Thomas Hayden Church to Star in Spider-Man 3

Today it was reported by the Hollywood Reporter that Thomas Hayden Church, who was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar this year for Sideways, will be starring in Spider-Man 3 as the villain. It was not revealed who that villain will be however, sending the fan community into a flurry of speculation. The top 2 names being thrown around right now are Venom and the Sandman. Director, Sam Raimi has said before that he didn't want to do Venom, but an effects supervisor from the film has recently been quoted as saying they've done preliminary work on Venom effects. Tobey Maguire has also been quoted several times as wanting to see the Sandman in a future movie. Previously, the most rumored villains were Hobgoblin and the Lizard, but there are already actors in both of those characters' alter-egos' roles in the first two films, making Church an unlikely candidate for either of those 2. Personally I really like Church, but I'll reserve my judgement on how appropriate he is until I hear who he will be playing.