Spider-Man 4 Non-Updates From Sam Raimi

If one is to believe the advanced word of mouth (and I certainly do especially after seeing the great trailer last week), then Sam Raimi has got his "A-game" back with his horror film Drag Me To Hell.

Now with his energy reclaimed, Raimi's headed right back to the franchise that brought him success and power in Hollywood - Spider-Man.

Honestly, the fourth installment is in the "I'll believe it when I see it" category. Granted, the last film made $900 million despite its negative reception and a May 6, 2011 release was officially announced last week for Spider-Man 4.

Raimi gave the same non-answer we've heard before to MTV Movies Blog concerning his "hope" of bringing Kirsten Dunst back as Webhead's main-squeeze Mary Jane Watson despite the fact that damn-near everyone else wants her gone.

To be fair however, he did confirm that they are not developing two Spider sequels at once as previously rumored.

Meanwhile, he told IGN Films that the film is still in the "earliest stages" of writing. That's certainly interesting considering that Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire was hired last November. Surely it's further along than that - unless said writer is off the project and they've moved on to someone else. *Shrugs*