Shiv Panikker on Instagram: "The Amazing Spider-Man | Behind-The-Scenes Following the release of Spider-Man 3 (2007), Sony Pictures Entertainment had announced a May 6, 2011 release date for Sam Raimi’s next film in the earlier series. Raimi wanted John Malkovich to play his next villain. However, on January 11, 2010, Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios announced that rather than continue the earlier saga, they were rebooting the series with a new cast and crew. In May 2010, The Hollywood Repor