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Spiderman 3 News/Rumors (new casting announced)

Posted: 19 Jan 2006, 08:45
by grim_tales
According to a ACIN report, Sam Raimi will bring Gwen Stacy into the storyline of Spidey 3 as a love interest for Peter Parker. Bryce Howard (Ron Howards daughter) has allegedly been cast to play the part.

http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=22217

Posted: 19 Jan 2006, 10:40
by thelostdragon
Cool. I was actually expecting them to focus on Mary Jane, for the new audience. Good news.

Just from her looks, I wouldn't have casted her for the role, but let's see what they can make of it.

Posted: 19 Jan 2006, 11:25
by Yi-Long
thelostdragon wrote:Just from her looks, I wouldn't have casted her for the role, but let's see what they can make of it.
Me neither. Nor would I have casted Kirsten Dunst as the sexy, voloptious MJ Watson. The casting director might have a thing for thin white skanks!? ;)

But perhaps they would deem it too unrealistic that Peter would get a hot babe to fall in love with him. Or 2 hot babes.

I would have prefered if they brought in Black Cat though. Gwen isnt really all that important anymore in the current Spiderman world. Hell, even back when I was a teen, Gwen was already a thing of the past.

I was thinking about which villains I would love to see in the SPidey movies, and to me Venom is absolute favourite, and Tombstone was also pretty cool... but I think the comics I enjoyed most were the ones where Spidey was fighting The Hulk, or The Punisher. Especially the Punisher is such a fucking cool character, as well as deep, that it's a wonder they fucked up those movies about him.

Probably will never see a movie where Spidey will fight either one of those, though... everyone owing different rights to the characters and all...
But it could have been AWESOME, a big ass fight between The Hulk and Spidy, where they battle their way through New York, destroying and throwing everything in sight.

Posted: 19 Jan 2006, 11:26
by grim_tales
I know Gwen Stacy from the comic, not the animated series though, it'll be cool if they put Felicia Hardy (aka The Black Cat) in the movies.

Not meaning to sound dumb, but isnt The Black Cat just a rip-off of Catwoman from Batman? :?

Posted: 19 Jan 2006, 11:45
by Yi-Long
Hmm... the Black cat in the batman comics sometimes differs from backstory. In the Animated series she's quite rich (like Felicia Hardy), but in Batman Year One she starts out as a hooker/pimp (If that IS Catwoman). AS catwoman is blonde and gorgeous, while comic Catwoman often has dark hair, often short.

Halle Barry catwoman hasnt got much to do with the batman catwoman though. They completely fucked the backstory all up.

But yeah, they have a couple of simularities. Although obviously Catwoman has an intense love for cats, while Black Cat hasnt. Also, Black Cat temporarily had a 'superpower' which would inflict 'bad luck' on her opponents, while catwoman never had any superpowers.

Posted: 19 Jan 2006, 13:01
by saltysam
gwen stacy in the original was a blonde bombshell, bryce howard looks like ron howard :o she is a good actree though.

Posted: 20 Jan 2006, 11:55
by EvaUnit02
saltysam wrote:bryce howard looks like ron howard
So she's a balding ginger then?

Posted: 20 Jan 2006, 11:56
by EvaUnit02
Yi-Long wrote:but in Batman Year One she starts out as a hooker/pimp (If that IS Catwoman).
Ain't Batman Year One just an alternative universe take graphic novel on the Batman's origins by Frank Miller and not actually part of the official canon?

In regards to villains, last I heard they were considering Venom and Sandman (with Thomas Haden Church's name being bounced around for the latter role).

Posted: 20 Jan 2006, 16:21
by Markgway
BRYCE HOWARD
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RON HOWARD
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Posted: 20 Jan 2006, 17:15
by grim_tales
:D Gwen Stacy is a blonde.. no?

Bloody hell, Ron has really let himself go since his Richie Cunningham days :D

Posted: 20 Jan 2006, 19:13
by Markgway
...and that pic was from five years ago!! :D

Posted: 20 Jan 2006, 23:06
by EvaUnit02
Bryce Howard looks fucking disgusting, she's anorexic too.

Are we also forgetting Uncle Clint Howard?
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Posted: 21 Jan 2006, 01:02
by Markgway
Jaysus H. Christ!! :o

You should put a warning before an image like that.

Posted: 21 Jan 2006, 09:48
by grim_tales
Bryce is the wrong choice to be cast as Gwen IMO, conversely I've no problem whatsoever with Kirsten as MJ.

Posted: 21 Jan 2006, 13:10
by thelostdragon
Markgway wrote:Jaysus H. Christ!! :o

You should put a warning before an image like that.
LOL, Mark.

But please change the captions to the photos you have posted. Otherwise people will think that Gwen Stacy is being played by an old hairless freak.

Posted: 21 Jan 2006, 13:25
by Markgway
The captions ARE the joke, LD.

I'm amazed people keep getting confused by this... 8)

Posted: 25 Feb 2006, 21:09
by grim_tales
Hey,

SPIDEY IN A BLACK SUIT!!! :)

http://spiderman.sonypictures.com/

People who know the comic/cartoon will know what this could mean! 8)

Posted: 25 Feb 2006, 21:11
by saltysam
should have got a fresh director for this movie-a new approach is needed.

Posted: 25 Feb 2006, 21:13
by grim_tales
Why?

Is Raimi still directing?

Posted: 25 Feb 2006, 23:13
by Yi-Long
Doesnt seem like the black suit. Just seems like a picture of his normal suit only a black and white version of the picture. The REAL Black Suit doesnt have the web-texturing etc on it.
If THIS IS the black suit, it looks like shite.

Posted: 25 Feb 2006, 23:34
by thelostdragon
LOL, have you even read what the site says? It's the official site. But then, they could be trying to confuse fans.

If that means Venom, though, I can only say: BRING IT ON!!

Posted: 26 Feb 2006, 08:52
by grim_tales
Doesn't look like a b/w picture to me, it looks too dark.
Anyway Venom was just an alien substance that blended with his costume so he got a new black suit, so maybe it could keep the web design in the film. But you're right, in the cartoon/comic the black suit doesnt have the web-texturing :?

Posted: 26 Feb 2006, 08:54
by grim_tales
thelostdragon wrote:LOL, have you even read what the site says? It's the official site. But then, they could be trying to confuse fans.

If that means Venom, though, I can only say: BRING IT ON!!
Yes I did :D It says "You may think you're looking at a black and white picture. Look closely, Spider-Man wears a black suit in Spider-Man 3".

Things may change before its release though :?

Posted: 27 Feb 2006, 08:28
by gojensen
EvaUnit02 wrote:
Yi-Long wrote:but in Batman Year One she starts out as a hooker/pimp (If that IS Catwoman).
Ain't Batman Year One just an alternative universe take graphic novel on the Batman's origins by Frank Miller and not actually part of the official canon?
No. "The Dark Knight Returns" and "The Dark Knight Strikes Again" were "alternate universe" graphic novels. Even though the former has gotten the credit for re-inventing and breathing life back into the Batman saga.

Frank Miller's YEAR ONE was run as BATMAN issues 404 through 407 in 1986, trying to focus on the early days of BATMANs crimefighting. It's a classic.

Posted: 27 Feb 2006, 12:24
by EvaUnit02
gojensen wrote:Frank Miller's YEAR ONE was run as BATMAN issues 404 through 407 in 1986, trying to focus on the early days of BATMANs crimefighting. It's a classic.
So was it written before or after the Crisis of Infinite Earths? And is it counted as post-Crisis continuity?