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Sam Raimi, who helmed Sony's original Spider-Man trilogy, expresses honor of seeing his characters be brought back for Spider-Man: No Way Home. Ever since the conclusion of the Infinity Saga, MCU's Phase 4 has been exploring the Multiverse as one of its next chapters. As Tom Holland's Spider-Man threequel had a lot to finish up following the events of Far From Home, the trilogy finisher also gave three generations of Spidey fans the ultimate wish. After many rumors and denying (particularly from Andrew Garfield,) Spider-Man: No Way Home saw Holland be joined by Garfield and Tobey Maguire for one epic Multiverse adventure.

Marvel kept Maguire and Garfield's involvement under wraps during promotion, but made villains like Alfred Molina's Doc Ock and Willem Dafoe's Green Goblin key parts of the marketing campaign. This illustrated early on No Way Home would be a celebration of all the Spider-Man films, paying tribute to nearly 20 years of cinematic history. For those who grew up with the original Raimi trilogy, it was a thrill to see those characters back on the big screen. Raimi has previously opened up about his reaction to Maguire's No Way Home return, and now he talks more about seeing his versions again.

Even though Raimi's Spider-Man days may be over, the director is joining the MCU as the helmer of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. While this becomes his latest comic book adventure, Raimi had big preach for Spider-Man: No Way Home. In a new interview with Empire Online, the director was about what he felt about seeing Maguire's Peter Parker return alongside his respective villains. Raimi expressed gratitude of seeing his take on the characters from the original Spider-Man trilogy get brought back after all these years, stating the following:

“I was honored. It’s like someone said, ‘You know your old friends that have passed away? We’ve found a way to bring them back for a brief time.' Almost as good as having the power of the sun in the palm of your hand, eh?"

In many ways, it probably is a bittersweet feeling for Raimi as his time with the original Spider-Man franchise came to an abrupt end. Despite Spider-Man 3 not being a critical success, Sony Pictures was going to have Raimi return for Spider-Man 4, which was originally set to hit theaters in May 2011. But after the behind-the-scenes drama with the studio, the project was scrapped which was how Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man with Garfield came to happen. Regardless of what happened back then, it's still great to hear from Raimi, especially as his Spider-Man franchise became integral to the comic book film genre in the early 2000s.

As Doctor Strange 2 is coming, it's been rumored that perhaps Maguire's Spider-Man is somehow showing up for a cameo, which would be the actor's first collaboration with Raimi since 2007. While a rumor could simply be that, it wouldn't be shocking as Doctor Strange 2 is reportedly going to get deep with its Multiverse cameos, supposedly even bigger than Spider-Man: No Way Home. One of them is Patrick Stewart's Professor X, which supports the idea of Maguire's Spider-Man potentially being in the film. While anything is possible, time will tell if Raimi and Maguire will ever get to team up again on any type of Spider-Man adventure, following Spider-Man: No Way Home.

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Source: Empire Online

Sam Raimi has admitted that he wouldn't consider directing a Tom Holland Spider-Man movie without Tobey Maguire involved because he would "break" his neck for it.

Raimi directed the original Spider-Man trilogy starring Tobey Maguire and recently returned to the Marvel fold by making his MCU debut with Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, while Tobey Maguire appeared alongside fellow web-slingers Tom Holland and Andrew Garfield in Spider-Man: No Way Home, which Raimi previously called "so much fun."

In a new interview with the Los Angeles Times, Raimi admitted that, while Spider-Man: No Way Home was "a complete audience thrill ride" and it was "great" to see his old friends on screen again, he is not interested in helming a Tom Holland-led Spider-Man movie unless Maguire signed up for it, as Raimi joked that he might have some strong feelings about it.

"I love Spider-Man," Raimi said. "And I love Tom Holland in the role. [But] if I made a Spider-Man movie, it would probably have to be with Tobey or he'd break my neck."

The feelings about them working together again are obviously mutual, as Raimi previously stressed his desire to work with Maguire once more on a project, whether that be Spider-Man or something else. He admitted that teaming up on a Spider-Man movie would be "beautiful," but that there are no immediate plans for the pair to reunite.

"I don't really have a story or a plan," Raimi told Fandango ahead of the release of his first MCU film. "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."

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Like all MCU movies, Spider-Man: No Way Home left us with plenty of burning questions about where the Spider-Man franchise could go next – that is if Tom Holland returns for Spider-Man 4. While Spider-Man producer Amy Pascal has suggested Holland would return for another three films, Holland has said he doesn’t want to play Spidey beyond age 30.

The future of the Spider-Man franchise may be uncertain right now, but there are plenty of Marvel releases to look forward to in the meantime. Ms. Marvel is set to premiere on Disney+ on June 8, one month prior to the release of Thor: Love and Thunder in theaters. The next MCU movie after that will be Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in November.

Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.