and transforming into the Lizard to sway him to his side. While Connors ends up transforming into a giant lizard monster, Spider-Man and Miles Morales eventually cure him. In the third season, Maximum Venom, Connors is hired by Horizon High as a bio-mechanics teacher and assists Spider-Man, Grady Scraps, and Max Modell in defeating the Technovore before framing Grady for the incident under Norman's orders. After framing Modell for crimes involving the Venom symbiote and forcing Spider-Man to unmask himself before the school board, Modell is fired and Connors becomes Horizon High's interim headmaster. In "Generations" Pt. 2, it is revealed Connors collaborated with Norman in exchange for a cure for the lizard serum, only to learn there never was one. After Osborn's conspiracy is exposed, Modell regains his job. Film Dr. Curt Connors appears in Sam Raimi's live-action Spider-Man trilogy, portrayed by Dylan Baker. While the character does not become the Lizard in this franchise, he still lacks his right arm as in the comics. This version is a Columbia University physics professor who is concerned for Peter Parker's well-being and academic performance in his quantum mechanics course as well as a former classmate and friend of Otto Octavius' while he was in college. In 2007, Raimi expressed interest in portraying Connors' transformation into the Lizard. Baker and producer Grant Curtis were also enthusiastic about the idea. As disagreements between Sony and Raimi threatened to push the film off the intended May 6, 2011 release date however, Sony Pictures announced in January 2010 that plans for Spider-Man 4 had been cancelled due to Raimi's withdrawal from the project and the Spider-Man franchise was rebooted with The Amazing Spider-Man in 2012. Rhys Ifans portrays Dr. Curt Connors / Lizard in two Marvel films. This version is an Oscorp biologist and former partner of Richard Parker, whose research focused on genetically combining animal traits with humans to improve health. Connors is portrayed as a somewhat sympathetic, yet misguided individual, who is driven by the loss of his right arm and a desire to do genuine good, while his Lizard alter-ego is much more feral, but retains Connors' intelligence and eventually takes over his body. Additionally, this version of the Lizard does not wear clothes and has a less pronounced snout, giving him a more humanoid appearance. Connors first appears in the Sony film The Amazing Spider-Man (2012). Richard's son Peter finds