Director Sam Raimi and star Tobey Maguire will return for the next two Spidey flicks, which may be filmed simultaneously, according to a report in Deadline Hollywood Daily.
No word on the next villain. Many people believe the Lizard will slither into the position. Man-Wolf could transform the direction of the franchise, while the Kingpin could play the heavy in the films.
Word to Mephisto
They could set Spidey up against his real arch-enemy: crappy Marvel continuity and stupid retcons!
Theories
The "other gal part" will probably be Black Cat.
As far as villains go, Lizard is a good potential bet and Kingpin would also be a good choice (if done better than in Daredevil). Rhino is a little flat as a character to stand on his own. Electro maybe? Hobgoblin?
More mediocrity
The first movie was okay, but the second and third didn’t do much for me. I don’t expect greatness from these next two.
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No Kingpin
Unless Columbia/Tri-Star buys the live action rights from 20th Century Fox, the Kingpin will not appear in a Spider-Man movie. The Lizard is likely, and there was a lot of preliminary work done on Vulture designs for the third movie before Avi Arad talked Sam Raimi into using the more marketable Venom instead.