Emma Roberts = Gwen Stacy: Why Have We Not Seen It?

she would look more like Garfield's kid sister lol

Garfield is like 27

Emma is 19

hey atleast she gets killed... no that would be epic!

I can see her more as the original Gwen than the Ultimate version. She does not have anywhere near the attitude for the USM Gwen.

The movie is not 'rumored' to be based off of USM that is the official information Sony released. How close they will follow the comics is always unknown but the basis of the movie is the Ultimate version.

@TheDarqueOne
What press release?

@Dynamo

I quoted and put the links in comments to another article. But the info was from the Hollywood Reporter and the LA Times which are both pretty good sources.

I like JoshW's casting:

Roberts for Liz


Palmer for Gwen


Stone for MJ

I think Stone has the right look and attitude to play MJ. Let's not forget MJ was the "bad girl" in the original Spider-Man run. She was the irresponsible party girl to Gwen's girl next door. After seeing Stone in Zombieland, I really think she could pull off the role of Peter's wild child friend with chemistry. I think seeing her character develop feelings for Peter and then having to deal with the idea that she'd missed her chance. Then see the relationship come to fruition in a few movies after Gwen is killed and MJ and Peter can act on their feelings after picking up the pieces.

Ideally I think the sequence of films should be; the intro in this new reboot, Gwen's death and Goblin by the third film, and the intro of the symbiote in four. The timing of the symbiote on the heels of Gwen's death would lend credence to the darker Spider-Man, his negative feeling and emotional state in upheaval works perfectly to a slide to the dark side. Throw in Black Cat as a wild but superficial rebound girl, and then Pete finally coming to his senses thanks to MJ and her being threatened by Venom in a fifth or sixth film. It lends itself to a much more fulfilling and better developed story line than the rushed chronology of the Raimi films.

I think stretching out the Peter/MJ relationship will be the driving romantic arch of the films. Anyone who had seen the original movies will know MJ ends up with Peter, but the romantic tension of seeing them circle each other for a while will really make it seem worth it.

My suggested plot line:
Spidey One: Intro, Lizard and Kraven, into of Norman.
Spidey Two: Mysterio intro of Norman as Goblin
Spidey Three: Goblin and the death of Gwen.
Spidey Four: Symbiote, Black Cat/MJ tension. and Doc Ock
Spidey Five: Freedom from Symbiote, falls from MJ, Venom
Spidey Six: Sinister Six.

At least this reboot will give us the chance to see Pete's love life, Green Goblin, the Symbiote, and Venom done correctly.

Raimi being like us may actually have been part of the problem. There are those great directors who like comics. There are those great directors who disdain them. There are those directors who know nothing about them, but are great at telling stories.

For those like Raimi and Mark Steven Johnson, who love comics, their knowledge can work against them. They know the characters and their eventual story archs and where they will end up in the present day. They also have their favorite parts and villains and tend to cherry pick the things they like and neglect those they don't. See Raimi's handling of Venom.

Those that disdain comics like Nolan will try their damnedest to make their film anything, but a comic movie. They transcend the genre in their efforts sometimes as in TDK, and shun it in other ways; like his refusal to acknowledge the idea that there are other heroes.

The third breed; those who know little about comics, but are great story tellers are the guys I look for. Branaugh, and Favreau are in that bunch, so too I hope is Webb. These guys realize that a hero story is a character piece first and foremost. The action is all about the character in the situation and can see things with fresh eyes. They can pick out what’s important about the character, but not bog themselves down in the little details. These guys know they have two and a half hours to tell a story and can’t be bothered to try to cram in references to 40 years of chronology into that time frame. They just focus on the story.

A fan can be too specific and rush the story or lose it in the details.
A disdainer can engorge the story and shun the character in an effort to explore the larger themes.
A storyteller will bring out the character in the eye of the storm.

I have hope for the reboot because after seeing 500 Days of Summer I trust in Webb's ability to handle characters. That is half the battle right there.

tdo- Webb is a fan of the USM

...IT COULD WORK...