New actor already chosen to play Spiderman in reboot franchise?

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 2/4/10 at 6:20pm

Logan Lerman is reportedly set the star in the new "Spiderman" film franchise. He played George Hamilton in "My One and Only" and will next star in the film "Percy Jackson and the Lightning Theif." He was actually my first choice to be the new Spiderman. I think he's an excellent actor and would be perfect for this part.

http://perezhilton.com/2010-02-04-the-new-spider-man-this-kid-is-replacing-tobey
Updated On: 2/4/10 at 06:20 PM

[Q]

Posted: 2/4/10 at 6:29pm

It's Bobby!

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 2/4/10 at 6:29pm

...and stars in the Harry Potter rip-off with Greek Gods instead of Wizards, Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief...

He is pretty damn stupid isn't he?

[JP2]

Posted: 2/4/10 at 9:11pm

Perez makes me vomit.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 2/4/10 at 9:23pm

Perez is a total moron considering that Harry Potter and Percy Jackson are have almost nothing in common except for the fact that it is about a boy.

[strummergirl]

Posted: 2/4/10 at 9:31pm

Not surprised at all by the casting since this will take place mostly around his high school period. I am way more intrigued by choosing Marc Webb as the director. It could either be brilliant or go into the trash-bin of good directors who cannot do super hero films (Gavin Hood and Ang Lee of more recent).

And yeah, nothing about the Percy Jackson movie makes me think Harry Potter. More like Night at The Museum meets Clash of The Titans.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 2/4/10 at 11:10pm

Jack and Bobby should never have been cancelled after just one season. There. I said it.

[mormonophobic]

Posted: 2/4/10 at 11:14pm

When I first read this on another site and saw the kid's picture, I was kind of unhappy. I'm not too happy about this reboot and really dislike that they are apparently going with an early high school Spidey. Since my least favorite part of the whole series is anything featuring "Dark Spider-Man" AKA Emo Pete, I'm kind of afraid of what a younger take on the series might produce.

That being said, I completely forgot that this actor was (Young) President Bobby McAllister. I seriously loved that series (Jack & Bobby), and find it interesting that Logan Lerman is getting such exposure at the same time his on-screen mother (Christine Lahti) is doing Broadway and his on-screen brother is on that new show that gets promoted to death on ABC, The Deep End.

Oh, and I really liked (500) Days Of Summer. Thought it was a very original take on a story that's been told too many times. Marc Webb really did show that he can direct, but I don't know if someone with such an intimate and unique touch is necessarily right for a superhero fantasy blockbuster like Spider-Man. I mean you'd never ask Steven Soderbergh to direct X-Men, would you?
*ponders this and smiles*

So depending on the villain I just might see this new take on the series. I just don't understand why the studio didn't just trust Sam Raimi with the material. He created two truly fantastic comic book adaptations, the second of which is also one of the few sequels to not suck. Then the studio got involved with the villains and we got Spider-Man 3. Everything was looking kosher for the fourth installment, and once again the studio couldn't just trust the guy who made three tremendously successful films for them (not to mention everything previous to the franchise like, say, the Evil Dead series). So now we get this. Anyone want to make a bet on which we'll see first, Spider-Man 4 or Spider-Man: Turn Off The Ego?

Edited to add:

Oh and one last thing, I also remember this guy from The Butterfly Effect. It was a terribly underrated (or perhaps just terrible; it's hard to tell) movie and Logan Lerman played Ashton Kutcher's character at a younger age. He didn't have that many scenes, but in both that and the short-lived J&B, Lerman did some fine work. Updated On: 2/4/10 at 11:14 PM

Posted: 2/4/10 at 11:14pm

I thought they had already announced David Henrie of Disney's Wizards of Waverly Place.

[best12bars]

Posted: 2/5/10 at 9:26am

Why are they rebooting a franchise that stalled five minutes ago?

They should just call it a "do-over the contracts" version. Or a "greed-boot."

[ErikJ972]

Posted: 2/5/10 at 10:00am

Perez is a douche but you can't blame him for comparing Percy Jackson to Harry Potter considering how the movie is being marketed. "From the director of The Sorcerer's Stone!" As if that's a plus.

I think the reboot is a horrible idea. I think they chose Marc Webb because they know he'll do what the studio wants. And I think this is an awful choice to play spider man. Unless it was going to play on the Disney channel.

[tazber]

Posted: 2/5/10 at 10:33am

I still can't figure out why they are re-booting a franchise in its prime.

I predict the new spidey movie will be an epic fail.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 2/5/10 at 10:46am

I think rebooting is a very bad idea. They should at least wait another couple of years before considering this. The original movies are still fresh in people's minds.

[tazber]

Posted: 2/5/10 at 11:07am

Fresh and well loved. And the new direction sounds terrible. They're taking him back to high school and focusing more on the whole teen angst/romance angle.

It's called Twilight fever and it sucks.

[tazber]

Posted: 2/5/10 at 4:51pm

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