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A fellow actor who worked on spider-man 3 with me found this site which confirms alot of the deleted scenes from spider-man 3 ( pictures as well )

The only ones left out that I know of during filming was the scene where peter accidently shoots out a web and a kids see's it. Peter opens up his shirt to reveal the spidey suit, then the kid runs to his mom saying that spider-man is here and the mother disregards him.

during my scene I was told to act like I was unaware of what was going on while the sandman was coming in during the key to the city scene. Then point to the sandman then run. having a close up shot of my face but that was def deleted. On the other side of me where stuntman and a scene where the sandmans storm blew away a baby carriage and a newstand then spider-man came to the rescue sort of like the rescue of a baby during the fire scene in the first film.

I did manage to get the magazine that talks about John Jameson being the reason behind the symbiote landing on earth. I just scanned it and will post it up next.






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1 - Kid Swinging as Spider-Man on Tree
a kid pretends to be Spider-Man

2 - Extended Harry and Peter alley fight
There is an animatic shot which was not in the theatrical cut

3 - Extended/Alternate Sandman Transformation
* there are some additional shots/angles from Flint Marko's chase and the transformation to sandman.


4 - Extended/Alternate Crane Disaster
Here are some alternate shots from the Crane Disaster

5 - Peter visits Oscorp
Peter comes to Oscorp to ask the receptionist if Harry is in


6 - Extended Keys to the City Ceremony
There was some extra shots from the keys to the city ceremony cut out of the film

7 - Extended Armored Car fight
It looks as if more was filmed in the Armored Car:


8 - Flint Marko talks with his Doctor
According to the novelization and these shots, Flint Marko talked to a doctor for his daughter Penny. The doctor asks for more money to cure Penny. This motivates Marko to steal money which leads to the subway fight.


9 - Extended Transformation to Black Suited Spider-Man
There are two shots missing from the film. One is Peter and another is the symbiote chest logo

10 - Extended Subway Fight
There are some extra shots of Eddie Brock photographing black spidey and an extra shot from the subway battle

11 - Extended Looking In The Mirror
While Peter looks closely at himself in the mirror, the venom within him flashes scaring Peter making him put the suit back.

12 - Black Suited Spider-Man Swinging in the Daylight
These shots were probably just some early CGI tests or something but it would have been nice to see more Black Spidey


13 - Extended Norman in the Mirror scene
There are some extra lines said by Norman such as "Why haven't you killed Peter Parker?" and "He took me away from you"


14 - Extended Breaking Up Scene
There is an extra shot of Harry clapping after MJ breaks up with Peter

15 - Extended Harry vs. Peter mansion fight
At the beginning of the fight, Peter says "I am really gonna enjoy this!"


16 - Jameson's Chimes
In a quite comical scene after Eddie is fired, is when Ms. Brant tries to calm Jameson with chimes. At first I was unsure wether the scene was filmed or not but after reading mention of "chimes" in the scene log, I beleive this was filmed


17 - Eddie Visits Gwen
There is a scene when Eddie visits Gwen's house and she breaks up with him


18 - Extended Jazz Club
There is a shot where MJ says "what's happened to you?". It appears that the line was replaced by "who are you?" in the film.

19 - Extended Church Scene
It appears that Eddie Brock's walk to the church was cut down along a few other shots.


20 - MJ tries to convince Harry
In this scene MJ gives a forgiveness speech which can be heard in a few of the trailers.


21 - Alternate Venom asks Sandman for help scene
There is an alternate scene when Venom asks Sandman for help

22 - Alternate Peter asks Harry for Help
In this shot when Peter asks for help, he is wearing his grey sweater and not his costume

23 - Alternate/Extended Final Battle
A shot of MJ is missing from the theatrical cut along with a shot of the symbiote reattaching to Peter. There is also a scene cut in which Dr. Wallace sees Flint Marko's family to talk about Sandman. After this, just as Sandman is about to kill Spider-Man, Marko's family and doctor convince Flint not to kill Spider-Man and tell Flint that Penny can't be cured. Then Flint explains Uncle Ben's death. Also, in the novelization, Gwen comes to final battle after noticing Eddie on TV as Venom.


24 - Extended Harry's Death and Funeral
There are some more shots from Harry's death along with some more shots of Peter and Gwen at Harry's funeral:


25 - Possible Final Swing?
a couple of these unfinished Spider-Man swinging shots from the leaked trailer were not shown in the theatrical cut

you can see all of the pictures as well on that site. For some reason when I use aol the link doesent work but, if I use internet explorer it works. Please dont bash me if you already know about all of this, its just that ever since people are claiming that some site is stating that there arent any deleted scenes, I know for a fact that there were from my filming experience on the set. It pisses me off that I didnt see my scene in the movie yet I saw it during the making of, I along with many others worked really hard that day hoping to see our scene on the screen the first time but, I know that they probably will be shown on the 3.1 dvd which will probably be released sometime in 2009 before the 4th film comes out.






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Magazine that refers to JJJ sons responsible for symbiote landing on earth.


Check out link to see the pics below

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if anyone has problems with getting onto the site, I can post the pics of the deleted scenes on here, just let me know.






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It still wont make the movie better. If they did a heavy re-edit, then it might turn out better, cutting out the gayness and venom's death would be a good start.


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Too bad they won't appear on any DVDs. . .







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cutting out the gayness




Do you still have to use that word again? Many has been in trouble for using that, so you better be careful you won't get banned or anything with the way you keep on using that word everytime.


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psycho1 said:



cutting out the gayness




Do you still have to use that word again? Many has been in trouble for using that, so you better be careful you won't get banned or anything with the way you keep on using that word everytime.

Why? does that make you and your kind uneasy when we refer to things as gay?


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Why? does that make you and your kind uneasy when we refer to things as gay?




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psycho1 said:

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cutting out the gayness




Do you still have to use that word again? Many has been in trouble for using that, so you better be careful you won't get banned or anything with the way you keep on using that word everytime.

Why? does that make you and your kind uneasy when we refer to things as gay?

Not to pick sides, but it is pretty rude. It would be like saying a movie needs to cut out all the "jew-ness."


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Longshot said:

psycho1 said:

Nightwing said:

psycho1 said:



cutting out the gayness




Do you still have to use that word again? Many has been in trouble for using that, so you better be careful you won't get banned or anything with the way you keep on using that word everytime.

Why? does that make you and your kind uneasy when we refer to things as gay?

Not to pick sides, but it is pretty rude. It would be like saying a movie needs to cut out all the "jew-ness."


or cut out the fat people or even races


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what do these terms have anything to do with the spider-man 3 deleted scenes ? Why doesent someone open up a cursing and racists forum and discuss it on there ?






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some of those scenes were great.
they should of stayed in the movie.


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i posted those somewhere else...




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some of those scenes were great.
they should of stayed in the movie.


will probably have to wait until 3.1 to see them which will be out before the spider-man 4 movie around 2009.






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Spider-man 4 movie around 2009.
I don't think Spider-Man 4 would hit by that time.

They're still clueless as to what's in store for the franchise and may make a few changes with the cast or crew. If Sam's in a tight schedule than this thing will probably hit by 2011.


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IcEXMaNuSa said:

Spider-man 4 movie around 2009.
I don't think Spider-Man 4 would hit by that time.

They're still clueless as to what's in store for the franchise and may make a few changes with the cast or crew. If Sam's in a tight schedule than this thing will probably hit by 2011.


do I have to re-post the damn thing again, Sony Stated 2009 ! ! !






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SAM RAIMI ON ALL THINGS SPIDEY
The 'Spider-Man' trilogy director on the new DVD, the 'Spider-Man 4' rumors and who might replace him

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Try spending eight years filming the story of a nerdy superhero and see if you don't go crazy. Luckily, director Sam Raimi stayed sane (mostly) as he poured his heart into the Spider-Man saga. With the "Spider-Man 3" DVD in stores, Raimi sat down to talk about the strain of watching his own movies and discussed what he'd prefer to see in a fourth arachnid adventure.

WIZARD: Now that you've made your third "Spider-Man" DVD, does anything still surprise you about the process of going back to a film?

RAIMI: It's interesting to go back through all the behind-the-scenes footage reels because it gives you insight into things that you didn't know were going on when you were directing the picture. It's like reliving your life from someone else's point of view.
Are there extras you don't like showing on DVDs?

RAIMI: I don't usually incorporate deleted scenes because I figure I just want the movie to be what it is and nothing more. Those [editing] choices are made and I don't want to open up the process too much and show old, bad ideas that didn't work.

Do you generally like sitting back and watching your old movies, or is it uncomfortable for you?

RAIMI: No, I don't really. It's all very empty for me unless there's an audience. The story is like an empty shell when you watch it alone. It's like a dried leaf versus when you have an audience. It then becomes an acorn that grows. You can watch it grow and come to life when there's people interacting with it and watching it, being moved by it or being frightened or feeling suspense or a connection to the character. So it can either be a very depressing, dead experience for me, or a magnificent one.


And you're not a big fan of deleted scenes, right?

RAIMI: I just want the movie to be what it is and nothing more. Those choices are made and I don't want to open up the process too much and show old, bad ideas that didn't work. I don't even go there.

Was it bittersweet to hang out again with the main cast to do the commentary?

RAIMI: It is a bittersweet experience. We didn't celebrate. We never really celebrated because things don't have a finite ending in the movie business. It's not as finite as a graduation moment where you can throw up your hat.

Looking back, you've worked on Spider-Man in some way for nearly eight years. Has the excitement stayed with you?

RAIMI: I'm just as excited about the character, and so in that sense, yes. Although the physical energy level between how I felt before I started shooting versus what was left of me on the last day of photography, I was so exhausted at the end of "Spider-Man 3" I can't tell you. My love for the characters and my passion for the stories are the same, but I was just a shell of the person that I was after all of those movies.

If you had to take a break and pick a director to replace you on the franchise, is there anyone at the top of your list?

RAIMI: Because I love Spider-Man I would just sayI don't want to pick someone. I don't know if I'll be directing the picture or not, but I'd like to say that it would be somebody that was the best gift I could give to Spider-Mansomeone who understands him and loves him and could bring his passion and love to the character. A character director probably; no one else.

Now, be honest, because some people fear picking up DVDs when they first come out because a special edition DVD is only four or five months down the line. Will this be the definitive DVD?

RAIMI: I can't honestly say what is going to be offered down the line, but this is the transfer that I supervised and it's got the highest-quality transfer of any of the "Spider-Man" movies. This is the definitive movie transfer. I won't be back to supervise another "Spider-Man 3."








'SPIDER-MAN 4': STATE OF THE SEQUEL
Untangling the early word on the wall-crawler's next film, the new villains and whether Sam Raimi will return

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Set those spider-senses to "tingle"everybody's favorite Manhattan hero plans to swing back into theaters with or without his original stars and director.

The news should come as no surprise, considering the previous three Spider-Man films earned a combined worldwide gross of over $2.4 billion and made A-list celebs out of stars Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst while transforming Sam Raimi into a comic movie directing god. And after this summer's "Spider-Man 3" burst box office records with an opening-day gross of over $151 million, the question was no longer "if" there would be another installment, but "when?"

So what's in store for the radioactive franchise? Read on!



WHEN WILL IT HIT?

While execs and Raimi have confirmed "Spider-Man 4" will eventually see the light of day, no one's been able to hammer down a firm release date.

"It'll probably be out in four years at the latest," Dunst told reporters. But even that estimate seems like too long of a wait. The gap between the first installment and the sequel was two years. A three-year gap took place between the next two films. Most analysts say a date somewhere in the summer of 2009 or 2010 is more likely.

But if Raimi moves on to another project, that release date could cause problems


IS RAIMI COMING BACK?

Raimi recently admitted an interest in directing "The Hobbit," a "Lord of the Rings" prequel set up at New Line Cinema. Because the film rights to the fantasy classic expire soon, New Line set a release date for December 2009, which could spell crunch-time for Raimi's decision to return to Spidey should his Elven interests turn serious.

"Sony Pictures is going to be making many more 'Spider-Man' pictures," Raimi told sources in June. "I just don't know what [my] future holds yet."

Unlike Maguire and Dunst, who signed three-picture deals, Raimi was contracted for each of the "Spider-Man" flicks one at a time. And while he hasn't yet confirmed what his role will be on the next installment, he has said he'll be involved in some way.

"I don't know if I'll just be a producer on it, but if I can work with the writer in such a way so that directing would be right for me, I don't know," teased the director in interviews. "We've had our first meeting and we're looking for the writer."

IF RAIMI'S OUT, WHO'S DIRECTING?

While it's certain producers Avi Arad, Laura Ziskin and Grant Curtis will return for a swing through the Spidey-verse, there's been no word at all on who may replace Raimi should he drop out of the production. When asked who he'd choose if he could pick a replacement, Raimi rhetorically toyed with his options.

"There's plenty of great directors out there," laughed Raimi. "I don't know if I won't be directing the picture, but I would want somebody who really understands [Spider-Man] and loves him and could bring a passionate love of the character to the screen. A character director. Nobody else."

IS TOBEY DONE?

In early 2007 interviews, Maguire hinted "Spider-Man 3" might be his last adventure in webbed tights. That tune soon changed, though.

"I feel very proud of the three movies that we've made," the actor told reporters. "I feel like the stories all deserved to be told, and, you know, if they come up with a good movie, and the whole team wants to get back together, then I'm up for it."

Maguire later said he'd even consider returning without Raimi if the story were good enough. Now, though, it may be a question of time. Maguire's production company plans to fast-track a "Robotech" film after seeing the $690 million 2007's "Transformers" pulled in. Should giant robots take up most of his time over the next couple of years, Maguire may have seen his last days as Peter Parker.


WILL WE SEE MORE DUNST AND HOWARD?

More so than Raimi and Maguire, Dunst seems married to the idea that she'll return only if the other two do, as well.

"There's an openness at the end [of 'Spider-Man 3'], which I like, but I feel like this is a trilogy unto itself," she said in an online interview. "And I think if we venture into a fourth, it will be some time from now and in a new way. Because I don't think Sam can do thatcontinuing on this same course. I think he needs to venture as an artist and do other things; otherwise, none of us will have anything good to bring to the fourth. So I think we all need to venture out a little bit, and then maybe we'll come back together one day and do another one."

Peter wouldn't find himself alone if Dunst fell out, though. Gwen Stacy (played by Bryce Dallas Howard in "Spider-Man 3") could provide plenty of love interest charisma in a new installment. Raimi said in past interviews that Bryce will probably return for another sequel.

WHO COULD BE THE NEW SPIDER-MAN?

Actor Jake Gyllenhaal ("Brokeback Mountain"), who bears an uncanny resemblance to Maguire, seems like the top replacement option. Gyllenhaal was rumored to be Maguire's substitute in 2004 when a back injury briefly threatened to keep Maguire out of "Spider-Man 2." When Maguire healed, the speculation faded, but the idea that Gyllenhaal could capably crawl into the spidery role still has legs.

The biggest setback with Gyllenhaal may be his high profile, which probably equals a high salary. Many believe Sony would look for a lower-key actor should Maguire not return.

According to online rumors, Joseph Gordon-Levitt ("The Lookout") stands tall at the front of a short list of possible replacements. Levitt's everyman look seems perfect for the role of the nerdy Parker, and his growing heat in Hollywood only makes him a better catch.

WHO'S WRITING IT?

Early reports indicated David Koepp would tackle "Spider-Man 4." The writer penned the first Spidey film and he most recently scripted "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," which reunited Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Harrison Ford. Considering the Spider-Man crew needed the same revitalizing flavor, the Koepp news seemed ideal.

By July, though, Raimi mentioned the production was still looking for a new writer, which meant Koepp's first draft for "Spider-Man 4" didn't overwhelm him and the studio. That was confirmed late last month when Sony hired James Vanderbilt to take a stab at the script. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Vanderbilt, who wrote the screenplay to David Fincher's "Zodiac" and did a polish on David Benioff's script for "Wolverine," was chosen by the studio because they liked "his character-driven approach to the story rather than a focus on special effects."


WILL WE SEE MORE VENOM?

In the beginning, Sony had yet to figure out whether the sticky, black symbiotic villain (seen blown to bits at the end of "Spider-Man 3") will actually return, but with Vanderbilt now on board writing a new draft, that could be a different story. Topher Grace, who appeared as Venom host Eddie Brock in "Spider-Man 3," hasn't confirmed his possible appearance in a new film (sure he was destroyed by a pumpkin bomb, but you know no one ever truly dies in the movies), but as comic fans know, there are plenty of other places the film could go in terms of villains if they want to keep symbiotes in the mix.

WHAT OTHER VILLAINS WILL APPEAR?

Should the next film continue following comic book storylines, it seems fair to reason that producers may shine the villain spotlight on Carnage, the red, sadistic offspring of Venom. But the possibilities don't end there, as a couple of baddies have been hinted at over the span of the films.

First and foremost is the Lizard, aka Dr. Curt Connors. First mentioned in "Spider-Man" as Peter's laboratory supervisor, Connors, played by actor Dylan Baker, has appeared in each of the Spidey films since and is destined to eventually transform into the humanoid reptile rogue.

"I love Dylan Baker as a person, and I really like the character he is developing," Raimi once admitted. "The Lizard is probably one of my favorite characters. But ['Spider-Man 4'] will probably have to start with the central journey of the main character to arrive at the proper villain."


Also in the mix is John Jameson's villainous persona Man-Wolf. The astronaut son of Spidey-hating Daily Bugle publisher J. Jonah Jameson, John first appeared onscreen in "Spider-Man 2" as a new love interest for Mary Jane. In the comics, John became possessed by a supernatural ruby that transformed him into a powerful werewolf. With the character already introduced in the franchise, he seems like an obvious pick as one of the next villains. Still, Raimi confesses he'd like to amp up the danger in "Spider-Man 4" to more bad guys than ever before.

"I would love to see Electro, Vulture, maybe the Sinister Six as a team," the director teased publicly. So would we! But early signs indicate Sony Pictures would like to scale the fourth film back to feature no more than two villains because the last movie, with its trio of baddies, was considered too "cumbersome."

WILL A GREEN GOBLIN APPEAR?

Although he's tied closely to the Spider-Man mythos, Green Goblin may have seen his last days as a big-screen Spider-baddie. James Franco, whose Harry Osborn character carried on the Goblin legacy from his father Norman (played by Willem Dafoe), was signed for only three films. And because Harry died a hero in "Spider-Man 3," there's not much reason for the Goblin's pointy-eared mask to pop up again, especially with so many more amazing villains to unveil.

Whatever happens, though, expect fans to fill lines when the wall-crawling franchise phenomenon returns. But if you can't wait until the movie, you can feed your Spidey fix with an all-new animated series coming out in March ("Spectacular Spider-Man"), or, if you're in New York City, catch "Spider-Man: The Musical" on Broadway, slated for late 2008 or early 2009!






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REPLIED Monday , November 19, 2007 02:39:34 PM Delete post? (Moderator ONLY)
IcEXMaNuSa said:

Do I have to re-post the damn thing again, Sony Stated 2009 ! ! !
You should probably delete that whole post you made because that wasn't necessary.

What I'm saying is, I could careless what Sony says, this thing will have a better shot with more time on their hands.


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