Maguire to stay even if Sam Raimi bails on SPIDER-MAN 4?

Maguire "excited" for Spider-Man 4, but wouldn't you be if Sony were paying you a fortune to don the costume?

"It's all happening right now. It's all sort of coming together. It's very exciting to me. I think the evolution of the character is really exciting, to be rooted in the history of what we've done already and to have a continuity, yet have a progression or evolution."
What do I take from Tobey Maguire's comments to The Hollywood Reporter late last week regarding the much talked about production troubles on Spider-Man 4, which has kept the movie grounded for the past month and has meant it's May 2011 release date has been sacrificed to Thor? I say it means he's on board, committed to the big paycheck role - even if his close friend and series director Sam Raimi bails, as I have expected for a few month now. Can you blame Maguire? Multiple millions of dollars to put on the costume again, a figure which probably increases with each and every movie? He won't care if the script ain't all there, or who is behind the camera telling him where to stand, etc.
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Matt Holmes is the co-founder of What Culture, formerly known as Obsessed With Film. He has been blogging about pop culture and entertainment since 2006 and has written over 10,000 articles.