Spiderman Gets Downsized

Even superheroes, and the stars who play them, are feeling blow back from the sluggish economy. Although the Spiderman franchise has made a whopping $2.5 billion so far, Sony Pictures wasn't willing to pony up the $300 million director Sam Raimi felt necessary to do the fourth installation justice. So Raimi left the web, taking Toby Maguire along with him. Kirsten Dunst, who plays Spidey's girlfriend Mary Jane, broke up with the project as well.