004 and 2007.
After its trilogy ended, the franchise changed direction. Marc Webb introduced Andrew Garfield in 2012 The Amazing Spider-Manwith a sequel arriving two years later.
Marvel Studios later brought Spiderman in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2016, debuting with Tom Holland in Captain America: Civil War.
Holland’s version quickly became the face of the character through Spider-Man: Homecoming, Far from homeAnd No way home.
The most recent chapter, Spider-Man: A Whole New Dayhas already completed production and is scheduled to be released on July 31.
Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, the film features a cast including Zendaya, Jon Bernthal, Sadie Sink, Mark Ruffalo, Tramell Tillman, Michael Mando and Jacob Batalon.
For now, Raimi seems happy knowing he had his moment with Spider-Man, and the torch is firmly in someone else’s hands.
