Sam Raimi Explains Joining Doctor Strange 2 After Spider-Man 3 Backlash
Sam Raimi explains why he joined Doctor Strange 2 after the backlash he received for Spider-Man 3. The last film of his Spider-Man trilogy starring Tobey Maguire released in 2007 to a decidedly mixed reaction from critics and fans. His next project, the Marvel Cinematic Universe movie Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, is schedule to premiere on March 22, 2022.
Initially making a name for himself as a horror director with the Evil Dead movies, Raimi helped usher in Marvel's 21st-century bankability with 2002's Spider-Man and 2004's Spider-Man 2, the latter of which is often held up as one of the best superhero movies ever made. His third installment, however, is not held in the same regard, criticized for trying to incorporate Harry Osborn's New Goblin, Sandman, and Venom in a single movie. Spider-Man 3, the most expensive movie ever made at the time, also introduced the world to emo Peter Parker's dancing, an oft-ridiculed sequence that has been memed endlessly.
Speaking to Collider, Raimi admits that the negative reception of Spider-Man 3 really stung, and he had no intention of returning to the superhero genre. But when his agent called to tell him the Doctor Strange 2 job was open, he found himself wondering if he still had it in him to make a Marvel movie. The challenge, Raimi says, was all he needed:
I didn't know that I could face it again because it was so awful, having been the director of Spider-Man 3. The Internet was getting revved up and people disliked that movie and they sure let me know about it. So, it was difficult to take back on. But then, I found out that there was an opening on Doctor Strange 2. My agent called me and said, 'They're looking for a director at Marvel for this movie and your name came up. Would you be interested?' And I thought, 'I wonder if I could still do it.' They're really demanding, those types of pictures. And I felt, 'Well, that's reason enough.'
Raimi goes on to say that while Doctor Strange was not his favorite Marvel character, "he was right up there with the favorites," and he felt like there was a lot to build on. "I loved the first movie, I thought [director] Scott Derrickson did a wonderful job, an incredible job," Raimi says. "So, I said, 'Yeah.' They left the character in a great place. I didn't think I would be doing another superhero movie. It just happened."
Though the director himself might've been nervous, the general reaction to his return from Marvel fandom has been one of excitement, as the proliferation of superhero blockbusters has only created nostalgia around the style of his Spider-Man trilogy. Particularly intriguing are star Elizabeth Olsen's comments referring to Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness as having a horror show vibe, a sign that Raimi is leaning further into his genre roots this time around. Hopefully his depiction of multiversal chaos will land somewhere between Spider-Man 2 and Evil Dead II.
Source: Collider
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