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EXCLUSIVE: Sony's Columbia Pictures is getting closer to finding its new Spider-Man. I On Friday, studio decision-makers viewed the screen tests of most of the young actors they are seriously considering to play Peter Parker in the Marc Webb-directed relaunch of Spider-Man.
I’m told that nobody has won the job yet. It is possible that more candidates will be added. But there is a strong list of actors who screen tested, and most likely the new Peter Parker is among them. I'm told that the candidates whose screen tests were viewed Friday are: Jamie Bell (the Billy Elliot star who wrapped the Kevin Macdonald-directed The Eagle of the Ninth) , Star Trek’s Anton Yelchin, Kick-Ass’s Aaron Johnson, Andrew Garfield (The Social Network), Logan Lerman (Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief) and Alden Ehrenreich (Tetro). Frank Dillane (Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince) and Michael Angerano (Lords of Dogtown) are also in the final list that the studio is working from. I'm not sure if Angarano tested. I've heard Dillane decided not to because he is likely headed to attend drama school at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
The studio wants to lock in its superhero soon, so that supporting roles can be cast around him. Production will begin before the year ends and the film has locked a July 3, 2012 release. The script by Jamie Vanderbilt is still being worked on, and (500) Days of Summer director Marc Webb is gearing up for a 3D shoot.
The prep time is useful for Webb, who has no experience in blockbuster or 3D fare. Despite this, the studio and producers Laura Ziskin and Avi Arad sparked to him because (500) Days of Summer convinced them Webb could relate how a young Peter Parker would think and feel, coming to grips with his enormous power while dealing with the usual teenage dilemmas. This was considered as important as the action sequences. Webb emerged as the choice shortly after Sony scrapped plans for a fourth installment of Spider-Man with Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire. When Raimi decided not to go forward, the studio turned to a script that Vanderbilt wrote for the Raimi-Maguire franchise. Raimi didn’t love, but Sony did, and the studio used that as the catalyst to re-launch the franchise. The studio had no comment.
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Say what you will about this story by everyone and their mother posting, but this is exciting stuff.
It’s what you grow up in awe of–Hollywood. The making of a star, the greenlighting of a movie, etc..
not feeling snarky today.
Not very impressed with the candidates for Spiderman so I’m hoping for a surprise.
let’s hope they get it right this time….this is supposed to be about Spider-Man, not Peter Parker and his relationship angst
…so, I take it you haven’t read a lot of Spider-Man comics, then?
Because at least half of them — depending on the year, sometimes a lot more — are about Peter Parker’s doomed-to-fail attempts to sustain a normal life despite the constant pressure of his role as Spider-Man. He got relationship angst galore, plus poverty angst, schoolwork angst, and any other kind of teenage angst they could lay on the poor bastard.
Sometimes even angst over how much angst he had. Spidey was a critical figure in 60s comics for exactly that reason: he was the first big, Marvel character to be contrasted to DC characters in that he had a real (read: problem-filled) life.
I concur with your critic above me, Spider-man is about Peter Parker. Always has been and always will be. The books are about 60% thought balloons of Peter just worrying to himself about his problems. It was the first hybrid between soap opera and superhero. If you want a guy in costume with no personal life, that’s Batman.. Bruce Wayne is just a cover he uses.
I remember when the 1st Spider-Man movie was in production and a friend was upset that they chose Toby… He thought it should be Jean-Claude Van Damme. I really wondered what his (and now your) exposure to the character was. Did your dad have a Spider-Man airbrushed on his Trans Am?
It’s kind of like being pissed off there isn’t any acting on 90210 or expecting originality on American Idol. You’re in the wrong place for what you seek brother.
No matter who they cast and 3D or not, I just don’t see this one living up to the hype and grosses of the other 3. You can call it a “reboot” but it still comes across as the 4th movie of its exact type in 10 years. I just don’t think audiences are going to be drawn to it.
Franchise fatigue has got to be a huge concern, and with a big budget and heavy P&A, I see this one as a misfire.
I still feel this reboot is premature and not needed-this rebooting thing has gone way overboard and I hate it, I knew it would happen though from the moment Batman Begins prepped because it’s too easy an idea for Hollywood not to do to death to everything.
Count the number of different versions of Spiderman that you can buy in any comic book store at any given time. Future Spiderman, past Spiderman, 6 different flavors of alternate reality Spiderman – comic books stopped doing reboots decades ago and switched over to running multiple versions of the character and the story at any given time. There’s a brilliant graphic novel by Neil Gaiman with Peter Parqua set in 1604; there’s Venom pretending to be Spiderman in the Dark Avengers; there’s Spiderman being Spiderman for grownups and teen Spiderman versions for kids. Continuity makes no difference at all here. Besides, Spider-Man 3 was such a fucking horrible movie that it’s a reboot or nothing. Nobody would go to see a movie that built on that legacy.
It’s not about artistic integrity or thoughtfully avoiding market saturation..
The only reason SONY is making more Spider-Man films (other than the heap of money they have made already) is to keep the license. If they stop making them, the rights revert to Marvel /Disney and then they will incorporate him into their universe.
Fox has the same issues with Fantastic Four/DareDevil/X-Men.. so expect them all to keep churning out movies with these characters just to keep the rights. At least until they stop making money..
I just don’t understand how this can be successfully rebooted. The original franchise is less than ten years old, was amazingly profitable, and told a terrific origin story. Now they’re going to retell the story AGAIN?
I’m not sure that audiences will accept this film simply because it says SPIDERMAN on the marquee. Have the boys in Hollywood not been paying attention to the box office disasters this summer??
I’m hoping that Logan Lerman gets the role, he seems like the perfect choice for a nerdy ‘younger’ Peter Parker. My second choice would be Anton Yelchin, but if he gets the role then someone else will take his spot in the remake of Fright Night and I would rather him in that.
I honestly can’t wait too find out who they pick for not only Peter Parker but the whole cast and to eventually see this!
They should be considering Donald Glover.
A Black Spider-Man is so overrated, we need a Korean Spider-Man: Peter Park!
I’d rather it be Crispin Glover.
Don Glover? How’s he doing? He’s a winner
Yeah. Actually I’m with you on that one. Maybe we’re finally going to start getting a few high quality films again – that will act as the ET and Star Wars of a new generation.
The fact that Donald Glover is not on this list is ridiculous.
Seriously. I saw Mystery Team the other day…Donald was hillarious in it! He definitely has some acting chops.
If not Peter Parker, I’d love to see him as a villian though.
Boring… It’s time we had a Korean Spider-Man! PETER PARK! PETER PARK!
I agree. The only way to have potential success with this is to go in a completely different direction. Anything will be stale / leftover-like. Glover would set a great tone in that perspective.
Hey that gives me a great idea Tyler Perry’s Spiderman.
Spiderman in drag. Cut the checks now!
Donald should get his own, original franchise. Something tailored to his amazing talent. Not some stale 40+ y/o comic franchise that’s obviously seen better days. As much as I despise John “strike scab” Ridley, he & his new partner George Lucas (“Red Tails”) should create something amazing especially for Donald.
Logan Lerman out of that list seems to make the most sense. I’d pick him if I was making the choice.
I think this is ridiculous, they wanna focus on Peter’s high-school years……those have been already covered in the first film.
BUT
if they insist on doing this (I think it’s stupid, though, they should have fought for the Raimi-Maguire duo, they made them a lot of money, the studio should have honored their wishes….it’s still not too late, just saying), they should at least try to be authentic…they want a teenage-Spidey-film, fine but why is only ONE candidate a teenager, then ? The others are in their early to mid twenties (20-27) NOW, even the youngest (18) will be 20 when the FIRST film comes out.
Yeah I know, Maguire was old for the role, too, but the concept back then wasn’t built on ‘Peter Parker’s high school years’…
Forget this “rebooting an 8-year-old franchise with 3-year-old third part” nonsense and get back the Raimi-Maguire-Dunst trio already!!!
what happened to josh hutcherson? is he still in the running?
C’mon.
It really oughtta be Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
I TOTALLY AGREE FOR JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT PLUS HE HAS ALREADY WORKED WITH THE DIRECTOR THE ONLY TRUE CHOICE!!
The new costume must appear handmade, like the true creation of an amateur teen sewer. Freakier cartoon eyes also.
The truth is, these actors are all pretty flat and interchangeable.
Bell, Angarano and Lerman would have to be the three front runners. They’ve all proven they can carry a movie.
WHEN did Angarano prove he can carry a movie
WTF cares? This is a bomb seen from two years out. Sony is run by idiots. If I was Disney, I’d buy them out. What a disaster.
hmmm maybe Sony is trying to torpedo the franchise so it’s wrecked by the time Disney gets its hands on it.
Scout Taylor-Compton Could Be Marry Jane Watson.
Andrew Garfield is the only person on the list with the chops to elevate it to a Raimi level film. He is best both aesthically, and technically the best person for the job. if you have not seen BOY A, watch it and you will realize how right he is.
Lerman is a horrible actor. Love Jamie Bell. Also think Anton is like a mini-Tobey.
I tend to agree on your first 2 points. Not in huge favor of Anton either, though. I’ve been following a young actor Tony Oller for awhile and thought he’d make a good Spiderman. Con: he was a Disney kid Pro: he’s got a new series coming out that will give him major exposure and it’s edgier fare. Have never heard he’s in the running for Spiderman but I think he’d make a good superhero.
Jamie Bell seems the best and most edgy choice. Others are a little bland.
Aaron Johnson’s the winner for me. He’s a great young actor with a huge career ahead of him.
Good thing the fan favourite and most believable as a teen spidey logan lerman is still in contention.if he’s cas as parker with yelchin as harry then there’s hope for the franchise
Logan lerman best suited as a usm teenage parker n spidey.finally the studio took notice of the fan polls.cast him already
It’s so sad that this tiresome dreck keeps getting foisted on the movie-going public awhile good original scripts go unproduced. But this is what happens when profit-seeking corporations run everything. It’s all about bucks and never about the art.
Why has Daniel Henney from “Three Rivers” not being considered. America needs to get over its past racial prejudices. We need Peter Park.
Indeed. If an Asian actor is not cast then that’s proof of this country’s racism. That argument’s air tight!
So let me get this straight. It’s fine if a white character’s race is changed, but it’s a bad idea a black or Asian character is changed to white?
Don’t get me wrong I also look down at white washing. But to me, changing a character’s race to make some kind of statement is just as wrong.
Logan Lerman for the win. Easily the best pick. He was great in 3:10 to Yuma, he is the right age, he looks the part and he has the acting chops to pull it off. He is only 18 so the studio would have to be stupid to choose one of those 27 year old actors over him to play a high schooler.
Logan Lerman is EASILY the best choice to portray spidey.
Can I vote for none of the above?
PS Webb is a lightweight who still has a LOT to prove — remember when there was talk that David Fincher would take over this franchise?
With a true A-list director, which Raimi was at the time of the first movie, the casting process would feel a lot less like a shot in the dark, the way it does now. Sony still has time to pull out of this decision.
Raimi was an A-list director at the time of the first movie? What alternate universe are you living on?
I’m shocked that Aaron Johnson is in the running. The guy just did KickAss, why would he want to do another one? Anton is cool. Jaime Bell I don’t know. This Alden Ehrenreich dude is solid. He was awesome in Tetro. But I think in the end they should go with Logan Lerman. He’s got the look and the wise ass demeanor of a geek suddenly with super powers. The more I think about this reboot the more I agree with it. The Sam Raimi movies missed the music of the comics in my opinion.
Re: “With a true A-list director, which Raimi was at the time of the first movie…”
No, he wasn’t. To studio execs he was an unproven entity. He tried getting some mainstream cred doing ‘For the Love of the Game”, but by and large he was (and remains) that “evil dead guy.”
I’m glad Michael Angerano is a finalist for the role, he’s a good actor and could probably take the role of Spiderman.
Michael Angarano? Are you kidding me? I’m not seeing that movie if that guy plays PP.
My vote is for Anton.
The smart play would have been to never reboot this and pay Joe Gordon-Levitt whatever to do Spidey. Sam Raimi would have to be gone (anyone who’s read Raimi’s take for SM4 would agree. It was awful). The franchise definitely needed new blood, but not sure if this high school reboot was the route. That said, Logan looks like a young Peter Parker while Jamie Bell has the acting chops (but is kinda not a good-looking dude and can’t mask his accent). Anton Yelchin is the best bet (and, arguably, a ’star’) so I hope they go with Anton. Otherwise, this Marc Webb-led Spidey 4 is gonna feel like a TV pilot. Sony is hedging their bets by allegedly keeping the budget under 80, but we’ll see.
Ideal version? JGL w/ Rupert Fleisher (Zombieland) directing from a David Koepp script. But…oh well…
“this Marc Webb-led Spidey 4 is gonna feel like a TV pilot”
It’s going to feel exactly like Smallville. I expect the audience to get eerie flashbacks to Smallville all through the movie. And if Sony really manages to hold the line at $80 million, I’ll eat my hat. That is a pipe dream number, like Jonah Hex’s original $40 million. Like Hex, once the subpar footage starts rolling in, the studio will panic and start throwing money at it.
I thought it was between Josh Hutcherson/Carter Jenkins and they arent even on the list. Anyway, I hope Lerman gets it. He carried himself well in Percy Jackson. I think Anton is the best contender prior career-wise but I don’t see him having the look for this role.
Peter Parker could become relevant with an actor like Don Glover. Black kids getting teased and beat up for being smart, studious, or “acting white” is a huge problem in contemporary American society. Talk about reinventing the franchise for today!
That list is a yawn. Surprised they are going so far away from “formula”. A-list leads powered Dark Knight, original Spiderman, Wolverine and Iron Man. Try and build a film around a nobody like Brandon Routh and Superman crashes.
Sony has a list of people that basically no one has ever heard of.
You’d be surprised how many people of a certain age know Logan Lerman. And Jamie Bell and Anton Yelchin are fairly well known, too.
Besides, the character’s supposed to be back in high school. How many males under 25 out there are household names? Are you Zac Efron’s publicist or something?
May I remind you that not allot of people knew who Christopher Reeves, Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Tobey Maguire and Robert Downey jr where before they played superheroes! So your argument is completely invalid.
And like Michael said, you would shocked to know how well known these actors are.
If you visit the different tumblr sites, check twitter and other fan blogs, you will be surprised to note that Logan Lerman has a steadily increasing fan base. He’s my top choice for Spidey not so much bec of Percy Jackson which Chris Columbus and the script ruined but his other performances in 3:10 to Yuma, Meet Bill (he can be funny, wise ass), Gamer, and My One and Only.
Choose the right one. I will wait for that big surprise. I don’t have idea who can take the role. But good luck! Keep on posting.
Anton is the ’star’ choice but I don’t see him doing this since he he just booked ‘Fright Night’. Whoever they pick is probably gonna do months of prep, exercise, and pre-pro so it seems that this movie would conflict with the ‘Fright Night’ schedule. But, I don’t know – maybe not.
Logan Lerman is the safe choice. Ok actor. Good-looking kid. Proved he can handle the action stuff (Percy Jackson). The fact is, Sony doesn’t have to go with a name with this reboot (hence the low-as-hell budget).
I still don’t get the logic behind the reboot move if only to keep the salaries low (No one’s getting paid over 2 million for this movie).
Lermann was born for the role of Peter Parker
I like Angarano, but I’m surprised nobody has mentioned that Jimmy Wolk guy. He looks like a Peter Parker
Joe Gordon Levitt is obviously an excellent choice but remember he might star in the third Batman movie…
Of those choices, I’d go with Ehrenreich or Yelchin, both of whom have proven to have acting chops. Aaron Johnson already played a similar role in Kick-Ass – and well – but it’s also cause of that that I’d like to just see a completely new take on this. Angarano was good in Snow Angels (and Almost Famous!) but I’m not sure I can see a big-budget franchise around him. I’ve heard great things about Andrew Garfield in Boy A and the fact that he’s in the new Fincher drama counts for something but I’ve only seen him in Imaginarium and I can’t picture him as Parker from that role. Ditto with Bell who is generally great. The only one I’d stay away from is Logan Lerman. I can see how he might have the look and vibe but based on his stilted work in Percy Jackson, he doesn’t have the chops to anchor a movie like this. I haven’t seen enough of Frank Dillane to speak either way about him.
First of all, Percy Jackson may have been a bad movie, but it wasn’t Lerman’s fault. It had extremely talented actors, but all that talent was completely wasted thanks to Chris Columbus who completely ignored the book it was based on.
Second, Lerman might not be the most talented actor on that list (In my opinion, that honor belongs to Andrew Garfield, but I can’t see him as Peter Parker ether.) but he does have the chops to anchor a movie like this on his own. If you don’t believe me, go watch 3:10 to Yuma, My One and Only or the TV-series Jack and Bobby.
yup, i agree, Garfield has the most depth but the guy’s turning 27 and may not age well with a franchise starting in HS. Lerman has proven his range in indie movies and played the outsider, geeky kid well in Jack and Bobby and teen angst in My One and Only.He can even do cheeky humor in Meet Bill. Plus he’s worked with A-List actors, Bale, Crowe, Carrey, Zellweger, and character thesps like Aaron Eckhart, the kid can hold his own
I agree that Jamie Bell does have potential. I do hope that he gets hired for the job, it would put an interesting “twist” into the movie.
I think what a lot of people here don’t realize is that the first Spider Man movie was okay. It wasn’t great and they went downhill drastically from there. That last movie was simply terrible. A reboot of the franchise is a good idea because comic book fans WANT to see this done right, they’re dying to see more well crafted comicbook movies. Raimi didn’t do a good job with the movies and frankly I’m sure many people are delighted that he’s gone as am I. The only way to go here is a reboot and if they do this right, if they get a good main cast this time, and if they pull off the amazing villains then we could really get phenomenal movie. If they botch it well…then we get another crappy movie to toss on the pile of failures.
The bulk of the posters above are obviously not real fans. A select few got the correct spelling of the character. It’s Spider-Man (with a hyphen), not Spiderman (one word).
You are a very silly person. very silly..
For the most part, I agree with you. Allot of these people who are posting are not true fans of the character. But if you read through allot of these posts you will also see that allot of people haven’t even mentioned Spider-Man. Why? To them anyone with a sarcastic and witty personality can play Spider-Man, but very few of them can master playing Peter Parker.
Whoooooooo-cares?!?
It’s funny to see people not use the hyphen, but I don’t think I ever noticed it until I was over 18. True fans enjoy stories, not hyphens!
And, they aren’t called true fans. They’re called true believers. Excelsior!
‘Nuff said!
Logan Lerman = best choice for a teenage Spiderman/Peter Parker
Alden Ehrenreich = Harry Osborn (Yelchin could also be Harry but he has too much on his plate already)
Lerman out of all ticks most of the boxes: young enough, not that expensive yet, growing fan base, good-looking kid, has done CGI, wire work, will be shooting in 3D from Aug to Sept for 3 Musketeers, doesn’t need too much prep for the action/CGI/3D, has the acting range, more importantly he’s the most believable as a teenage spidey. I’m personally tired of seeing 20/30 yr olds playing teens.
No way Lerman gets the job until he shitcans his Momager. She’s a nightmare.
Also, why aren’t Carter Jenkins and Daryl Sabara on this list?
Anton Yelchin is a terrific actor. I suspect he’ll get the role. J. Gordon-Levitt is even better, too bad he wasn’t in the running.
Frank Dillane is extremely talented and also quite good looking, too bad the kid is a total idiot when it comes to making good career choices. He is in the way of his own success. He’s only 19 so maybe acting isn’t his thing.
Zac Efron is too high profile and too pretty. Logan Lerman is the obvious choice here. There’s definitely something about him.
Aaron Johnsson should have been cast as Zuckerberg in “The Social Network”. He did a terrific job in his portrayal of John Lennon.
take one green director and add a bunch of unattractive metrosexuals and you’ve got a recipe for disaster.
jamie bell? bill elliot was ages ago. how come nobody remembers he was in king kong?
It’s very sad what Spider-man has become, the book itself I mean. it’s just big promises and now answers. Then more promises that wipe out all knowledge then Peter’s single. I blame part of this on the Marvel EIC’s wanting to get rid of the marriage. He whined and complained about it for years, eventually promising up big things like a identity revealed Spider-man fights along side Tony Stark against a unrecognizable War-torn Captain America over some law that didn’t make any sense. A law they ripped off from the X-Men books. He didn’t undo the marriage because of those stupid movies. Spider-man is a terrible book, now, because of the movies. I hope this thing bombs hard.
I’ve been rooting for Logan Lerman since it was first rumored he was in the running. Just seems like the perfect Peter Parker to me.
I’m really hoping Jamie Bell gets picked! I think he’s the best actor out of the bunch and will be able to add a new level of depth to the character of Peter Parker that wasn’t quite there in the previous Spider-Man movies.