More On Spider-Man 2.1

Davis DVD have revealed the special features lined up for April's Spider-Man 2.1 DVD and Sam Raimi is notably absent.

There's to be a new introduction from Grant Curtis and Avi Arad; a commentary track with Laura Ziskin and Alvin Sargent - producer and screenwriter, but also husband and wife; a featurette on the editing and FX work necessary to polish this new version up; and, of course, a preview of Spider-Man 3.

Details of the material added back into the film was posted previously on film ick.

David Koepp On, Sam Raimi Off? Sony Start Making Plans For Spider-Man 4

ComingSoon sez: David Koepp is in talks to write Spider-Man 4. This suggest to me that they're having to plan on moving ahead without Sam Raimi.

Any Raimi-directed fourth episode would likely be scripted by Alvin Sargent, his collaborator on 2 and 3, and possibly plotted out by Raimi and his brother Ivan as per this year's installment. I honestly believe that Koepp wouldn't get a look in.

So, do ComingSoon have it wrong? Or is Raimi leaving the Spider-Man series?

[EDIT: As I've ben remined, Sargent is married to producer Laura Ziskin, so if this Koepp story does turn out to be true it might well indicate her departure from the series more so than Raimi's]