Thursday, May 27, 2010

Web-Heads

The Heat Vision Blog reports that actors Jamie Bell, Alden Ehrenreich, Frank Dillane, Andrew Garfield and Josh Hutcherson are the final five actors on the list to play Spider-Man for Marc Webb's as yet Untitled Spider-Man Reboot

Alvin Sargent (Spider-Man 3) is currently in the middle of re-writing James Vanderbilt’s (Zodiac) script, which is said to be “a more gritty, contemporary redo of the series

Collider has some of the stats on the contenders

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Jamie Bell, 24

Bell got his start in the inspirational dance flick Billy Elliott. Recent appearances include King Kong and Jumper. He’ll soon be seen in the high-profile The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Peter Jackson.

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Alden Ehrenreich, 20

A relative newcomer to the scene. Steven Spielberg discovered the actor when a funny video Ehrenreich taped aired at a bat mitzvah the renowned director attended (so cool). His most notable role is in Francis Ford Coppola’s Tetro.

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Frank Dillane, 19

Another newbie. He was the kid who creepily (but forcefully) portrayed a young Tom Riddle in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Recall that Summit cherrypicked Robert Pattinson from the Harry Potter franchise for Twilight, though admittedly he was playing the charming Cedric Diggory rather than a pint-sized He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.

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Andrew Garfield, 27

Garfield paid his dues on British television. Last year, he had a role in Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Garfield also has the David Fincher stamp of approval, as the director cast him as a co-founder of Facebook in this fall’s The Social Network

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Josh Hutcherson, 18

Hutcherson made the Hollywood rounds as a child actor over the last eight years, with roles in fantasy/sci-fi fare like Zathura, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant. And hey, he’s the only one on the list actually young enough to theoretically attend high school.

Of the young guys on the list--Bell and Hutcherson are the most well known (to me any way) Josh may be busy anyway even if he doesn't get the super hero role

Garfield--A 27 year old High Schooler--you might as well put Tobey Maguire back in the suit....

I say go with an unknown-leaving either Ehrenreich, or Dillane.

Stay Tuned....

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