Spider-Man 3's other villain revealed! -spoilers-

[The Wandering God]

Yar, this be spoiler territory. If ye be brave enough, and strong of heart, than journey onwards in search of hidden treasures, argggghhhh.

Clicky

So it seems that Topher Grace will be playing the other major villian in the movie (besides Thomas Hayden Church as Sandman).

Topher Grace is Eddie Brock aka Venom. The only question is if he actually is going to become Venom, or they are just setting things up for 4. (As Tobey is contracted for another after 3 I believe, after that, I'm not sure.)

I'm quite jazzed about this, as Venom happens to be my favorite Spidey villain. Cruel, ruthless, and totally outclassing Spider-Man in a lot of ways, it seems they are going for less of the "strong badass" and more of an evil counterpart to Tobey with Topher.

And while it seems that Parker's suit is going to be the same, except black, I'm highly suspecting that Venom's will be different.

Man, if I have to wait til 4 for a full on showdown, I'll be pulling my hair out. Conversely, I'm worried how Sam will fit in Sandman, Venom, and Green Goblin via Harry Osbourne as well as juggling what appears to be another complication in the form of Gwen Stacy.

Not much else to say, but just thought I'd get the word out to those who have a high interest.

The Wandering God

[CallmePrismatic]

I'd heard the Topher Grace-Venom thing before but thanks for the photo evidence.

If I had to guess, I'd wager that Venom'll be the main villain in Spiderman 4. Right now they have to deal with Gwen Stacy, Sandman, Green Goblin redux, and Spidey with the symbiote costume. Tossing Venom in there would just muck things up ala X-Men 3, with way too many sub and main plots swirling together. I hope they play it safe and just have Topher find the symbiote in church or whatever, then do the DUN DUN DUN fade out.

[Meister]

Thus causing much groaning because they used a generic "setup for the sequel" ending. They'll probably do it after the credits, too.

See, I'm only interested in the Venom special effects, myself. Make me a short clip of those once the movie's out and I'm a happy guy.

[Mirai Gen]

I'm not too worried about the blatant sequel material. Too much to fit into one movie, I knew they were going to when they first announced three villans in Spiderman 3.

[gurusloth]

This poster has been floating around the internet for a few weeks now. Not sure if it's real or just photoshoppery, but still, pretty cool looking.

[Fifthfiend]

Originally Posted by Meister

Thus causing much groaning because they used a generic "setup for the sequel" ending.

It worked for Back to the Future.

Of course Marty wasn't a huge blubber-faced crybaby.

Oh lord I feel the 'go see it, it's fuckin Spider-Man, shit it's fuckin' Venom!' twitch acting up, but I'm just gonna go see it and be pissed off the whole time at Peter-Parkerman getting his mask taken off and being a crybaby.

[ElfLad]

Well, Harry's discovery of Green Goblin in Spiderman 2 was also a "setup for the sequel" thing, but I didn't mind.

I really hope that they don't go down the whole "misguided" route with the villains again. Norman Osborn was an unscrupulous businessman before becoming GG, and Otto Octavius wasn't all nice either, unlike the movies. I like Doc Ock and GG in the comics because they're not nice people. That's what makes them great villains. Now Eddie Brock and Harry I could understand, because in the comics they were intended as unfortunate victims of circumstance, not monsters of their own making, but if they make Sandman one of Peter's close personal friends who is tragically turned to villainry because of, I don't know, evil sand, I will bust some heads.

[P-Sleazy]

so, how do you reckon they'll make sandman evil?

[ElfLad]

I personally hope they go with the two-bit thug who gets super-powers. If they do that, they can clear up some room for some Eddie Brock backstory.

And if they get rid of Peter Parker melodrama, they could fit some Venom himself in there.

[Bobbey]

I think I'm gonna have a hard time believing that Topher Grace plays a bad guy in a movie, since pretty much all of the characters he played were all ''cutsey'' characters...I mean, this is like Eric Foreman from that 70's show: a scared little man, becoming one of the biggest villains of all time. It just does'nt add up...