Spider-Man 3 rumours begin

With "Spider-Man 2" sweeping all before it in the box office, people are already turning their minds to the next film in the series.

The third Spidey film will see the cast and crew come back together next year, with the film set for a May 2007 release.

And director Sam Raimi and producer Avi Arad have hinted about what is to come.

Concerning specific plot details Arad declared: "It's way too early to tell you."

But Raimi did drop a few hints.

Keen-eyed comic fans might well have noticed a couple of future villains dotted around the second film.

One-armed scientist Dr Curt Connors (who goes on to become The Lizard) was there, John Jameson goes on to turn into Man-Wolf (but other Spider-fans think he may become Venom - the evil version of our hero).

When asked by Empire magazine about these options, Raimi frustratingly commented: "All those are possibilities and I am thinking about that."

But there is a much more obvious villain as well.

At the end of the film Harry Osborn finds his father's secret Goblin lair. . .

"But who knows if Harry Osborn will actually pick up that green sauce and realise... 'you know, I understand why Spider-Man killed my father, [because] he was a murderer. I can now let my anger float away'. Or does he think 'I now have the means to vanquish my foe. Lemme at him!'."

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