I could care less about the Spider-Man movies, but I'm a fan of Lerman. Not for
Percy Jackson though. I was impressed with his turn on the late, great,
underappreciated TV show Jack and Bobby. All the leads on that series was
great. Still hate it was canceled...
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Subject: [scifinoir2] Has Logan Lerman been cast as Spiderman?
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Has Logan Lerman been cast as Spiderman?
Simon Brew
Could the new Spider-Man have been found, and is Percy Jackson star Logan
Lerman the brand new webslinger?
Published on Mar 4, 2010
Rumours are flying around the Internet that the successor to Tobey Maguire
in the Spider-Man movies has been found.
The new Peter Parker/Spider-Man? The current runes are pointing in the
direction of Logan Lerman, the star of Percy Jackson The Lightning
Thief. Given that Percy Jackson hasn’t set the box office alight in the
manner that Fox presumably hoped, Lerman’s commitment to that franchise
may have been relaxed, and opened the door to the Spider-Man reboot.
He was first linked with the role last month, although naturally enough
when we sat next to him at the Percy Jackson round-table just before that,
he was keeping mum, save for saying lots of nice things about Percy
Jackson director Chris Columbus.
Most of the reports at the moment are suggesting the story has emanated
from sources close to Lerman himself, and we’ve seen that one or two sites
have since ripped the story down. This leads us to think that either a)
it’s bullshit, or b) it’s the real deal, and some PR strong-arm tactics
are at work. Which doesn’t actually help in the context of things a great
deal.
Lerman would certainly fit Sony’s bill for the new Spider-Man, though. The
film is going to have a focus on Peter Parker’s school days, and thus a
young actor - ideally under 20 - was always on the wishlist. Lerman firmly
fits that criteria, and he’s also cheap for Sony to hire. It’ll presumably
look to sign him for three pictures, and given that the budget for the
Spider-Man reboot is set to be in the $80m range, it’s fair to say that
large actor salaries aren’t prevalent on the production accounts.
As we said, there’s no confirmation of this yet, and it may all turn out
to be baloney. We suspect that the casting of Lerman may be close to the
mark, however, and that he’ll be joining director Marc Webb in returning
Spider-Man to the big screen in 2012.
Spider-Man: The Reboot is due out in the summer of 2012. We’ll keep you
posted how this story develops.
More at The Cinema Source here
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http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/25540/news/exclusive-news-the-new-spider-man-has-been-cast/
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