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Martin Sheen and Sally Field Join Spider-Man

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (10)

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  • Ice Cube and David O. Russell (Three Kings) have re-teamed up for a franchise about a trigger-happy plainclothes detective in what is being described as a throwback to those 70’s Dirty-Harry revenge flicks. There is not yet a script, and given how many projects David O. Russell attaches himself to, I’m given this one about a 22 percent change of reaching the big screen. (Deadline)

  • It looks like Marc Webb’s Spider-man reboot has its Uncle Ben and Aunt May, as it was reported last evening that Martin Sheen and Sally Field are negotiating for the roles. They will join Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker and Emma Stone, who will play Gwen Stacy, while Rhys Ifans will play The Lizard. Word is, there will be no Mary Jane in the reboot. (THR)

  • Aaron Eckhart will play an ex-CIA agent who leaves the spy game to rebuild a relationship with his 15-year-old daughter in the Philipp Stolzl directed The Expatriate. His character takes a job as a security expert at a corporation only to find out the whole place is a front in order to kill him. (Deadline)

  • Apparently, the Christmas episode of “Glee” this year will be Grinch-themed, and will feature Sue Sylvester as the Grinch. It will revolve around the coach’s attempts to sabotage the holidays at McKinley High. (Movieline)










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    Comments

    That Ice Cube I tell ya, him and his tax attorney got a good scheme working. He must be making so much money in the rap game that he off sets it by making shitty movies that make absolutely nothing so that and the end of the year he can claim a lost.


    I just hope this edition of Spider Man is better, maybe it’s me but must Peter Parker act like a pussy all the time. I’ll admit that I don’t know this Andrew Garfield fella but anything is better than that limp wristed momma’s boy Tobey Maguire.


    p.s. hey Rowles, where’s my goddamn review of Tyler Perry’s “For Colored Girls Only?”

    Posted by: Pookie at November 5, 2010 9:43 AM

    • Of course there will be no Mary Jane in the reboot. There's no possible way any other actress could come close to the magnificent performance that Kirsten Dunce saw fit to gift us with.

    Posted by: admin at November 5, 2010 10:13 AM

    I'd like to see David O. Russell pull the same sh*t with Ice Cube that he pulled with Lily Tomlin. I'd like to see that a lot.

    Posted by: coveredinbees at November 5, 2010 10:22 AM

    "I'd like to see David O. Russell pull the same sh*t with Ice Cube that he pulled with Lily Tomlin. I'd like to see that a lot."

    Posted by: coveredinbees at November 5, 2010 10:22 AM

    So what’s wrong with making a broad pick up some condoms on the way to your place?

    Posted by: Pookie at November 5, 2010 10:38 AM

    It's weird, Martin Sheen as Uncle Ben seems like it should be perfect. Maybe it is. But I can't get excited about another Spider-Man movie with Uncle Ben in it. I know, I know. It's a re-boot, they're starting in high school (hence Gwen Stacey and no Mary Jane), and Spidey's whole origin revolves around Ben's murder. Say what you will, Pooks, about the first series, but the Uncle Ben stuff was spot-on and doesn't need to be re-booted. Well, except for what's in Spider-Man 3, that retcon does need to be retconned.

    I guess I was just hoping he'd already be Spider-Man by the time this started...

    And I just realized they're probably going to make Dr. Connors Peter's high school biology teacher. And there will be a dissection scene near the beginning, revealing the good doc's obsession with lizard phsyiology or whatever. And Gwen Stacey will be weirded out, and Peter will be her lab partner and make her laugh to help get through it. And whatever causes Peter to get spider-strength, etc., will also cause Connors to become the Lizard. Sigh.

    Damn you, Sony, I should be happy about Emma Stone in a Spider-Man movie.

    @coveredinbees, I'd be more afraid of crossing paths with Lily Tomlin in a dark alley than Ice Cube.

    Posted by: RobP at November 5, 2010 10:45 AM

    " . . . corporation only to find out the whole place is a front in order to kill him."

    How is this different from every job I've ever held?

    Posted by: BWeaves at November 5, 2010 10:50 AM

    Boo... Hisss.... Boooooo!

    I love superhero movies, I HATE movies that keep changing who plays the main character. That is why I choose to believe Batman Begins was the first EVER Batman movie. No other actor ever played Batman. LA LA LA LA LA LA LA (hands on ears) I said NOBODY ELSE PLAYED BATMAN! Okay. I'm done.

    I just don't care to see a "different" Spiderman. Yeah, the Toby movies were just okay. Kirsten is hot, but only good in stupid movies like Bring it On. Let's move on to other movies people. Can't they make something new or remake something else?

    Posted by: Skeetikus at November 5, 2010 1:36 PM

    Btw, Brad Pitt starring in a movie with Sean Penn????! I just lost 50% of my respect for Pitt. Penn is only good at punching paparazzi and playing off characters. Anyone who is retarded can play a retarded person. Good for you Sean Penn. Brad Pitt can play just about anything.

    Posted by: Skeetikus at November 5, 2010 1:38 PM

    Is Martin Sheen going to live long enough to play Uncle Ben? I guess he doesn't have to live that long, just the first half hour or so of the movie.

    Posted by: Lucas at November 5, 2010 6:17 PM

    Oh wait, I just realized I was confusing Martin Sheen with Michael Douglas. Dang.

    Posted by: Lucas at November 5, 2010 6:18 PM