Four villains for Spidey 3!?

[sps1000]

This is one far out rumor:

www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=5502

So we have Franco as Hobgoblin, Church as Sandman, Grace possibly as Venom and an uncasted Vulture. Why not have Willem Dafoe and what's his face return as GG and Doc Ock so we can have the Sinister Six? Really hoping this isn't true.

[Gray Lensman]

Sounds like a bad idea from what I'm seeing.

If they're going to do Hobgoblin, I'd much rather they use Kingsley. I recently got a TPB of the early Hob stories, and he struck me as a far better villain than Harry. Sadly, though, I suspect they're going to go the Ultimate route.

But mainly, I think four villains is way too much. I don't see how they can throw a group of that size in and give them proper development in a couple of hours.

I can only hope it doesn't happen.

[Tsel]

The Ultimate route.

I, like you all, wish they would focus on one villain only.

I know it is not happening and call me crazy, but I always liked Mysterio.
I wish they would have done a Spiderman movie with him as the villain.

Tsel

[Shan]

But mainly, I think four villains is way too much. I don't see how they can throw a group of that size in and give them proper development in a couple of hours.

I agree with Steve on this one.

Shan

[BJC]

Harry? Hobgoblin? Stupid adaptions....

[dominiccarr]

I don't know one main villain and 3 villains that spidey runs into and kicks the snot out of wouldn't be bad at all.

[Terrordar]

Roderick Kingsley was the best Goblin, and continues to be so.

He has some of the best motivation of any Spider-Man villain, and is by far the most strategically adept (Managing to keep his identity a secret for 11 years, while Norman barely kept his a year)

The Hobgoblin is a master of deception, and relies on it to fight really, but he's still by far Spidey's best villain.

And when I say that, I don't mean he's the biggest threat, I mean just as far as a character goes, motivation goes, ect.

[TheScreamMan]

Ok, first off, thats the first and only place thats been saying there are 4. a few other sites have picked up on it, but NO ONE else has gotten that. Im pretty sure Avi Arad said in an interview there would be 2 main ones and another appearing, which is three.

i suppect we will see the film open with Spidey tusseling with one villain who will be taken out soon after. then we will have Harrys henchvillain and harry himself as the next two that Spidey faces.

[hector]

Harry as Hobgoblin is the logical way to go. I've been saying that since Spider-Man 2.

If the 4 villians is really true..well, Raimi and co. earned at least the benefit of the doubt after the previous movies, don't they? Unlike X-Men 3 that looks like a disaster in waiting.

[philster]

Yes, the X-Men franchise proved that you can juggle a lot of characters and still be successful. I think 4 villains is not such a bad idea, as long as Raimi is directing. I have faith in him.

That's assuming, of course, the whole rumor is true. I think it will stay as Harry as the next Goblin (whichever version) and Church as Sandman. Venom and Vulture MAY appear, but it could just be cameos.