Rhys Ifans Playing Villain The Lizard in Sony's New Spider-Man!!!

The villain is revealed.  It was reported that British actor Rhys Ifans, who was officially cast in an "unknown" villain role a while ago, will actually be playing Dr. Curt Connors, better known as The Lizard, in Marc Webb's upcoming Spider-Man reboot (confirming a rumor from earlier this year).
Well, this must really suck for Dylan Baker, who played Dr. Connors in all three of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man films and was waiting for his chance to play the reptilian nemesis.  It has also been confirmed with separate sources that Venom will not be in the movie and The Lizard is indeed, at least one of, the primary villains.