If the ‘Spider-Man 4′ script is any good and Sony wants it, Sam Raimi will be back to direct, he said in an interview yesterday. I don’t know if he means ‘Spider-Man 2′ good or ‘Spider-Man 3′ good, but he’s definitely considering to return. James Vanderbilt is currently writing the script and Raimi is eager to read it.

“I think [the script] is going to be done in a few months. I’m hoping it’s as great as our discussions were about it and hoping it feels right for me, because I love Spider-Man, and I’m hoping I’m well-enough rested to, like, really embrace it and hoping that Sony wants me at that time to direct it. So if all those things come together, I would love, love to do it,” Raimi said.

Most of the ‘Spider-Man’ cast signed for three movies and there are a lot of questions about who will be returning. If Raimi returns, he would want the original cast. “Well, I hate to recast anybody in the picture,” he said. “But this is a lot of unknowns about the future,” he added.

Another upcoming movie weekend in review quotes. ‘Kung Fu Panda’ is definitely doing better with the critics. It beats most of the movies in the last weeks, with a Metacritic score of 7.4. Sony Pictures’ ‘You Don’t Mess with the Zohan’ is not so hot under the critics though, getting a Metacritic score of just 4.9. So let’s take a quick look at some of the reviews.

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The actors’ strike could get dirty for actors low on cash this summer. Regulars of, for example, ‘Lost,’ ‘CSI’ and ‘Ugly Betty’ claim the studios still owe them a big chunk of cash, a back pay caused by the writers’ strike last winter. They were temporarily suspended during the strike, but their contracts entitles them to 2,5 weeks’ pay when suspended for ‘extraordinary circumstances.’

The Screen Actors Guild says hundreds of actors still owe over $10 million in paychecks. “The employers have refused to live up to their contractual obligations and have instead attempted to shift the studios’ financial obligations onto the backs of the actors who are their employees,” a spokesman said, totally shifting the focus of their current negotiations.

The Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers, spokesman for the studios, could not comment because of the pending judgment on this case.