The Untold Story of Sam Raimi's Cancelled Spider-Man 4 | Cutshort 

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I hope Raimi realizes that people still haven't given up on Spider-Man 4. EDIT: 3 years after this comment, I just wanna say thank you to everyone who believed along side me. It wasn't Spiderman 4, but it was spectacular. Thank you.

"Toby maguire will come back when we FIX THIS DAMN DOOR"

Wow, I've got a lot of respect for Sam Raimi: the studio screwed up his film, but he still accepts the blame. What a guy!

Adult reviewers: Spiderman 3 was the worst Spiderman movie ever My 7 year old self: BEST SPIDER-MAN MOVIE EVER!

“Don’t cancel it just give me a chance” “What about Spider-Man 4 did you give it a chance? Did you?”

I find Sony's lack of faith in Raimi disturbing.

Spider-Man 3 wasn’t even bad, i actually enjoyed it.

Raimi did not deserve the hate he got for Spider-Man 3. He handled Sandman, Harry, and venoms influence perfectly. If he had saved Venom/Eddie as a villain for the next movie, it could have been perfect. Harry is proof that a story spanning multiple movies is very effective. This idea of characters evolving and a sub-plot building over an multiple movies paved the way for the MCU.

The most important thing I've learned from this is that Sam Raimi seems like a damn good guy.

Fans: We still need a Spider-Man 4 SONY: GIVE ME RENT

Bruce Campbell being mysterio would've been the perfect explanation for all his cameos

Raimi SAVED spider-man 3. Look at how messy the Amazing Spider-man films turned out under the exact same pressure from sony and avi arad. its amazing how cohesive spider-man 3 is despite what Raimi was dealing with. I love the movie and he’s a class act.

It’s amazing how Toby has only aged with the advent of his beard.

Sony - "Thank you for not wasting studios money" Also Sony - Wastes studios money on Amazing Spiderman

I wish Spider-Man 4 wasn't cancelled

"If a director doesn't love something, it's wrong of them to make it" now that's a quote the current industry needs to stand by.

Remember somewhere in some parallel universe they have spider-man 4

Studio interference is actually the worst series killer of all time.

Everytime I think about Spider-Man 4. My heart hurts even more. I remember myself being so hyped for the Lizard and Carnage to show up. I actually loved all the Sam Raimi's Spider-Man movies.

As a kid in 2007 I thought Spiderman 3 was excellent, looking back as an adult I can definitely see why it would've confused and maybe upset the wider audience but at the same time I still really do enjoy the third installment to this day from both nostalgia and a part of me that still loves that bad ass black suit.

Honestly I would rather have watched Spiderman 4 than the rebooted Amazing Spiderman.

I Just realised that when I have kids tobey maguire's spiderman is going to be the equivalent of cristopher reeves superman to them

Sam Raimi didnt attack fans or insult them when they all complained about Spiderman 3. Great guy.

I freakin LOVED spiderman 3 when I saw it as a kid, and I still do. I hope Sam Raimi knows that there are millions of people who absolutely love all three movies just like I do. He made spiderman a huge part of my childhood.

It always came across like Raimi was actually more passionate about making Spider Man 4 than he was with #3. I really wish we could have seen what he had in mind.

In alternate universe there’s a incredible Spider-Man 4 movie.....

when i saw this movie as a kid i had no idea who venom was, so i had nothing to be let down about, so, i adored venom in this movie, i thought a dark reflection of spider-man was awesome, and the monstrous look of venom had me enthralled, and the emo peter parts were just hilarious to me. definitely my favourite out of the trilogy

I find it very interesting that Sam Raimi didn't attempt to deflect blame entirely by saying the production shouldn't have forced Venom into his script. Although he alludes to it as an issue, his still takes responsibility for his part in it. I think a heck of a lot more of him for that.

Toby Maguire was the first to make marvel comics popular on-screen. He will always be the best spider man ever.

I'm pissed we didn't get a 4 Tobey was great in my opinion

Spiderman 3 was my childhood. I don't care what people think, I loved that movie. Fight me Edit: I wrote this when I was still in high school and now that I'm in college I still havent changed my mind Also, Thank you all for the likes lmao

And now after watching No Way Home,I feel everything that happened in the past was necessary to lead to this magnum opus.

The original Spider-Man will always hold a special place in my heart.

Knowing that I’ll never get to see Bruce Campbell as an overweight Mysterio is the worst kind of pain.

In some alternate universe, raimi got to do his movies as he wished and the series continued well into the 2010s. Finally, Toby's Spidey would join the cast of civil war, having the greatest cinematic crossover ever and landing the film above 2 billion $

I wish they would have stopped interfering with Sam and let him have full control. I would have loved a Spider-Man 4, but thanks so much for uploading this! I've always loved Vulture, and those feather daggers are incredible.

Spider-Man 3 isn't that bad. Change my mind.

Just rewatched Spider-Man 3. It honestly isn’t even that bad.

Even after being forced to put a character he didn’t understand into his movie, he still managed to create a fluent and well woven story. I’m the kind of person to overlook a movies flaws if it’s worth doing so. Spider-Man 3 was a great movie! :D

Spiderman 4 would've been great, I wish they make it in future with the same cast doesn't matter if they're older now, people would still go crazy for it just like they did for Logan!!

If Peter just went home and painted the kitchen, none of this would have happened.

Why do people hate spiderman 3 it was actually good.

SONY: Give me rent Fans: You'll get your rent when give us damn Spiderman 4.

The vulture was awesome in Homecoming, I'm glad Sam Raimi's vision was at least partially fulfilled in the reboots.

I enjoyed part 3 🤷‍♂️ sure it wasn't the best but I liked it.

Sony: don't waste our money. Then they make amazing Spider-Man

I think Spider-Man 3 was amazing. I don’t get why ppl don’t like it

I still want a spider man 4

I still want to see spiderman 4

I bet the Spider-Man 4 script is hidden in Area 51. Who's in?

Makes me hate Sony and Amy Pascal even more and I didn’t think that was humanly possible.

This happens when businessman meets with artist. Cudos to Tobey who is loyal to his friend.

I’m really upset I never got to see Bruce Campbell as Mysterio now

Raimi was too hard on himself about Spider-Man 3, it really wasn’t his fault. And the movie was not that bad...don’t know why people hate it so much. It’s way better than a lot of other movies.

Don’t understand the hate of 3. I loved it as much as all the others. Still would like to see 4 with Toby.

The Vultress thing is weird to me because I remember reading an interview once where Raimi said that Felicia Hardy would’ve been the Black Cat in Spider-Man 4 and not an entirely new character. Maybe Raimi changed his mind on the Vultress thing or maybe that aspect just got mixed up by her working for him.

Spider-Man 3 didn’t RUIN the Raimi trilogy, it just made it darker. And sure it was the worst out of the three but still it ain’t that bad

Toby maguire has the best reflexes on portraiting spider man I want spiderman 4!!!!!

Sony: Thank you for not wasting the studios money. Also Sony: Reboots Spider-Man and creates the movies even worse

I remember sitting around with my friends and fantasizing about what we would see in the 4th movie. Most of us thought we would see Carnage from the 1994 cartoon on the big screen, since our assumption was based on the idea that if they introduced Venom, the next antagonist was going to be Carnage, which made sense in those days. We discussed all sorts of possibilities, like more violence and blood and stuff, considering that Carnage had weapons that could cut off body parts. Unfortunately, that movie was canceled, and at that point I didn't even know about it due to lack of information, so we kept discussing our ideal movie until someone said, "Don't you know that the movie has been canceled?" When we heard this news, I was devastated because it felt like something precious had been taken from me. A few years later it turned out they were going to reboot the movies, so that last hope was lost. Boy do I miss the good old days when we used to predict the plots of upcoming movies and bet on it.

I agree on Sony should have stayed back and let Sam Raimey did his thing. Come Back Tobey MacGuire!!!!

It’s so hard for me to like the new Spider-Man when my whole childhood was Sam Raimi’s trilogy. I don’t think Tom Holland is a bad choice for the character and I don’t think his movie was bad but I just am very sad not seeing Tobey in the role anymore. Wish I could have seen the 4th movie go out with a bang 😔

"C and D list villians, like Mysterio, ones that would never become the main antagonist of a film" Spider-Man:Far From Home: *Avengers Level Threat*

I still can't believe that Sony forced Marc Webb to commit the SAME mistake that made Spider-Man 3 fail.

In SM3 Sony should've just had that scene where Eddie Brock becomes Venom an after credits scene.

I wished I could have seen Spider-Man 4

Amy Pascal at 8:14 - "Thank you for not wasting the studio's money... We're planning to do that with the Ghostbusters reboot."

I remember reading *SOMEWHERE that one of the plot lines of Spider-Man 4 would’ve been the Daily Bugle being bought out by Adrian Toomes. I believe Raimi has also stated that Felicia Hardy always would’ve become Black Cat had the movie been made. I don’t know how convincingly fearsome Malkovich would’ve made the Vulture, I think Ben Kingsley would’ve been a much better fit. To hear that Raimi and Jeffrey Henderson thought this would’ve been the best Spidey movie yet makes it even more tragic it got cancelled. Raimi in particular really seemed like he had one more great Spider-Man movie left to make, but for whatever reason, I think Sony were gonna go with their reboot regardless. I remember when I learned that we would not be seeing another Tobey Maguire Spider-Man film, nothing has left me feeling more crushed to this day.

While i love Raimi's honesty, Sony is the one to blame.

Sony's Amy Pascal said "Thank you for not wasting the studio's money" to the guy who gave them 3 cash cows, then went on to waste a lot of the studio's money. ^^ When arrogance and stupidity go hand in hand, you know you are at Sony... :-)

I always thought venom was actually quite well incorporated into the story. Peter Parker’s downfall tied very well into the theme of forgiveness that we saw both in sandman and Harry

14 years later and some people like myself still have hope for Spider-Man 4 💔

lol "Thank you for not wasting the studio's money." proceeds to make the Amazing Spider-Man

0:40 "Arent you that spiderman guy?" "ooh u mean the actor from the best live action spiderman movies?" "yes, i am that guy"

Who else actually really enjoyed the 3rd Spiderman movie?

Imagine a spider man movie where Sam reimi had full control on which villans he wanted in the movie and without the studio pressing him into putting a villain he didn't know or like? That would be cool

C'mon do you really think the younger audiences 8-15 year olds that was the DESIRED AUDIENCE for the film would look at spiderman 3 and say "The script seemed sloppy and the character development wasn't cohesive, the pacing blah blah" FCK WHEN I SAW THIS AS A KID I SCREAMED AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS IN THE THEATER WHEN I SAW HIM FIGHT MUTIPLE VILLAINS. It was an awesome experience for me and my thoughts haven't changed. Movies shouldn't make what critics want.. They should make what fans want. Those that have childhood connections with the character from comics or old superhero tv shows.

I love the trilogy. I love how in each movie, Harry character gets more deppresive and is losing his mind over his father death. That's character development, in the other hand venom was rushed. Just think about it, in the trilogy all the characters were on point. As if they were born to play those roles. Like goddam J.K simmons is literally J.J Jameson. And Rosemary looks exactly like aunt May. The small scenes in JJ Jameson's office were hilarious, the receptionist was a nice touch and the fights between Hoffman and Jameson killed me. Even Willen, Alfred and Thomas killed their role. Just amazing. The music is marvelous, it sounds so superheroe like and honest.

Wow I had no idea that this is what really happened!! I have so much respect for Sam Raimi. It’s almost taunting you know, we’ll never get to see this piece ever, but we know it exists

I seriously loved Spiderman 3. Every bit of it. I still watch it and still fall in love with Tobey and Raimi again.

Bruce Campbell as Mysterio would have been amazing.

why the studios always fuck things up seriously

Still to this day I don’t understand why Spider-Man 3 is “bad”

I always liked spider man 3, specially as a kid, because of the special effects, and I still think it's a really good movie, I never understood the hate, and the fact that we never got a forth really disappoints me

Spider Man 3 wasn't the greatest, but goddamn they did the Sandman justice.

I'd take a Spider-Man 4 even now, similar to how they rebooted Devil May Cry then went back to the original timeline years later.

It's Sony's fault not Sam Raimi

I enjoyed all of his spider man movies and I wish he would make a spider man 4

Spider-Man 3 was good and I would have loved to see Spider-Man 4

Vultress was a rumour by the media. Several people involved in the film, namely Sam Raimi, confirmed no such character existed and Felicia was always meant to be Black Cat.

I liked the organic spiderman.Shooting web from his hand not relying on artificial devices

Fun fact: Spider-man 3 is the only superhero film I've seen where cinema goers clapped at the end

There are people who want Tobey back as Spiderman and Sami as director for one last time

I'm just waiting for Mr.Ditkovich to fix this damn door don't worry

I wish they would bring Tobey back to make spidey 4. He could play an older peter Parker/ spider-man but it won’t ever happen. Would be pretty damn badass to finish the og spider-man series.

Meanwhile No Way Home has 6 Villians. One of which stays in Mexico the entire movie

I remember when I was about 6 or 7 I got to meet the stunt double on the set of Spider-Man 3. My uncle was part of the crew for the film so I went to Central Park for that celebration/parade scene and the part with Peter and Mary Jane on the bridge. I got my picture taken with the double in full costume and to this day it’s just so cool to me that I got to meet the closest thing to the real spidey in person.

I think Sam Raimi's Spider-Man series was the best ever Spider-Man movies ever. I had always dreamed about Spider-Man 4 directed by Sam Raimi's and Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man because I think no one can better do this role as Tobey Maguire. Tobey Maguire was the best ever Spider-Man all the time.

Amy Pascal: Thank you for not wasting the studios money (on Spider Man 4) Also Amy Pascal: Allows for the creation of the shittiest reboot that ends up failing. Bruh