Sam Raimi recently spoke with Cinematical.com revealing some of his thoughts regarding Spider-Man 3 and the steps he is taking to make Spider-Man 4 the movie you want to see.
"I learn lessons on every single picture I make," Raimi states. "I learned a lot on Drag Me To Hell, about timing, and that you don't have to give up any character at the expense of horror. It's just an excuse that maybe I've used in the past. As far as Spider-Man, I've learned a lot of lessons about what people didn't like and missteps that I'd made. But I learned those lessons on the previous two, I was just a little quieter about them. I made a lot of mistakes, and it's part of the reason I so want to make this next story of Peter Parker."
Raimi goes on, "I really think I know in my heart who the character is, and I haven't quite been able to sing the song yet, or bring it out to the extent or degree of detail that I feel in my heart that I can. And I may not be successful, but I still feel like I know it better than I'm able to play it; I feel like the kid that really practiced at the piano recital, with years of comic books, and when I got to my other recitals, I sometimes made some missteps with them. There's a whole crowd there and they think that's as well as I know the piece, but I really do know it a lot better than that and I would like one more chance at that character. The Spider-Man films, I've made mistakes, but I really do look at them as things that I've learned, and hope that when I apply what I've learned to this next one, I really make a film that people enjoy and is really true to the character in a fresh, original way. That's my goal."
There you have it. The Director is admitting to past mistakes but even more important he is vowing to fix those mistakes. Raimi is expecting the first draft of the screen play sometime in June. Lets cross our fingers and hope that this time around we get the wise cracking, non complaining, Black Cat loving, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.