#No Way Home Setting The Stage For A Sinister Six Movie?

Sony could certainly keep plugging away at introducing new characters like Venom and Morbius one by one, but the concept of the multiverse might allow it to sidestep that process and reach into its back catalog for established characters, as it continues to build out its universe of Spider-Man villains.

Alfred Molina’s Doctor Octopus appeared in the first trailer for “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” and eagle-eyed fans may have also spotted one of the Green Goblin’s pumpkin bombs. The new trailer lets us hear Willem Dafoe’s voice and it lets us see a money shot of his Green Goblin hovering on his glider again.

Jamie Foxx had already been confirmed to appear as a non-blue Electro in “No Way Home,” and the trailer lets us see him in his new, more comics-faithful costume, complete with an electrified star for a face at one point. Weeks ago, we heard reports that “Spider-Man: No Way Home” would be bringing back two other legacy villains, Rhys Ifans’ The Lizard (from “The Amazing Spider-Man”) and Thomas Haden Church’s Sandman (from “Spider-Man 3.”) They’re both in the trailer, as well.

That’s five villains, pulled from past movies. Add Venom to that, and you have a full half-dozen, enough for a spin-off featuring a multiversal Sinister Six.

Will it happen? We’ll have to wait and see, but the possibility is certainly exciting. In the meantime, you’ll be able to see at least the Sinister Five when “Spider-Man: No Way Home” swings into theaters on December 17, 2021.