Spidey 4

My co-worker and I began brainstorming about Spiderman 4 today since a good amount of movie news is covering this subject. I can see why since Sam Raimi may leave to go film The Hobbitt, Toby might turn it down as he sees it as a trilogy, and Kirsten Dunst thinks she's more important then she really is to the story. Sorry hun, most die-hard Spidey fans don't care for you and we'd much rather see Gwen Stacey anyways (which we finally get this time in 3).

So we began theorizing about what we actually would do in Spidey 4, since the really important villains are covered after this coming movie. We basically had three ideas before us and I think they're all doable, but I will tell you where we finally landed after we mention the three ideas we discussed.

Kraven The Hunter and the story of Kraven's Last Hunt. Kraven was the world's best big game hunter and naturally wanted to go after the ultimate prey, which was Spidey. I think it could really pull at the heart strings of the fans who don't know the story to see him buried and then crawl out of his own grave. The only down side is that it isn't as flashy as the fans are used to by now of a Spidey film.

The Sinister Six. This one you can play with because there are so many side and minor villains that the fans love you can get the majority of them with this movie. It doesn't really need a deep meaningful theme, just a full blown action movie that appeals to all of our nature to see bigger and better. No deep introspective by Parker, which is rare, but you could use it to introduce The Black Cat which every fanboy around the world is still waiting for.

Maximum Carnage. If pro wrestling has taught me anything it's that some of the best matches of all time are a three way dance. With this in mind, Maximum Carnage would up every ante. It pleases the Venom fans by keeping him still there and shows how he becomes an Anti-Hero while creating a complete psychopath who is given these powers. You could put into the story of Spidey saving Venom's ex-wife's life and how he understands and becomes the Anti-hero.

The Decision
The Sinister Six
Why, cause ideally you could start a new trilogy at number four and as such you want to save the other two stories for later. This is also a way to appease the old school fans who want to see some of the original villains on screen. They have had Lizard in the movies since 2, but still no green scales. So my thinking is since you can't get Kingpin since he's in the DD movies, get Silvermane or Alistair Smythe to fund a group to take down Spidey for some reason. They hire Dr. Connors to work on something, but it brings about the chemical changes that turn him into Lizard eventually. In the meantime you would have Chameleon, Vulture, Rhino, Hobgoblin, Scorpion and Electro. It's a nice mixture of talents where none of the creatures really resemble each other. Then towards then end Lizard is transforms and they all must battle him to stop his rampage. We feel it would be a good start that would lead into Kraven's Last Hunt and ended with Maximum Carnage.