Spider-Man 4 Begins Shooting In March 2010

Sam Raimi has confirmed that Spider-Man 4 is aiming to go into production in the first week of March, 2010. Speaking to MTV, the director seemed more than enthusiastic about the prospect of returning the series to it’s former glory. As you know, pre-production is already in overdrive, with screenwriter Gary Ross putting the finishing touches to what we’re all hoping is a great script.

“We’re hoping that it’s the first week in March,” said Raimi.

“He’s working on a draft,” he continued. “I just gave him some notes and he’s doing a rewrite right now.”

Spider-Man 4 could be a pivotal turning point for Sony, with the perceived mistakes of the third film, Spider-Man 3 failed to live up to it’s predecessors on many levels. However with Marvel now residing in Disney Towers, every studio holding rights to a Marvel character is feeling overly protective of their property.

Sony have already confirmed their intention to begin a new series of films with Spider-Man 5 & 6, so the expectations on part 4 to succeed are huge as I’m sure you can imagine.

This could also be the last Spider-Man film for it’s stars Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst, both of whom are currently waiting in the wings to reprise their roles one more time.

“The production is starting to come together,” Raimi told [MTV]. “I’ve got a production designer who is starting to design the sets and the environments that the picture will take place in. We just brought aboard Scott Stokdyk as one of the two visual effects supervisors, and I worked with him on all three ‘Spider-man’ pictures.”

So wrapping this up is simple enough, keep em peeled in March 2010 as we bring you behind the scenes images and further details for Spider-Man 4!

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