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Nikki Finke reports that Sony has locked in both Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire for Spider-Man 4. Kirsten Dunst’s Mary Jane character is said to be included in the sequel(s), so the actress is rumored to be returning as well. And in the best case scenario, Raimi and Maguire would shoot Spider-Man 5 back-to-back. This would confirm what we reported back in May: Screenwriter James Vanderbilt (Zodiac, The Rundown) turned in a script for the third sequel that, much to Sony’s liking, segued into an arc for a fifth film. Specific details src=”http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/the-li1.gif” alt=”" width=”88″ height=”128″ />

Per villains for a fourth film, Finke’s source hints, “once you find out who the villain is, you’ll know who’s playing it,” leading everyone to speculate that actor Dylan Baker, who played Dr. Curt Connors in Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3, will fight Spidey as The Lizard.

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