Who? (His latest film, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, was released in theaters on February 12, 2010). Oh.
~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "brent wodehouse" <brent_wodeho...@...> wrote: > > http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/433136/has_logan_lerman_been_cast_as_spiderman.html > > 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 > [http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/25540/news/exclusive-news-the-new-spider-man-has-been-cast/]. >
