It's been thought now for many months that Sam Raimi's involvement with the Spider-man franchise was over, not least with talk of him directing a Jack Ryan film, or revisiting the Evil Dead series again. But according to a chat he had with the website Dark Horizons, this may no longer be the case.

Raimi told the site that he was open to the idea of doing the fourth film, which is currently being written by James Vanderbilt. Assuming a script is ready in a few months' time, which appears to be the current plan, then Raimi will take a look. He reveals that if he has his energy back, if the script is good and if Sony still want him behind the camera, then he could return for Spidey 4.

In the same article, he also talks about the recasting rumours, and should he be on board the project, then there may be a future in the series for Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst after all.

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