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Of all the different kinds of movies Paul Giamatti has done in his career -- from charming low-key indies to prestige projects to period set TV miniseries -- he's never really had a foot in the summer tentpole/franchise game. But it looks like a major summer movie for 2014 will find him making life difficult for one young superhero. THR reports that Paul Giamatti is in talks to play The Rhino in Marc Webb's "The Amazing Spider-Man 2." And yeah, the character is pretty much exactly what you would expect. He's a Soviet thug with a suit that gives him super strength and speed, and yes, he's got a horn, hence the name. In the comics, he does team with Electro (set to be played by Jamie Foxx), but we wonder if the movie will take the more interesting angle from "House Of M," where he's originally hired as Peter Parker's bodyguard, »
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