'Spider-Man' Reboot Featuring Lizard As Villain, According To C. Thomas Howell

The web of secrecy is beginning to unravel on "The Amazing Spider-Man."

Already, of course, we know that Andrew Garfield is starring as a confused, teenage Peter Parker, and that Marc Webb is taking the story back to its roots. We know what Garfield's superhero-tight costume looks like, too. Now, thanks to a slipup from co-star C. Thomas Howell, we get full confirmation on who the wall crawler will be fighting, and how it goes down, too.

SPOILERS BELOW.

Howell, whose role was unclear until now, gave some major info to Retro Radio Podcast. Thanks to Movieweb, you can find out who the villain -- or at least one of them -- is in the new film.

"There is not a whole lot to talk about. Sony wants us to be hush-hush right now. I play a relatively small role. I play a construction worker who's son is caught in the middle of a battle between the Lizard and Spider-Man on the Manhattan bridge. Spider-Man helps me get my son back from this perilous situation. There is some payback there at the end of the movie. Spider-man is kind of hurting. I help him when all of the other people won't. Part of the story is, the nation thinks he might be a bad guy. They don't know what to think. Because of my experience on the bridge with my kid, I know he is a good guy. I pitch in and help out at the end. That is the best way."

The questioning of Spider-Man's motivations and loyalties is a longtime subplot in the series; first, the city is unsure about him, and then, Daily Bugle publisher J. Jonah Jameson runs a public campaign against him in the paper. Given that the film feature's Spider-Man's early days, the former is certain to happen; whether the newspaper mess does, too, remains to be seen.

Speaking of Spider-Man's origin story, a copy of the first comic book he appeared in, "Amazing Fantasy No. 15," recently sold for $1.1 million.

For more, click over to /Film and Movieweb.

Comments

[Max Shaw]

04:40 PM on 03/21/2011

YESS!! I changed my mind. I think I will see it then.

[allengoldchain]

04:11 PM on 03/21/2011

franchise done and gone at 3. Not sure what else can be done to recover. no spidey looks weak without the mask.

[johnbohl]

03:34 PM on 03/21/2011

I don't think this comes as a surprise. It was already widely believed Lizard would be the villain when they cast Rhys Ifans as Dr. Connors. I certainly saw it as a foregone conclusion.

[jungpatawan]

02:51 PM on 03/21/2011

In the chill of night, at the scene of the crime
Like a streak of light he arrives just in time

[Sennin]

02:40 PM on 03/21/2011

Spiiiiider-maaaan Spiiiiiderrrr!!!!

[LawrenceRoth]

02:14 PM on 03/21/2011

I won't go see it. YouTube has more creativity, talent, and originality than Hollywood.

[MikeOptv2]

02:05 PM on 03/21/2011

I hope it delivers bigtime because the third movie was pretty awful.

[ArtsPRunlimited Inc]

01:29 PM on 03/21/2011

Elaine Dente Del Vecchio

I truly enjoyed "Before the Crash" - I found it very entertaining and interesting!
Daniel P Quinn Thanks for bringing a friend and coming too !!!!

[Reito Hikari]

01:25 PM on 03/21/2011

Wasn't the spoiler in the title of the article? What's the point of "spoiler ahead" when the gist of it was Lizard being the villain?

[BassguyGG]

01:10 PM on 03/21/2011

Who cares? Spider Man has been done to death now.

[Libleet]

12:34 PM on 03/21/2011

Hey, my the people that control my acting future don't want me to say anything about this movie, so I will tell you everything I know. Seems too convenient to be accidental. Couldn't be that Batman casting decisions are getting more hype and they feel the need to get into the public eye?

[Muttley88]

11:40 AM on 03/21/2011

It was obvious they were going to do the Lizard soon from the positioning of Dr. Connor in the previous movies...

[FenrirIII]

10:30 AM on 03/21/2011

Congratulations on figuring out what the Internet has known for months now...

[NatTurner1]

10:04 AM on 03/21/2011

There are no "accidental" news leaks in Hollywood. Everything is calculating and orchestrated. Dont be so naive.