Wanna know why “Spider-Man 3” sucked worse than a toothy hooker?

Sam Raimi didn’t have control – well, not total.

In an interview with Empire, the visionary director says he’ll have total control on the next installment – something he didn’t have on the disastrous “Spider-Man 3” (which played more like a soulless toy commercial than the epic first two films).

"They really gave me a tremendous amount of control on the first two films, actually," he said. "But then there were different opinions on the third film and I didn't really have creative control, so to speak."

(From memory Raimi never liked the idea of using Venom in the “Spider-Man” movies and used essentially forced into having the sharp-toothed alien be the rogue of the previous film.)

He added that "The best way for me to move forward on films, is that I've got to be the singular voice that makes the creative choices on the film. I love Spider-Man so much that I'd like to continue telling Spider-Man stories. But only under those circumstances where I think I can honour him."

Meanwhile, Raimi told SciFI Wire that he has to make the announced May 6, 2011 release date. "We have to make the release date, and on all of these pictures, the 'Spider-Man' films--and I'm sure it's the same as with many of the other bigger-budgeted films--they have release dates far in advance of a screenplay," he said. "So it's about getting it ready the best you can in time for the first day of production. That's what we've always done, and that's what we'll try to do again."