ABOUT. TIME. Would've loved to have seen Raimi take it on, though… c'est la vie.

I loved the rumor that they were going to use the Bendis Ultimate version of Kraven the Hunter, but this is good too. I see the Lizard as an excellent physical adversary: someone who can do everything Spider-Man can do (except the web thing) but does it better, stronger and faster. Ever see a gekko run up a wall? Fuckers are fast! Oh, and Sony, make Spider-Man funny in this one. Steal lines from Bendis.

DYLAN BAKER GOT SCREWED. FUCK THIS MOVIE.

So far so good. Could we FINALLY have a truly great Spidey movie on our hands?

Well it looks like Sony is making this next spider-man film a "fuck you" to not only Raimi, but everyone else from the previous movies.

Now just throw in Craven into the mix and you've got yourself a damn fine movie. It's the only good fan plot I've ever heard: Kraven comes to New York to hunt a giant Lizard that's been spotted in the city. When he arrives, he finds that the real prize is Spider-Man himself. Too bad they're trying to keep it low-budget.

Totally agreed with Keith. Dylan Baker got screwed big time. What a slap in the face to everyone who worked on Raimi's films, and the fans who stuck with them. It would take a lot for me to boycott a Spiderman movie, but unless I'm seeing this with the most gorgeous, big tittied, nice legged, and stunningly beautiful everything-else Spiderman fan, ….there's no way in HELL I'm watching this. Actually I heard the studio execs went to Dylan Baker's and Sam Raimi's house, and literally slapped them in the face.

Sad sad sad sad………

Eh, I don't know about this. I fear the possibility of physical comedy as Ifans turns into the Lizard. Oooh, watch as he sticks his tongue out and wiggles it..because he's turning into a lizard! Combined with dodgy CGI that will invariably involve a close up the Lizard roaring at the camera. Meh.

Still smells like failure.

Not impressed with this. Even though it will finally be cool to see the Lizard on screen, it sucks for those of us who were led to believe during the course of three films that Dylan Baker would be the Lizard. This is bittersweet news, to say the least. All I know is that this Spidey better be worth it.

In support of Dylan Baker's loyalty, I will wait for this as a simple rental.

Ummm… They are saying Ifans plays Curt Conners… Doesn't mean the Lizard is the baddie. They could pulling what Raimi did and just have him there to build a relationship with Peter… But then save Lizard for another movie.

Yeah! Agree with you Manning, Spidey must wisecrack! and also that a human gecko fighting a human spider could be awesomer than the spinning corridor fight in Inception.
But some other commenter here seems not to have seen what Ifans is capable of, believing him to be simply a comedian. He is much more than that, the guy is big and has a big presence that can be very creepily menacing. Can't wait to see him turning, slowly I hope, into a reptilian. And I am glad Raimi and Maguire are out, the direction was pretty pedestrian shiny hollywood stuff and the acting was pretty boring.

#12 …The first news story that broke a couple days ago was "Rhys Ifans will play the Spider-Man villain". Now it's announced he's playing Curt Connors. Curt Connors + villain = Lizard. Curt Connors on his own ain't no villain.

So you all love Dylan Baker sooooo much that you're going to boycott a new Spider-Man movie? I love Sam Raimi as much as the next horror geek, but Spider-Man 3 felt like a fucking train-wreck to me. It sucks that everyone is trying to reboot superheroes in order to keep the rights from reverting back to Marvel, but I think this movie does have potential. To be fair, I love Spider-Man… But so do a loooooot of people. There's a reason this franchise has taken the opening weekend record twice. I'm just as certain that a lot of Chewers will see it as I am that this puppy won't cost a penny less than the first Spider-Man's $140 million. It might not be a great movie, but I bet it'll be more satisfying than Spider-Man 3.

Isn't Peter Parker supposed to be in high school in this movie? Is Curt Connors going to be like a high school science teacher conducting genetic research in his basement or something?

I'm sorry, but why is this definitive? Sony may come out and say it is, but they haven't. Instead "The Wrap" has come out saying it was, offering two individuals close to the project. Since when is rumor automatically taken as fact? Devin would have never posted this without official confirmation from Sony. Shame on you, new person.

Bozz, Sony hasn't denied it either. If they do, we'll run a retraction.

Everyone ran the story. We had to as well. Devin would have run it. You can glance at his Twitter feed if you like. I don't see him expressing any criticism or doubt about the story. And he's never shy about doing that even if he's not writing for us.

But why stop here? Feel free to chide the entire Internet. If you start now, you can be done emailing and commenting by the weekend.

Elisabeth, not only do you run smart and funny stories, but you can shut down the dick-ish comment boys when you need to as well. I think I'm in love.

Just to be clear, Dylan Baker wasn't "dangled along for three movies," he wasn't even in the first one. And the unknown user comment "watch as he sticks his tongue out and wiggles it.. Combined with dodgy CGI that will invariably involve a close up (to) roaring at the camera," I wouldn't doubt it at all, especially since that's exactly what they did with Venom.

Go Rappe!

@#4 – quit being a "hip" twat. We had 2.5 great Spidey movies. Yeah, you're cool trashing Raimi. Douche.