Anne Hathaway was also in talks to play Felicia Hardy (a.k.a Black Cat). Malkovich actually went as far as confirming his casting a day before Sony announced they were cancelling Spider-Man 4. Actor John Malkovich entered talks to play The Vulture, an elderly criminal who builds a suit that allows him to fly. Curt Connors, with the character finally making his transformation into The Lizard.Ībout a year into development, the story evolved into including even more villains, and Raimi already had actors in mind for those roles. Dylan Baker was set to reprise his role as Dr. Sony had also hired Vanderbilt to pen scripts for Spider-Man 5 and Spider-Man 6.ĭevelopment on the project began back in 2008, with Raimi already having the film’s villain in mind. The script underwent further revision by playwright David Lindsay-Abaire and once more by Gary Ross in October of 2009. Sony hired James Vanderbilt in October of 2008 to pen the screenplay, after contacting David Koepp, the writer of the first film. Come 2009, however, Raimi dismissed the rumors that all three films were being made, instead confirming that only the fourth was under development. Development began in 2008, with Raimi attached to direct and the core cast of the previous films to return. Sony set a release date for Spider-Man 4 for May 5, 2011.

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