Marwood
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Joined: 1/10/2005 From: Only The Shadow knows
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ORIGINAL: Timon Zombieland, Superbad and Easy A star Emma Stone has apparently bagged the role of Mary Jane... this is according to Aintitcool though, but I'd heard that Gwen Stacey was going to be the female lead... Anyway, if this is true I'm even more interested in the reboot as I'm a huge fan of Stone and I think her and Garfield would be much better leads than Maguire and Dunst. Just read that too - although they say she's been offered it, not actually accepted so I don't think it's done deal. I also thought Gwen was going to be the lead girl but the rumour mill lately has been that both MJ and Gwen will be featuring so I expect MJ will appear as she did in the comics for a long time - part of Peter's small circle of friends, harbours feelings for him but while he's with Gwen she hangs back (dates Harry?) then eventually she and Peter get together some time after Gwen's death. I suspect if any of the rumours are true about the female leads then Gwen will be killed in one of the inevitable sequels to this reboot and MJ will step in as Peter's girlfriend in a later film. That might mean Stone like Garfield will be signed up for multiple films - of the numerous candidates I think she's the best name mentioned so if she takes it I'll be more interested to see where they're going. The AICN mentions that Garfield is playing a high school age Peter but I thought the current plan was for him to be college aged again as Garfield would struggle to convince as someone that much younger - unconfirmed either way but makes more sense to me. Also Emyr thanks for the compliments, I don't totally disagree with Vad3r's desire to see a different direction taken with these new films (he's posted similar comments on the Superman thread so I get the impression he's talking about superhero films in general) but again don't think the angles suggested are really keeping in line with the core aspects of the characters. A new take on the tone to make Spider-Man's antics less campy or soap opera-y isn't a bad idea providing the essence of the characters isn't randomly changed just to fit around that, apparently the reboot is supposed to be more character focused than spectacle (hence a lower budget) so it'll be interesting to see what the production team and cast can make of it.
< Message edited by Marwood -- 3/10/2010 8:11:55 PM >
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Bilbo: What about the Ewoks? They were rubbish. Tim: Yeah but Jar Jar Binks makes the Ewoks look like f***ing Shaft!
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