Dr Conners / The Lizard in Spiderman 4!

UGO was at a special screening of Trick R Treat ( which is an awesome movie ) and Dylan Baker who has a role in that movie talked about Spiderman 4. Although quite elusive he did reveal that he will return as Dr Conner. Dr Conner is of course the University instructor who later turns into Spidermans foe The Lizard. There is still no solid confirmation we will see The Lizard but its a sure fire bet we will at some point if he keeps returning. Plus why would they bring him back? Another cameo? Not likely. More likely we will get our villain!

With Spiderman 4 set to arrive May 6th 2011 Sam Raimi months back talked to Cinematical about the Spiderman movies and admits he has learned alot of lessons from what fans really want. He also says he thinks he hasnt quite 'hit the right note' with Spiderman and hopes to do so with Spiderman 4.

“I really think I know in my heart who the character is, and I haven’t quite been able to sing the song yet, or bring it out to the extent or degree of detail that I feel in my heart that I can. And I may not be successful, but I still feel like I know it better than I’m able to play it; I feel like the kid that really practiced at the piano recital, with years of comic books, and when I got to my other recitals, I sometimes made some missteps with them.

There’s a whole crowd there and they think that’s as well as I know the piece, but I really do know it a lot better than that and I would like one more chance at that character. The Spider-Man films, I’ve made mistakes, but I really do look at them as things that I’ve learned, and hope that when I apply what I’ve learned to this next one, I really make a film that people enjoy and is really true to the character in a fresh, original way. That’s my goal.”

I have hope that Spiderman 4 can go in a new direction but I am not sure how. When you look at films like Dark Knight, Wanted and Iron Man which appeal to an older and more mature audience, I am not sure how Spiderman can do that.