Man In Black?

SuperHeroHype scored quite a coup from Sony Pictures today. Even though the third Spider-Man movie doesn't hit theaters until May 2007, the studio has given us our first official glimpse at the film with the release of a teaser poster.

Wow! Speculation abounds now, as to whether or not the image in the poster means that Spidey will inherit the infamous "black suit" for the new movie. For the uninformed, please indulge me while I "geek out" and provide a lesson in comic lore:

In the mid 80's and beyond the wall crawler's familiar blue and red duds were replaced with a black suit that had a white spider in the center. As it turns out, the costume is actually a living entity from outer space and it caused our hero quite a bit of trouble over time, ultimately the suit became known as Venom.

While not an exact replica of the black suit seen in the comics--I would say the rumors that actor Topher Grace-former That 70s Show star, (who is in the film) is playing Venom are probably true. Although no official announcement has been made. Whatever the case, series director Sam Raimi has done a great job packing a lot of history for the character into the first 2 films, and I have little doubt about the quality of the next installment.

Boy, what an awesome poster!!

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