Boon Posted May 20, 2005 Report Posted May 20, 2005 LOS ANGELES, California (Hollywood Reporter) -- "That '70s Show" star Topher Grace has joined the lineup of "Spider-Man 3," in which he will play one of two villains. The film's distributor, Columbia Pictures, declined to give further details about his role. Grace joins Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst and James Franco, all of whom starred in the first two films. Thomas Haden Church ("Sideways") also has been cast. "Spider-Man 3" directed by Sam Raimi, is scheduled for release May 4, 2007. The "Spider-Man" film franchise has grossed more than $1.5 billion worldwide for Columbia. This week, Grace made his onscreen exit from Fox's "That '70s Show," on which he starred for the past seven years. His feature work includes "In Good Company" and "Traffic," and memorable cameos in "Ocean's Eleven" and "Ocean's Twelve." Interesting. I'm a little sketchy about this choice- I'm not such a fan of his work. We'll see what he can do.
Mecha Mummy Posted May 20, 2005 Report Posted May 20, 2005 What villian would he be? It's unknown. Of the notable or semi-notable Spidey villains yet to be used, Electro is a possibility.
Justice Posted May 20, 2005 Report Posted May 20, 2005 I've heard a rumor from a friend that it's the Sandman, but just like all the rest, it's only a rumor.
ChrisMWaters Posted May 20, 2005 Report Posted May 20, 2005 I'm not a regular fan of the Spidey comics... But I do remember two villains called Styx and Stone. Any chance it could be them...or were they too minor?
eiker_ir Posted May 20, 2005 Report Posted May 20, 2005 i don't think he'd work as sandman, Electro is a possibility.
Secret Agent Posted May 20, 2005 Report Posted May 20, 2005 Maybe he's just a friend of Peter's or someone trying to pick up on Mary Jane in Peter's many absences while swinging around the city. He really doesn't strike me as a villan. I think the main villan will be played by Thomas Haden Church with James Franco's Green Goblin as a secondary.
Guest NaturalBornThriller4:20 Posted May 21, 2005 Report Posted May 21, 2005 Might not be such a bad move. He showed that he had some talent in "In Good Company"
Boner Kawanger Posted May 21, 2005 Report Posted May 21, 2005 Church needs to be the one playing Sandman, so Topher should be another villain.
ChrisMWaters Posted May 21, 2005 Report Posted May 21, 2005 A thought... Perhaps it's Carnage? Or wouldn't this guy fit that role?
Secret Agent Posted May 21, 2005 Report Posted May 21, 2005 In order to have Carnage you need first to have Venom, and we haven't gotten that far yet.
HollywoodSpikeJenkins Posted May 21, 2005 Report Posted May 21, 2005 I'm thinking The Vulture. Vulture was an old guy. For some reason...I can see Topher being a villian. He has that sneaky look to him.
SuperJerk Posted May 21, 2005 Report Posted May 21, 2005 A thought... Perhaps it's Carnage? Or wouldn't this guy fit that role?
cabbageboy Posted May 21, 2005 Report Posted May 21, 2005 Nah, there is only one choice for The Vulture: Ben Kingsley. Or maybe a slightly older Patrick Stewart. I dunno who Grace will play, how about Misterio? He'd make for a campy villain, cool look.
BlackFlagg Posted May 21, 2005 Report Posted May 21, 2005 Hmm..will be interesting to see who he plays. When I first heard Topher was cast for a comic movie I thought it was gonna be as Jimmy Olsen for the new Superman.
Gary Floyd Posted May 21, 2005 Report Posted May 21, 2005 I heard a rumor that Larry David might be in it. Anyways, if there's any villain Spidey needs to face, it's Pol Pot Pete.
Guest Mosaicv2 Posted May 21, 2005 Report Posted May 21, 2005 When is Venom going to be the main villian in one of these movies damnit! he rules!
Guest Essa_Angelico Posted May 21, 2005 Report Posted May 21, 2005 When is Venom going to be the main villian in one of these movies damnit! he rules! I believe Raimi doesn't like the character and has said he won't even touch Venom or Carnage.
Guest Mosaicv2 Posted May 21, 2005 Report Posted May 21, 2005 When is Venom going to be the main villian in one of these movies damnit! he rules! I believe Raimi doesn't like the character and has said he won't even touch Venom or Carnage. WHAT A WIMP!!
Secret Agent Posted May 21, 2005 Report Posted May 21, 2005 Its because he likes to keep Spider Man grounded in reality as much as possible and he thinks Venom completly takes you out of that with his origin and what not. Honestly, if they want Venom he just needs a new origin for the suit that will fit.
The Metal Maniac Posted May 21, 2005 Report Posted May 21, 2005 Honestly, if they want Venom he just needs a new origin for the suit that will fit. Just steal the one from the cartoon. JJ's nephew (who's already been introduced; the astronaut) goes into space on some mission. While there, they somehow come across the symbiote. Then just make up some reason for Spider-Man to be there (maybe the ship could be in danger of crashing, or perhaps they found some new element that some villian wants) when the ship lands, crazy shit goes down, Spidey leaves with the symbiote. The only problem is, to do it that way, you really need to do one movie with a different villian which has the stuff I described, so they can end the movie with Spidey in the symbiote, then the next one can be dedicated to Venom.
ChrisMWaters Posted May 21, 2005 Report Posted May 21, 2005 Maniac: What was the original Venom story?
BlackFlagg Posted May 21, 2005 Report Posted May 21, 2005 It all started with a simple mistake. While participating in the first Secret Wars, Spider-Man really trashed his costume. He came across two other heroes who earlier had similar problems and told him there was a wondrous machine capable of making any article of clothing you can think of. Unfortunately for poor Spidey, they neglected to tell him where to find it. Spider-Man did find a device that he thought looked like "it wants to make a costume". It produced a small, black ball that initially set off his spider-sense as he picked it up. The ball oozed over the confused hero and became a black costume. Spider-Man wore the costume for a few months, enjoying the fact that it produced its own webbing and could change to mimic his civilian clothes. This all came to an end when Spider-Man discovered his nifty new threads were actually an alien symbiote trying to bond to him permanently. Mr. Fantastic separated the two with his "sonic blaster" and captured the symbiote for study. It should be noted that during the period that Spider-Man wore the alien costume, there was evidence that the symbiote somehow fed on his adrenaline. The costume escaped and rejoined Spider-Man briefly, but the hero tried to kill the symbiote using the noise from a church's bell tower. The plan worked too well, and the symbiote saved Spidey's life before hiding itself in the church. The other half of this future combo, Eddie Brock, was the star investigative reporter for the Daily Globe. Eddie was a particularly driven man driven to seek the approval of his stone-hearted father. It stands to reason that when his biggest score--a man confessing to be the then-active Sin-Eater--was exposed as a fraud when the real Sin-Eater was captured by Spider-Man, Brock went a little over the edge. The paper fired him, his father disowned him, and his marriage ended. Brock's mind locked onto Spider-Man as the source of all his woes and thus began Brock's burning hatred of the Wall-Crawler. But life continued to deal harshly with Brock, and soon he decided to commit suicide. Stopping by a church to pray before he did the fateful deed, Brock's intense hatred of Spider-Man was noticed by the symbiote who had been hidden there since its last confrontation with Spider-Man. The two bonded and became Venom. http://www.spiderfan.org/characters/venom.html
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