Who Will Be The Next Spider-Man: Patrick Fugit, Michael Angarano?
In the past few weeks we’ve heard mumblings that Sony had renewed their option to make Spider-Man movies, and internet rumors of preliminary plans to shoot Spider-Man 4 and Spider-Man 5, back-to-back.
Now comes word via LatinoReview that Patrick Fugit is the top name in the running to replace Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker. Now of course, no contracts have been signed, and the films have not even been officially greenlit (at least from a public perspective), so in other words - nothing is final. You probably recognize Fugit from his breakout performance in Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous, or some of his indie work which has included Saved, Spun, and Wristcutters.
And if Fugit doesn’t work out, Michael Angarano is also said to be on the list of candidates. Angarano was most recently seen in Forbidden Kingdom, 
was in the superhero film Sky High, and even tried out for the now defunct Justice League movie. And while I’m not against the idea of going younger for the role, I just don’t see Angarano as Peter Parker.
I’m kinda surprised Shia LaBeouf’s name isn’t being mentioned. Some of you might also be wondering: if you’re going to go older, why not just go with Jake Gyllenhaal? Unfortunately Jake will be tied up for the foreseeable future with the big screen adaptation of Prince of Persia: Sands of Time.
Zac Efron Looks To High School Musical 3
Zac Efron Looks To High School Musical 3
With the glowing reviews still ringing from his breakout performance in High School Musical 2, Zac Efron is already talking about a future that includes the next installment of Disney’s hit “High School Musical”.
Efron explained in a recent interview that the cast is in agreement on what it would take to make another movie. “There’s no feuding with High School Musical,” he said at the London premiere of High School Musical 2 on Sunday. “I can tell you that if the script is good and if we all agree on a final script, then there’s nothing that is going to hold us back from doing it. We have fun making these movies and that’s very rare in this business.”
Taking the opportunity to address chatter that he and fellow cast member/girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens were engaged in a dispute with Disney over their salaries, Efron explained that the rumors were false and, more importantly, that a potential HSM3 would not be held up by salary negotiations.
Efron and Hudgens have been dating since they first met on the set of HSM1, and both appear to be taking their newfound super stardom in stride. However, stay tuned, as insiders are saying that Vanessa took some naughty pictures of herself in the tub and they might soon hit the Internet.
Most recently, Zac was spotted in Sydney for the Australian premiere of “Hairspray,” with Nessa tagging along for the ride. Enjoy the Zanessa Sydney pictures (September 5).
Patricia Arquette Biography
The youngest daughter of a performing family, the vivacious and vulnerable Patricia Arquette quickly rose from the world of horror sequels and genre fare to become a leading player working with topnotch directors and co-stars. Since beginning her career as a teenager in the late 1980s, she has alternated between television and features, although by the late 90s, she primarily concentrated on films. After studying acting with Milton Katselas, Arquette landed roles as a teenaged mother in the ABC TV-movie “Daddy” (1987) and made guest appearances on such series as “thirtysomething” and “The Outsiders”. She has the distinction of starring in two small screen projects directed by Diane Keaton: a “CBS Schoolbreak Special” entitled “The Boy With the Crazy Brother” (1990) and the longform “Wildflower” (Lifetime, 1991). In the latter, the actress had the demanding role of a young girl with epilepsy whose stepfather keeps her locked up believing she is possessed by demons. Arquette earned a CableACE award for her touching performance.
Bringing much of the same vulnerability to the big screen, Arquette was cast as the tender girlfriend of Viggo Mortensen in Sean Penn’s directorial debut “The Indian Runner” (1991). She also earned critically praise for her portrayal of Mattie Silver, the life force in the otherwise bleak, wintry tale of “Ethan Frome” (1993). Later that year, she gave a breakout performance alongside heavy-hitters Gary Oldman, Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper in the Quentin Tarantino-scripted “True Romance”. Tim Burton tapped her as the tolerant wife of eccentric filmmaker “Ed Wood” (1994) and Arquette displayed a compelling presence as an American doctor caught up in the political turmoil of Burma in “Beyond Rangoon” (1995). Switching to lighter fare, she was the moody spouse of an adopted man seeking his birth parents in “Flirting With Disaster” (1996). While she earned some praise from reviewers for her dual turn as the murdered wife of a jazz musician and a bottle blonde femme fatale in David Lynch’s “Lost Highway” (1997), most dismissed the film as confusing and pretentious. Arquette undertook a similar type of role as the unhappily married wife of a ranch hand who embarks on an affair with a rival cattle rancher in “The Hi-Lo Country” (1998). Next Arquette starred in the horror film “Stigmata” (1999) and opposite her ex-husband Nicolas Cage in the Martin Scorsese film “Bringing Out the Dead” (1999).
Arquette returned to comedy in 2000, cast opposite Adam Sandler in “Little Nicky” (2000) and in Charlie Kaufman’s “Human Nature” (2001), where she played a woman involved in a love triangle with an ape-like man. In 2002, Arquette starred with Billy Bob Thorton in the crime thriller “The Badge,” which premiered on the Starz network. After appearing as the school teacher-turned-outlaw Kissin’ Kate Barlow in the offbeat Disney drama, “Holes†(2003), Arquette signed on for the lead role in the new supernatural mystery series, “Medium†(NBC, 2004- ). Based on the real-life psychic and criminal profiler Allison DuBois, the series depicted Arquette as a wife and mother who struggles to balance tending to her family and solving murders. The series proved popular out of the gate, and in 2005 Arquette won Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series following the debut season.
- Born:
on 04/08/68 in Chicago, Illinois - Job Titles:
Actor
Family
- Brother: Alexis Arquette. born in 1969
- Brother: David Arquette. born on September 8, 1971; married to actress Courteney Cox
- Brother: Richmond Arquette. born c. 1963
- Daughter: Harlow. born February 20, 2003; father Thomas Jane
- Father: Lewis Arquette. original member of improvisational group The Committee; also member of Paul Sills’ Story Theater; divorced from Arquette’s mother c. 1990; died on February 10, 2001 at age 65
- Grandfather: Cliff Arquette.
- Mother: Mardi Arquette. born in August 1939; divorced from Arquette’s father c. 1990; died of breast cancer in August 1997
- Sister: Rosanna Arquete. born on August 10, 1959
- Son: Enzo Luciano Rossi. born on January 3, 1989; father, Paul Rossi
- Step-son: Weston Coppola Cage. born on December 26, 1990
Significant Others
- Husband: Nicolas Cage. first met in 1989; went on a date; later remet c. 1994; married in April 1995; Cage filed for divorce in February 2000; couple reconciled and Cage withdrew suit; Arquette filed for divorce in November 2000; divorced finalized on August 29, 2001
- Companion: Christian Slater. no longer together
- Companion: Matthew McConaughey. dated briefly c. 1994
- Companion: Paul Rossi. father of Enzo
- Companion: Thomas Jane. engaged August 2002
Milestones
- 1987 First feature roles “Pretty Smart” and “A Nightmare on Elm Street Part III: Dream Warriors”
- 1987 TV-movie debut as a pregnant high school student in “Daddy” (ABC)
- 1990 Directed by Diane Keaton in the “The Girl With the Crazy Brother”, a “CBS Schoolbreak Special”
- 1991 Had featured role as Viggo Mortensen’s girlfriend in “The Indian Runner”, written and directed by Sean Penn
- 1991 Reteamed with director Diane Keaton to play the lead role of a girl with epilepsy held captive by her stepfather in the Lifetime TV-movie “Wildflower”
- 1993 Played Mattie Silver opposite Liam Neeson’s “Ethan Frome”
- 1993 Starred in Tony Scott’s “True Romance”
- 1994 Co-starred in the ABC TV-movie “Betrayed By Love”
- 1994 Portrayed Kathy O’Hara, the girlfriend and eventual wife of “Ed Wood”
- 1995 Cast in the leading role of an American physician who becomes stranded in Burma in “Beyond Rangoon”
- 1996 Appeared as the wife of Ben Stiller’s Mel Coplin in “Flirting With Disaster”
- 1996 Starred opposite Matthew Broderick in Broderick’s feature directorial debut, “Infinity”; played the love interest of scientist Richard Feynman
- 1997 Had dual role of the murdered wife of a jazz musician and a vamp in “Lost Highway”
- 1998 Played the femme fatale Mona in “The Hi-Lo Country”
- 1998 Starred opposite Nick Nolte and Ewen McGregor in “Nightwatch”
- 1999 Teamed onscreen with husband Nicolas Cage in Martin Scorsese’s “Bringing Out the Dead”
- 2000 Played love interst to Adam Sandler in “Little Nicky”
- 2001 Starred in “Human Nature”; premiered at Cannes; released theatrically in USA in 2002
- 2002 Appeared in the Documentry “Searching for Debra Winger,” written and directed by her sister Rosanna Arquette; about the pressures women face working in the entertainment industry
- 2002 Played opposite Billy Bob Thorton in the crime thriller “The Badge” (on Starz)
- 2005 Cast as Alison Dubois, a woman who communicates with the dead, in the NBC drama “Medium”
- 2005 Cast as Alison Dubois, a woman who communicates with the dead, in the NBC drama “Medium”; earned an Emmy nomination for Best Actress in a Drama Series (2005)
- Moved to L.A. to study acting with Milton Katselas
- Spent five years living with her family at an artists’ commune in Virginia