I wanted Gwen to be killed in the middle of the second movie, because that follows sort of the Empire Strikes Back model, and I had different villains I wanted to use.
Basically [my trilogy idea] was the telling of the Gwen Stacey/Harry Osbourne story but I spaced everything out differently.
Since his Spider-Man days, Koepp has most recently made the thriller You Should Have Left, which will be released on Video on Demand June 18.
The Amazing Spider-Man films attempted to explore Gwen’s storyline, but the sequel didn’t receive the love Sony had hoped for.