Well folks, no need to wonder any longer. Spider-Man 4 director Sam Raimi has reportedly decided on at least one villain to throw at Spider-Man.
Completely blowing out of the water the numerous villains whose names had been tossed around to be Spider-Man’s potential nemesis in the fourth film, Raimi is going with Black Cat as the foe in Spider-Man 4.
While Black Cat was certainly not one of the names that came up in speculation about the movie’s villain, the choice is anything but random.
Raimi follows a strict rule when it comes to choosing his villains: the character can’t just be a threat to Spider-Man, but also has to somehow be linked to Peter Parker’s life. Black Cat fits this rule perfectly.
In the Spider-Man comic series, Black Cat is the cat burglar alter ego of Felicia Hardy, who at one time was Peter Parker’s girlfriend (before Mary Jane, of course), and goes from being a villain to eventually being a consistent ally to Spider-Man.
No actress has been officially cast as Black Cat yet, but word is that Rachel McAdams is being seriously considered for the part. Casting is also in the works to find a male actor to play a second, as of yet unrevealed, villain for the movie.
