Originally posted by: CmDr_RavEn

It won't be the Hobgoblin. Ned Leeds hasn't been introduced yet as a character, and it's a fact that Harry does become the 2nd Green Goblin after his father dies, so there won't be two goblins in one movie, that'd be stupid.

Venom might still be in it though, or at least some other villian. It's possible for there to be two villians, a la Batman Returns. Obviously Harry as the Green Goblin will be one, and I'm hoping for a second, Venom would be awesome but I'm not holding my breath for it to happen.
Actually, if any of you have read the comic, the Hobgoblin is a totally different person (as you stated yourself above). Harry infact does become the second Green Goblin in the comic. Also, in the second movie, they never introduced Eddie Brock (a photographer at the Daily Bugle who was rivaled with Peter Parker) who is the actual Venom in the comic. You see, Spiderman went to space for some Galactic War thing that was happening. During his time in space, the "Venom" parasite attached itslef to Spiderman, thus creating a "Venom Spiderman." When Spiderman came back to Earth, he noticed that his suit was starting to actually become a part of him. So somehow (I forgot, haven't read the comic in a while) he got rid of the parasite which eventually infected Eddie Brock thus creating Venom. That is what really happened.

However, according to my speculation, they are going to make JJ's (Joanah Jamenson) son (you know the astronaut guy) become Venom. I belive that he is going to go up to space for a mission and then get infected by the parasite while he is in space. So once he realizes that he has superpowers, he is going to get revenge at Peter Parker because he "stole" his wife (and eventually find out that he is Spiderman). Just as a side note, in the comic, JJ's son became some kind of WolfMan (I have no idea why).

Well, you can see how the comic differs from the movie. However, that's how the movie buisness is. They have to make a few changes to make it into an actual movie. Hope that cleared that up.

P.S: The movie is not going to be released untill 2007, which gives them plenty of time for the 3d animation of Venom *hint hint.*