New Villains

Spider-Man’s rogues gallery is one of the most rich and impressive in comic books. There is, therefore, absolutely no need to revisit the villains that have already been used in his past movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

That being said, Norman Osborn should definitely be introduced to the franchise – he is, after all, to Spider-Man what The Joker is to Batman – but he could be used as the big-bad of the whole franchise from Phase 4 onwards, rather than using him as the Green Goblin as he was when Willem Dafoe portrayed him in Sam Raimi’s trilogy.

The likes of Kraven the Hunter, Mysterio, Chameleon, Carnage, Toxin and Hydro-Man (and many more) all deserve the movie treatment and using the likes of Doctor Octopus and Sandman again so quickly would just be boring.

An exception could possibly be made for Venom, however, as he is just as important in the Spider-Man mythos as Osborn and fans would probably like to see a live action depiction that makes up for the horrendous Topher Grace version in Spider-Man 3.