Producers Beefed Up Spidey 3
Sam Raimi, writer/director of Spider-Man 3, told SCI FI Wire that he had a smaller sequel in mind with fewer characters, until producers Avi Arad and Laura Ziskin suggested adding a key villain and a key love interest.
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"Spidey 4" may flop without stars, director: Dunst
Separately Dunst told Entertainment Weekly that if that happens, a "Spider-Man 4" without Raimi, her and Maguire -- who plays the comic book superhero -- would be "disrespectful to the whole team."
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More Spider-Man 3 Promotions
The $20 million campaign - which includes television, radio, outdoor and print, plus online promotions and a tie-in with the coming Sony Pictures movie "Spider-Man 3" - tries to emphasize the easy-to-use, high-tech features of Sony's camcorders and digital cameras.
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Dunst Digs Deeper In Spidey 3
Kirsten Dunst, who reprises the role of Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Man 3, told SCI FI Wire that she gets to do a lot of new things in the upcoming sequel, including singing and dancing. "We leave the second [movie] with a lot of hope and openness for their future, and we start off at that point in the film, and Mary Jane is successful on Broadway, and I think that she's putting a lot of her confidence into her work, which isn't the best place to put it," Dunst said in an interview in February.
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Tobey Maguire, who reprises the role of Peter Parker in the upcoming Spider-Man 3, told SCI FI Wire in February that he remained open to a fourth film, with reservations. This despite earlier reports that the third Webslinger movie would be his last. Maguire is not contractually bound to do a fourth film.