Malkovich to play Vulture, Hathaway the Vulturess, in SPIDER-MAN 4?
Movieline may have gotten the scoop of the… well.. of December, reporting that John Malkovich is up for the role of the Vulture in Spider-Man 4. There have been rumblings for months that anyone from Lizard to Mysterio would make an appearance in the fourth installment of Raimi’s Spider-Man franchise. The Vulture is a new one to me, but the casting of Malkovich is pretty spot on.
As for Anne Hathaway, Movieline also says that the Black Cat rumor that started to shoot around the Internet tubes may not be exactly what it appeared to be. Anne Hathaway may be up for a new supervillian, or at least a new sidekick, named the Vulturess. Movieline says Hathaway would still play Felicia Hardy, but instead of turning into Black Cat… well you know. (Not that the name Felicia makes as much sense now. Aviacia? Maybe?)
Is this an egotistical move to put a his own stamp on the Spider-Man universe? A preemptive strike to avoid Catwoman comparisons? Who knows why Raimi would create the Vulturess. Considering all the trouble he had trying to tell the story of three villains in the last movie, this may simply be effective storytelling. We’ll see for sure in May of 2011.
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