‘The Amazing Spider Man 2’ Plot Spoilers – Venom Is An 'Anti-Hero' Instead Of Villain! ‘Sinister Six’ Villains Will Show The Horrors Of Science Gone Haywire

'The Amazing Spider Man 2' will hit theaters in a few months. However, more plot spoilers emerge to tease the anticipation, not just for the upcoming sequel but for the Sony/Spidey Universe running until 2018.

IGN recently interviewed Writer Roberto Orci, and he talks about their future plans. One of the most intriguing aspects in the projected Spider Man Universe is that they will feature a known villain (Venom) and even a villain group (Sinister Six) to headline their own feature film.

Orci hints at a different approach, centralizing on the current trend of anti-heroes and the very thin line between good and evil. As they introduce new characters (most of which are villains), they portray them as victims of fate and not just insane people with delusions of grandeur.

The Spider Man universe has a central theme, and it's about the good and bad side of scientific discoveries.

The interview excerpts from IGN:

"IGN: How do you approach a film like Sinister Six that is so villain-centric. Do you take an approach similar to Marvel's Thunderbolts, where it's a group of villains that are now - at least to some degree - "being good"?

Orci: That's the discussion we're having right now; how exactly do you do that, and how do you do it without betraying the audience and making them all mean? Drew Goddard [Cabin in the Woods] is going to be writing that one, so it's kind of his problem. [Laughs] I'm kidding. We're all working on each other's stuff. So we want to be true to it, but there are some antiheroes in this day and age. There's been examples of that even on TV - Vic Mackey on The Shield, one of the great antiheroes of all time. There are ways to milk that story. Audiences have seen everything. They've seen all the good guys who never do anything wrong. Is there a story in seeing the other side? That's the challenge, and that's the fun. I'm not sure how we're going to do that yet.

IGN: It is really interesting, because this is perfect time for an antihero like this in a comic book movie, because audiences are so primed with Walter White, or Tony Soprano, or Vic Mackey...But the big question in terms of Venom is, do you think they're primed enough for an Eddie Brock? Or does it need to be Flash Thompson -complicated, but more heroic? 

Orci: I think they're ready to have things shaken up. I think we've all seen everything. You've seen everything. You can probably predict the ending of most things even better than a general audience, but a general audience is still pretty good at it. They can see it all coming. So we have to shake it up. You can't just keep telling the same stories every day."

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