Skipping 2006 and heading straight for the summer of '07

Movies Online has the first publicity still from Spider-Man 3, this shot of Thomas Haden Church as the Sandman.

Since the first two Spidey movies have been the best comic-book movies ever made (although this summer's Batman Begins comes pretty darn close) and Sam Raimi continues as director of the third one, the anticipation is pretty high for this one, although I have to admit being alarmed to hear they're planning to feature three (!) supervillains.

The first two flicks were blockbusters because they were about Peter Parker, a human being who happens to become a superhero. If they shift the focus to Spider-Man, a superhero who happens to be Peter Parker on the side, Spider-Man 3 could become one of the biggest el-stinko disappointments since Superman 4.