UPDATE: Jamie Foxx In Talks To Play Electro In ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Sequel

Well, it looks like we can stop with Electro as being the rumored villain for the sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man. According to Variety, Sony are meeting with actors to play the role and the most interesting of these is Jamie Foxx. There isn’t much word other than at this point.  It’s also being said that Homeland actor Damien Lewis was also up for the role at one point.

The actor also tweeted the following last night to which no one paid any mind:

Dressed up as Electro for Halloween last night. Costume fits well.

— Jamie Foxx (@iamjamiefoxx) November 1, 2012

Could that be a hint that they’ve already got the costume ready to go? Well, that’s besides the point here. Before you have a nerd rage, remember that just because an actor is in talks for a role does not mean that he has in the bag just yet. But Foxx is a fantastic actor and there has been plenty of times that we have doubted actors in these roles (See: Heath Ledger), so we should wait and just see how this one turns out. This could turn out to be pretty damn interesting.

UPDATE: While talking to Fandango about the upcoming DVD/Blu-Ray release of The Amazing Spider-Man Webb was asked about the news.

“What?!” Webb replied when I asked him about the casting news. The director made it clear he was feigning ignorance, and followed up with a very political (yet calculatedly non-committal) answer.

“Look, Jamie Foxx is a genius actor, and I think he’s electrifying. That’s my standard quote right now,” Webb told me, with a laugh. “But I think he’s a brilliant actor. From his work back in In Living Color to Ray to what he did in Ali, he’s just one of the great character actors of our generation.”

While Webb did not confirm nor deny anything, his use of the word electrifying is definitely interesting.