Sam Raimi's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness marked the director'southward return to Marvel afterwards his stint with the Spider-Man trilogy (2002-2007). Raimi's work on the original Spider-Man films is regarded as the establishment of the superhero genre and by some fans as foundation piece of work for what became Curiosity Cinematic Universe.

Now Raimi's role in shaping up Marvel has come total circle every bit he helmed Multiverse of Madness. He start returned as a consultant on No Mode Dwelling, and now Raimi'south fans are rooting for him to direct a Spider-Man moving picture. The manager has claimed that it won't happen with Tom The netherlands in the function. Talking to Los Angeles Times, the director said:

I love Spider-Human being. And I love Tom The netherlands in the part. [But] if I made a Spider-Man movie, it would probably take to be with Tobey or he'd break my neck.

Notably, Raimi'due south Spider-Human Trilogy featured Tobey Maguire equally Peter Parker/Spider-Homo, which is still regarded as the best iteration of the graphic symbol in live-action. Maguire too made an appearance in No Way Dwelling house, making his comeback every bit the web-crawler. Reacting to No Way Domicile, Raimi added:

I loved No Way Domicile. I thought it was a complete audition thrill ride. The crowd I was with were ooh-ing and ahh-ing, and it had a neat heart to it. It was great seeing my old friends again.

Sam Raimi'southward Idea May Yet Be Possible

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After Raimi'southward trilogy was disbanded, the graphic symbol of Spider-Man went through two iterations in alive-action format. Firstly, Andrew Garfield took over in The Amazing Spider-Man Serial, which once over again was rebooted with the character debuting in the MCU via Helm America: Civil War. Tom Holland played the latest version of Spider-Human being and has since appeared in six films in the franchise.

Yet, with Spider-Human: No Way Habitation, things changed for the graphic symbol equally the movie tapped into the multiverse. Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man was made canon to the MCU, leaving room for him to appear in future MCU films through multiversal travel. Raimi himself has lauded the idea and has expressed involvement in making a Spider-Human being film with Maguire. His fans have equally supported the idea and Maguire's return every bit Spider-Man has surely left many spell-bounded.

Making his comeback in No Way Dwelling house was a long-awaited comeback for Maguire, not just equally Spider-Human being just to acting in general. He was due to reprise his role in a fourth Spider-Human being film and he had begun preparations for it besides; nevertheless, Sony canceled the film owing to poor reception against Spider-Man 3, a film which Raimi has always rooted for.

Now, amidst all alternate realities, there is likewise 1 where Maguire'due south version of Spider-Man exists and due to the multiversal travel possible, there can always be hope for No Way Home-like crossovers. As for Raimi's decision to not direct Holland'southward Spider-Man four seems logical given his longing to continue his original plans, which he had to go out off-target earlier. He has earlier cleared that he has no active plans to continue Spider-Man Trilogy, and it may be a long while before and if that happens, given Curiosity Studios' success with Holland's films.

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