Anne Hathaway Approached for Spider-Man 4

Published by Jeff Leins on November 19, 2009

Spider-Man 4 doesn’t start shooting until March 2010, so entertainment websites have been occupying themselves with idle speculation on who the villain (or villains) might be.  The Lizard and Black Cat seem to be the favorites with Rachel McAdams, Julia Stiles, and Romola Garai rumored for the latter at some point.  These casting rumors were out of hand three headlines ago, but here’s another one for the pile of unconfirmed reports.

Anne Hathaway has been approached for an unknown starring role in the Spidey sequel, Nikki Finke reports.  Though Finke doesn’t know who the actress will portray, the immediate assumption is Felica Hardy, a.k.a. the Black Cat, since that’s the rumor that is all the rage these days.

Here’s what we do know:  Sam Raimi has returned to direct the film, Tobey Maguire is set to reprise his role as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, and Kirsten Dunst is back as Mary Jane Watson.  Dylan Baker told an audience he’d be back as Dr. Connors, but that doesn’t necessarily mean a transformation to The Lizard since he played the role in parts two and three.  Sony is releasing the movie Thursday, May 5, 2011 in standard and IMAX theaters.  A fifth and sixth Spider-Man are currently being written.

Of course, I’ll write as soon as we know more, and hopefully it won’t be more casting considerations.