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Nikke Finke over at deadline.com posted an exclusive story concerning the troubles with the Spider-Man 4 production.

Basically, Raimi and Sony are not agreeing on the direction the next movie should take. Raimi wants the Vulture to be the villain, and he supposedly wants John Malkovich to play him. Sony apparently doesn't want the Vulture as the villain at all. It is now highly unlikely SM4 will be released on May 5, 2011 as originally planned. Finke goes into much greater detail so I would suggest reading the article if you're interested.

There have countless rumors concerning who the villain will be for SM4. The Lizard, Morbius and Black Cat are some of the characters mentioned.

Also, it appears Sony is now wanting to make SM4 in 3D. More so now after the runaway success of Avatar, which got a nice chunk of it's profits from 3D screenings.

I personally would love to see the Lizard as the main villain. Especially since Dr. Connors has appeared in the last two films. But I'm down for whatever Raimi has in mind. I totally trust him and hope the studio will let him have his way.

What do you all think? Who do you want to see in SM4?