Comments on: Oh Wait: Mary Jane Watson Being Completely Recast For ‘Spider-Man’; Sandra Bullock Out Of ‘Annie’

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:40:20 +0000

So it made sense to have Mary Jane already established in Peter's life if they plan to kill Gwen at the end/start of the second, now they'll just have to establish a whole new relationship when he has to pick up the pieces, which could get messier. But then again they did just put the kibbosh on this go round being 3 parts when they announced a fourth one, so they have more time to build that up. I like Woodley a lot, but her age shows against the older 'young' cast members so perhaps it will work out in the end, even if the origin of all this is pretty weird.

By: rodie

rodie — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:40:20 +0000

Look, Back to the Future switched its LEAD actor after like 6 weeks of shooting, and that turned out fine. I'm sure Mary Jane was a small subplot in this movie anyway. Getting rid of her and saving the character for part 3 is a great indication that they are streamlining this story. I'm actually more interested to see it now.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:40:20 +0000

Woodley is one of the best young actresses out there. Do not understand this at all! We all know the fate Gwen's heading to. So, what happened? Felicity Jones' character will be the new love interest?!

By: ska-triumph

ska-triumph — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:40:20 +0000

So…. the studio quickly announces plans for TWO more movies and don't bother to lock in their MARY JANE actor? So one (overly convenient) female lead – again. This "streamlining" is BS. Wasn't one of the problems with Raimi's SM3 was that there were two many villains, and there's FOUR lined up for TASM 2? Yeah okay. Their loss.

By: oogle monster

oogle monster — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:40:20 +0000

But really… who wanted this franchise to succeed? TASM was complete shit save for Emma Stone's charm and screen presence. I don't know WHY the studio greenlight 3 & 4 but so many other films can't even find $$.

By: Marko

Marko — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:40:20 +0000

I'm still confused as to how THR suddenly comes to the conclusion that the role is being recasted in the next film.

By: Real

Real — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:40:20 +0000

And nothing of value was lost…

I thought it was kind of a stupid idea to have MJ in the second movie anyway. Even if there is no attraction/romance between them it belittles the Gwen/Peter relationship in its own movie to have MJ featured in the background when everyone knows their future together while at the same time selling the big romance between Gwen and Peter.

By: a guy named joe

a guy named joe — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:40:20 +0000

Wait a sec… They kicked Woodley out of Spider-Man 2 midway during shooting? Are you serious? I've heard of actors being left on the editing room floor, but getting rid of a character during shooting seems like a pretty cheesy move, regardless of how you spin it.

By: kitcon

kitcon — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:40:20 +0000

The Spider-man – Gwen Stacy scenes were the best part of TASM. If this decision means they're sticking with that love story til the end that's fine w/ me

By: bapi

bapi — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:40:20 +0000

It's like with Peter's different origin in TASM… Fans hate that / her and Sony is scared.

By: Mr Anonymous

Mr Anonymous — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:40:20 +0000

Wow, this just gets better and better.

This is going to be a collosal fuck-up on a grand scale. Mark my words! Another Spiderman 3 disaster on the horizon. Can't wait to hear what else they've fucked up.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:40:20 +0000

I hope those horrible fanboys who said Woodley wasn't pretty enough to play MJ had no influence on this.

By: sagevalentine

sagevalentine — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:40:19 +0000

Why is Sandra out of Annie? That sucks.

I can understand that this is an issue as far as scheduling for Shailene but, damn to cut her out completely. That sucks even more.

Who is Sarah Gadon?

By: FS

FS — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:40:19 +0000

As a note, TASM 2 seems to have it's plot plate full, so losing a Mary Jane storyline may very well be a smart move. With 2 main villain stories (the Rhino and Electro), a villain-in-the-making (Harry Osborn), and the existing Gwen Stacy story line to juggle, do we really need more in a 2-2.5 hr movie?