Patrick Fugit To Be The Next Spider-Man?
Latino Review, the site that got the scoop of Jake Gyllenhaal landing the lead in Prince of Persia, may have another scoop on their hands. This is a major casting scoop if it turns out to be true. Here’s what they had to say :
Laura Ziskin and Grant Curtis are tossing names around. NO OFFERS HAVE BEEN YET. That being said, the name at the top of their list to replace Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker/Spiderman is…
…PATRICK FUGIT.
I have no idea who he is and haven’t seen anything that he has been in, but he has had roles in Almost Famous and The Good Life. He also looks quite like Peter Parker in my opinion.
Latino Review also say that if Fugit doesn’t work out, they will go a bit younger and are looking at Michael Angarano, who stared recently in The Forbidden Kingdom. However, based on looks I prefer Partick Fugit. I haven’t seen any of them act before however I’m sure other people have.
Recent rumours suggest that Sony are planning on filming Spiderman 4 and 5 back to back, and recently Marvel Vice Chairman Peter Cuneo said that Sony had some casting decisions to make, which are looking more like re-casting decisions than anything.
What do you think to these rumours? Would they make good Tobey Maguire replacements?
Sony to Release Spider-Man 4 in 2010?
Will the original squad be back, or will Sony recruit new talent? A week ago we reported on the rumor that Spider-Man 4 and Spider-Man 5 will be filmed back-to-back, Back to the Future styles. Today, a quote from Marvel’s Vice Chairman, Peter Cuneo, hit the Net via IESB regarding Sony’s stirring plans for a third sequel…
“As far as Spider-man 4, it’s really up to Sony, it’s up to them, most likely scenario is 2010 or 2011 but we can’t speak for them and I think, that we don’t know. They have given us their re-up payment for that film so you know they’re going to make it within a reasonable time frame. Sony may be looking at some issues with the cast and so on, I think they have to make some decisions.”
Maybe it’s me, but all of these recent quotes from Marvel honchos have a newfound tone of “We’re kicking ass and taking names, and, of course, we have outside properties as well. No big deal.” So, screenwriter James Vanderbilt (Zodiac) has apparently turned in a script for Spidey 4 that inherently ties to a fifth film; if this is how the franchise plays out, I’d imagine (rather predictably, yes) that an unprecedented bag of cash the size of a Dubai island would need to be exchanged to bring back Sam Raimi, Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst. And if I had to place a blind bet, I’d say a new A-list director (and, if so, probably a new star) is in store to bring Peter Parker into the next decade. Dunst is the cigarettes to the keys and wallet, here. What does your Magic 8ball tell you?
Marvel Say No To R-Rated Movies
With X-Men, Spiderman, Fantastic Four and now Iron Man all making millions with a PG-13 rating, Marvel have decided that there is no need for them to go down the R-Rated route.
Marvel executive Peter Cuneo said:
“We will not be doing an R-rated films in our studio.”
“…it would be very hard for us to partner with another studio, unless it was an R-rated film, and then I think that’s pretty self-obvious because we are not interested in making R-rated films [at Marvel Studios].”
They are obviously talking from a business point of view. I am sure that if they wanted to, all of their upcoming movies could be made into R-Rated films…apart from the kid friendly Fantastic Four. R-Rated movies are not exactly better movies, they are just more violent and sexy. I am sure many fans would love to see an R-Rated Wolverine movie, however that will not be happening.
I suppose the flip side of this is if Marvel keep releasing PG-13 movies, they will make more money and will therefore make more movies. I think I can bare to see our favourite superheroes not shout profanities if it means we get sequels and other movies.
Spiderman 4 In 2010?
Marvel Vice Chairman Peter Cuneo was asked about the status of Spiderman 4 today. Recently there have been rumours that Spiderman 4 and 5 will shoot back to back, however that was not mentioned.
“As far as Spider-man 4, it’s really up to Sony and it up to them, most likely scenario is 2010 or 2011 but we can’t speak for them and I think that we don’t know. They have given us their re-up payment for that film so you know they’re going to make it within a reasonable timeframe. Sony may be looking at some issues with the cast and so on, I think they have to make some decisions.”
The ‘issues with the cast’ bit sounds interesting, and brings up a lot of questions. Will Tobey return? Will Kirsten return? Will any of them return for that matter? The re-up payment means the rights need to be used within a reasonable amount of time, so expect to hear something later in the year or early next year.