Outrage surrounding the useless Spider-Man reboot seems to have subsided after what might have been the most enraging announcement of the year. While many still feel like starting a new Spider-Man franchise is wasteful, the cast is shaping up in a way that’s impossible to scoff at.
The cast is already comprised of some great talent starting with the up and coming Andrew Garfield, who you can catch currently in The Social Network and Never Let Me Go; Rhys Ifans as The Lizard, who you’ll be able to see in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows; and Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy, who you can see in Easy A and well...everything.
Along with looking for their Mary-Jane, Sony is now looking to fill the role of a few kids, specifically young Peter Parker and Billy Connors, son of The Lizard. Moviehole made the announcement early this morning. The nature of the roles isn’t fully described, but we do know that Billy Connors, in the comics at least is a cancer survivor that The Lizard goes after in order to hurt his alter ego Dr. Curt Conners.
We’ll keep you informed as more important roles get filled like Mary-Jane, Peter’s aunt and uncle, and any other characters who may allude to future villains as I’m sure Sony is looking for another franchise here. Chances are that since the studio was so anxious to cram Venom into Raimi’s Spider-Man 3 that we’ll soon here about casting for Eddie Brock. Just a hunch.
Any Spidey fans out there have predictions for what we might see in this?
