Sony’s Spider-Man reboot is well under way, and recent speculation was as to whom would be given the role of Peter Parker’s redheaded love interest, a role previously held (much to the chagrin of a lot of fans) by Kirsten Dunst. Amongst the names being bandied about (names like Mia Wasikowska, Diana Agron and Georgina Haig), Emma Stone’s got tossed into the mix round about the time that her newest – Easy A – had made a splash.
Welp, as it turns out: “Sony Pictures Entertainment will imminently offer the role of Mary Jane Watson to Emma Stone…”
Yeah – I’m pretty excited about this. I don’t think anybody wanted this reboot to happen, but if it’s going to we’d might as well make the best of it. Superbad, Zombieland and Easy A show that Stone does consistently damn fine work (I have yet to see The Rocker, however) and she does that beautiful-but-approachable Girl Next Door thing incredibly well.
As for the other girls? They’re still being considered for Bryce Dallas Howard’s previous role of Gwen Stacy. The most important thing to remember at the moment, however, is that the role has only been offered. The ball’s in Stone’s court now and if she turns down the role (though I see that as highly unlikely), then everything else is back up fro grabs. We’ll keep you updated.
Source | JoBlo
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Even with a giant cast including Nathan Fillion, Stone stuck out on that canceled-before-its-time show Drive. Yeah, I like me some trashy TV.
Fuck this movie and all involved. I hope it bombs
I really like Emma Stone. She has been charismatic, likable and funny in every movie I've seen her in. That being said, I'm not entirely sure I see her as Mary Jane Watson. Of course, after Kirsten Dunst, who I will admit was MUCH better in Spider-man 3, there is little chance of her being worse than what we've had before. I'm taking a wait-and-see stance on this casting news.
Wait, so there is going to be Mary jane AND Gwen Stacy?! UGH!!! Why do we have to have so much love story in these damn movies?! They're not chick flicks! We get it already, Peter Parker has relationship problems. For fuck sake that IS NOT why we go to see these movies!
I saw The Rocker, so I'll throw out my humble opinion of that piece. I like Rainne Wilson, but he should never be the lead actor in anything. All the talent in that movie, especially Jane Lynch who was riding high in my book because of Role Models, couldn't salvage that movie. It wasn't absolutely awful, but pretty much everything you'd want to see was in the 3 minute trailer. There wasn't really ever a plot that coaslesced that I found any reason to invest in, and thus, it failed.
nobody wanted this reboot to happen?? In what world do you dwell in. Raimi killed the franchise with SPider Man 3, which was unwatchable garbage. Moreover, Macguire and DUnst were terrible in their respective roles. Why the fuck does CHUD insist on spreading the idea that there was any option but a total reboot? If you're going to pull that shit at lest ONCE defend your point of view. Devin refused to and I suspect Jeremy won't step up either. especially since if Stone gets cast we will have two VASTLY superior actors playing the lead roles.
Spider-Man 3 was pretty horrid, Venom was not really needed and was a wasted character, Raimi bowed to pressure from that douchebag Arad and Sony to fucking include Venom. A total reboot was required? Why not re-cast the roles? We really need to see peter parker in fucking high school again? R ya fucking serious?
Who gives a fuck about Mary Jane anyway? Joe Quesada has already ruined her as a character in the Spider-Man comics.
A film that grossed $336 million is a franchise killer…. right….
Still don't understand all the Venom haters (including Raimi). He could've easily been a stand alone villain in a well written movie – none of that "meteor happens to crash next to Peter Parker" crap. Now Carnage, on the other hand, was a truly lame character.
It would be smart to offer the role to Stone but she should turn it down flat. This isn't going to work. They are already going forward with the wrong director. It's too soon for a reboot. This thing reeks of a Fantastic Four-style kiddie flick. It won't work.
I heard they were going with Gwen Stacy for this one. If they're going for MJ thats disappointing.
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