Years before she was cast as the lead role in Marvel’s Eternals, Angelina Jolie was considered for an important part in the project of Sam Raimi Spiderman 4.
Raimi felt cut from the film following the negative reviews of Spider-Man 3 and the ensuing behind-the-scenes drama. He had always planned to return for a fourth film and give the series what he believed was a good start. Although Sony ultimately made the decision to drop Raimi from the project. Many details about Raimi’s ambitious plans for Spidey’s fourth appearance have been made public.
What if, more than ten years ago, Sony Pictures had chosen the actress first and placed her in the universe of Tobey Maguireis that Spidey? Even outside of the comic book genre, such a move could have given Jolie’s career a very different twist.
Pretty as a female version of the vulture

Angelina Jolie in vulture
With Great Power, a Spider-Man book written by Sean O’Connell, new details have been revealed about how Jolie was to play a big role in Raimi’s projected send-off for web-head. O’Connell claims Jolie was temporarily set to join the cast in a key role.
She would be in constant rivalry with the two JK Simmons J. Jonah Jameson and Tobey Maguire’s Peter Parker since Jolie’s position was that of an “accomplished executive representing a venture capital group” trying to buy the Daily Bugle. Jolie would have potentially become the Vultress.
Adrian Toomes’ daughter was supposed to take on the role of the terrifying Vultress, an original character who didn’t appear in the comics. Angelina Jolie was supposedly “connected to this important part for a short time” during production of Spider-Man 4 in 2009, leading us to believe she was the actress the studio had in mind for the movie. fourth film shelved.
Adrian Toomes

Tobey’s Spidey vs. The Vulture
Sam Raimi wanted Adrian Toomes to be more futuristic than how he usually appears in the comics. The villain’s attire reflected some of this, such as the way his wing feathers were “made to flip like razor-sharp blades.”
Additionally, the filmmaker wanted a sequence for the villain that matched the terrifying nature of Doc Ock’s high-profile hospital scene. This would have taken the form of a fight scene with the Vulture and henchmen in a library; needless to say it didn’t go well.

Spider-Man 4 Storyboard Art by Jeffrey Henderson
The villain acquired his name “because after he was done, he left nothing but bones,” according to screenwriter Jeffrey Henderson.
Unfortunately, Raimi’s original idea was never realized. Sony turned down a fourth film in favor of an all-new reboot, resulting in the production of The Amazing Spider-Man duology. With Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness starting in 2022, Raimi made a return to the superhero genre, and Tobey Maguire made a return as Spider-Man in Spider-Man: No Way Home.