With a planned reboot of Sony and Marvel’s hit Spider-Man franchise underway, it was only a matter of time before casting rumors began to swirl for the web-slinging lead. The first name to be thrown into the ring is newcomer Logan Lerman who will be making his big screen debut this year in another adventure franchise [...]

Just because Tobey Maguire is hanging up his Spidey suit doesn’t mean Sony Pictures is through with the franchise. Following in the current Hollywood trend, Sony is preparing a Spider-Man reboot for 2012. Apparently two versions of Spider-Man were in the works simultaneously. The call to focus on the reboot came when director Sam Raimi [...]

Golden Globe nominated Tobey Maguire (for his role in Brothers) is leaving the Spider-Man franchise for Guillermo del Toro’s The Hobbit big-screen adaptation. One wonders if the reported changes being made to the Spider-Man franchise didn’t have a lot to do with his decision. Spider-Man’s turn from bright, poppy, action hero to gritty, dark, vigilante [...]

Is it wrong that the first thought that popped into my mind after viewing the trailer for Jim Sheridan’s new film Brothers was “I’m so glad somebody finally decided to capitalize on the physical similarity between Jake Gyllenhaal and Tobey Maguire!”? The film, which will be released on December 4, centers around the conflict between [...]

Just last week January Jones revealed that, while they were dating, Ashton Kutcher told her he didn’t think she’d be any good at the acting biz, and that she should call it quits. Well, Jones certainly wasn’t deterred by the lack of support from Kutcher. Already having cemented her place as a TV starlet with [...]