When Empire magazine sat down with Sam Raimi he gave some insight into the villain he may like to see in Spiderman 4..and that villain is... wait for it... MORBIUS!
"I like it in the Marvel comics when Spiderman fights Morbius" says Raimi. "Hes really cool. A vampire! I like that combination of superhero plus supernatual"
It's not really surprising that the director of the
Evil Dead movies and upcoming horror flick
Drag Me To Hell might want to inject some horror vibes into the spideyverse. At first glance Morbius may seem like a strange choice for villain but when you think about it his origins are not that far removed from most of the webheads foes. He is yet another scientist tragically transformed after a botched experiment gives him all the attributes associated with vampires..flight, a thirst for blood, collection of Cure cds.
David lindsay-Abaire has just started working on the script so its highly possible that we will still see Dylan Baker as the Lizard or possibly the Vulture (has to be Larry David!)..but considering Venom was sort of forced upon Raimi last time around he may well insist on getting his own way...keep the garlic handy!
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