Ugh...I'm sick of this discussion. Do you honestly think if you make the Green Goblin costume orange instead of green, that's a new villain? No people. The audience won't see it as anything exciting and new just because of a color change. Hobgoblin and Green Goblin are virtually the same. They have a different costume and different personalities, but not a single one of you can't say "a goblin on a glider throwing pumpkin bombs is exciting when compared to a goblin on a glider throwing pumpkin bombs"
Raimi is not stupid. He is not going to do this move people. Think. This is what he accomplishes by making Harry the Hobgoblin in Spider-Man 3:
1. Desecrates TWO classic characters, which he pisses off comic fans because of.
2. Attracts no audience because they want something new and exciting, and look above for this explanation.
3. Wastes the potential of using a wide variety of other villains, ranging from Electro to christ, even Kraven.
Do you HONESTLY think he will go "Well, the fans want to see Green Goblin II kick some ass, so the hell with the money aspect"???
Ok now. I can see where you guys are skeptical about Topher being Venom. I can see where you guys think that naturally since he alluded to the fact that Harry will become a goblin, and that he does in the books, that he logically should, even though, as in the case of Batman Begins with the Joker card as well, it does not necessarily state that you MUST do that just because you alluded to it, after all look at Leia and Luke's kiss in Empire, do you think Lucas didn't think afterwards that he should make them brother and sister, not before that? No. See. But COME ON people, don't think that because Topher hasn't been confirmed as a villain, that we're getting Green Goblin 2 and Sandman as the main villains for SM3, and that Topher will play bag boy #2.