Sam Raimi Leaves Spider-Man 4; Sony to Reboot Franchise
01.11.10 by Ryan  Spider-Man 4Forget all that you knew about
Spider-Man 4. There's no rewrite on the way. John Malkovich
won't be playing The Vulture, and no one will play The Black Cat
because there won't another Spider-Man movie made with director
Sam Raimi or Tobey Maguire in the lead role.  Deadline Hollywood
reported earlier this morning that Raimi left Spider-Man 4,
citing that he could not make the movie in the timetable that
Sony required. Once Raimi left, Sony decide to scrap Spider-Man
4 and start over. Sony released a press release that explained
the change.     According to the report, Maguire learned of the
news through a phone call and was not upset, but would have
continued with the project had Raimi stayed on board. Meanwhile,
Raimi could start work on his World of Warcraft adaptation.
More news of the Spider-Man reboot will arrive in the coming
weeks as production begins on the movie.