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Sam Raimi Spider-Man.jpg YOUR friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man has spun quite a large web over the movie industry. We've had three films so far, the fourth begins filming in March, and screenwriter James Vanderbilt has been hired to work on the fifth and sixth instalments. For fans the main ...
EXCLUSIVE: Sam Raimi Talks 'Spider-Man 4' Villains!
splashpage.mtv.com — It's a comic fan's fever dream: call up director Sam Raimi and tell him which villain he should select to do battle against the web-spinning wonderboy in "Spider-Man 4." Alas, that just ain't gonna happen. But we came pretty close. In a chat with ... EXCLUSIVE: Sam Raimi Talks 'Spider-Man 4' Villains!
EXCLUSIVE: Sam Raimi Confirms Bruce Campbell Will Have 'Meaty Role' In 'Spider-Man 4'
EXCLUSIVE: Sam Raimi Confirms Bruce Campbell Will Have 'Meaty Role' In 'Spider-Man 4'
splashpage.mtv.com — As we reported last week, much about "Spider-Man 4" is still in flux: Gary Ross is currently hard at work on a draft of the script after getting notes from director Sam Raimi and they claim they're still figuring out which villain makes the most sense ... EXCLUSIVE: Sam Raimi Confirms Bruce Campbell Will Have ...
EXCLUSIVE: Sam Raimi Talks ‘Spider-Man 5′ And ‘Spider-Man 6′—But Will He ...
splashpage.mtv.com — Sam Raimi already gave us his thoughts on "Spider-Man 4" villains and when he expects to start shooting the next "Spider-Man" movie in the blockbuster franchise, but once we had him talking about the friendly neighborhood wall-crawler, we had to ask: ... EXCLUSIVE: Sam Raimi Talks ‘Spider-Man 5′ ...
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Raimi to Get Back to Basics for Spider-Man 4
"SuperHeroHype.com - 30 most recent stories" — Director Sam Raimi was interviewed in the print edition of DVD & Blu-ray Review (via the Coventry Telegraph ) and was asked about ...

Sam Raimi going ‘back to basics’ with Spider-Man 4, talks 5 & 6
Filmonic — ... for Spider-Man 4. Today Coventry Blog have a quote from him saying that he agrees that there were too many villains in Spider-Man 3, and that he learned ‘limitations’ while filming Drag Me To Hell which he hopes to bring to Spider-Man 4: ...

Raimi to Get Back to Basics for Spider-Man 4
ComingSoon.net - 30 most recent stories — Director Sam Raimi was interviewed in the print edition of DVD & Blu-ray Review (via the Coventry Telegraph ) and was asked about ...

Sam Raimi Wants to 'Get Back to the Basics' on Spider-Man 4
FirstShowing.net — ... It's amazing how far some quotes can get, but this time these quotes deserve to be seen. Director Sam Raimi recently talked with the print edition of DVD & Blu-Ray Review (via Coventry Telegraph) about his plans for Spider-Man 4 and, more importantly, what went wrong on Spider-Man 3 (and how he won't be making those mistakes again). With Raimi returning for the fourth movie (due out in 2011), fans are a bit worried that he's going to screw it up again (even though I don't blame Raimi for the problems). Thankfully ...

Raimi Hints That SPIDER-MAN 4 May Not Be The Muddled Mess That The 3rd Film Was!!
Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news. — ... Drag Me to Hell which was a smaller and more intimate production. He said: "I think I've learned about the importance of getting to the point and the importance of having limitations, and I'm hoping to take that into a production where I'm actually allowed to explore with more of the tools to pull it off with a little more splendour. "I hope I don't lose that edge that I've just found. That would be my approach to Spider-Man 4: to get back to the basics." ...says Coventry Telegraph HERE . I'll never forget sitting in a press screening of SPIDER-MAN 3. At some point, roughly 40 ...

Sam Raimi Didn't Like All The Spider-Man 3 Villains Either
Cinema Blend News — ... it in you! After seeing the magic that was Drag Me to Hell , I think everyone was hoping it marked a return to form for the director, that he'd realized all the indulgent mistakes of Spider-Man 3 and would take that new knowledge on the set of Spider-Man 4 . And it turns, out, that's exactly he was thinking. ""I think having so many villains detracted from the experience. I would agree with the criticism," he said in the print edition of DVD & Blu Ray Review , as reported in The Coventry Telegraph (via ...

Sam Raimi Didn't Like All The Spiderman 3 Villains Either
Cinema Blend News — ... it in you! After seeing the magic that was Drag Me to Hell , I think everyone was hoping it marked a return to form for the director, that he'd realized all the indulgent mistakes of Spider-Man 3 and would take that new knowledge on the set of Spider-Man 4 . And it turns, out, that's exactly he was thinking. ""I think having so many villains detracted from the experience. I would agree with the criticism," he said in the print edition of DVD & Blu Ray Review , as reported in The Coventry Telegraph (via ...

Raimi Finaly Gets a Clue
Reel Movie News — ... and it's because of the ingenuity and vitality of his earlier works. As of late, I had grown really tired of watching him sleep through big-budget drivel like Spider-Man 3. It's like he's been in a coma. A bloated, money-drenched coma. Sounds like Hell did him some good! Bring on Spider-Man 4! With this new attitude, it could be the Spider-Man film we always wanted to see, but never got... You can read the more in-depth interview here!  

Sam Raimi Wants Spidey Back To Basics
Latino Review — ... to explore with more of the tools to pull it off with a little more splendour. "I hope I don't lose that edge that I've just found. That would be my approach to Spider-Man 4: to get back to the basics." Wait. Just because you have millions upon millions of dollars to make a Spider-Man movie you shouldn't put as many villains as you possibly can in it? Brilliant, Raimi. You've just learned what everyone else has known since Batman & Robin. Source: CoventryTelegraph.Net ...

Sam Raimi Concedes, OK, Maybe There Were a Lot of Bad Guys in 'Spider-Man 3'
I Watch Stuff - The Best Movie News Ever — Though still refusing to describe Spider-Man 3 as a "bullshit clusterfuck" (the only truly accurate way to describe it), director Sam Raimi admitted to the Coventry Telegraph that some of the criticism of his superhero film might have been accurate, and promised a back-to-basics approach for his next effort: ...

News & Notes: Green Lantern Moves, Raimi on Spider-Man 4, Malick’s Tree
Film School Rejects — ... early next year, he will be applying these learned lessons (stuff like “having limitations” and going “back to basics”) in an attempt to make a film that is better than what fans saw with Spider-Man 3. Which we can only assume means no “Jazz Club” scene. Thank Xenu! [Coventry Telegraph] ...

Spider-Man 4: Less, Better Villainy [Spider-Man 4]
io9 — ... to take that into a production where I'm actually allowed to explore with more of the tools to pull it off with a little more splendor. I hope I don't lose that edge that I've just found. That would be my approach to Spider-Man 4: to get back to the basics. If this means one villain per movie (and, hopefully, less alien entities pretending to be clothes), then we're entirely on board with this new, leaner and meaner Spider-Man being promised. Sam Raimi promises Spider-Man 4 will 'get back to basics' [Coventry Telegraph] ...

New Shorts: October 18th 2009
Dark Horizons - News — ... "Director Sam Raimi says the budget limitations he had on "Drag Me to Hell" demanded a more simplistic approach to filmmaking, a 'back to basics' approach he plans on bringing to the fourth "Spider-Man"..." (full details) ...

‘Spider-Man 4’ Back To Basics
At The Movies - Film News and Reviews — ... But Sam Raimi isn’t one to ignore criticism, and recently told The Coventry Telegraph he is looking for a different experience with Spider-Man 4, both for him as director and the viewers. He said: ...

Spider-Man 4 Spoilers
Movies RSS Feed: UGO — ... ) Raimi is planning a smaller, intimate movie using skills and sensibilities he picked up on Drag Me to Hell . This means less villains then Spider-Man 3 . ( Coventry Telegraph ) Producer Todd Black says ...

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