Dylan Baker confirmed for SPIDER-MAN 4

This little bit of news delivered courtesy of Movieblog.UGO.com, actor Dylan Baker participated in a Q&A following a special screening of TRICK ‘R TREAT at New York’s Walter Reade Theater for Lincoln Center’s third annual “Scary Movies” program and during this occasion revealed that he will reprise his role as Dr. Connors in Sam Raimi’s fourth installment in the SPIDER-MAN franchise.

So, why is this news of any significance? Well, there is the possibility that it’s not all that significant, but what it does is raise the question of whether or not a character by the name of The Lizard will be featured as the and/or one of the villains in the new Spidey film. Oh yeah, and if none of this is making any sense, then you must not be much of a comic book fan and are probably better off just skipping to the next post on the site.

Now, as eluded to in the Q&A as reported by Jordan Hoffman at Movieblog.UGO.com, there was some playful winking and nodding when asked to elaborate on the topic of whether or not The Lizard would be involved, or if Dr. Connors would merely have another minor background role. Technically, the answer was no, but we all know how that goes.

Personally, I love the idea of bringing The Lizard into the mix. It’s an older throwback than Venom, of which the franchise nearly suffered and untimely end. The Lizard holds some of that old school super villain charm that tends to get lost in the movie adaptations. In my book, the best part of SPIDER-MAN 3 was The Sandman. He’s an old school villain, had a great story and was given an awesome performance by Thomas Haden Church.

This has been the trend (SPIDEY 3’s Venom excluded) whereas the villains have been the cherry on the top of the ice cream sundae, assisted heavily by fantastic performances by stellar actors… Willem Dafoe as Green Goblin, Alfred Molina as Doctor Octopus. Am I asking too much that we return to that trend? Hopefully, with Raimi’s alleged free reign given him by Sony for #4, we’ll see a new light for the franchise.

Source: UGO