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Spider-Man 3 Villains: Sandman & Venom

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the wondered-how-long-it-would-take-to-haul-out-venom dept.

datemenatalie writes "As posted on ComingSoon.net, "Kirsten Dunst confirmed rumors to Zap2it that Thomas Haden Church will play Sandman and Topher Grace is Venom in director Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 3." As written, ""We have really great people though as the villains in this film, Thomas Haden Church and Topher Grace -- Venom and Sandman," said Dunst, who plays Mary Jane Watson in the Spidey films. "Maybe I wasn't supposed to say that," she added before reversing her claim. "It's the other way around. You're right," she conceded to a journalist." Spider-Man 3 is set for release on May 4, 2007."

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  1. Venom by kevin_conaway · · Score: 5, Funny

    How can we have a villain who looks like he just hit puberty?

    "I'd take over the city right now...but I have to stop at CVS for Clearasil first"

  2. Bad news by bman08 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's when they start putting multiple big names in villain roles that these superhero franchises usually start to go straight to hell. Everybody wants screen time even at the expense of comprehensible storyline. Case in point, Batman and Robin, the worst movie ever made.

    1. Re:Bad news by Daniel_Staal · · Score: 5, Insightful

      A supervillian can have superpowered henchmen. Henchmen are unlimited. (Provided they are used as background characters.)

      Actually, I think the orgnial point is a specific case of a general rule: A movie can have no more than two-three main characters, before it starts to suck. This is in essence based on the fact that it takes some screen time to devlop a character, and there is only so much time in a movie. So, any time you have more than two or three main characters you end up underdeveloping one or all of them. If you underdevelop one, they are no longer a main character. If you underdevelop all, your movie just became trash.

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  3. Mighty Morphin' Evil Duo by wheany · · Score: 5, Funny

    Set renderfarm to kill.

  4. Re:Geez.... by Chicane-UK · · Score: 5, Informative

    Info on Sandman:

    http://www.alaph.com/spiderman/enemies/sandman.htm l

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  5. Red by cool_number_9 · · Score: 5, Funny

    With Topher Grace as Venom, I'd expect Kurtwood Smith to show up and tell Venom to behave or he'll be wearing Red's foot up his ass.

  6. Re:Geez.... by wheany · · Score: 5, Funny

    He was bitten by radioactive sand. Although since genetic engineering is the current boogeyman in Spiderman, I suspect in the movie he will be bitten by genetically engineered sand.

  7. Before reversing her claim... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thomas Haden Church and Topher Grace -- Venom and Sandman," said Dunst, who plays Mary Jane Watson in the Spidey films. "Maybe I wasn't supposed to say that," she added before reversing her claim.

    If you read carefully, you will realize that what she really means is that she will be playing Sandman, Thomas Haden will be playing Venom, and Topher will be playing Mary Jane. I might just pay for this one as they will finally have a sexy Mary Jane. Dunst just never did it for me.

  8. Mary Jane Watson by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Dunst, who plays Mary Jane Watson in the Spidey films

    It should say: Dunst who plays Kirsten Dunst in every film that she has ever done.

    She's perky but that's not acting.

  9. Topher Who? All I care about is Campbell. by Errandboy+of+Doom · · Score: 5, Funny

    And it's official: Bruce Campbell is playing Spiderman.

  10. You think casting is a problem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Venom was the creation of the costume/alien that Spider-Man picked up during the Secret Wars which, likely, never happens in Raimi's Spider-Man universe. So keeping faithful to the origin in casting is useless when the origin is going to be altered.

  11. Clearly, you don't get the joke. by otis+wildflower · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Does anyone remember the Spiderman vs. Seabiscuit fiasco?

    Topher Grace was (strongly rumored) to replace Tobey Maguire for Spiderman 2, due to injuries Maguire suffered during the shooting of Seabiscuit.

    There were a few refs to it on That '70s Show as well.

    (hey, I don't do unemployment that well :p)

  12. Sounds like they're doing Ultimate Venom by Sandman1971 · · Score: 5, Informative

    In Ultimate Spiderman, Venom was a symbiote suit built by Peter Parker and Eddie Brock's fathers as a cancer fighting suit (no I'm not making this up). Both Peter and Eddie are smart in this universe. Unlike the traditional Marvel universe where Brock was a beefed up photographer. Sounds like they might be using the origin from Ultimate Spiderman instead. In this one, Brock is just as small as Parker (but doesn't dress as a science nerd, but as a grunge rocker). That would sorta fit in casting Topher Grace for the role.

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