[movie] Amazing Spider-Man

[leo8877]

Apparently it's this guy

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1940449/

[metallicorphan]

Apparently it's this guy

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1940449/

yeah i was just about to post this,i haven't heard of him even if he has won a BAFTA...maybe that will be good that it is a totally unknown

he was born in the USA and raised in England

The new Spider-Man film is to be directed by Marc Webb, who won praise for last year's low-budget hit romance 500 Days Of Summer.

"Though his name may be new to many, those who know this young actor's work understand his extraordinary talents," Webb said of Garfield.

"He has a rare combination of intelligence, wit, and humanity. Mark my words, you will love Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker."

well we'll see

[Bullwinkle]

Here's a fairly awesome alternate audition tape:

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/45932


As an actor, the guy doesn't seem to have a lot of range (he has the same look on his face through the whole fight), but the fact that he went to this length for the audition is pretty cool.

[rickfc]

Here's a fairly awesome alternate audition tape:

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/45932


As an actor, the guy doesn't seem to have a lot of range (he has the same look on his face through the whole fight), but the fact that he went to this length for the audition is pretty cool.

Cool fight scene, though you're absolutely right about his range.  I can almost hear the audition in my head:

Casting Director: "Josh, let's see your regular look...ok good.  Now, let's see your angry look...no, I said angry."
Josh: "This is my angry look"
CD: "Ok, let's try sad...let's try something different.  Think of dying kittens and stuff..."
J:  "I'm sad"
CD:  "Really?  You look the same."
J:  "This is my sad face."
CD: "NEXT!"

[Blackjack]

Going largely non-American for Batman (director Chris Nolan, actors Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Cilian Murphy, much of the crew) worked for an American comic book icon there, so perhaps going a little British will work for Spidey as long as his accent is consistent.

For some reason, British, Australian, Irish etc. actors almost never seem to have trouble adopting flat U.S. accents, but a lot of U.S. actors just can't do a British or other foreign accent consistently.

Me, I still wanted Raimi and co. to get one more shot, just to wash the bad taste of Spider-Man 3 out of everyone's mouth. The more I read about things, more it seems the success of Spideys 1 and 2 didn't give Raimi the kind of "hands off" creative freedom that Nolan enjoyed on his Batman films to date.

[Purge]

Going largely non-American for Batman (director Chris Nolan, actors Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Cilian Murphy, much of the crew) worked for an American comic book icon there, so perhaps going a little British will work for Spidey as long as his accent is consistent.

For some reason, British, Australian, Irish etc. actors almost never seem to have trouble adopting flat U.S. accents, but a lot of U.S. actors just can't do a British or other foreign accent consistently.

Me, I still wanted Raimi and co. to get one more shot, just to wash the bad taste of Spider-Man 3 out of everyone's mouth. The more I read about things, more it seems the success of Spideys 1 and 2 didn't give Raimi the kind of "hands off" creative freedom that Nolan enjoyed on his Batman films to date.

That's cuz there wasn't enough dance recitals.

[CeeKay]

they have the guy who is going to play the unknonw villain cast:

Rhys Ifans



you may remember him as the oddball in Notting Hill.

[rickfc]

they have the guy who is going to play the unknonw villain cast:

Rhys Ifans



you may remember him as the oddball in Notting Hill.

Hobgoblin maybe?  Mysterio?

[leo8877]

Vulture!

[rickfc]

Vulture!

oh yeah, I forgot about him...he certainly looks the part.   

[CeeKay]

[metallicorphan]

ahh Rhys Ifans interesting,probably known more here in the UK than in the US...i hear he is also in the upcoming Harry Potter film as Luna Lovegood's father

[hepcat]

On a side note:  those of us over 30, remember when we were kids and we were lucky to get 1 superhero film every 10 years or so?   

[Isgrimnur]

Yeah.  Hell, I remember looking forward to Dick Tracy, of all things.

[hepcat]

I remember being excited about THIS



that's how starved i was for superhero movies. 

[metallicorphan]

just remembered where i know Rhys Ifans most from

Oasis-The Importance of Being Idle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jySfU10IQu4


so,that's the dancing sorted out for this Spidey flick

[CeeKay]

Vulture!

maybe the Lizard

[Blackjack]

What? No breathless hyperventilation about Martin Sheen as Uncle Ben? I thought a re-boot would cast Charlie Sheen as a hard-drinking, womanizing Uncle Ben. Now that would be different.  

'Spider-Man' reboot taps Martin Sheen to play Peter Parker's Uncle Ben
http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/11/04/spider-man-reboot-taps-martin-sheen-to-play-peter-parkers-uncle-ben/
Although I enjoy keeping tabs on this stuff, the fan-rage over casting is ridiculous. Could you imagine if the Internet had been around in the 1970s how fans would have raged about a then-scrawny nobody (Christopher Reeve) as Superman in 1978? Or maybe some nobody California pretty boy (Mark Hamill) for Star Wars' lead?

In the same way, maybe I should stop bashing the re-boot. I'm mortified by the idea on paper, but maybe I should stop being so close-minded about it.

I'm still on record as believing Raimi deserved to do at least one more movie, preferably with little/no studio interference (supposedly he was planning movies 4 and 5 with the same cast when the studio and he parted ways). Maybe Sony just didn't trust him anymore. Maybe they thought he was going to turn Spider-Man 4 into an Evil Dead sequel.  

[Eel Snave]

Here's my guess: The studio was probably upset by how he mismanaged Venom and wanted him to use him again. Raimi said no. The studio said yes. The toxic buzz after Spiderman 3 meant that Raimi no longer had a whole ton of influence, and the studio figured that the Spiderman name is what people want.

It still angries up my blood, though. Cliff Robertson and Rosemary Harris were perfectly cast.

[CeeKay]

Denis Leary may join the cast.

[Caine]

Here's my guess: The studio was probably upset by how he mismanaged Venom and wanted him to use him again. Raimi said no. The studio said yes. The toxic buzz after Spiderman 3 meant that Raimi no longer had a whole ton of influence, and the studio figured that the Spiderman name is what people want.

It still angries up my blood, though. Cliff Robertson and Rosemary Harris were perfectly cast.

and jk simmons too. 

[Blackjack]

To me a re-boot is something you do when the first attempt (see Ang Lee's The Hulk) didn't work. If they wanted to put a new director and cast in, I can maybe understand even if I don't agree, but I still don't see the need to do yet another Spidey origin story.

I never understood why Spider-man 2's box office and critical success didn't give Raimi more autonomy instead of apparently less at Sony. After The Dark Knight's success, nobody at Warner is telling Chris Nolan what to do and who he should have in his next Batman film.

I saw Spider-man 3 again on TV recently and it still seemed like a mess. And it was so dark in tone and even in its look, it seemed more like what you'd expect in the middle part of a trilogy. And what the hell is "That '70s Guy" doing in it as a villain? When Topher Grace is supposed to sound scary as Venom's alter ego (or whatever you'd call Brock), I started laughing.   And I didn't find him any more interesting as Peter Parker's journalist competitor early on.

As for Denis Leary as Captain Stacy, I dunno -- this is a PG-13 movie, right? Denis is a lot of fun, but a grey-haired police captain with a teen-age daughter isn't something I see him as.

Then again, a lot of casting for comic book films makes no sense at all until you see the finished product.

[CeeKay]

from the set:



wtf is up with Parker's hair?  IGN calls it his 'Twilight Hairdo'.

[leo8877]

from the set:



wtf is up with Parker's hair?  IGN calls it his 'Twilight Hairdo'.

Groooooooaaaaan

[Larraque]

Anyone having an identical reaction to when Matt Smith was introduced as the next doctor?

Damn... he has emo hair. Damn... I want to do his companion.

[CeeKay]

At least the new doctor didn't look like he might sparkle in direct sunlight....  plus I have to say the new Gwen Stacy isn't doing anything for me, not even in a naughty schoolgirl sort of way. Where's my redhead?

[rickfc]

More images

[Harkonis]

At least the new doctor didn't look like he might sparkle in direct sunlight....  plus I have to say the new Gwen Stacy isn't doing anything for me, not even in a naughty schoolgirl sort of way. Where's my redhead?

Gwen isn't a redhead... you are confused with MJ or just being silly? 

[CeeKay]

At least the new doctor didn't look like he might sparkle in direct sunlight....  plus I have to say the new Gwen Stacy isn't doing anything for me, not even in a naughty schoolgirl sort of way. Where's my redhead?

Gwen isn't a redhead... you are confused with MJ or just being silly? 

I know she's not a redhead, I rather have MJ in the movie which is why I said 'where's my redhead?'

[msteelers]

 

 

[Bullwinkle]

Here you go:


At least they're on track to have a redhead play the blonde and a blonde to play the readhead again. 

IMO, Emma Stone would have been a perfect MJ.  Couldn't you just hear her growling "Tiger"?  What a waste.

[EngineNo9]

Yeah, I'm not looking forward to this one much.  Aimed way too much at the kiddies.

[PR_GMR]

First picture of Andrew Garfield in the Spidey costume! I think he looks ok, though perhaps a bit too lean for my taste. But this is a teen Spidey after all.

[rickfc]

First picture of Andrew Garfield in the Spidey costume! I think he looks ok, though perhaps a bit too lean for my taste. But this is a teen Spidey after all.

I dunno...I like that the other one didn't stray too far from the classic Spidey costume...

[hepcat]

If he turns into a vampire in the third act and is torn between his love of Gwen and his love of type 0 negative, I'm going to fire off such a nasty email to the studio....

[CeeKay]

Emo-Man, Emo-Man, does whatever.... meh, whatever.

* CeeKay broods.

[Blackjack]

You'd think a modern Spidey could invent a costume from a material that doesn't constantly rip and disintegrate after every fight, except that it seems to be a requirement in nearly every comic book film that the mask or helmet gets conveniently torn off and/or ripped up in the climactic battle because woe be us if we couldn't admire the actor's dashing visage.  

I think my fundamental problem with all this is the original Spider-Man came out in 2002 (!). Spider-Man 3 came out 4 years ago, and by most accounts, it was Sony's own meddling that helped bork it up. We need a re-boot this soon? I have nothing against the cast really, I've just lost faith in Sony's ability to handle the franchise with anything resembling care. Good grief.

imho, if they were serious about re-booting I'd respect Raimi's work enough to just let the franchise sit and breathe for a few years and then find another director with real passion for it. Obviously the train's going down the tracks anyway.

[CeeKay]

I think Sony had to do something otherwise the rights would have reverted back to Marvel, so, yeah, it's all about money.

* CeeKay angsts.

[rickfc]

I think Sony had to do something otherwise the rights would have reverted back to Marvel, so, yeah, it's all about money.

This

[Fireball1244]

Pretty....