The Spider-Man 4 reboot news continues to swirl around several actors in consideration for the role of Peter Parker. Today Noel Clarke who has a role in the upcoming Philip Ridley film Heartless, has leaked casting news about his fellow Heartless co-star, Jim Sturgess:
RT @: Got inside track. jim sturgess has bin offerd the new spiderMan in spiderMan reboot, U knw I always get da inside scoop RT
The Hollywood Reporter and Comic Book Movie.com have also picked up the story of Jim Sturgess being cast as Peter Parker, but from the same source we’ve listed above. Hopefully we’ll have further confirmation soon, but in the meantime our forum member momoko has uncovered some interesting information about the possible Spiderman 4 reboot script. From SuperHeroHype forum here are the details:
Basically for SM4:
- Spider-Man 4 DID feature Peter and Mary-Jane with a baby.
- Vulturess was added in the script, at the request of the studio.
- Vulturess was a retooled version of Black Cat.
- Vulture was the editor of the Daily Bugle.
- Script was apparently pure crap.
- Raimi had lost hope in the project and walked.
- The studio also wanted to add a third villain.
- Anne Hathaway was gone from the project late last year (my guess is when Sony turned the Black Cat into the Vulturess).
For the reboot:
- The script is much better than the script for Spider-Man 4.
- The script IS complete, and was finished at the same time as SM4, allowing the studio to compare the two.
- The script was commissioned as a contingency plan, should Raimi walk.
- Unfortunately, they describe the script as “more Dark Knight than Spider-man”.
- The new film is the first part in a new trilogy.
- The aim of the script is to cut the “fluff” - which they speculate means no humour and a serious tone.
