Lizard May Be ‘Spider-Man’ Villian

Sam Raimi’s recently spent some time discussing the possible villain(s) in ‘Spider-Man 4’. Here is what he had to say…

“I love the Lizard. There’s a great story there in the Marvel comic books about Dr. Connors. I’m less familiar with Carnage. What we’re trying to do right now is really understand the journey Peter is going to go on this time and have the villain maybe be a counter to that growth, something that he has to overcome. Or maybe he has to grow in a way to overcome the villain, because there always seem to be stories of coming of age, of a young man growing up and learning things about life, so once we are identifying the exact movement that Peter has to grow to, I think the villain—and we’re trying this right now; we’re trying to choose a villain based on who would be the proper counter to that growth, so we really have dramatic conflict.”

‘Spider-Man 4’ is scheduled for a May 5th, 2011 release date.