

Tom Holland was cast as a new version of Peter Parker when Spider-Man was reimagined for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. That's what led to Andrew Garfield coming in for The Amazing Spider-Man, and he was able to reprise the role in a sequel before plans changed again. With the director and star both gone, Sony found it best to reboot the Spidey story from scratch. They changed some things, and I think about a year later, they got to a point where - and I don't know why - but they got to a point where they decided that wasn't the road they were going to go down.”Īs it turned out, negotiations fell through with Raimi, prompting Maguire to also leave the project. So we were going to try to do The Shocker, Mysterio, The Stilt Man, and that kind of stuff.“Yeah so, Spider-Man 4, we had a full script sort of ready to go, and, as is sort of the case when you're a working feature writer, they brought in some other great writers to punch it up. "Because Peter, now that MJ has gone, he has finally made peace, and he loves being Spider-Man. "We were going to open the movie with this montage of all the villains we knew that Sam would never be able to use in Spider-Man movies," said Henderson. Henderson also confirmed that the film would've had a fun opening montage that saw Spidey rounding up villains that Raimi never intended to use, including Mysterio. To really highlight that, the film would've had a brutal action scene that saw Spider-Man on the brink of death, more than we had seen in previous films. His super villain name would've stemmed from the fact that "he didn't leave anything but bones behind" when he finished his jobs. This version of the character would've been some kind of government contractor who did all kinds of dirty work. S peaking with CinemaBlend's Sean O'Connell for his new book, Great Power: How Spider-Man Conquered Hollywood During The Golden Age of Blockbusters, storyboard artist Jeffrey Henderson revealed that Spider-Man 4 would've seen Spidey going up against The Vulture played by John Malkovich. However, new details about the film shed a light on what could've been. Deleted Scenes, New Characters, What Happened To Tobey Maguires Spider-Man, Marvel Easter Eggs & Avengers 6 Secret Wa.
