The Dumb Are Mostly Intrigued By The Drum

Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood is reporting that Sony has locked in director Sam Raimi and Peter Parker himself Tobey Maguire (has dude done anything since Spider-Man 3?) for another sequel in the Spider-Man franchise. Not only that, the there is a possibility that they will try to shoot 2 movies back to back, which backs up a rumor that was floating around a couple of months ago. No word on any other actors returning to reprise roles and as far as the villain (or villains? God I hope not...) is concerned, the rumors are heavily leaning towards Dr. Curt Conners as The Lizard in this one. Finke's source goes on to mention that "once you find out who the villain is, you'll know who's playing it" so that means either Conners (played by Dylan Baker) or one of the previous villains will return. Man, I hope it's not Venom cause I don't think after Topher Grace's take on him in the last film that I can take that kinda of bullshit. What do you guys think? Should Raimi get all "Dark Knight" on the Spider-Man franchise and show us the dark side of Peter Parker?