It would appear so. The acclaimed director recently signed on to direct a film adaptation of the massively popular massively multiplayer online role playing game. The film will be produced by Legendary Pictures and Dark Knight producer Charles Roven. Raimi will supervise devolpment while shooting Spiderman 4 and will be begin production after that film wraps.

What does this mean for Spiderman 5, which is rumoured to be a the second part of a two-part story arc beginning in Spiderman 4? Will Raimi utilize over-the-top, hyper-violent fantasty action a la Army of Darkness? Or will he go a more epic, elegant route like Lord of the Rings? Remember when Raimi was rumoured to direct The Hobbit? You think he was still just itching to direct a fantasy epic and felt this was the next best thing?

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