Well, Evil Dead 4 to be financed by New Line has been apart of negotiations with Tapert, Campbell and Raimi since day one. Except from everything I heard, it was supposed to be released after Freddy vs Jason vs Ash, as so Evil Dead can garner more mainstream exposure, and use that success to catapult another Evil Dead flick.
Robert Englund has also said he'd like to end his career as the legendary Freddy Krueger by being dispatched by Ash. It'll probably happen. He's getting pretty old and fells after another versus movie, he might do an Elm Street prequel, but that's it for him.
On the Evil Dead front, it's very murky. There have been rumors of casting Ash's son for the sequel and I could definitely see that. And to answer White Man's question, it'd pick up after the theatrical ending and not the director's cut ending. Although, the director's cut ending would likely be utilized in the same vein as the comic is doing now (alternate deadite-ruled parallel universe thingy).
Spider-Man 3 has a tentative release date for 2007. That's three years off. The timeline is that Tapert and Raimi will produce, but definitely not direct, the FvJvA film. It might hit theaters in 2006. Following that flick, Raimi will have his brothers (and himself) work out a script treatment and work off of that immediately following his last Spidey flick.
So we'll probably see Evil Dead 4 in 2008.
