Sam Raimi Still Hasn’t Seen THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN

While Spider-Man 3 was a commercial success, it was the least well reviewed of the trilogy. (Gets too much hate if you ask me.) Naturally there were plans to continue the series with a fourth installment. In it we would have seen the Vulture played by John Malcovich. But Sony scrapped that in favor of a reboot. Directed by Marc Webb, it was pretty successful in both reviews and box office. After its release, people of course wanted to know if the director of the previous trilogy, Sam Raimi, had seen it. He didn’t when asked last year, how about now? Mike Ryan of the The Huffington Post asked that question.

“Well, I’m a big Marc Webb fan and a giant fan of Emma Stone. And of Andrew Garfield. I saw him on Broadway in “Death of a Salesman” — it’s just brilliant. And I love the producers of that movie because they are dear friends, and the writer. But, I haven’t had the guts to go see the movie yet. Because I don’t want to go to my girlfriend’s wedding. I just can’t bring myself to do it. I don’t have the guts. But, I hear it’s great. My wife even loved the picture and said it was a wonderful, excellently produced, beautifully acted, brilliantly written Spider-Man picture. She’d tell me the truth and that’s what she said.”

Despite his series being canned, Mr. Raimi doesn’t appear mad about the whole ordeal and wishes Mr. Webb and the cast of the new series well.

“I think I handed the torch to Marc and I hear that he ran with it and succeeded and made a brilliant picture. I’m happy for him and all the team. And I only wish him the best and I salute them because it’s a tough job, too.” 

Sam Raimi’s next film, OZ: THE GREAT AND POWERFUL comes out on March 8th, and THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 next year on July 3rd.

Source: The Huffington Post