The Amazing Spider-Man Michael Papajohn Returning for Spider-Man 4?

[Sam Fisher]

http://www.superherohype.com/news/spider-mannews.php?id=8447

Scooper 'Cassassin' sent us the following note today about Spider-Man actor Michael Papajohn:

During a Q&A with Ted Raimi and Michael Papajohn at Wizard World Philadelphia today, Papajohn (aka the carjacker/original killer of Uncle Ben from the Spider-Man films) said that he would be reprising his role for Spider-Man 4. He then proceeded to say if he told us what his role entailed, he'd have to kill us.

If this will indeed happen, it will be interesting to see why they still need to show the character in another film considering what happened in the third installment.

Spider-Man 4 is scheduled for a May 6, 2011 release.

 

[Gilpesh]

To undo that ****** scene where Sandman kills Uncle Ben and have the carjacker just shoot Ben himself.

 

[LightningFlash]

^^ So it'll be another retcon?

That would be a new low for Raimi, which I'm sure he'll most likely over succeed.

But, I kid you not...this is the first step of what will be a train wreck of a movie.

First of all, he's dead.

Second of all, he isn't the real killer.

Third of all, he's gonna be back now and have some kind of role?

Idiotic.

Lazy.

Stupid.

Travesty.

 

[Venom'sDad]

He's probably working for someone(future villain) that led up to the events of Uncle Ben's death.

 

[TheScarecrow]

Thumbs down.

So over the twists involving Uncle Ben's death. He died - why can't they just leave it alone?

 

[Spade]

Good Christ, not this again.

Why can't we try and forget Spider-Man 3 happened?

 

[chaseter]

Ugh...

 

[Gamma Ray]

Can we also bring back the teacher? I KID YOU NOT!

 

[Dragon]

Who says they're retconning Spidey 3? He could. like Bruce Campbell just be playing another role.

 

[Spade]

Bruce's roles are comedic. Papajohn's forever tied to Ben's death. The audience would know right away who he used to play and react accordingly.

 

[SpideyTheBest]

This can't be true! It mustn't be!

I still don't get it? It was burglar that escaped because of Peter and then he shot Uncle Ben. Why can't it stay that way? Bringing in Sandman was bad enough but, are they going to make another twist out of it? What, Mac Gargan saw the whole thing and told the police 2 years later that it wasn't really Flint Marko, it was really Chameleon that shot Uncle Ben disguised as Flint, and they brainwashed Flint into believing he did it?

Ugh...

 

[Figs]

I'm not going to start freaking out untill I hear more about it. Personally(and hopefully) it's just for another flashback...even though they should just move on with Uncle Ben's death and find something new for Parker/Spider-Man to deal with emotionally/internally.

 

[Dragon]

Bruce's roles are comedic. Papajohn's forever tied to Ben's death. The audience would know right away who he used to play and react accordingly.

If "the audience" can be fine with Campbell being three different people in three different films, they can deal with Papajohn. I seriously doubt anyone will be stormig out of the theater over Papajohn's appearance, do you?

 

[Carlo Comicus]

I think two thing: the main villain is the chameleon or we have another flashback in the 4th movie.

 

[SpideyTheBest]

I think two thing: the main villain is the chameleon or we have another flashback in the 4th movie.

No to Chamelon. Unless he is tied with Kraven who is going to hunt down the Lizard.

Perhaps the main villain could be Mysterio. He use some sort of gas on Spidey, like Scarecrow does to Batman in Batman Begins, and it starts to mess with his mind and he goes through all the things that has given him the most pain.

Maybe? I love Mysterio!

It will be unnecessary to bring him back just for another flashback. Why couldn't they use some of the clips from the first film?

 

[NinjaTurtleFan]

My guess is definitely Chameleon. For three movies, Pete could've been letting his guard down the whole time and each time he got dressed or unmasked, there was this guy watching him the whole time, knowing who he was, knowing who he encountered and called his friends or loved ones, stalking him with every move and turn.

That way it wouldn't be Uncle Ben's killer coming back perse' but someone imitating him to throw off Peter. He'd be like, "Wait...you died!?!" And the guy would be like, "Sometimes seeing is disbelieving" or some cool line like that.

I don't think we have to worry but if it's just a reprisal of the first movie's scenes, than we don't need to see it again. It's happened, it's done, Raimi could just use the footage of SM1, and it'd save him production cost and revisiting the whole sequence.

 

[louiebling$]

Mysterio???

 

[FaT_tONle]

Hopefully he doesn't come back from the dead as Rhino. I really hope they don't use lame mobsters like Hammerhead though.

 

[dark_b]

leave uncle ben alone. find something different.

 

[GuestStar2004]

ah i think i see where this is going

i have a feeling it will be Mysterio, this would be a perfect excuse to bring back characters like green goblin/Norman Osborn, doc ock, uncle ben, the guy he thought killed him, venom and proberly harry osborn to haunt spiderman

its a way to give some emotional impact to peter parker, which Raimi likes to do

hehe, dont say i didnt tell u so

 

[The Joker]

I hope to god they are not going over Uncle Ben's death again. Move on already!!!! This dead horse [Ben] has been beaten with a stick for long enough in these movies.

I just hope it's as some others have suggested, and it's due to a Mysterio or Chameleon trick. *Crosses fingers*

 

[spider-neil]

I've got a bad feeling about this.

why can't sam leave well enough alone. For a supposed spider-man fan and not only that a silver age spider-man fan what he did with the uncle ben/sandman ret-con was beyond idiot, why, so spidey could have a reason to be mad at sandman. he could have come up with a million different reasons, heck, spidey had the black suit he didn't NEED a reason to be angry at sandman.

now it seems the original killer will be back to re-ret-con the ret-con...

marvelous

 

[Venom'sDad]

Look, I'm telling you all, its not going to be some trick with Chameleon or Mysterio... nothing like that. It's simply going to be a flashback to the Burglar & Flint working for someone who may become a future villain, or founder of the Sinister Six. It would at the very least tie Flint to it, allowing him to come back in Spidey 4, 5, or 6 in a team-up or ensemble.

Flint is still out there robbing, he still needs more money as he basically said at the end of Spidey3. All he is concern about is his daughter, and nothing will get in the way of that.

I'm just saying.....

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

Cool news! I actaully don't really mind this. I am curious though, what will his role be? What are they going to do with Uncle Ben's killer? A flashback maybe?

 

[The Joker]

Look, I'm telling you all, its not going to be some trick with Chameleon or Mysterio... nothing like that. It's simply going to be a flashback to the Burglar & Flint working for someone who may become a future villain, or founder of the Sinister Six. It would at the very least tie Flint to it, allowing him to come back in Spidey 4, 5, or 6 in a team-up or ensemble.

Flint is still out there robbing, he still needs more money as he basically said at the end of Spidey3. All he is concern about is his daughter, and nothing will get in the way of that.

I'm just saying.....

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