New Female Lead for SPIDEY 4? Black Cat?

Earlier today, some rumors were circulating the various film bogs regarding the reported casting of the Spiderman anti-hero Black Cat for the announced SPIDERMAN 4. Rumor had it that Rachel McAdams was up for the part. This has not been approved or denied whatsoever, as most of these casting rumors do (anyone remember all those BATMAN 3 rumors? Jeez). Pete at /Film got word from one of his readers that two things are true at this point: One being that the feature is indeed being cast by director Sam Raimi and his team, and two, they ARE looking for a new female lead. To make things more interesting, the reader also noted that Romola Garai (DIRTY DANCING: HAVANA NIGHTS, AMAZING GRACE) has auditioned for this “female role,” which many are assuming is the character of Black Cat.

I personally like McAdams for the role, not having seen any of the above cited Garai films, and I think she would bring a fresh life to the picture. I always was intrigued by the Black Cat character in the Spiderman animated series of my youth, so if this rumor proves to be true, I will be totally fine with this!

As stated above, this is still in the rumor stage, but be sure that we will keep you posted on any new developments!

Discuss: Which Spiderman character would you geeks like to see in this next installment of the series?