Director Has Ideas for “Spider-Man 4″
Friday, June 29th, 2007
The next “Spider-Man” movie may have as many as six new villains for the hero to face. That is what director Sam Raimi would like to do if he is brought back again to make the fourth movie. Raimi would like to bring the Sinister Six, a team that is made up of a half-dozen Spider-Man adversaries such as The Vulture, The Lizard, Mysterio, Kraven the Hunter and the Sandman and Doctor Octopus, two bad guys introduced in the last two “Spider-Man” movies.
While speaking with MTV at a special event awarding winners of “Spider-Man” fan films Raimi said that he would like to include The Lizard in the next movie. “The Lizard is probably one of my favorite characters,” Raimi said. The human side of the character has already been introduced and has appeared in the past two movies, one of Peter Parker’s professors at college, Dr. Curt Conners (played by Dylan Baker.) “But [’Spider-Man 4′] will probably have to start with the central journey of the main character to arrive at the proper villain.”
As for returning behind the camera lens for “Spider-Man 4”, Raimi explains that it all depends on whether Sony Pictures wants him to come back and if he can develop a tale that excites him. If either one of those two considerations can’t happen then Raimi will move on and be happy to see what happens next in the continuing adventure of Peter Parker and Spider-Man. “But if it’s a great story and Sony will bring me back to the screen, I would love to,” added Raimi.
