Hey folks, Harry here. Today... actually just a couple of hours ago... Entertainment Weekly Online has reported what they consider to be the 'short list' from inside Sony for playing the part of Spider-Man/Peter Parker. There is a reason why personally I discard this particular story. First... Parker will be someone around the age of 17... I like Jude Law, and I think he is perfect for Abberline (in the Hughes Brothers' FROM HELL, for which he has just been cast), but he's a bit old to be playing a meekly 17 year old high school nerd named PETER PARKER. Freddie Prinze has been actively campaigning for the role for... months. Leo... well he's sort of the pie in sky choice for EACH AND EVERY young male part in Hollywood. However, there was another bit at SpiderManHype.Com that actually sounded plausible... And that is that Raimi is signing Liam Neeson as Green Goblin/Osborne. Sam and Liam have worked before... Plus, I know that in Raimi's pitch to Amy Pascal, he told her he wanted to throw out the Keopp draft and start over with either Green Goblin or Doc Ock. So... We'll just have to wait and see. I do know that Sony is looking at other actors besides these three. Or... at least that's what AICN's spies at Sony say... and... well they've been dead on with the info so far...
****************FROM ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY ONLINE (www.ew.com)********
With Sam Raimi (A Simple Plan) finally locked to direct Columbia's "Spider-Man," and shooting to begin in December for a fall 2001 release, the big question now is: Who will play the superhero himself?
A highly placed studio source tells EW that Leonardo DiCaprio, Freddie Prinze Jr. ("Down to You"), and Jude Law ("The Talented Mr. Ripley") have all expressed interest and are all contenders. Responds DiCaprio rep Ken Sunshine, "He's obviously approached all the time about great-sounding ideas, but he's gotta see the script."
Prinze's publicists could not be reached for comment. As for Law, his rep says, "There have been some overtures about it. Jude has been a 'Spider-Man' fanatic since he was a kid."
For more on this breaking news story, please go to the Daily News section of www.ew.com. The complete Spider-Man story also will appear in the February 11 issue of Entertainment Weekly, on newsstands February 7.
