Getting information out of the Spider-Man 3 set can often seem like the proverbial blood from a stone.
But it helps when you have chatty co-stars like JK Simmons – AKA Daily Bugle editor J Jonah Jameson. He’s not spoiling anything, but he did hint at an interesting development for the future.
Talking to TV Guide magazine, the thesp was asked if his character’s son - Daniel Gillies’ John Jameson from Spider-Man 2 - might become the unannounced villain. Simmons seems convinced it’s not happening. “Not yet. Hopefully there are plenty of cards to play for four, five and six. I'll do a Spider-Man for every two or three years for the next couple decades if they want. That'd be all right!”
Most interestingly, he was question about the possibility of Spider-Man 4. And, more specifically, Sam Raimi staying around in the director’s chair… “Yeah, it got mentioned. In fact, the last couple of days I shot were at the very end of the schedule — we were doing some night-action scenes in New York — and Sam was talking about it. It's not a done deal because everybody's deals, including his and all the actors', was for three pictures. But he's certainly open to doing more.”
It might be speculation, but this is the kind of rumour we can get behind. Spider-Man 3 swings into cinemas next May.