Jamie Foxx in 'Spider-Man 2' As Electro

Jamie Foxx is in negotiations to play Electro in Amazing Spider-Man 2, according to Variety.  Foxx tweeted an indication that the negotiations are far along Thursday when he said, "Dressed up as Electro for Halloween last night. Costume fits well."

The storyline appears to revolve around the death of Gwen Stacy.  

Marc Webb is directing and Andrew Garfield will play Peter Parker; 
Shailene Woodley will play Mary Jane Watson. The film will 
premiere May 2nd, 2014.

Spidey's High School Nemesis Set

Numerous reports from Hollywood indicate that Chris Zylka (Hannah Montana) has won the role of Flash Thompson, Peter Parker’s high school nemesis in Marc Webb’s reboot of the Spider-Man franchise, which begins production this week. Thompson is a high school football star who mercilessly bullies Peter Parker, but who also, in a marvelous example of how Stan Lee manages to humanize his villains, greatly admires Spider-Man’s exploits.

Flash Thompson didn’t have much of a presence in the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy, but since Webb is taking Parker back to high school, the nasty jock’s role should figure more prominently in the reboot. The Wrap has confirmed that Zylka will get the key role of Flash Thompson.

Zylka, who recently played a dimwitted surfer in Gregg Araki’s Kaboom, joins a stellar cast that includes Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Martin Sheen, Sally Field,Irrfan Khan, Dennis Leary, Camp Rhys Ifans, Bell Scott, Julianne Nicolson, and Anne Parisse .