Bruce Campbell Speaks on ‘Spider-Man 4’

If you’re a fan of Bruce Campbell and his always-entertaining cameos in friend, Sam Raimi’s ‘Spider-Man’ films, this is some nice news to get your week started.   Campbell, while attending the red carpet premiere of ‘Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs,’ spoke with Access Hollywood about ‘Spider-Man 4.’

First off, the film is set to begin shooting this coming January.   This will give ‘Spider-Man 4’ the same amount of time the first ‘Spider-Man’ had between start of production and release date.   ‘Spider-Man 2’ didn’t begin production until April of the year before its release, and ‘Spider-Man 3’ began production all the way back in November of 2005.   The latter piece of information didn’t seem to help its chances with fans of the previous two.

Campbell also made some mention as to his part in ‘Spider-Man 4.’   He will definitely be appearing in the film, but it’s not going to be another, five-minute cameo as with the previous, three films.   Campbell revealed that he is taking a major role in the upcoming film, which will surely get fan fantasy casting rumors started immediately.   There have been rumors for years that Campbell may, some day, take on the role of villain, Mysterio.   Early rumors on ‘Spider-Man 4’ were that the villain would be Morbius, a rumor that was shot down, but that doesn’t mean we won’t be seeing a vampire-themed entry into the series.   This also doesn’t put Campbell in the driving seat for that, particular character.   ‘Spider-Man 4’ is sure to have more than one villain, even though that was one of the biggest issues fans had with the third film.

‘Spider-Man 4’ is set for release on May 6th, 2011.