Sam Raimi has been clear that the villains of Spider-Man 4 will be revealed by Sony at the end of the summer when the script is delivered. However, that hasn't stopped former Spider-Man artist and Spawn creator Todd McFarlane from speculating about a Spider-Man 4 return of Venom, Spider-Man's evil counterpart (played by Topher Grace in Spider-Man 3). McFarlane told MTV:
I co-created Venom. He was in the last Spider-Man movie. And I think he might make an appearance here in the next one, too.
If Venom does return, McFarlane would like to see some changes:
I would've done a few things different [in Spider-Man 3]. I would've done something more dramatic. When I first created him, I made him huge. That would've been the first thing for me; I would've wanted somebody who looked like he was three times the size of Spider-Man, so it was almost like Spider-Man going against the Hulk. [I also would've increased] the nastiness. I think one of the reasons why Wolverine is so popular is because he did stuff that Captain America or Batman would never do. Today's generation, they can handle that stuff.
Sony sure wouldn't mind a little of Wolverine's recent success.