SPIDER-MAN 4: Thomas Haden Church Willing To Return As Sandman If Sam Raimi Makes SPIDER-MAN 3 Sequel

SPIDER-MAN 4: Thomas Haden Church Willing To Return As Sandman If Sam Raimi Makes SPIDER-MAN 3 Sequel

While Marvel Studios is developing a Spider-Man: No Way Home sequel, fans remain hopeful that Sam Raimi will finally make his own Spider-Man 4. Now, Sandman actor Thomas Haden Church has weighed in...

By JoshWilding - Mar 04, 2024 05:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Spider-Man
Source: ComicBook.com

Thomas Haden Church first played Sandman in Spider-Man 3, a movie which ended up being Sam Raimi's final Marvel blockbuster until Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness rolled around. 

Unbelievably, the sequel featured only a single mention of the web-slinger and rumours Tobey Maguire would show up as Peter Parker proved incorrect. 

That was a shame so soon after the hero's return in Spider-Man: No Way Home, and it was there Church reprised his role as Flint Marko. Restrictions caused by the pandemic meant he could only do so in the recording booth, with Sandman portrayed as a fully CG creation until Spider-Man 3 archival footage was used to show his return to being a regular human after being cured. 

Church has already said he's heard rumblings about Raimi making Spider-Man 4 (a sequel to Spider-Man 3, not the upcoming MCU movie picking up where No Way Home left off) and reiterated that belief in an interview with ComicBook.com.

"[With] Sandman, there's been some rumors that they might ask me to do another Spider-Man, and I'd do it tomorrow," the actor teased. "You know, they've never asked me to show up in another movie, another Marvel film."

"But, you know, I think Sam is gonna do another Spider-Man with Tobey [Maguire], and that's the one that...they had an option for me to do Spider-Man 4 when there was going to be a Spider-Man 4. They had an option on me to come back. So if it happens, that would be fantastic. I'm getting a little old."

We suggested this might be the case last time Church teased Spider-Man 4 plans, but it does indeed seem as if the actor is going by what he's read online rather than any conversations with Raimi himself. 

Talking in 2022 about possible reuniting with Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst for another Spider-Man movie, Raimi said, "I've come to realize after making Doctor Strange that anything is possible, really anything in the Marvel universe, any team-ups. 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."

Ultimately, it will be down to Sony whether Spider-Man 4 becomes a reality. However, the likes of No Way Home and Across the Spider-Verse have made it clear there's more than one Variant of the heroes we know and love fighting the good fight out there. 

With that in mind, moviegoers would surely be accepting of both Spider-Man 4 and Marvel Studios' No Way Home sequel swinging into theaters in close proximity. Being realistic, though, we'll likely see Maguire's Spidey next in Avengers: Secret Wars

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lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 3/4/2024, 5:47 AM
He had me with Sam Raimi and sequel to SM3.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 3/4/2024, 12:22 PM
@lazlodaytona -

I would love this, but it will never happen.

Conquistador
Conquistador - 3/4/2024, 5:49 AM
I say keep the cast and director but make it Spider-Girl rather than Spider-Man 4.
Scarilian
Scarilian - 3/4/2024, 7:24 AM
While more Tobey Maguire films are something I still wish we'd ended up getting, six films with the climax being a Sinister Six film, the reality is that if they do a Spider-man 4 or bring Tobey Maguire back in the current corporate climate then they'll kill him off.

Sony wanted to temporarily kill him in No Way Home and have him revived by Eddie Brock's Venom, which is dumb, but at least he wasn't planned to stay dead because they understand it'd be a shit ending for his character.

Disney wanted to just have him straight-up die in No Way Home. As such I'm fine with us never seeing these characters again, because they'll be destroyed if Disney has too much control over them.
Scarilian
Scarilian - 3/4/2024, 7:25 AM
Oh and this is just Thomas Haden Church riding off the publicity he got thanks to No Way Home and trying to position himself for a larger role in another film.

A lot of the stuff we're seeing right now is people throwing out fan bait ideas in order to keep them invested in a year where we only have Deadpool 3 as the only Disney Marvel film.
xfan320
xfan320 - 3/4/2024, 7:26 AM
Miles Morales movie with Tobey as the Peter who gets killed at the beginning.

This is ONLY after another live action team up of Tobey, Tom, and Andrew, of course
DocSpock
DocSpock - 3/4/2024, 12:21 PM
@xfan320 -

That would be a GREAT way to kill the MCU's biggest cash cow.

KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 3/4/2024, 7:32 AM
In a perfect world, we'd get 4 different Spider-Man films in a three month layout leading us to secret Wars...

Spectacular Spider-Man: Tobeyverse
[Jan 2025]

Web of Spider-Man: Andrewverse
[Apr 2025]

Ultimate Spider-Man: Animated to reality
July [2025]

Amazing Spider-Man: Tomverse
Oct [2025]

I'd like to see full standalone stories that tie together in the end credits, and lead into the real showdown with Morlun.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 3/4/2024, 12:21 PM
@KennKathleen -

Except for rolling the animated junk in, that sounds great.
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 3/4/2024, 3:40 PM
@DocSpock - ehhhh. I think it's nodworthy at this point. I do wish miles was handled a bit differently, with some character flaws, but Ultimate Marvel has been around for a while. It deserves some credit.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 3/4/2024, 7:34 AM
Church did well in both 3 and NWH imo (though i never really liked the retcon of this version of Flint being Uncle Ben’s killer) but I seriously doubt we get any version of Raimi’s Spider Man 4 tbh.

I wouldn’t mind a continuation though down the line of Tobey and Kirsten’s Peter & MJ having had a daughter “May” whose developing spider powers of her which then makes Peter have to train her to atleast control them.

Sophia Lillis could be a good May “Mayday” Parker.

bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 3/4/2024, 11:40 AM
@TheVisionary25 - 100%. Wanted to write the same comment. Not only do I think they should continue Maguire's story with Mayday, I do also wanna see Lillis in the role.

And they could even bring back characters like Sandman. Think there's a good story to be found there.
S8R8M
S8R8M - 3/4/2024, 7:35 AM
Thomas, I will be there to watch it.
Same for you Andrew and TASM3.
Amy, stop wasting money on crappy villains spinoff and give those lads all the money.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 3/4/2024, 11:41 AM
@S8R8M - yeah, it's surprising they keep doing those villain movies when there are two Spider-Men right there they could utilize.

Think Madame Web showed Somy is afraid of using Spider-Man, or even mentioning his name. It's like they forgot they have the rights.
WEAPONXOXOXO
WEAPONXOXOXO - 3/4/2024, 7:49 AM
Timerider
Timerider - 3/4/2024, 8:52 AM
I love the idea of doing a sequel with Tobey and Kirsten, and I think it should be about their daughter. She gains the powers and abilities, but is freaked out about it at first, but by the end, she accepts the responsibility and takes over the family business. Also, isn’t Sandman healed now. He can go back to jail right?
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 3/4/2024, 11:42 AM
@Timerider - I like that. Could even see Mayday visit Sandman in prison for advice or something
MrDandy
MrDandy - 3/4/2024, 10:07 AM
Why doesn’t Sony do THIS rather than terrible spin off movies. Especially considering Tom Holland is on hiatus right now.
grif
grif - 3/4/2024, 3:19 PM
for once i would be against the idea of this movie. we already had sandman. move on

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