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In 2008, Sam Raimi was talking publicly about Spider-Man 4. He and Maguire had both signed up (with Maguire believed to be taking $50 million, as well as having mornings and evenings off to spend time with his family), and the press were even suggesting that a fifth film in the franchise was being planned concurrently.

In autumn 2009, while Ross was penning his draft, Raimi was planning to shoot the film in March 2010. An announced release date of 6th May 2011 loomed ever closer, but Sony seemed to have confidence in the future of Raimi's Spider-Man franchise at this point (as evidenced by the fact that Vanderbilt was tasked with plotting out storylines for Spider-Man 5 and Spider-Man 6, according to a report from Variety).

In December 2009, it was reported by Movieline that John Malkovich was under consideration for the role of Adrian Toomes a.k.a. the Vulture. Despite his advanced age compared to most super-villains, this flying foe has caused plenty of trouble for Spidey over decades of comic book history.

In the same report, Movieline posited that Anne Hathaway was circling the role of Felicia Hardy, best known to comic book readers as Spidey’s occasional love interest Black Cat. Julia Stiles and Rachel McAdams were apparently considered for the part as well, and the top theory was that this version of Felicia would take on a new super-villain identity – The Vulturess – in the film.

Emmy Rossum will return as Liz Allan in Spider-Man 4. However, Webb stated that Emmy Rossum will play Anya Corazon in The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

This is my re-creation of the proposed film, using the proposed actors and imitating the style of the old Spider-Man films.

For the story, I imagine the film continuing Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) and Liz Allan's (Emmy Rossum) relationship, possible taking it to the next stage. Meanwhile Spider-Man comes into conflict with a former electronics engineer called Adrian Toomes. Toomes has created an electro-magnetic flying harness which gives him the ability to fly through the air, and also acts as a life support which enhances his physical abilities. Suffering from poor health and advanced age, Toomes becomes the supervillain Vulture as he steals the money and technology he needs to improve the effects of the harness and extend his own life. During his time as a Supervillain, The Vulture (John Malkovich) would take a jaded cat burglar called Felicia Hardy, now known as Black Cat (Anne Hathaway), as his partner, and together they would battle Spider-Man as they tried to steal the necessary parts for Toomes' harness.