Fans who have long hoped to see Tobey Maguire return as Spider-Man under the direction of Sam Raimi may need to put that idea aside, at least for now.
The filmmaker behind the Sony original spider man The trilogy has made it clear that it is unlikely to revisit its version of Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson, suggesting that their story has already reached its natural conclusion.
Speaking recently with 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, for whom a group of Marvel writers in New York had come up with stories, he created the character, but so many people contributed, so many artists, that for a brief time they handed me the torch to continue after 40 years of spider man comics,” Raimi said.
“And then after my three films, I handed the torch to someone else. And I think they have to move forward with the plot and the audience that now follows the torchbearer.”
Raimi explained that superhero storytelling evolves with its audience, and today’s fans are deeply invested in the current era of spider man Directed by Tom Holland.
So he doesn’t think it’s appropriate to step back and revive his own interpretation of the character after new filmmakers have taken the reins.
In his opinion, the franchise needs to continue moving forward instead of going backwards.
raimi spider man The Journey 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 then brought spider man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2016, debuting 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: New DayProduction has already completed and its launch is scheduled for July 31.
Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, the film features a cast that includes 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 that the torch is firmly in someone else’s hands.
