Webb's Spider-Man Casts Second Villain& Peter Parker's Parents« FirstShowing.net

With production looking to start later this month, the cast of Marc Webb's newSpider-Manhas a few new additions. We've already gotten word of Rhys Ifanstaking a villainous roleas The Lizard, but apparently a second villain is being brought into the mix.Heat Visionreports the already villainous sounding actorIrrfan Kahn(Slumdog Millionaire,The Namesake) is negotiating to take the role of Van Atter, a villain that no fan seems to be aware of in theSpider-Manuniverse. And though we've already heardMartin SheenandSally Fieldare playing Uncle Ben and Aunt May, it looks like Peter Parker's parents will appear onscreen for the first time ever.

Campbell Scott("Royal Pains") andJulianne Nicholson("Law& Order: Criminal Intent") will playRichard and Mary Parker, the parents of our would-be wallcrawler who have sparsely been seen in any of the comic books. It's not specified whether the characters will only appear in flashbacks or if they're actually alive at the beginning of the movie during Parker's early childhood. I seriously doubt they'll be alive throughout the course of the film since much bigger names were cast for Uncle Ben and Aunt May. In addition,Annie Parisse("Rubicon") is also negotiating to play Van Atter's wife. But who is this unknown villain anyway?

The best train of though so far comes fromBad Ass Digestwho has theorized that Van Atter might beProto-Goblin, a villain who only ever appeared in oneSpider-Mancomic book. Apparently the character appeared in a flashback issue as an employee who was tested on by Norman Osborne before the executive became the Goblin. This makes sense because apparently George Stacy (a rolerecently givento Denis Leary) plays a part in that story. In additon, another flashback issue revealed that Parker's parents were actually spies (which is kind of silly). If this is to be believed, it sounds like Webb is pulling from some really obscure comics for hisSpider-Manand this might be quite an unprecedented origin story on screen.What do you guys think?

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