This is too bad. Good comics movies are the *exception*, not the rule. Taking Sam Raimi out isn't likely to help make the next one good. Odds are it'll just be another crapfest that comics fans try to forget.
And for those who don't know, the inclusion of Venom in 3--having too many villians & whatnot--was at the studio's insistence, over Sam Raimi's objections. The same studio in charge of this "reboot," 'cause yeah, what we really need is to see Peter Parker bitten by a spider AGAIN.