{"id":254021,"date":"2026-01-27T11:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T11:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/254021\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T11:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T11:00:08","slug":"sam-raimi-explains-why-his-version-of-spider-man-is-over-i-handed-the-torch-off-to-someone-else","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/254021\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Raimi explains why his version of \u2018Spider-Man\u2019 is over: ‘I handed the torch off to someone else’ |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SamDirector Sam Raimi has definitively closed the door on a potential “Spider-Man 4” featuring Tobey Maguire, stating his chapter with the character is complete. Raimi believes it’s inappropriate to revisit his version after the franchise has moved on and new iterations have been embraced by a fresh generation of fans. He emphasized the importance of continuing the story forward. Sam Raimi has shut down any talk of a fourth film that would bring back Tobey Maguire\u2019s Peter Parker, saying his \u2018Spider-Man\u2019 chapter is finished. In a recent interview, he said it would not \u201cbe right\u201d to return and \u201cresurrect my version\u201d after the franchise moved on. Raimi said he once carried the character for a short time before passing it along. \u201cFor a brief time I was handed the torch to carry on after 40 years of \u2018Spider-Man\u2019 comics,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd then after my three movies, I handed the torch off to someone else.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sam Raimi explains why Spider-Man 4 will never happen<\/p>\n

In an interview with ScreenRant, Sam Raimi reflected on his time guiding Sony\u2019s Spider-Man series from 2002 to 2007. He said the characters played by Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst have already completed their journey. \u201cStan Lee\u2019s great character \u2014 that a bullpen of writers in New York at Marvel had come up with stories for \u2014 he created the character, but so many people contributed,\u201d Raimi said. \u201cFor a brief time I was handed the torch to carry on after 40 years of \u2018Spider-Man\u2019 comics. And then after my three movies, I handed the torch off to someone else.\u201dRaimi stressed that passing the franchise forward matters more than revisiting the past. \u201cI think they\u2019ve got to keep running with the storyline and the audience that is now following the torchbearer,\u201d he said. He said, \u201cIt wouldn\u2019t be right for me to go back and try to resurrect my version of this story.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spider-Man franchise timeline and what comes next<\/p>\n

According to Variety, Raimi launched the modern superhero era with \u2018Spider-Man\u2019 in 2002, followed by \u2018Spider-Man 2\u2019 in 2004 and \u2018Spider-Man 3\u2019 in 2007. After his run ended, Sony rebooted the property. Marc Webb directed \u2018The Amazing Spider-Man\u2019 in 2012 and \u2018The Amazing Spider-Man 2\u2019 in 2014, with Andrew Garfield taking over the role. <\/p>\n

Sadie Sink Emotionally Bids Adieu To ‘Stranger Things’ As She Moves Ahead With ‘Spider Man 4’<\/p>\n

Marvel Studios later brought Spider-Man into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Tom Holland debuted as Peter Parker in ‘Captain America: Civil War\u2019 in 2016. He then led \u2018Spider-Man: Homecoming,\u2019 \u2018Spider-Man: Far from Home,\u2019 and \u2018Spider-Man: No Way Home.\u2019 Raimi said a new generation of fans is really into this era and deserves stories made for them.The series keeps rolling ahead. The next entry, \u2018Brand New Day,\u2019 has finished filming and is slated for release on July 31. Destin Daniel Cretton is directing, with Zendaya, Jon Bernthal, Mark Ruffalo, Sadie Sink, Tramell Tillman, Michael Mando, and Jacob Batalon in the lineup. Raimi\u2019s comments underscore that the spotlight now remains on the current team, not a revival of his earlier run. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Director Sam Raimi has definitively closed the door on a potential “Spider-Man 4” featuring Tobey Maguire, stating his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,147013,409,111,139,69,147011,147014,147015,147012],"class_list":{"0":"post-254021","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-marvel-cinematic-universe-spider-man","10":"tag-movies","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-sam-raimi-spider-man-4","15":"tag-spider-man-movie-timeline","16":"tag-spider-man-new-movie-brand-new-day","17":"tag-tobey-maguire-spider-man-franchise"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}