Aside from a few details – like the Lizard being the villain instead of Green Goblin, Emma Stone >>>>>>>>>>> Kirsten Dunst and Macho Man Randy Savage – I didn’t see much of a difference between the 2002 Spider-Man film and this year’s The Amazing Spider-Man. That’s probably because Columbia Pictures rushed this reboot to theaters so Marvel didn’t reclaim the rights to the franchise and add Spidey to The Avengers, but there might be a really small chance that Columbia just wanted to try telling the same story again. Hopefully with less singing this time.
But unlike the last Spidey trilogy, which featured Bryce Dallas Howard as Gwen Stacy in the third installment, the Amazing version started off with Peter Parker’s original love interest, played by Stone. For the sequel, we’ll once again be introduced to Mary Jane Watson so she can start her whole cat fight with Gwen again. Who’ll play MJ? Columbia really really really wants Shailene Woodley. Hooray, star power.
Woodley has been offered the role of Mary Jane Watson, the perennial red-headed love interest of Pater Parker in the Spider-Man comics. The role was previously played by Kirsten Dunst in the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man trilogy.
Columbia just closed deals with Marc Webb to return to the director’s chair after this summer’s web-head reboot, Amazing Spider-Man, grossed $752 million worldwide. The studio also closed deals with Garfield to reprise the title role and Emma Stone to return as Gwen Stacy. (Via THR)
I didn’t care for The Amazing Spider-Man at all, as I thought it was a sloppy and lazy retelling of the 2002 film, complete with the dragged out murder of Peter’s uncle [ditto -Vince]. But it had its moments, and there’s at least room for the story to improve in the sequel. The problem, though, is that readers of Spider-Man comics all know that things don’t ever end up well for Gwen in any storylines. That’s about as specific as I can be without spoilers.
So basically what we have is just a plain, old love triangle, and that’s really boring. What I’d like to suggest as an alternative, since we’re already taking liberties with the characters – like the Lizard killing Gwen’s dad instead of the Green Goblin Dr. Octopus doing it – how about we turn Gwen into the Black Cat? Think about it, Columbia, because I think there are a few million dudes and bros agreeing with me right now.
Seriously. Do it.
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BLACK CAT! BLACK CAT! BLACK CAT!
Actually, Gwen’s dad dies during a fight between Spidey and Doc Ock.
*Gives self a swirly*
Damn it, that’s what I meant.
Gwen Stacy’s mom gets killed by Fountains of Wayne.
Turns out emo is the only thing that can kill Spiderman.
If we can’t have Gwen Stacy’s mom, no one will. – Fountains of Wayne
At least she’s got it going on.
NOBODY IS GREATER THAN MACHO MAN RANDY SAVAGE, BURNSY!! OOH YEEEAH!!
BONESAW IS READDDDD-YYYYY!
Gwen Stacy’s dad (George Stacy) was actually killed by Doc Ock, and not the Green Goblin.
Now excuse me while I get my inhaler.
Shoot, someone got to it before me, my mistake.
Wrong, wrong, wrong.
Captain Stacy killed himself. He made a conscious decision to save a child from falling bricks and sacrificed himself.
Doc Ock is responsible for the bricks falling but not for Captain Stacy’s decision to jump under them.
This is like when I go to the store to buy bread and there are 10 different breads to choose from but yet they are all kind of the same (white, honey wheat, oatnut, etc). At the end of the day it’s not the bread that makes the sammich it’s the stuff in between.
As long as all the bread looks like Shallene Woodley, I’ll happily stuff stuff in between all of it.
Great, now I’ve got a boner and a yeast infection. Wait, how does this analogy work again?
Disagree, in my opinion the bread is the most important part and can either make or break a sandwich.
I do appreciate me some fine bread. Locally baked if possible (thank you San Francisco for that).
Let me re-phrase my bread comparison.
These chicks all looks the same and seem vaguely uninteresting other than boobs. So it’s kind of like looking at the bread aisle and realizing they are all interchangeable and equally serve the same function with the same amount of nutritional value. What matters more with the Spider Man movies are the writing/directing and not the generic boob wielder.
I don’t think there is much of a chance of a getting an actress that would sit in the “artisan bread” end cap.
I’m hungry.
This makes me wonder who are the “artisan breads” of Hollywood actresses?
Who would be a nice, rich Ciabatta, warm sourdough, or just out of the oven Italian?
I’m so happy I’m getting food soon for the Steelers game. And that we’re talking about bread in a post about Spider-Man.
Are u kidding with that picture of Kirsten Dunst? You had to root out the most unattractive pic in the whole internet?
Seriously, how bad is this?
But i like your idea.
I think I speak for the entire Filmdrunk community in saying, “Fuck her.”
Trust me, that is far from being the most unattractive picture of Kirsten Dunst on the internet.
Girl does not photograph well.
Burnsy was either cutting Snaggletooth a break or just being lazy.
ISLA FISHER FOR MJ OR GTFO
She is completely wrong for the part but damn, I love me some Isla Fisher
America, fuck yeah.
You say “red-headed love interest,” I say Christina Hendricks. Trouble comes calling and he hides in her cleave. But wait–his scarf is still visible!
I’m all for Emma Stone running around in the Black Cat costume.
Because boobs?
No. Because she’s a fantastic actress.
Isn’t she like 16, and Scarfield in his 30′s? That’s gonna be weird.
Mhm okay. Didn’t know how you guys are thinking here.
But it’s a fact that she looks normally much better than in this picture. And you could have taken two “normal” pictures. But okay. Your site, your rules.
But on the other hand, Shailene Woodley?
Seriously…no.
I’ll be honest, I thought Kirsten Dunst was hot back in the Spider-Man days. What can I say, I’m a boob man.
I’ll be honest, I thought Kirsten Dunst was hot back in
the Spider-Man daysher rehab days. I wish I had the HTML skills to share that file.At one point I thought she was cute in Bring it On & Crazy/Beautiful. But definitely not in Interview with the Vampire. That would be wrong.
Actually now that I’m thinking about it I would love to see a remake of Interview with the Vampire starring Honey Boo-Boo.
With Zac Efron in Tom Cruise’s role and Robert Pattison in Brad Pit’s role. Hey, Pitt was once the sexiest man alive, and Pattison is too.
Also, Shailene Woodley is 20, so I’m totally allowed to fantasize about us doing it.
Shailene Woodley si quite possibly even more of a Fugmonster than ol’ Snaggletooth. List, Sony – Mary Jane Watson is supposed to be a Model. Stop picking Moon-faced, snaggletoothed, Pedobear targets and hire an Attracive women who is supposed to be out of Parker’s league. This chick looks like she’s a quick chat and a sixer of Mike’s HArd Lemonade away from an appearance on Dateline, NBC.
I desperately want to see what you look like.
“Moon-faced?” What kind of fucking description/put-down is that? And “MJ is supposed to be a model”, since “models” don’t look different and they all look the exact same. Throw that girl into panties and a bra and you could put her in Victoria’s Secret catalog and you’d never think twice. So even if your vague implication of how models should apparently look like one common thing, this girl would fit into it just fine.
MJ IS A GIRL NOW?!
I only just got used to MJ being white. And dead.
Vince, This:
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is NOT hot, and certinaly not a worthy candidate of Mary Jane.
She looks just like Scarfield in the second one.
You are a loon.
You didn’t seriously just put me on “Pending Moderator Approval Posting” rights because I made a Pedobear joke about an actress who looks like she’s 12 years old, did you?
Weaksauce, my friend.
No, WordPress filtered you automatically because your comment had multiple links. I still disagree about Shailene Woodley, and I’d still like to see what *you* look like.
I don’t want to see what anybody still saying ‘weaksauce’ looks like.
I would be down with a few Mike’s Hard Lemonades though if Underball is offering…..
Let me paint you a self portrait:
Comic book movie loving, punk rock band guitar playing, computer and video game nerding, White Irish (formerly)Catholic guy from the same Boston neighborhood and general age range as the Wahlberg brothers.
Hmmm – does the phrase “funky bunch” make you angry and are your arms kinda short-ish?
Ive got ‘wood’ for Shailene Woodley. heheh. boners.
He asked what you look like. The only relevant thing in your dating bio is “white”.
Do not want. She looks like the ICP clown.
At least get a real ginger with some freckles.
+5
She’s not a model but she’s cute but its all fucking retarded anyway because this whole spiderman bs needs to go away. A middle schooler could tell that Sony should’ve sold it back to Marvel. These time limited deals suck because it just forces the studios to recycle this crap into the ground even faster, ruining the damn property in the process anyways. Sony needs to scrap this shit and do the right thing: Blackmail the bejeezus out of Marvel/Disney’s deep ass pockets and sell the characters back. Looking at you too Fox.
what the fuck is a Shailene?
a name clearly made up by some dentally challenged Person of Walmart.
Are we going with the Ultimate-y version where Mary Jane’s less supermodel and more brain? Because I say go whole hog then, kill off Peter Parker and replace him with Miles Morales. Just so we can get some real options.
I would say Jessica Chastain would be a good MJ but she might be too old.