( EW.com ) -- Sony 's aggressive expansion of its rebooted `` Amazing Spider-Man '' franchise began last summer with the announcement of release dates for `` Amazing 3 '' and `` 4 '' in 2016 and 2018 , respectively â€ ” meaning that the 2010s will be the first decade in human history with one `` Spider-Man '' movie every two years , so take that , 2000s ! However , not everyone will stick around for the full quadrilogy : Director Marc Webb will take himself and his contextually perfect surname away from the director 's chair after `` Amazing 3 . '' 'Amazing Spider-Man ' : Third and fourth films get release dates . `` I want to help and contribute , but I think three movies ... honestly , that 's it for me , '' Webb tells EW . `` I want to try other things . '' Webb did allow for the possibility that he could stick around as a consultant on Sony 's whole Spidey franchise â€ ” an idea he also floated with The Daily Beast . 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ' trailer : A deep dive . There is some precedent for the consulting role : `` Avengers '' director Joss Whedon has worked on other Marvel Studios films , while original `` X-Men '' director Bryan Singer produced `` First Class '' before making a return trip to the director 's chair on this summer 's `` Days of Future Past . '' See the original story at EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved .
Marc Webb is n't planning to direct the fourth ` ` ' Spider - Man '' film . He 's at the end of the first three films , and would like to try something else . He believes he might stick around as a director for the rest of the series .