Will Tobey Maguire Return for SPIDER-MAN 4?

Published: April 3, 2024

Will Tobey Maguire Return for SPIDER-MAN 4?

By Movieguide® Contributor

Rumors have circulated that Tobey Maguire might return for a fourth time to his SPIDER-MAN franchise, but director and screenwriter Sam Raimi says fans shouldn’t get their hopes up.

“Well, I haven’t heard about that yet. I did read that, but I’m not actually working on it yet,” he told CBR. “I mean, Marvel and Columbia are so successful with current SPIDER-MAN [movies], and the track there, and I don’t know that they’re going to go back to me, and say, ‘Well, folks, we can also tell that story!’ I’m not sure, but I love all the new SPIDER-MAN movies. I loved SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME. It was really, super powerful seeing Tobey again in it.”

CBR asked Raimi if Maguire would be willing to participate in a fourth film.

“I haven’t talked to Tobey about it, but maybe Marvel has, or Columbia Pictures. But, I just worked with Marvel on a movie called DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS. So, I’m on great terms with them. I’m sure I would hear about it if it was in the works. I think so. I don’t know,” he said.

Others have speculated that SPIDER-MAN 4 could happen.

Thomas Haden Church, who played “Sandman” in SPIDER-MAN 3 and in SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, told ComicBook.com, “There’s been some rumors that they might ask me to do another SPIDER-MAN, and I’d do it tomorrow. You know, they’ve never asked me to show up in another movie, another Marvel film. But, you know, I think Sam is gonna do another SPIDER-MAN with Tobey, and that’s the one that…They had an option for me to do SPIDER-MAN 4 when there was going to be a SPIDER-MAN 4. They had an option on me to come back. So if it happens, that would be fantastic. I’m getting a little old.”

Ultimately, Raimi is open to the idea.

“I’ve come to realize after making DOCTOR STRANGE that anything is possible, really anything in the Marvel universe, any team-ups,” he said. “I love Tobey. I love Kirsten Dunst. I think all things are possible. I don’t really have a story or a plan. I don’t know if Marvel would be interested in that right now. I don’t know what their thoughts are about that. I haven’t really pursued that. But it sounds beautiful. Even if it wasn’t a SPIDER-MAN movie, I’d love to work with Tobey again, in a different role.”

Movieguide® praised SPIDER-MAN’s “Strongly moral worldview with overt Christian, redemptive content.”

Part of the review for SPIDER-MAN 2 reads:

Director Sam Raimi does an excellent job juggling complex characters, their personal situations, and heart-pounding action scenes. The actors do a super job portraying the relationships and emotional connections between their characters. Like its predecessor, SPIDER-MAN 2 has a very strong Christian worldview with positive moral lessons, as well as some visual metaphors pointing to Jesus. If you like thrilling, heartfelt action movies with redemptive values, then SPIDER-MAN 2 is your best ticket to cinematic bliss this year.