Sam Raimi Wants Morbius in Spider-Man 4

Sam Raimi revealed his pick for the villain for Spider-Man 4 in the latest issue of Empire Magazine.

“I like it in the Marvel comics when Spider-Man fights Morbius,” said Raimi. “He’s really cool. A vampire! I like that combination of superhero plus supernatural.”

As /Film reader Christopher M (who submitted the story) points out, it might make sense to use him along with The Lizard since both characters “use the same technology but have different animals involved in their research… one having blended with a lizard the other a vampire bat.” What do you think?

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  • Nobody
    Carnage should be put in the 4th film and give Venom his honor back.
    SM3 wiped the floor with venom -----that movie was so stupid----wtf emo peter (spidey) wtf where they thinking,
  • Radio
    HEY, PUT MY COMMENT BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! STOP ERASING MY COMMENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And when you do, thank you.
  • Radio
    Alright, i said i`m not a fan of Rhino/VUlture...., but actually I see how they do all the villains so i don`t think i mind any villain. So as for Morbius, i heard once he`s not actually a Vampire, so i guess he wouldn`t be a horrible choice but i heard lately they cancelled him out, which is okay. No villain that belongs to Spiderman can suck as long as they`re not too absurd to be Spiderman- proper, like magical-type or SUPERNATURAL(which Morbius isn`t). And not Superman-type. Just, anything not too strong or powerful that a person would know obviously doesn`t belong to Spiderman. Carnage is stronger than SM and VNM combined but symbiotes still have a simple weakness, which is noise, even though they can turn invisible when bonded to a host along with some other serious abilities, but i said that they can teleport, and well, maybe they can only teleport to places they can SEE, so maybe when Peter got the symbiote it only teleported him to a building NEAR his apartment. Oh yeah, AND I HEARD THAT THEY`RE GOING TO MAKE A NEW FRANCHISE, WHICH I THINK WOULD SO COOL, EVEN THOUGH I`M NOT SURE WHO WOULD REPLACE THE CAST, I STILL FRIEKEN LOVE SPIDERMAN AND HONESTLY SPEAKING I WANT SANDMAN TO REAPPEAR IN THAT FRANCHISE AS WELL AS VENOM AND CARNAGE, CUZ SANDMAN IS WICKED AWESOME AND WASN`T EXACTLY USED AS I COULD PICTURE AND VENOM AND CARNAGE ARE ALSO SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND MAYBE DOING MORE THAN 5 MOVIES IN THIS FRANCHISE WOULD BE KIND OF SILLY BUT SINCE SPIDERMAN IS SO POPULAR WHY NOT DO 6 MOVIES IN THE NEXT FRANCHISE, OR MAYBE EVEN MORE????????????????????????????? I`M NOT SURE IF ANY FRANCHISE HAS GONE OVER 6 MOVIES(HARRY POTTER JUST DID THEIR SIXTH FILM SO THAT`S WHY I SAY THAT) BUT NO AMOUNT OF MOVIES CAN BE TOO MUCH FOR SPIDERMAN SO HOW ABOUT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????????? IF THE ACTORS IN THE NEXT FRANCHISE DON`T GET TOO OLD, BUT TOBEY IS THE PERFECT PETER SO I`M REALLY GONNA MISS HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Kyle Dalton
    PLEASE READ!!!...

    Sam Rami. In my opinion you lost your thought to the spider-man franchise. have the lizard already a villian in it, with scorpion and rhino coming in. Then have five with kraven, scorpion, and rhino. After five go back to three to with showing lizard's transformation.
    The screenplay for the remake is almost complete. There is more story, which makes every single fight and reaction all add up. To me this will be a stronger, darker film ever done. A story that could be just as good as the dark knight. I feel as if I have done a good job with it so far. There is no EDDIE BROCK/VENOM in this story, but Eddie will be shown in my version of five...

    Oh and if you want to see what I have rewritten the just comment it.
  • Radio
    alright maybe Lizard being in Spiderman 5 wouldn`t be the smartest idea he should become giant at the end of Spiderman 4 then go to the hospital Venom and Carnage is enough for one movie doesn`t matter if Lizard was in Spiderman 2 and hasn`t been a villain yet.
  • sarter
    okay andries, are you really going to play Peter Parker`s son? Can they really send upcoming actors as bloggers on these sites to explain who they`re going to play? And do you really know who the villains are going to be and who`s gonna play them?
  • Ghost Rider
    Black Cat or Gwen should come in this movie. There was already 3 movies focussing on MJ, we need someone else.
  • Radio
    Even though he looks scarier he`s not as strong as the green goblins so why should they come before him?
  • jbbeer
    How about Hobgoblin?????
  • CARNAGE CRAIG
    dont give us that salmon we know who you are and what youve done youve been sending viruses around and scamming people on eBay daniel has told us all about you so stay away or get banned.
  • andries price
    im on spiderman 4 too. put jeff hardy as morbis he is good as morbis jerry traintor as carnage topher grace as venom spiderman 4 opens may 2011
  • salmon
    its all lies i haven't done anything
  • andries price
    im signed to be on spiderman 4 i play as peter paker jr. jerry traintor as carnage topher grace as venom again put jeff hardy as morbis on spiderman 4 jeff hardy is good to play morbis on spiderman 4 spiderman 4 opens may 2011.:D
  • andries price
    im playing spiderman's son peter parker jr. i what jeff hardy play as morbis on spiderman 4 jeff hardy will be good as morbis charlie sheen as carnage topher grace as venom i play as spiderman's son peter parker jr. spiderman 4 in theatres may 2011
  • morbieus
    STFU + GTFO salmon rite now dan warned us about you piss off
  • salmon
    don't worry dan i don't fancy more arguments
  • salmon
    guess who faraday !!!!!!!!!! :p
  • Daniel Faraday
    That idiot salmon had better not come on here and wreck this page now. Morbius would be good, would add a new twist to the spiderman series of films no doubt.
  • Radio
    I need you to listen to me raimi:

    You can`t use villains like: Rhino, Vulture, HobGoblin, or Morbius.
    Those kinds of villains do not follow the story at all.

    I don`t know about villains like:Electro, Shocker, or Mysterio.

    I do agree with those who said they`re getting tired of villains who aren`t actually bad, but i`m confused about Harry`s father cuz it seemed like he got his mind controlled when he went in that machine and got his powers in spiderman1, but in spiderman 2 and 3 he became a ghost and still told harry to kill spiderman. and i`m confused about harry too, at some parts in Spiderman 3 it looked like he wanted revenge but at some parts it seemed like he only tried to get it cuz his father told him too. i just want villains in these next 2 films that want to kill spiderman without getting their mind controlled, except Lizard. morbius is another one of those villains, so he wouldn`t be the warmest choice for Spiderman 4.
  • morbieus
    he should fight the sandman, or that fat guy with all the arms, that would be cool
  • Ghost Rider
    Best to worst

    Carnage
    Venom
    Black Cat
    Hobgoblin
    Jackal
    Dock Ock
    Kingpin
    Electro
    Vulture
    Scorpian
    Chameleon
    Shocker
    Green Goblin
    Mysterio
    Hammerhead
    Molten man
    Rhino
    Hydroman
    Sandman
    Kraven
    Manwolf
    Lizard
    Morbius
  • Radio
    either topher grace or no venom. replacement actor for topher would be too lame. if you think he is a bad venom then maybe they can do some designing over his personality, they can ask him to pull up the weights and they can ask him to challenge himself, like try to take this more seriously, or they can make him look fierce not as a symbiote but the real face behind venom. wait a minute is it cuz you don`t think he`s very tough? well then maybe they can design him with something that`ll make him a new topher, they can launch in some metal on how he seems when he tries to act tough, or perhaps this might be kind of silly but they can ask him to workout a little if it doesn`t make him feel awkward.

    I can`t see either hardy or schneider, guys we need someone that looks like the kind of person who you can see in your zone covering up the fade of the sunlight, someone who, well yeah sure, looks tough. ok let me put it as simple as it can be, someone who doesn`t look to charming or sparkling. i don`t want any actor who played in any film involving sexual harrasment or gayness or goofyness or anything circled with that.
  • spiderman fan 1
    jeff hardy will play morbis rob schiender as carnage please put jeff hardy and rob schiender as morbis and carnage on spiderman 4 think about the fans and the money
  • andries price
    dont make topher grace signed the movie as venom venom not dead on spiderman venom as topher grace will help spiderman to versus carnage and morbis please put topher grace as venom on spiderman 4 think about the fans and the money think about it
  • andries price
    i think someone playing morbis on spiderman 4 jeff hardy is morbis make jeff hardy sighed as morbis on spiderman 4 make rob scheinder signed as carnage on spiderman 4 tink about about and the money i think rob schiender and jeff hardy will be good as carnage morbis
  • Radio
    please do not use villains like Rhino or Vulture in these upcoming movies, they are just too lame as a feature. why would they re-make a film before the series is over, that would just be too boring and wouldn`t make any sense
  • Radio
    He is the guy they hired to pen the script.David Lindsay Abaire. ok, i don`t think electro will work in a movie.and i`m sorry to say this raimi, but i change my mind now, i don`t think morbius will either. like i said, Superhero&supernatural is too fancy. since lizard was mentioned in the second but hasn`t been a villain yet,i have a feeling he should last for both spiderman 4 and 5. at first in spidey 4 he should be normal-sized, then in spiderman 5 he should become giant at the final battle. i`m sorry raimi, but if you don`t tell abaire to start the script over with scorpion i am going to be quite mad unfortunately. i am just really sorry.
  • Ghost Rider
    In one of your earier comments, who is lindsay?
  • Ghost Rider
    Maybe I would feel better if they made spiderman movies back then like they did with batman and Superman and rebooted the series this decade. There are so many live action marvel movies made before Spiderman. The punisher, captain america, Fantastic four, blade, xmen, howard the duck, it is so stupid.
  • Radio
    oh yikes, sorry my name`s radio
  • Raimi
    so sam raimi you don`t care how many people around the world are losing their minds to see their favorite villains? you just can`t stand keeping people from getting stabbed in the chest, it`s your major goal to not listen to the fans when you know how it`s gonna turn out after you shade in your plan field? your diplomacy amazes me raimi.
  • Radio
    So now you`re finished with Spiderman? but that could be a good reason why he chose morbius, vampires have gotten old but even if spiderman 4 does suck it could be because there was no venom or carnage. so that may be the 4th movie that`ll suck in this franchise but barely any of these movies have had any venom or carnage so far, so we don`t have to give up on Spiderman right away, do we? ok you thought the first 2 were good ghost rider so even though i disagree i have no problem with you loving any spiderman movie so do we really want to give up on our favorite superhero this fast after spiderman 4 wen we know there`s an available upcoming film ready to chill down our air tanks?
  • Ghost Rider
    I don't give up on Spiderman, I just give up on Spiderman 4.
  • Ghost RIder
    I give up. Sam Rami is just too selfish to listen to anyone. Besides, can you name one popular franchise that has a good fourth movie?
  • Radio
    sorry i`m always writing so many comments at a time, i just can`t take it i just need these next 2 movies to rock. now i`ve been thinking about spiderman 3 lately, and i realized it wasn`t that good cuz first of all sandman isn`t really a villin which means him and peter can team up in Spiderman 5 but is bad cuz good guy vs. good guy is not usually that fun to watch i`m not saying it was wrong for him to try saving his daughter, although the fight in harry`s mansion only took place in a mansion, and the fight at the end didn`t have much venom sandman took most of it up i still don`t think he shouldn`t have tried saving his daughter but it turns out the only fight i liked was the one at midnight with peter and harry flying around the streets. i still thought it was better than the first 2 but none of these movies i liked so far so please make people satisfied with these final 2 movies sam raimi. i herd the reason why they don`t want venom or carnage is cuz they want to make these movies more realistic, but obviously none of us have super spider sense, right? gosh sam y r u so pulled down to keep fans from all over the world from getting debistated why are you that selfish like this?
  • Radio
    if you aren`t selfish raimi then please use Venom and carnage in Spiderman 5 and please introduce carnage at the end of Spiderman 4 and please don`t get too distracted by your hate towards venom and carnage and make them not workout in Spiderman 5 an make spiderman 5 suck please work very hard on these next 2 films but if you are selfish then it seems you don`t care if billions of people are disappointed without venom or carnage
  • Radio
    I don`t think tobey maguire is such a nerd, like i heard once he wanted to quit spiderman for a horror film, and i`m not saying he`s a nerd to continue spiderman, after all lots of people died in spidey movies, i`m just saying the part where he wanted to play in a horror movie doesn`t make him such a dork. but peter and tobey are kind of different, i think they need to loosen the bolts on peter`s collar , i think he needs to stop being such a you know what. i`m not saying he has to hit anyone or something like that, he just needs to stop going on an overwelming mission to win the charm crown.atleast one good thing is that peter is very mature as spiderman, and so is MJ. although the part in Spiderman 3 when peter cried after MJ dumped him has kind of wounded the series, so there needs to be a spiderman 5 because it`s probably gonna take more than one movie to stitch that up. sam raimi do me a favor and please don`t make peter cry in these next 2 films.
  • Radio
    please oh god not wesley snipes as morbius if i want him in this one i don`t want any goofy actor or any actor from a sexual-gay movie or any actor like that. i want a very mature actor i don`t know anything about wesley but i don`t think he should play morbius.
  • Radio
    oh wait, 1 pervent? i meant 1 percent.
  • Radio
    And sam you better not have already told lindsay to kill off the symbiote in connors lab to trash out the story, because you realize that would piss people off to the ends of the universe, but it seems to me you don`t care 1 pervent. geese sam why are you so selfish why are you so determined to debistate fans all over the world venom and carnage exist as villains because of freaking aliens they`re both awesome villains why does it make you bleed out the back of your mind to put in even one tiny second of them on screen format it`s like you`ve never been a big fan of an alien film before why are you not a big fan of venom or carnage?
  • Radio
    Um, none of the episodes are numbered i don`t think. hmmm, ok, i`m getting a message that a reason why he could have chosen morbius is because morbius doesn`t need any costume designing like lizard. and morbius is a random villain from the comics, although i do realize he`s done alot of hard work on the first 3 movies, so right now i feel like i should jump ahead and say i should let him use morbius in this one, but i`m confused becuz i go to all these websites and sam just seems like an "everywhere-ranged" guy, so i don`t know how to sort out my opininons. if i do want morbius in this one, that doesn`t mean i don`t want any more villains with costume designs cuz if there are 2 villins that deliver the fulfillment that fits in perfectly to the purpose of the series then it`s easy for me to squirt my hands out with it:VENOM AND CARNAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Radio
    please sam raimi i beg you not morbius vampires have gotten really old and the reason why i think scorpion would be a perfect choice in this movie is becuz Jameson always accuses spiderman because he thinks he is a criminal and always wants to prove new york is not such a having(hey-ving) place so some how i get a feeling Jameson has to try getting his punchout time towards spiderman by putting mac gargan in his suit.
  • Ghost Rider
    Which episode did you see scorpian in?
  • Radio
    never mind, they put that comment back.
  • Radio
    hey, i posted something before that, what happened to it? and if morbius was never in blade yet and is the father of the vampire hunter why should he be in spiderman first?
  • Radio
    so then after that the police suddenly hear a strange laughter and then one of them says"hello" then a few seconds later they say "Cletus?" then they turn around thinking they heard something from where they looked then about 5 seconds later as the music becomes more dramatic up above them carnage comes down and about 2 seconds before carnage kills them both they both look up and one of them screams.
  • Radio
    my imagination is as the symbiote comes down to earth to find cletus cletus a police officer is sitting at a desk right next to kassady`s cell and when the officer is asleep he accidentally drops the key out of his pocket that unlocks the cells then carnage sees it and quitely grabs it to escape from jail then right wen he is about to sneak out the front door of the jail departent another police officer comes through a door somewhere and sees cletus and says"hey" waking up the other officer then cletus runs out the front door. the 2 police try to chase him out the front door in a car and as cletus is running the symbiote oozes into a building that happens to be where cletus lives then cletus goes onto another street then he runs toward his biulding then right during the second he jumps through a window in his building the police catch up to that street and sees cletus go into the biulding then they stop there and silently go into the building and then cletus feels something oozing all over his hand then it spreads to the rest of his body then it shows carnage`s shadow on the wall.
  • Radio
    what do u mean wich episode?

    i don`t think venum and carnag shood be alone in spiderman 5, so add electro sure 3 villains in one movie is alot but if spiderman 4 ends with cletus getting the alien to set up for part 5 then we won`t have to worry about screwing this one up.
  • Ghost RIder
    Which episode?
  • Radio
    change my mind again, scorpion and lizard for part 4 i watched a cartoon of the scorpion and it was reallly cool
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