I was shocked to see there was no Spiderman 3 thread... what kind of nerds are you people?
I just read that Topher Grace has been cast in the movie. This brings the cast to Tobey McGuire. Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Tom Church and now 'Foreman.'
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Affable actor Topher Grace is the newest catch for the upcoming Spider-Man movie.
Grace, who made his onscreen exit from his hit sitcom That '70s Show this week, joins the cast along with Thomas Hayden Church, last seen in the award-winning film Sideways.
Topher Grace in a scene from 'In Good Company.' (Photo: Glen Wilson. Courtesy Universal Studios)
"I couldn't be more excited about the direction we are taking the continuing adventures of Peter Parker," director Sam Raimi said in a statement Thursday. "Topher Grace is an extraordinarily talented actor and will be perfect for the complexities of the role we are developing."
As far as casting, that's about as much as the film's makers have to say, having vowed to keep secret which of the comic book franchise's many characters Grace and Church will portray.
"Just before I came here, we were all on the phone with [other Marvel executives] and I said to them, 'Are you nuts? We can't tell anybody who he is. This is all the fun. The fun is figuring out,'" Marvel Studios chair and CEO Avi Arad told MTV Thursday.
Hinting that Grace was being cast contrary to his usual nice-guy image, Arad said the choice continues a tradition of atypical casting when taking Marvel characters to the screen.
"That's the fun in this universe. We have a good rule about this: there is no against type. You find someone who brings the role of the individual, not the costumed individual, to life," he said. "Before we put Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man ... if you just did a [survey], I don't think you would have heard too many Tobey Maguires."
Spiderman 3, set for release in May 2007, sees the return of stars Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst and James Franco. Production is scheduled to begin in early 2006.
According to Columbia Pictures, the first two films have grossed more than $1.5 billion so far in worldwide ticket sales.
Though he had little acting experience when he won the starring role in That '70s Show seven years ago, Grace has built up a small, but respectable film résumé, most recently including In Good Company and P.S. as well as smaller roles in Steven Soderbergh's films Traffic, Ocean's Eleven and Ocean's Twelve.
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My guess is we're going to see bad guys: The Sandman, Venom and/or Electro.
Anyone else care to take a guess?