Spider-Man's new Uncle Ben is former President Martin Sheen; Sally Field for Aunt May
Nov. 4, 2010
The freshly rebooted SPIDER-MAN has its new arachni-teen Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield), love interest Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) and villain (Rhys Ifans), and now secondary characters are showing up.
Peter's gentle Uncle Ben, who coins the famous phrase "With great power comes great responsibility" and then (SPOILER!) dies, will be played in the new movie by none other than Martin Sheen.
Sony's 3D relaunch of the webby Marvel character will reportedly begin production next month with director Marc Webb ((500) DAYS OF SUMMER), so we should see other actors soon filling other roles like Aunt May, J. Jonah Jameson, and probably Flash Thompson and another three or four villains. Because you can never have too many, right? Hrmm.
And yeah, Sheen is an award-winning screen veteran best known for APOCALYPSE NOW, but in my eyes he'll always be "The West Wing" POTUS. And, vocally, MASS EFFECT 2's devious Illusive Man.
UPDATE: Now Heat Vision adds that another well-known award-winner, Sally Field, is in talks to play Peter's sweet old Aunt May.
| Extra Tidbit: | Did Uncle Ben ever have an action figure? |
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| Source: | Heat Vision |
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I'm sorry but..
Sam Raimi was pitch perfect with the casting for Spiderman.
Sam Raimi was pitch perfect with the casting for Spiderman.
hmmm,,,
Gack...
This reboot is so unnecessary and will under perform badly.
This reboot is so unnecessary and will under perform badly.
And Martin Sheen is a little hard-edged to me still. Don't know if that's a good or bad thing for Uncle Ben.
And Martin Sheen is a little hard-edged to me still. Don't know if that's a good or bad thing for Uncle Ben.
sally field
Spidey reboot vs Batman Begins
The last Spiderman was in 2007 (and was garbage)....but the first Spiderman was in 2001.
Tim Burton's Batman was in 1989. And Batman Begins was released in 2005. That is about 16 years. However, they started filming Batman Begins In 2011 which was only 12 years after Burton's Batman.
It took them 4 years to film and release the movie. This Spidey reboot is only in the early casting rumors phase. It may be released
The last Spiderman was in 2007 (and was garbage)....but the first Spiderman was in 2001.
Tim Burton's Batman was in 1989. And Batman Begins was released in 2005. That is about 16 years. However, they started filming Batman Begins In 2011 which was only 12 years after Burton's Batman.
It took them 4 years to film and release the movie. This Spidey reboot is only in the early casting rumors phase. It may be released in 2012. That will be 11 years after the release of the original Spiderman. It's really only. 4 year difference compared to batman begins.
As long as it is done very well and not all lovey dovey, Spiderman is pussy-whipped like the original, then I will welcome the new version.
STILL I say "pass"
Prediction: REBOOT of Spider-Man franchise YET AGAIN in 2017.
Prediction: REBOOT of Spider-Man franchise YET AGAIN in 2017.
Oh FFS...
And fuck Aunt May too, while you're at it. I've never liked that over-protective skeletal coffin dodger.
And fuck Aunt May too, while you're at it. I've never liked that over-protective skeletal coffin dodger.
no no no noooooo.......
Watch.
Bring on Tom Atkins as J.J.J in the new Spidey; no origin story though please!
Sally Field! Oh no!
Good casting choices though.
P.S. Hugh Laurie for JJJ
Good casting choices though.
P.S. Hugh Laurie for JJJ
I would buy the reboot if...
Bad jokes to follow.
Aunt May is a grandma.
Aunt May is a grandma.
Ok :)
JJJ will be the casting to beat, though.
JJJ will be the casting to beat, though.
People are STILL bitching?
Am I one of the few
I mean, Maguire was mostly wooden in them and Kirsten Dunst was a hideous choice for Mary Jane. They managed to cast an excellent group of supporting actors in the Raimi movies, in particular Rosemary Harris and JK Simmons, and James Franco was adequate if not brilliant. Then they went and made the perfect casting choice for Doc Ock in Alfred Molina and managed to
I mean, Maguire was mostly wooden in them and Kirsten Dunst was a hideous choice for Mary Jane. They managed to cast an excellent group of supporting actors in the Raimi movies, in particular Rosemary Harris and JK Simmons, and James Franco was adequate if not brilliant. Then they went and made the perfect casting choice for Doc Ock in Alfred Molina and managed to wrap his story with a terrible AI arm influencing him idea and wife death led narrative... Meanwhile, every casting and creative beat I've heard so far on this Spider-Man has left me interested, especially with our last two pieces of major news in Ifans and Captain Willard!
I just don't get the love for Raimi's Spider-Man when he got a lot of things very, very wrong.
Why do we need to see this story play out again?