 Arad later explained , " We were working on what we called Spider @-@ Man 4 and it was the same team [ as with the first three films ] . The problem was we didn 't have a story that was strong enough and warranted ... another movie . And Sam Raimi ... realized we [ didn 't ] have a good reason to make another one . And between [ him ] and Tobey and obviously the studio , we all went into it not feeling good about the next story . " Tolmach said one reason to restart the series was that the producers felt the core Spider @-@ Man story was that of a boy becoming a man . Screenwriter Steve Kloves did a polish of Sargent 's script , saying he had originally declined the opportunity to do so but relented " as a favor " to the filmmakers . " I also really wanted to write for Emma Stone , because I like to write for women and I particularly like Emma , " he explained . " So ... I did basically character and dialogue , and that was enjoyable for me . So that was my hand in it . And I did a little plot work , but a lot of the plot was done . " He did " a little bit " of dialog for Peter Parker / Spider @-@ Man . In April 2012 , writer @-@ director Paul Feig said that Webb " invited me on set , and I did a little bit of writing for that movie , for one of the high school scenes " . 
