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.

Every other day Marvel gives out some facts about their future plans. Do they still have to learn or do they just not care. They own the rights to every comic book figure anyway, so who should they fear? Marvel Vice Chairman Peter Cuneo spoke about Marvel’s future ideas at the Wedbush Morgan Securities Conference.

He says ‘Iron Man’ showed them how they don’t have to use high-profile characters to make a big hit. “Iron Man shows that we can take our lesser known characters, reach into the storyline of our comic books and make them into valuable, really, “brands” for us. Each of these characters becomes a brand that we can market.“

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