Spider-Man 4 is a 2011 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. Produced by Columbia Pictures, Marvel Entertainment, and Laura Ziskin Productions, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it was directed by Sam Raimi and Written by James Vanderbilt, Steve Kloves and Alvin Sargent. It is the final film in Raimi's Spider-Man Quadrilogy (2002–2011). The film stars Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker, alongside Kirsten Dunst, Anne Hathaway, Topher Grace, Bryce Dallas Howard, James Cromwell, Rosemary Harris, and J. K. Simmons. Set a year after the events of Spider-Man 3 (2007) and Venom (2009), the film follows Peter as he prepares for his future with his girlfriend Mary Jane Watson, while facing the Venom and Black Cat.
