15 Mind-Blowing Facts About Sam Raimi's Spider-Man Trilogy

12. Spider-Man 3 Was At One Point Going To Be Split Into Two

Spider-Man 3 was a big movie. Over 1000 people worked on it altogether, and even that horrendous jazz bar scene took two weeks to film (now that's what I call a complete and utter waste of time). Eventually, the threequel got so out of hand that there was talk of splitting it in two. The reason for this can be traced back to the first draft of the script which was written by Sam Raimi's brother Ivan. It featured Sandman, The Vulture, and the new Green Goblin, but Eddie Brock had only a very minor role in that and Venom was nowhere to be seen. Until producer Avi Arad forced him into the movie that is. Raimi objected but was forced into it - despite not being a fan of the character - and Alvin Sargent was brought in to rewrite. From the very start it was a very crowded movie, but as Arad continued to force Raimi to add more characters, the director decided that the best way to tell this story was to split the whole thing in two. The only reason that didn't happen was because he couldn't find a point in the movie where a break would feel natural or satisfactory to moviegoers. As a result, we were left with the crowded and messy Spider-Man 3.