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Exclusive: Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man 4 Is Actually In The Works
By FAITH MCKAY | 9 SECONDS AGO
Before there was Tom Holland, before there was Andrew Garfield, and even before
there was a Marvel Cinematic Universe, there was Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man. Or
iginally in three movies for Sony, there were serious plans for a fourth. In fac
t, years were spent trying to make Spider-Man 4 happen for a 2011 release date,
but instead, the movie was scrapped in 2010 and a reboot with Andrew Garfield gr
aced the screens instead. While that reboot turned into its own phenomenon, so m
uch work was done on Spider-Man 4 that fans have remained curious about what cou
ld have been. Over a decade later, the conversation hasn’t stopped. After some
work from a trusted and proven inside source for Giant Freakin Robot, we have le
arned that Sony is currently revisiting the idea of Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man
4 in a new way.
Our source shared that because of the huge success Sony has recently seen with S
pider-Man, they are considering making Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man 4. The curren
t idea is to tell the fourth story as an animated movie. The style would be some
thing similar to what fans have loved with Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse.
While we learned that Sony is considering this, it sounds like it’s still in th
e early stages, which makes sense. There’s a lot happening for Marvel and Sony
with Spider-Man right now. Still, we have a lot of questions, most of which the
studio may currently be working on themselves. While they’re looking at creatin
g this project right now with Tobey Maguire, would Kirsten Dunst be involved? Sh
e played Mary Jane Watson in the first three films. When Spider-Man 4 was discus
sed, director Sam Raimi said he couldn’t imagine making another one without her
. At the same time, she wasn’t confirmed for the sequel when it was eventually
cancelled. Another interesting question here is at what point in the timeline To
bey Maguire’s Spider-Man 4 would pick up. Animation leaves a lot of room for op
tions here.
Potentially, an animated Spider-Man 4 could pick up right where Spider-Man 3 lef
t off, with Tobey Maguire asking Kirsten Dunst for a dance. The original plans f
or the live-action version aren’t likely to be held too tightly. It’s been rep
orted that Vulture would have been the main villain, with Anne Hathaway playing
Felicia Hardy (Black Cat). However, one of the main reasons it was dropped was t
hat director Sam Raimi hated the story they had.
This paragraph contains some spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home. Spider-Man: N
o Way Home revealed little about Tobey Maguire’s life since Spider-Man 3. It’s
said that he was still with Mary Jane, but it didn’t claim they were married.
It’s possible they are, it just wasn’t said. As Peter Parker arrived in Tom Ho
lland’s world, he wore his Spider-Man suit under his clothes, so it’s known th
at at 40 years old, he was still crime-fighting at the drop of a hat, despite hi
s back problems. Would a new Spider-Man 4 tell more about what Tobey Maguire’s
Peter Parker went through all those years up to No Way Home? Or take place after
?
Picking up shortly after Spider-Man 3 seems the most likely. That would be part
of the advantage to using animation instead of live-action for this new project
with Tobey Maguire. In No Way Home, it was mentioned that Mary Jane and Peter Pa
rker were married, but that it wasn’t easy. Since Spider-Man 3 ended with the t
wo dancing, it would seem natural for Spider-Man 4 to explore more of how they m
ake their odd relationship work.