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Well, I think I'll wait to really mull that over until after I've seen the third film. But I think a lot also depends on whether Sam Raimi returns.

If the studio planned to hand the franchise, with an all new cast, over to someone like a Brett Ratner, then no, I probably wouldn't support it.

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"if it made sense" is Hollywood speak for "if they offer me enough money"

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I'm ready to watch more without Raimi and the cast if another quality director is picked.

I'd prefer more practical effects too. I have not really cared for much of the CGI in the two films so far. However, the task at hand is to find another Christopher Nolan to fill the shoes of Raimi when he leaves.

Had Spidey returned years before what we were ultimately treated to, I think we could have had Dabney Coleman as JJJ, Robert Guillome (sic) as Joe "Robbie" Robertson, Savallas as The Kingpin, Charlton Heston as Uncle Ben, etc. So, with that having been said, I'm sure we can find a new and talented cast to replace the current great cast when the time comes.

Regardless, Bruce Campbell should get the nod to be Mysterio.

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I hate pretty much everyone attached to the movies right now, and Tobey Maguire fails miserably at one of the most miscast roles ever.

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Batman has done it. Superman has done it. 007 has done it. I can imagine new people with Spider-man. However the one glaring problem about Spider-man compared to Batman and 007 is that their are locked main characters and sub-characters aside from the hero. Yeah 007 can change and he really stands alone with whoever is cast for his Bond girl and it works ok. Same goes for Batman. He is the main character with others that can be easily replaced a la 007. Superman was obviously harder to do simply because there were more central characters to cast besides Supes like Lois Lane and Lex. So the same might happen with Spidey. Where Tobey might be replaced, it might prove a problem in casting other central characters (such as MJ, Gwen Stacey, Harry, etc...assuming they all are still living by the end of Spider-man 3). Will it work? Possibly. Will it be better?...well, we went through 2 throw away Batmans until we found Christian Bale...so, dunno.

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since Spidey's covered from head to toe in the costume you could pretty much put anyone in the costume. and you know what, ill still go see it

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Please, enough with the Spider-Man movies already.

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If they took a new direction with the franchise like a series based on Marvel Knights, Ultimate Spider-man or based it upon another life changing event in Spidey's history then they could pull off more movies with a new cast. Or you could mix combine all the ideas and use Jake Gyllenhaal as Spidey falling in love with X3's Ellen Page as Kitty Pryde (Ultimate spiderman) while fighting all new villains or people who have taken up the role of a former villain (like Venom or Hobgoblin). I think a darker Spider-man movie would work well. I've recently read the Marvel Knights Spider-man arcs 'Down Among The Dead Men', 'Venomous' and 'The Last Stand' and i gotta say, seeing Spidey break down and get beaten up a load of times was good. Hey, it worked for Batman, why not Spidey.
I know Spider-man 3 is supposed to be darker but i don't think it'll be really 'dark'.
Worst case scenario, we get a clone saga movie which sets up sequals based on a spider-man from another universe.

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Thats true, I forgot about Ben Reilly....but that would really be pushing it and most probably wouldn't like the switch...oh, but I forgot he was a clone of Parker....so it wouldn't really matter I guess.

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How about a post-POTTER Daniel Radcliffe?

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I like what Sam Raimi, Tobey Maguire, and this crew have done...but movie series usually run out of steam after the third film (and in many cases, the second). But Batman was resurrected very well after a chain of big (but mostly awful) films, the Terminator came back after a decade, so I'm sure Spider-man will continue and maybe a new creative approach will be cool to see. That said, I think there is an equal chance that it could be awful if the wrong people get into it.

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Spiderman would not be the same without tobey maguire and cristine dunst. It would drive me carzy! How could you even do that? How could you change the actors? It would ruind the whole series if the old cast would be replaced.

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