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- Jamie Bell Cast As The New Spider-Man? (8th June 2010)
A recent short-list of candidates pertaining to the starring role in Marc Webb's anticipated Spider-Man reboot put young talent like Frank Dillane, Andrew Garfield and Josh Hutcherson at the top of the order, but according to a new report from Bleeding Cool, the coveted role may already be cast.
The site suggests that Jamie Bell, who will be seen next year in Kevin MacDonald's The Eagle of the Ninth and Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin, has emerged victorious and will don the red-and-blue spandex in the 3D tentpole, due July 3rd 2012.
Bell, who danced his way into Hollywood in 2000's acclaimed Billy Elliot, has worked his way around the industry quite successfully in the past decade, getting the chance to work with A-list filmmakers such as Clint Eastwood, Peter Jackson and Edward Zwick while honing his craft...
- Guillermo del Toro Leaves The Hobbit (2nd June 2010)
In what is only the latest setback for the debt-wracked MGM Studios, Guillermo del Toro has decided to step down as director of The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien's prelude to The Lord of the Rings...
- Ronan aims to avoid celebrity status (10th December 2009)
The 15 year old was nominated for an Academy Award for her role in 2007's Atonement and she went on to land a role in Peter Jackson's latest film The Lovely Bones, opposite Mark Wahlberg and Rachel Weisz...
- Jackson: Audiences Wanted 'Lovely Bones' Darker (17th November 2009)
Peter Jackson's adaptation of Alice Sebold's haunting novel The Lovely Bones has looked like an Oscar-bound project from the get-go (despite that little casting hiccup early on)...
- Radcliffe: 'I don't want Hobbit role' (20th August 2009)
The young actor has long been considered the hot favourite to lead the cast of The Hobbit - but he insists the role should go to someone else He says, 'I’d have to say, ‘Thanks but no thanks,’ not that anyone has asked me 'Honestly, I don’t think they would want me anyway; it’s just too close (to Potter franchise)...
- Peter Jackson Dishes on the Status of 'The Hobbit' (31st July 2009)
During Peter Jackson’s Comic-Con chat last Thursday, the conversation quickly turned to the status of Guillermo del Toro’s two-part adaptation of The Hobbit, which he’s producing and co-writing...
- Rachel Weisz to Terminate Sevigny (13th September 2007)
Rachel Weisz and Chloe Sevigny are reportedly battling it out to play a killer cyborg in the new 'Terminator' film...
- Kirsten Dunst's Spider warning (18th April 2007)
Kirsten Dunst believes Spider-Man 4 will be a flop if she and Tobey Maguire don't star in it...
- Jackson's word trouble (19th September 2006)
Peter Jackson has revealed he is in a 'no win situation' over whether to keep a racist term in his upcoming remake of 'The Dambusters'...
- 'Lord of the Rings' triumphs again (30th December 2004)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King has been voted the best film of 2004...
