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After months of speculation, Columbia Pictures finally has the name of the next Spider-man film. The next film of the franchise will be called (wait for it): The Amazing Spider-man. The title of the film shows the studio’s intent of bringing the character of spider-man back to his roots.  The …

Martin Sheen has signed on to play Uncle Ben in Marc Webb’s reboot of the spider-man franchise, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog and Deadline. Although Sheen probably won’t be in the film too long, the role is pivotal to Spider-man’s origin story.  If not for Uncle Ben’s …

Rhys Ifans has been cast as the villain in the upcoming spider-man reboot, according the Deadline, although at this point, the filmmakers are keeping quiet about which Spidey villain Ifans will be playing in the film. “We have been very fortunate to attract some of the best actors working today …

As expected, Emma Stone has been cast in the upcoming reboot of the Spider-Man franchise but NOT as Mary Jane Watson.  In a press release sent out by Columbia Pictures, it has been announced that she will be playing Peter Parker’s first love, Gwen Stacy. Stone joins The Social Network’s …

After a long search, Sony Pictures has finally chosen the the its lead for the  reboot of the Spider-Man franchise.  According to The Hollywood Reporter, the role has gone to Andrew Garfield (the Red Riding trilogy, The Social Network). Director Marc Webb is impressed by Garfield and stated at the …

With the debacle of the Raimi/Sony split over Spider-Man in January just a faded memory now, all seems to be coming together for the planned reboot of the webslinger’s franchise.  According to Hitfix, Sony Pictures first choice to play Peter Parker is Logan Lerman, star of Percy Jackson and the …

Sony has confirmed that James Cameron has been brought in to mentor director Marc Webb for the upcoming Spider-Man reboot. According to Cameron’s Avatar co-producer Jon Landau, a meeting was held last week where Webb discussed with Cameron his desire to use the same groundbreaking 3-D technology used in the …