British actor cast as next 'Spider-Man' ..........Is that Un-American ??

Betallsports · Jul 2, 2010

Andrew Garfield to play Peter Parker in 'Spider-Man' reboot
The actor beat out a number of Hollywood's most talented young actors for the coveted role

Andrew Garfield has been cast as Peter Parker in Sony's "Spider-Man" reboot, the studio announced via press release on Thursday.
Sony managed to keep secret one of the most sought-after scoops in Hollywood history.
Garfield only learned late this afternoon that he's been chosen to play Peter Parker.

He was just presented to the international press in Cancun, Mexico who had gathered to see previews of Sony's upcoming movies, a spokesman from Sony told TheWrap.

Garfield happened to be at the event promoting Sony's big-budget thriller "The Social Network," in which he plays Facebook co-founded Eduardo Saverin.
He was told that he got the part and then immediately went out to be introduced a the new Spider-Man to a room filled with journalists from around the world.
Marc Webb directs the film from a script by Jamie Vanderbilt. Avi Arad and Laura Ziskin produce.

On selecting Garfield, director Marc Webb said, "Though his name may be new to many, those who know this young actor's work understand his extraordinary talents. He has a rare combination of intelligence, wit, and humanity. Mark my words, you will love Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker."

http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/features/movies/the-wrap/spider-man-cast/story/?gt1=28140

celticGreen+ · Jul 2, 2010

weird that we're getting a reincarnation of spiderman so soon... feels like the third one just came out a few years ago

Bennyshoe · Jul 2, 2010

celticGreen said:
weird that we're getting a reincarnation of spiderman so soon... feels like the third one just came out a few years ago

Hollywood is running low on fresh ideas. So they have to do this.

KingofNicotine · Jul 2, 2010

They rushed the first Spiderman trilogy.

The third one was a mess. You can't come back from that.

8ate · Jul 2, 2010

So what; we have an african-hawwaiian as president..

gl

KingofNicotine · Jul 2, 2010

8ate said:
So what; we have an african-hawwaiian as president..

gl

So a black hawaiian is less of an American?

eoghater · Jul 2, 2010

They are also rebooting X-men with primarily a British cast. It's pretty disgusting Hollywood is going down this route but people keep giving the studios their money.

If felt really awkward seeing the incredible hulk re-done, and I'm sure when I hear Cyclops go, "chip cheerio mate," I'll just laugh.

KingofNicotine · Jul 2, 2010

It's nothing but remakes and reboots.

They're gonna really bore people with super hero movies. Whatever happened to original ideas?

HacheMan · Jul 2, 2010

Hispanics were furious and complained when a little Caucasian girl played the part of Dora in the live shows.

So what the heck......Let's raise hell with the Brits! lol

kidman232 · Jul 2, 2010

KingofNicotine said:
They're gonna really bore people with super hero movies. Whatever happened to original ideas?

never going to happen, even the shitty ones make hundreds of millions of dollars

bucsfan67 · Jul 2, 2010

as long as Maguire didnt want to do it, doesnt really matter who plays him......i dont his nationality has anything to do with it.....now if they had booted Toby, and he wanted to do the movie, that would be different, cuz he IS spiderman right now......very successful 3 movie run, made tons of money

KingofNicotine · Jul 2, 2010

bucsfan, they are doing a reboot. They're starting over so it wouldn't have made sense to go with Toby.

Even the director is different.

bucsfan67 · Jul 2, 2010

ah, wasnt paying enough attention i guess...u mean like they have done with Halloween and Nightmare....i see, well of course, then you'll have a new guy....i dont think anything wrong with being foreign.....

quantumleap · Jul 3, 2010

Hache Man said:
Hispanics were furious and complained when a little Caucasian girl played the part of Dora in the live shows.

So what the heck......Let's raise hell with the Brits! lol

Yeah, let's have a Yank as the next James Bond!

2PLAYSMAX · Jul 3, 2010

Yeah you can trace all this reboot shit to one thing and that was basically the success that came from the Batman reboot. Everyone is trying to capture that lighting in a bottle. The Dark Knight is & will be one of the best superhero movies of all time.

RobFunk · Jul 3, 2010

KingofNicotine said:
They rushed the first Spiderman trilogy.

The third one was a mess. You can't come back from that.

I agree. 3rd one was freaking horrid. I have not talked to anyone who disagrees.

NES · Jul 3, 2010

eoghater said:
They are also rebooting X-men with primarily a British cast. It's pretty disgusting Hollywood is going down this route but people keep giving the studios their money.

If felt really awkward seeing the incredible hulk re-done, and I'm sure when I hear Cyclops go, "chip cheerio mate," I'll just laugh.

was hulk a reboot or a sequel? Felt more like a sequel to me.

eoghater · Jul 3, 2010

hulk was a reboot, marvel wants to forget ang lee ever happened.

KingofNicotine · Jul 3, 2010

They are making Antman the movie.

Who even cares about Antman. They are scraping the bottom of the barrel.

I'm still waiting for a decent Superman movie. They need to reboot that franchise. That last one was real bad.

eoghater · Jul 3, 2010

It's all about the directors. Franchises are getting screwed up with replacements who dont have a clue on what they're doing with the comics. Raimi is also very over-rated; success with a horror comedy franchise doesn't really mean he'll deliver with comics.