The Black Cat in Spiderman 4

Mania.com is reporting Sam Raimi and the crew have started casting for Spider-Man 4. Sources have revealed actress Rachel McAdams has met with the producers for the role of Felicia Hardy aka ‘The Black Cat’.

Our sources tell us that the Black Cat’s story fits well with Raimi’s Spider-Man formula, which always finds the villains troubling not only the costumed hero, but also becoming entangled in Peter Parker’s personal life as well.

Fans recall that when Spidey first encounters the Black Cat, she’s a cat burglar looking to free her ailing father from prison. She becomes smitten with the web-slinger, to the point of a stalker-level obsession. Later stories had Peter reciprocating her affection and her becoming a lover, a friend and ally (the perfect thing to allow Sony to create a Spidey spin-off).

The other piece of news mentioned was that Spiderman 4 would feature two villains again. I didn’t like the fact that Spiderman 3 featured Venom and Sandman in the same film. It made things feel too crammed and we really didn’t get an in depth story of one of the more popular comic book villains in Venom. This seems to contradict what Raimi had stated last month when he thought having two villains detracted from the from the Spiderman 3 experience. I hope we don’t run into the same problem with Spiderman 4.

At this point this point the report on Mania.com is from “sources”. None of what was mentioned was from Raimi himself. Casting McAdams as ‘The Black Cat’ would be a positive, as I think she is a great actress. I guess we’ll see how this all ends up playing out.