SPIDER-MAN 4: Fan-Animated Storyboard From Sam Raimi's Scrapped Sequel Shows Spider-Man Vs. Vulture Battle

SPIDER-MAN 4: Fan-Animated Storyboard From Sam Raimi's Scrapped Sequel Shows Spider-Man Vs. Vulture Battle

Storyboards for Sam Raimi's scrapped Spider-Man 4 have been readily available online for years now and one clever fan has managed to animate one to show us Spidey's clash with The Vulture. Check it out!

By JoshWilding - Feb 27, 2024 01:02 PM EST
Filed Under: Spider-Man

Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 4 fell apart primarily due to creative differences and was ultimately replaced by 2012 reboot, The Amazing Spider-Man. The plan had been for John Malkovich to play The Vulture, with Anne Hathaway set to star as Black Cat and Angelina Jolie eyed for Toomes' daughter, Vulturess. 

Not much more than that has been revealed over the years, but a couple of years ago, storyboard artist Jeffrey Henderson shed some light on original plans for Spider-Man 4.

He explained that The Vulture was a government contractor who did all manner of dirty jobs on their behalf, revealing he got his name because "he didn't leave anything but bones behind" after taking on those jobs. 

To drive home what a formidable threat Toomes was, it's said we'd have seen him beat Spider-Man to the point of near death, making him fiercer than both the Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus. Ultimately, Peter would have inadvertently sent The Vulture hurtling to his death, leading to the villain's daughter taking up the mantle. 

YouTuber YBAM has taken a crack at animating some of Spider-Man 4's storyboards, revealing what at least one of the clashes between Spidey and The Vulture would have looked like. While The Vulture seen here has a lot in common with the MCU's version, it's worth noting Raimi planned to put Malkovich in a comic-accurate suit. 

Talking in 2022 to promote Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the filmmaker revealed he'd hoped to eventually bring Kraven the Hunter to the screen. 

"I missed Kraven the Hunter. We were going to work that character into the next Spider-Man," Raimi revealed. "I always wanted to see Kraven fight Spider-Man on the big screen. I thought that would be really unique."

"He’s the ultimate hunter, and Spider-Man is like the most agile trickster of the skies. And I wanted to see Peter continue forward as a human being."

Around the same time, he also explained what went wrong with Spider-Man 4. "We had a script years ago and we were actively working in pre-production. It became a thing where there was a deadline and I didn't want to make something that was less than great."

"I thought I had compromised a bit on Spider-Man 3 and I wanted to really pay the audience back on Spider-Man 4 and make the best Spider-Man of all," Raimi continued. "And I couldn't get the script together in that amount of time. So I told Sony, 'I think it's best if you go ahead with your planned alternate Spider-Man storyline, because I don't want to let the audience down.'"

Check out what could have been in the player below.

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ThorArms
ThorArms - 2/27/2024, 1:20 PM
I wanted this so bad 😭

Sony f*cked up
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 2/27/2024, 2:10 PM
@ThorArms - Out of all these epic failures lately under Sony's watch, them meddling with Spiderman 3 and closing Raimi's 4th film down has got to be the worst failure of them all.
Matchesz
Matchesz - 2/28/2024, 5:29 AM
@lazlodaytona - They say time heals all wounds. But this one never heals....
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 2/28/2024, 5:52 AM
@Matchesz - 100% you got that right bro ...

At least "No Way Home" helped a tad bit.
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 2/27/2024, 1:20 PM
John Malkovich to play The Vulture would've been...

THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 2/27/2024, 1:32 PM
The Homecoming Vulture design though...

JonC
JonC - 2/27/2024, 1:38 PM
They are showing the Homecoming Vulture design... which was highly unlikely to have been used during the Raimi days. I call the video BS.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 2/27/2024, 1:39 PM
Going by the details we have heard , this seemed like it was going the same route of Spider Man 3 in regards to being overcrowded so I’m glad Raimi walked away honestly..

I do like his take on The Vulture (atleast on paper) though it’s funny that The MCU did their version of the character then and he was a different kind of contractor lol.

ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 2/27/2024, 1:41 PM
Bummer, but at least we got an awesome Vulture with Keaton.
dagenspear
dagenspear - 2/27/2024, 1:51 PM
God is funny! I think I just watched this last night. lol
TheVandalore
TheVandalore - 2/27/2024, 2:00 PM
Man... I don't wanna see a flashback of my life before I die, I wanna watch all of the superhero movies that never got made that exist in other realities.
Thing94
Thing94 - 2/27/2024, 2:32 PM
This is old. Why are you reposting it like it is new?
Spike101
Spike101 - 2/27/2024, 5:17 PM
One of the worst travesties in comic book movies is that Sam Raimi didn’t get to finish what he started.
newhire13
newhire13 - 2/27/2024, 5:36 PM
I feel like Tobey would have kicked him way sooner lol
dracula
dracula - 2/28/2024, 2:59 AM
If rumors are true and they want to do spiderman 4, they better get raimi back.

have it be Peter and Annie May against Vulture and Silver Sable (make sable his daughter instead of Black Cat)
dracula
dracula - 2/28/2024, 3:01 AM
wonder how they would have designed vulture's suit

based on early spiderman 3 concept art, there they were basically going to do the same as doc oc, trench coat and the mechanical parts.

Guessing would have been different here
Matchesz
Matchesz - 2/28/2024, 5:36 AM
@dracula - There's a model of John Malkovich in the Vulture costume.. it's green and looks accurate to the comic. someone posted it on here before i'm sure you could find it by googling

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