Factual error: During the fight scene with Sandman in the armored car, the Terminal Tower can be seen in the background, which is a landmark in Cleveland, Ohio (where the scene was shot), not in New York City.
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
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Directed by: Sam Raimi
Starring: Elizabeth Banks, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, James Cromwell, Bryce Dallas Howard, Tobey Maguire, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace, Rosemary Harris
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9.3/10.The hated one of the trilogy.I understand people's feelings as I questioned having Topher Grace playing Venom.He didn't seem to get it.If anything, he just seemed off.The symbiote affecting Peter's personality was a nice touch taken from the animated series.If anything it seemed like they were doing Dr Jekyll/Mr Hyde here.I also wondered why have Bryce Dallas Howard as Gwen Stacy if she's not in there much, maybe 20 minutes tops?It was probably to further her career beyond being a star's child. I've heard Sam Raimi wanted to do the Vulture instead which would've been interesting, though I would've probably hated having John Malkovich in there. Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, and James Franco were still solid, good performances like before.Then there was Thomas Haden Church as the Sandman.I liked the idea of a desperate father in crime trying to get money to help cure his sick daughter.If anything I found this to be one of the most picked on sequels of all time, not nearly as bad as Star Wars:The Rise Of Skywalker.
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Trivia: A great deal of Flint Marko/Sandman's storyline was edited out of the film by the studio due to the long run-time. One scene early in the film showed that the scientists who accidentally created Sandman were racked with guilt when they discovered they might have activated the machine with a person inside of it. Another scene had Sandman visiting a doctor researching his daughter's rare disease whom he had been corresponding with in prison. Yet another scene showed him following his daughter in a park, and morphing into a giant sandcastle that she plays with. And finally, his daughter was going to appear in the final battle, and would appeal to her father to stop hurting people and living a life of crime to get money, as she accepted that she was going to die no matter what. Her words would be what convinced him to seek forgiveness from Peter for accidentally killing Uncle Ben.
Question: Is there going to be a Spider-Man 4? And if so, who would be the villain?
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Answer: At one point in time, Sony was set to make "Spider-Man 4" with director Sam Raimi and stars Tobey MacGuire and Kirsten Dunst. However, Raimi was unable to find a script he was satisfied with after many months of working with different writers, and he was having issues with the studio attempting to force the film into a 2011 release date, which he felt wouldn't give him the time he needed to make a quality film. Thus, he and the actors dropped out and the studio instead opted to go ahead with a reboot, in the form of The Amazing Spider-Man.