Mary Jane Watson will not appear in the Spider-Man reboot
Last month we reported that actress Emma Stone was playing Mary Jane Watson, then a few days later it was revealed that Emma Stone was actually playing Gwen Stacy. There was speculation that both Mary Jane Watson and Gwen Stacy would appear in the remake, although now it seems James Vanderbilt's screenplay never included the Mary Jane Watson character at all. There was apparently talk of bringing Mary Jane into the project, although they ended up sticking with Gwen Stacy as the lead female character.
We reported yesterday that Martin Sheen will play Uncle Ben and Sally Field is in talks to portray Aunt May. However, Sally Field's deal is still in the very early stages.
The Amazing Spider-Man comes to theaters July 3rd, 2012 and stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Martin Sheen, Denis Leary, Chris Zylka, Irrfan Khan, C. Thomas Howell. The film is directed by Marc Webb.
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Iron-Monkey
Actually i'm ok with this becuase it would better in the sequel of the movie where they kill off Stacey who dies by the Green Goblin
2 years agoby @iron-monkeyFlag
UNoLazyboy
Stupid. F*cking stupid.
2 years agoby @unolazyboyFlag
Bane5000
@CBF... my comic book memory is coming back lil by lil my friend lol
2 years agoby @bane5000Flag
Summit10
bottomeline, stick to the plan make it better than the first Trilogy. Make sure the actors you allocated for the comic book characters can deliver the roles given. In Short, Don't mess it up! Capiche! :)
2 years agoby @summit10Flag
Mutant
This is how I remember it from the comic books.
film one: Gwen died,
film two: spidy was alone for a little while with no love interest,
film three: then MJ came along
2 years agoby @zenderFlag
CBF
@bane5000 You're starting to get it now. lol
2 years agoby @comicbookfanFlag
Bane5000
so i guess keep Gwen till she dies then bring in MJ afterwards, which kind of makes sense but not really, seeing as how they were both in Peters life, MJ longer then Gwen, but he dated Gwen Before MJ...ok im getting tired or typing " Gwen " and " MJ ", so yeah im done :]
2 years agoby @bane5000Flag
RevThomasRay
Sam Raimi did a Fantastic job with the first two Spider-Man films, I think that he just tried to cram to many story elements into the final film, which in turn ended his run as the driver of the franchise.
2 years agoby @revthomasrayFlag
Chris
Sam raimi sucks he did what steven and George did to the last Indiana jones movie, south park should make fun of him
2 years agoby @unknown21Flag
Jay.A.Ottley
Fingers Crossed @Narrator fingers crossed only time will tell
2 years agoby @jayaottleyFlag
Daveactor7
@Smallville Sam Raimi didnt do a great job in my opinion
2 years agoby @daveactor7Flag
The Narrator: The Better Man
@J.A. This is good news. You were complaining about the script, so this means that the otehr writers brought onto the project (there were 3 of them I know of) changed things, hopefully making it better.
2 years agoby @narratorFlag
Smallville
we need sam ramie back please hahahahah
2 years agoby @smallvilleFlag
Smallville
movie is going to blow, even though i will most likely see it once to critique it lol
2 years agoby @smallvilleFlag
Jay.A.Ottley
This is bull, you mean to tell me they completely annhilated MJ from the script....
She was in the spiderman 4 screenplay / treatment by Vanderbilt, which all the Spiderman reboot technically is Spiderman 4 in the Ultimate universe
2 years agoby @jayaottleyFlag
XxxHolic
I hope MJ will be in here at least. Hope this movie will be good either way!
2 years agoby @xxxholicFlag
artkid04
i think they shouldn't cut the character out all together, even just a little side role would be cool, now who to play her, I'd say emmy rossum or Leighton Meester
2 years agoby @artkid04Flag
T.Clark
She should still be in it. Otherwise, they'll probably end up introducing her in a half assed way like they did Gwen in the last series. Both characters are pivotal to the Spidey mythology. The positive, though, is that this will give Gwen her time to shine, something she didn't have last time.
2 years agoby @insertusernamehereFlag
Spongebob_Boxofficepants
I don't like where this is going
2 years agoby @spongebob-boxofficepantsFlag
B3njamin
@ejk1, @CBF & @Narrator No I don't bother, but now I know! thanks. The only spider-man series I actually followed until like 2 years ago was Ultimate Spider-man. Noobish I know but they were funny. (Not as hilarious as Deadpool of course)
2 years agoby @b3njaminFlag
ejk1
@CBF and @Narrator, that's because they don't bother looking into the books history.
2 years agoby @ejk1Flag
CBF
@Narrator Amen to that.
2 years agoby @comicbookfanFlag
The Narrator: The Better Man
@CBF, I just read your past comment. I basically reposted what you said. Weird how people, since they saw the film series involving MJ first, and because MJ is so iconic to Spidey in the comics, they seem to forget all about Gwen. :/
2 years agoby @narratorFlag
CBF
@Narrator Exactly.
2 years agoby @comicbookfanFlag
tyler13d
News just made my day...always wanted to see the real deal gwen stacy on screen. The one they gave us in S3 didnt count.
2 years agoby @tyler13dFlag
Shervg
This is better with Gwen instead of MJ, more true to the original comics.
2 years agoby @shervgFlag
The Narrator: The Better Man
@B3njamin, Gwen Stacy was the original love interest. More so than MJ. She died, and Parker ended up with Watson. If anything, they are trying to be true to the basic source material, not demolish it.
2 years agoby @narratorFlag
Vamp
I like Emma Stone. :3
2 years agoby @vampire2000Flag
Diaigma
Well that blows like a drag of Mary Jane :P
2 years agoby @diaigmaFlag
B3njamin
So get the cute girl who has always been a red head to be a blonde chick who is not the main characters main love interest? Next thing we know Uncle Ben doesn't die in this remake
2 years agoby @b3njaminFlag