15 Mind-Blowing Facts About Sam Raimi's Spider-Man Trilogy

4. The Bizarre Plans For Spider-Man 4

If you thought Spider-Man 3 was bad, Spider-Man 4 would have taken the awfulness factor to another level. The success of the third instalment meant that a fourth was dated for May 6th, 2011, but it failed to ever escape development hell despite the fact that Raimi was signed on to direct and both Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst would have reprised their roles. Dylan Baker was expected to finally transform into The Lizard (something fans had been dying to see since Curt Connors was first introduced), but failing to learn from the mistakes they made with part three, Sony once again wanted to cram this movie with villains. Joining Lizard would have been The Vulture, as played by John Malkovitch. Oh, and Felicia Hardy - better known as Black Cat - was also expected to appear. Sounds pretty good, right? Well, here's where things get weird. Afraid of comparisons to Catwoman, Sony decided to turn Felicia into Vulturess, the daughter of The Vulture. That led to an uproar from fans desperate to see one of Spider-Man's best love interests accurately portrayed. Raimi claimed years later that she was always going to be Black Cat, but - regardless - this movie still would have had too many villains.