Deadline and
Variety are reporting that Oscar winner Jamie Foxx is in talks to be a bad guy in THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN sequel. Sources indicate that the actor could be playing Electro. Also added fuel to the fire is this
tweet by Foxx himself...
Dressed up as Electro for Halloween last night. Costume fits well.
Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, Electro is Maxwell Dillon, an electrical engineer and lineman, who was repairing a power line when a freak lightning accident change him into a living electrical capacitor.
Speculation of the villain showing up in the next film due to the post-credit sequence in the first film. Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone are set to return as well as director Marc Webb.
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 is scheduled for a May 2, 2014 release.
