Thomas Haden Church Talks Sam Raimi's 'Spider-Man 4' Rumors

Thomas Haden Church has heard a "rumor" that Sam Raimi may be working on ‘Spider-Man 4’ with Tobey Maguire. “I would campaign to at least do a cameo.”

Thomas Haden Church in 'Spider-Man 3.' Photo Courtesy of Sony Pictures.

Tobey Maguire.

The actor, who played Flint Marko/The Sandman, has appeared in two Spider-man films - 2007’s ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home.” When asked which Spider-Man he’d go toe-to-toe with during an interview with Comicbook.com for the Peacock series ‘Twisted Metal,’ Church named Maguire as that was the Spider-man [movie] he started out with and expressed his interest in appearing in a possible 'Spider-Man 4' movie.

“There's always been some kind of…I've heard rumors…that Sam Raimi was going to do another [Spider-Man movie] with Tobey [Maguire] and if that happens, I would probably campaign to maybe at least do a cameo," Church said.

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PG-132 hr 19 min May 3rd, 2007

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Sam Raimi’s History With Spider-Man

Director Sam Raimi at San Diego Comic-Con

Sam Raimi directed the 'Spider-man' trilogy starring Tobey Maguire as the web-slinging superhero. The 2002 film also starred Willem Dafoe as the Green Goblin. ‘Spider-man’ earned over $825 million worldwide and became the third highest grossing movie of 2002. Raimi continued to work with Maguire for the next two 'Spider-man' movies.

After the 'Spider-Man' trilogy, Raimi returned to his horror roots with ‘Elizabeth Olsen. Last year, while speaking with Comicbook.com, the director expressed interest in directing a fourth 'Spider-Man' film as well as working with Maguire again.

“I’ve come to realize after making 'Doctor Strange' that anything is possible, really anything in the Marvel universe, any team-ups,” Raimi said. “I love Tobey. I love Kirsten Dunst. I think all things are possible. I don’t really have a story or a plan. I don’t know if Marvel would be interested in that right now. I don’t know what their thoughts are about that. I haven’t really pursued that. But it sounds beautiful. Even if it wasn’t a Spider-Man movie, I’d love to work with Tobey again, in a different role.”

The Next Spider-Man Movie

(L to R) Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield, and Tobey Maguire from 'Spider-Man: No Way Home.' Photo Courtesy of Marvel Entertainment's Instagram.

Currently, Sony Pictures owns the right to make and distribute the current Spider-Man films starring Marvel Cinematic Universe.

In 2021’s ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home,’ fans finally got to see all three iterations of Spider-Man on the same screen. The film opens up the possibility for the trio to meet once again, as well as appear in other Marvel films or a standalone film. Marvel is diving fast into the realm of the multiverse, and we saw a cameo of Spider-man: Across The Spider-Verse,’ which means the probability of seeing Maguire’s Spider-man on-screen again is quite likely.