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The Internet loves casting rumors, but the gears of speculation are always at their highest when the topic is a superhero. Or, more accurately, who a superhero is going to be fighting in his/her's next trip to the big screen; and with Spider-Man 4 snowballing into production, the rumors have once again begun swirling around who Spidey is going to be web-punching this time around.
First reports that Dylan Baker would finally be transforming into The Lizard seemed to confirm Sam Raimi's return to making a single-villain picture, but now a new name has been tossed into the ring. Mania.com is reporting that their sources have cited Rachel McAdams as in talks with the film's producers to take on the role of Felicia Hardy, also known as Black Cat. Not only that, but Romola Garai has even auditioned for the role. Garai is a 27-year-old British actress who starred in Amazing Grace, The Other Man and Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights. If you're unfamiliar with the character, she is a sometimes good, sometimes bad cat burglar who, in addition to being a possible love interest of the web-crawler's, tries to use her less-than-legal prowess to break her father out of jail. In the latest issue of The Observer, Garai shared the details about what she was up to last week, which included a video audition for the latest Spidey: "Love is at the root of everything good that has ever happened and will happen.” This phrase swam into focus as I moved up the escalator at Oxford Circus tube on Tuesday morning on my way to put myself “on tape” for a part in Spider-Man 4. This is the acting equivalent of the London Marathon in that it’s important to try your best as long as you understand that you aren’t going to win. Garai is only a few years younger than McAdams, and certainly has the same look, which makes one believe there might actually be something to this Black Cat rumor after all. It would be an interesting spin to have villainess for part four, but it's unclear at this point as to whether or not the film's Black Cat will ultimately be friend or foe. Created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist Keith Pollard, Black Cat first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #194, published in July 1979. While the character is sometimes confused as a copy of DC Comics’ Catwoman, the character actually predates the look of the Batman villain by almost a decade. The daughter of a world-renowned cat burglar, Black Cat first met Spider-Man while trying to break her father out of prison. Felicia quickly fell in love with Spidey and looked for a way to earn his trust while continuing with the Black Cat persona as “a misguided attempt to attract his affection.” A bigger shake-up to the film's line-up could come by way of the second bit of Mania's news, which stakes that the producers are also currently out casting a male villain. Assuming Raimi hasn't already broken with his desire to keep the baddies solo, this would mean that Dr. Curt Connors is not fulfilling his destiny as The Lizard after all, despite Dylan Baker confirming he'd be returning in the role. It's all very fluid and salty at this point, but if Mania's sources are indeed correct, Spider-Man 4 has either multiplied its villains once again or kept The Lizard caged until a later date. |
With Spider-Man 4 set to go before cameras in early 2010, the rumor mill is working overtime churning out names of characters who might be in the sequel and the actors purported to be playing them.
Last week's buzz that Rachel McAdams was up for the role of the villainous Black Cat has been shot down by the actress herself. "That's a total rumor, I have to say," McAdams told Entertainment Weekly. "I was hanging out in Toronto the other day and someone came up to me and said, 'I just heard you're doing Spider-Man 4.' And I said, 'Really? No one told me!' It's not true." EW adds that a Sony rep also dismissed the report as being a mere "Internet rumor," which is not the same as calling it untrue. Sony also denied that there was a new Karate Kid movie in the works with Will Smith's son ... until there was a new Karate Kid movie in the works with Will Smith's son. Replacing McAdams as the rumored Black Cat contender du jour is Julia Stiles. UGO claims that the Bourne Ultimatum and 10 Things I Hate About You actress "has met with a casting company in New York to discuss (the project)." If true, that doesn't mean Stiles has landed the role just that she's being considered for it. Last but not least, Spoiler TV claims to have received an official casting call notice for Spidey 4. It says the producers are looking for a 2 or 3-year-old male Caucasian toddler with red hair. The red hair description has led to much speculation that Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson might have a kid in the next movie. Or maybe director Sam Raimi just needs a red-headed tyke for a few scenes and it's not an indication that Spidey 4 is going the Superman Returns route and giving its superhero a son. However, Raimi has always made Peter's journey into adulthood the overriding arc of his Spider-Man movies and so making Peter a dad would seem to be a natural step in his evolution. |
If there’s one thing John Malkovich does well – does really well – it’s give good villain.
This, after all, is the man who was Cyrus ‘The Virus’ Grissom in Con Air, and the chameleonic assassin Booth in In The Line Of Fire. And who can forget his spine-chilling turn as Pascal Sauvage, the Greedy Frenchman in the epoch-making comedy, Johnny English? Yep, nobody does a nice line in on-screen evil quite like Malcatraz, and that’s something Sam Raimi knows all too well. After all, Raimi offered Malkovich the role of the Green Goblin in Spider-Man waaaaaaay back in 2001. For whatever reason – he was booked up, he didn’t like the script, he didn’t like the costume – Malkovich passed on the role, leaving it to Willem Dafoe to snap it up and try desperately to act while stranded in a completely expressionless helmet roughly the size of a small fridge. But Raimi, it seems, is a determined man and, almost nine years on, it looks like he’s going to get his wish at last, and see Malkovich as a Spider-Man villain after all. That is, if you believe the rumours currently springing forth from Movieline, which is claiming that, with just a couple of months until Raimi starts filming on Spider-Man 4, Malkovich has been offered the part of the movie’s villain, the bald-as-a-coot winged menace, The Vulture. But wait – there’s more. Davis is also saying that The Vulture – aka aged robber, Adrian Toomes, who takes to the skies wearing a hi-tech flying harness – won’t be alone. In fact, he’ll be joined by the beautiful and ravishing Anne Hathaway as… The Vulturess? Spider-fans, of course, may now be scratching their heads in bemusement at a character that Raimi and his writer, Gary Ross, have apparently conjured up out of thin air. Although it wouldn’t be the first time – technically speaking, the New Goblin, as played by James Franco in Spider-Man 3, was a new character. But it would seem that The Vulturess – who, presumably, will be able to fly but who won’t be sporting a shiny Matt Lucas-style bald bonce – will, like Franco’s Harry Osborn, be a pre-existing Spider-Man character given a brand-spanking new makeover. For The Vulturess may be the new nom de plume for Felicia Hardy, the white-haired vixen who enters Peter Parker and Spider-Man’s tangled life as the villainous Black Cat. It’s no secret that Felicia Hardy will show up in Spider-Man 4. Over the last couple of months, virtually every hot young actress in Hollywood, from Romola Garai to Rachel McAdams, has either auditioned for the part, or held talks about it. But it would seem that Hathaway has clinched a role that will be markedly different from its comic book origins. Cinematical is saying that, if the change does go ahead, it’s because Raimi, Sony and Marvel are nervous about accusations that The Black Cat is a rip-off of Batman’s own sexy feline nemesis, Catwoman (heaven forbid…). But, as much as we’re ok with the idea of giving Hardy a new moniker, something has to be done about that name. The Vulturess? Really? Of course, the name would indicate that Hathaway and Malkovich, should they sign on the line that is dotted, will be teaming up to menace Tobey Maguire’s webslinger from above. But, given that Raimi is unlikely to repeat the two villains mistake that blighted Spider-Man 3 so, we’d reckon that, sooner rather than later, The Vulturess – if that is her real name – will end up flying on the side of the angels. Of course, it’s all rumour at the moment, but if this is confirmed, it’s a bold move. Is The Vulture the villain to revitalise the Spider-Man franchise? Will hardcore fans be up in arms over the changes to Hardy’s character, or will the prospect of seeing Anne Hathaway in a white wig and skin-tight costume alleviate their suffering? What do you think? Spider-Man 4 starts filming in March and is scheduled for release on May 6, 2011. |
Two to three year old boy with red hair sounds like Normie Osborn.
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And things seemed to be going so well on the Spidey 4 front.
It was just over a week ago that we heard that John Malkovich was being considered to play the Vulture in Spider-Man 4. But now a rumor has surfaced that the film has been placed on "indefinite hold." That's what IESB is hearing from "an inside source." So we'll take this report for what it is right now -- rumor -- while quietly nurturing a feeling of dread in our gut that Sam Raimi's attempts to get his webcrawler franchise back on track after the disappointing third film may be falling apart. "Apparently, several department heads working on the Spider-M4n production were notified of the halt last Thursday," says the site (and yes, they also report that the film is now rather awkwardly being called Spider-M4n internally at Sony. "Spidey and friends have some issues that need to be dealt with before production can move forward once again." Those issues reportedly involve "an incomplete script" as well as a tussle between Raimi and Sony over who the villain should be in the film. That's a pretty big issue, we'd say. "Raimi is pushing hard for the Vulture to be the big baddie," says the site. "Our source says [the studio] seem[s] to only be interested in featuring which ever character is selling books right now but basically they have no idea [who they want], just not the Vulture." Again, we hope this report is inaccurate. But if it is correct, then at least it indicates that Raimi is sticking to his guns after the whole Venom mess that the studio got him in last time around. Stay tuned for more on this as it comes in. |
Hollywood actress Kirsten Dunst's red-headed character Mary Jane from the Spider-Man franchise is reportedly going to be written off after the fourth instalment.
Insiders claim Dunst's character will be written off in the next movie and replaced by Anne Hathaway as Spider-Man's new love interest, reports hollywood.com. "The plan is for her character to be written out, probably by dying. Anne will take over as Peter Parker's new love interest for this project and for Spider-Man 5 and 6 which are being written now," said a source. "Anne's in Los Angeles doing a lot of meetings on the movie, because filming is right around the corner," the source added. |
Even as Spider-Man 4 continues to flail in production limbo (it's been officially delayed), word arrives that one of the more likely rumours - John Malkovich playing villain The Vulture has been confirmed by the man himself.
Talking on, of all places, Italian sports show Quelli Che il Calcio, Malkovich was asked directly about the news he'd be showing up in the new Spidey outing. Time to fire up the Translato5000 to reveal what he said: "When conductor Simona Ventura asked him about his role of Vulture in the movie, he not only didn't deny his involvement, but confirmed that he's waiting for the final script to be sent to him, and that the movie has been delayed. He also hopes that shooting will begin as soon as possible." He might be in for a bit of a wait, since Sony and Sam Raimi seem to be wrangling about the final form of the script, and the choice of the villain is a definite sticking point. And there's no word yet on whether this means Anne Hathaway will definitely also be appearing as the Vulturess. Malkovich is a fine idea, but if Hathaway does get a role, surely she'd be better off as Felicia "Black Cat" Hardy? |
Raimi and Maguire out of future Spider-Man installments.
Potential "redo" sequels may involve a high-school aged Parker, again. ...Someone else can fill in the details... |
Read your post Cheeb and had to look into it...here's the Sony press release :
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Gritty can work in the Spider-Man world, and remarkably so...it's not that the character is gritty, it's that he's not, that made those situations work...I'd love to see it, speaking as a fan of the comics. Spider-Man back at High School? I already read the Ultimate titles, I'm sure they do it better'n this supposed re-spin will. |
Spider-Man is set to get a new lease of life after Marc Webb signed on as the new director of the successful franchise.
Webb replaces director Sam Raimi, who along with actor Tobey Maguire walked out of Spider-Man 4 over script issues. Webb's previous work includes the critically acclaimed hit romance (500) Days of Summer. According to Daily Variety, after the film's star and director have departed the project, Columbia executives are planning to make a prequel about Spider-Man's alter-ego, Peter Parker, as a teenager instead, reports Contactmusic. James Vanderbilt has already written a script for the alternative, which will be produced by Marvel Comics boss Avi Arad and movie mogul Laura Ziskin. And now with Webb on board, it's only a matter of picking an actor to play Spidey. Last we heard it was Robert Pattinson who is tipped to play nosey Parker. |
I'm ok with Avi Arad stuff though generally...he did most of the spider-man series I liked most. Just thing stepping that far back is a mistake.
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Once the word broke that 500 Days of Summer’s Marc Webb has been officially inked to direct at least the next Spider-Man movie, if not indeed a whole trilogy, the trades hit with their takes on the story.
Firstly, it seems we can discount all of the casting rumours so far pushed forth because “a project insider said the studio wanted to lock down a helmer before turning its attentions to casting the Marvel superhero”. Of course, every rumour from here on out can’t be discredited in the same way. The wave of gossip and hearsay is only going to come faster and harder from now on. Do bear in mind, though, that the plan is to go for “a cast of relative unknowns”. There’s also some indication of the first film’s projected budget. Sony have set aside just $80 million for what is bound to be a huge tentpole event. The reduced price tag is probably as good a clue to the studio’s intent in canning Raimi and co. as any other. An $80 million budget for a superhero film from a major studio. It’s definitely worth some discussion. The major hurdle in getting Webb’s John Hancock was his existing commitment to Fox Searchlight. It was only after that contract was tidied up that Columbia have been able to get him locked for their franchise. We’re also being told that the film “will look and feel very different from the big movies that went before it”. These new reports also make it explicit that the basis for the new stories will be “this past decade’s Ultimate Spider-Man comics by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley where the villain-fighting took a back seat to the high school angst”. It really is a fresh start, and fresh starts should always bring hope. |
Actor Zac Efron is set for a 9-million-pound payday for his role as Spider Man. He is set take over the role of Peter Parker in the next Spider Man feature, a well-placed source at Universal Pictures blabbed to Britain’s Daily Star on Sunday.
The High School Musical star will step into Tobey Maguire’s shoes for the fourth blockbuster movie, slated to start shooting later this year and hit theatres in 2012. Tobey, 34, shocked bosses at Universal Pictures last year when he announced he was quitting the megabucks franchise. “After dumping spidey, Tobey then came to the rescue by recommending that Zac should take over his role,” the Daily Star quoted a studio insider as saying. Producers of the Spider-Man franchise believe 22-year-old Zac –who has a huge teen following thanks to work with Disney — will bring a new, younger fanbase to the Spider-Man series. They are also believed to be considering reuniting Zac with his High School Musical co-star Vanessa Hudgens, 21. She is hotly tipped to replace Kirsten Dunst, 27, as Spider Man’s love interest. “It would be a great coup to land her as well,” a source said. |
For fucks sake. This is probably going to be horrible.
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I wonder if the kids at this high school will break into song. Perhaps Gwen Stacy can be played by Ashley Tisdale. And why not have Harry be played by the kid with the stupid hair?
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Efron I can stomach...as much as I loathe High School Musical, in some backward-ass way I can see him pulling off the smart-ass side of Spidey. I've yet to see him do anything worthwhile, but he gives off the air that he has more in him than we've seen just yet.
However - I see NO potential or talent in Hudgens whatsoever. Far as I can tell she's utterly useless and is just riding the fame wave from that God-forsaken High School Musical franchise. Efron makes me skeptical in the first place, but if Hudgens gets cast I'd be very tempted to skip this one altogether. Blechh. |
17 Again was not quite retarded. Efron might make something of himself. What do you think people thought of half the stars we have today in their first roles? George Clooney was on THE FACTS OF LIFE. If not the worst sitcom in history, it had to be one of the dozen or so worst sitcoms. The Facts of Life tastes like cancer. Compared to High School Musical, which, while retarded, at least gets teenagers interested in participation in the uncool and neglected high school drama programs and has something of a message of acceptance, prepackaged and poorly conceived as it might be. I think he can be Peter Parker. Hudgens doesn't even look vaguely like anybody Peter Parker would be interested in. I recommend the head cheerleader girl from Glee as Gwen Stacey Ultimates style. Because that would be super hot.
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We have a new friendly neighborhood Spider-Man — and he’s British.
Columbia Pictures confirms that Andrew Garfield, 26, has nabbed the highly sought-after role of Peter Parker after a worldwide search. http://www2.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/L...GnBviFMM2l.jpg Garfield, while largely unknown in the states, is one of the U.K.’s most highly regarded up-and-comers. He appeared in Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus as well as John Crowley’s Boy A, for which he received a best actor BAFTA in 2008. He’s been getting heat in the U.S., too. This year the young Brit will be starring opposite Jesse Eisenberg and Justin Timberlake in the Facebook movie Social Network, directed by David Fincher, and will star in the Oscar-bait drama Never Let Me Go opposite Carey Mulligan (An Education) and Keira Knightley. As recently as yesterday, web speculation was high that 17-year-old Josh Hutcherson (The Kids Are All Right) would land the webslinger role, which was originated on the big screen by Tobey Maguire. |
If you don’t know who Emma Stone is, get thee to a showing of Will Gluck’s witty high school comedy Easy A, one of those easy-to-digest teen flicks that’s delectably smart and high concept enough to play across a wide demo.
The ingredient that makes it magic is Emma Stone, who popped opposite Jesse Eisenberg in Zombieland and now has landed the plum role as Gwen Stacy opposite Andrew Garfield as the new Peter Parker in Sony/Marvel’s reboot of Spider-Man. Director Marc Webb stated: Quote:
The new take on the Spidey story, of course, brings the character back to high school and reboots his earliest days with his powers. Spider-Man, written by James Vanderbilt and produced by Avi Arad and Laura Ziskin, starts production in December for national 3-D release on July 3, 2012. |
Ever since Rhys Ifans was cast the mysterious villain in the upcoming Marc Webb-directed Spider-Man reboot, fans have been speculating up a storm.
Would Ifans be playing Venom? Or Vulture? Or Mysterio? Well, we can all rest our brains a bit now because according to TheWrap.com, Ifans will be playing Dr. Curt Connors - aka The Lizard. Dr. Connors, of course, is the scientist who experiments with the regenerative properties of reptile DNA to try to re-grow his missing arm and winds up turning into a grotesque, maniacal lizard-man. Connors was played by actor Dylan Baker in the Raimi/Maguire Spider-Man films, although he never wound up transforming into a monster during their span. There had been rumors across the blogosphere that Sony was thinking of bringing back Venom for the franchise reboot, but that character will not be featured in the movie, two individuals familiar with the project have told TheWrap. Andrew Garfield stars as Peter Parker, while Emma Stone will play Gwen Stacy, who rivals Mary Jane Watson for Spidey's affection. Avi Arad and Laura Ziskin are producing the movie, which begins production in December. "Spider-Man" will hit theaters in 3D on July 3, 2012. |
It will be cool if the movie comes up with all new fictional villain in it. Only than I will love to watch it otherwise like the last one I won't find my interest in it otherwise I like watching Spiderman superhero movie.
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Things are really coming together for Sony’s Spider-man reboot.
We have Marc Webb as director, Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/Spider-man, Emma Stone as Gwen Stacey, Martin Sheen as Uncle Ben, Sally Field as Aunt May, Rhys Ifans as the unnamed villain... But the film still feels like it’s missing someone important… Mary Jane Watson, Spider-man’s main squeeze will NOT be appearing in the 2012 reboot of the series according to reports. The character, central to Peter Parker’s life in the comicbooks was expected to be cast at some point in the next few weeks, but according to a source close to The Wrap the character does not appear in James Vanderbilt’s screenplay and never did come to that. In the long running comicbook series, Mary Jane Watson (known more commonly as MJ) does not appear until later down the line, up until her appearance, which was a running joke of the series, was Peter dodging his Aunt May’s attempts to “set him up with that nice girl next door”. Peter was convinced she would not be his type seeing as his Aunt May was so keen on her. Eventually appearing in November 1966, the character was instantly popular after uttering the now famous line “face it tiger, you just hit the jackpot”. MJ had to compete for Peter’s affections, most commonly against Gwen Stacey and The Black Cat. So can we expect MJ to make an appearance in the sequel? Probably. If this series is following the comics more closely than the original trilogy then Gwen Stacey may not be a permanent fixture, meaning that eventually a Mary Jane-sized gap will appear in proceedings. Until then we all have Emma Stone as Gwen Stacey to look forward to! |
well its sounds great..... even i have not liked its previous series that much but still having a hope on this one as well.
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"Slumdog Millionaire" star Irrfan Khan is in talks to play a new villain named Van Atter in Columbia's "Spider-Man" reboot and director Marc Webb has cast Campbell Scott ("Damages") and Julianne Nicholson ("Law & Order: Criminal Intent") as Peter Parker's parents, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Additionally, Annie Parisse (AMC's "Rubicon") is in negotiations to play Khan's wife. Parker's parents never appeared in Sam Raimi's original "Spider-Man" trilogy, and were only rarely seen in the various Marvel comic book series following the adventures of the teenage web-slinger. While it's unclear whether the Parkers will appear in flashbacks, in a prologue or during the course of the movie, it is known that they abandoned their son as an orphan and left him to be raised by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben, who will be played by Sally Field and Martin Sheen, respectively. Khan joins Rhys Ifans as the movie's villains, as the latter actor will play Dr. Curt Connors, aka The Lizard. Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone star in the superhero reboot, while Denis Leary will play the latter's father. With production beginning next week in Los Angeles, casting is being finalized, so stay tuned for more "Spider-Man" news as it breaks. |
Yeah I have also read this recent hot news and it appears they are going to target global Indian appeal with it as well. It will be good business mind decision if Irfan succeeds in pulling the trick.
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Production began this week on director Marc Webb's still-untitled Spider-Man reboot, and the first set of production photos are already online.
With shooting underway, casting announcements continue to trickle out: Campbell Scott and Julianne Nicholson joined the cast last week as Peter Parker's parents and Irrfan Khan joined as a villainous character named Van Atter. Two more casting announcements have popped up this week. First, The Wrap reports that Chris Zylka (Kaboom) has been cast as Flash Thompson, the football player who ruins Parker's high school life with this public taunting of "Puny Parker." Later on in the comic book series, Parker and Thompson become friends, but as the reboot deals with Parker's high school days and origin as Spider-Man, Thompson will likely stay in bully mode. The second casting announcement comes from SuperHeroHype, who have heard from "sources" that young actor Miles Elliot has been cast as Billy Connors, the young son of Dr. Curt Conners, a.k.a. the Lizard, which actor Rhys Ifans is supposedly playing, though Sony has yet to officially announce it. Khan's role as "Van Atter" is also a mystery, though io9 found that a "Nels Van Adder" appears in a single comic book from the Spider-Man canon, 1997's Peter Parker, Spider-Man #1. Referred to as "Proto-Goblin" on the comic's cover but not in the comic's pages, the character is a former research assistant who becomes a test subject of a chemical developed by Norman Osborn, a.k.a. the Green Goblin. The New York Times asked Khan about playing Van Adder, though Khan apparently knew little about the character. Quote:
The Spider-Man reboot opens July 3, 2012. Andrew Garfield will assume the role of Peter Parker, while Martin Sheen will play Parker's Uncle Ben and Sally Field is rumored to be playing Parker's Aunt May. Emma Stone will play Parker's love interest Gwen Stacy, with Denis Leary playing Gwen's father, Capt. George Stacy. |
Its crazy reading this thread from the beginning. Details have changed a great deal!
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Paul Giamatti to play Rhino in The Amazing Spider-Man 2
The Amazing Spider-Man 2’s cast just gets starrier and starrier, with THR reporting that Paul Giamatti is in advanced talks to play secondary villain, Rhino. As you might have guessed from his name, Rhino is one of the more physical villains in the Spidey universe. A Russian gangster, he underwent a lengthy process of genetic manipulation to give him his super strength, and also wears an armoured suit as a little extra boost. While Giamatti's not short on snarling charisma, he's hardly got the most intimidating physical presence. Will we see an alternative take on the character? Or will the sequel's plot take inspiration from Flowers For Rhino, a comic-book story that explored his sensitive side by boosting his intelligence. On top of Giamatti’s introduction, THR also reports that Felicity Jones is in talks to join the cast in an unspecified role, which has naturally set tongues wagging as to who she might be playing. Fleeting love interests Liz Allan and Betty Brant have been mentioned, but the one fanboys really want to see is Felicia Hardy, otherwise known as the slinky Black Cat. Directed by Marc Webb and starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone and Jamie Foxx, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 will open in the UK on 18 April 2014. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hea...y-rhino-415899 |
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