The Amazing Spider-Man RUMOR: Zac Efron as new Peter Parker/Spider-Man???

[Cuyan]

So they finally renamed the thread eh? Wish I thought of that.

wait

 

[Enolc]

Um, why does backwards clonE have school pictures of Efron? That's a little Dateline.

I heard they were out there, did a google search and voila! I was trying to illustrate a point.

 

[Cuyan]

Spoiler

 

[Enolc]

Spoiler

Yeah, I don't get it? I'm not some middle aged man, doesn't really work.

 

[Micah12345]

Despite the image they have in common, it's unfair to throw efron and pattinson into the same category of acting abilities.

 

[GREEN =w= DAY]

Sadly, if they decide to capture the teen market (particularly the teenage girl market), we'll see a Zac Efron or a Robert Pattison. Throw in Disney now owning Marvel and we may see a film that makes Raimi's trilogy seem dark.

if any of those 2 get the part my interest in this movie will be non-existant

i'll more than likely just watch a bootleg version than give Sony any of my $$

 

[grand-I-am]

Question if Zac wasn't involved in the disney universe would guys still be against him being casted as peter?

 

[blah]

Where the hell is that vomit emoticon?! I think I'm gonna use it!
Actually, Efron would make a good Flash Thompson; I hated how Raimi showed him in the movie. He looked Dorkier than Parker, for Chris sake!!!

IDk maybe they'll get Michael Cera, that guy's is in everything!

 

[©KAW]

So, is he in or is he out?

 

[spider-neil]

So, is he in or is he out?

if anyone's out gobby, it's you, out of your mind

 

[©KAW]

^Haha...man, it's stuff like that that keeps reminding me why the reboot must happen...even if Zac Morris...Zac and Cody...err...Zac Efron is playing Peter/Spidey.

 

[MrShifty]

Where the hell is that vomit emoticon?! I think I'm gonna use it!
Actually, Efron would make a good Flash Thompson; I hated how Raimi showed him in the movie. He looked Dorkier than Parker, for Chris sake!!!

IDk maybe they'll get Michael Cera, that guy's is in everything!

I'd rather have Efron

 

[VenomVsSpidey]

if anyone's out gobby, it's you, out of your mind

t:

 

[Immortalfire]

If it came down to Pattison vs. Efron, I would say Efron so fast.

If it came down to that I'd say just **** the movie

LoL


at both

 

[Deaths Head II]

if anyone's out gobby, it's you, out of your mind

LOL

 

[Dangerous]

Peter Parker shouldn't be a good-looking guy when you stick a pair of glasses on him. He should look like a semi-nerd.

PP shouldn't be good looking???!!!!!!!

Tell that to John Romita- The DEFINITIVE SPIDER-MAN artist of all time.
He drew PP way good looking. Better looking than Efron.
Fact is PP IS good looking.

That don't mean that you can't easily make an attractive guy look much less attractive by changing the way he carries himself, dressing him nerdy & making him un-cool.

It's easy.

Peter Parker should be (pretty much) invisible to girls. If they're going to try to play that up with Zac Efron. It's not going to work, and people will hate it.

High school PP was pretty much invisible to girls, BEFORE he got bitten that is, because he did not have the confidence of being Spider-Man to put a supreme spring in his step.

Depending on how the origin is shown in SM2012, we may see what PP was like before the bite, we may not.

FACT IS- Once he got his powers, Liz Allen started to dig him (his High School crush & Flash's gal who previously would never give him the time of day) because he was much more confident, and it was not long before Gwen & MJ were all over him.

SO, PP was ONLY invisible to girls BEFORE he got his powers.
After that point he was a virtual chick magnet, a la Zac Efron? Heh

I kinda doubt that this is truthful news. But, if it is, Sony Pictures has made a huge tactical-error. This film will flop if it has Zac Efron as the lead because fans will immediately think of 'High School Musical' and the majority of teenage-girls wouldn't want to see Zac star in a comic-book movie. It's not his time yet.

Yea right.

Remember when Ledger was cast as Joker most fans were like WTF?
The gay cowboy dude! This will SUCK!!!! Hheheh.
What about when Keaton got cast as Batman and fans were so outraged that they protested outside WB offices or studios because in their minds they associated Keaton w/ comedy films and thought Batman would be like the 1960's TV show all over again.

A real actor is someone who takes different parts and plays different characters well, turning perceptions on their heads.

I've not seen any of Efron's films but I'm willing to look past his campy dance movies and give him a chance so long as he does not sport that emo haircut. He's got his hair short right now and he bears more than a passing resemblance to Peter Parker, observe-

And as for another crucial aspect, physicality of Spider-Man, Efron has practically been in Ditko Spidey shape in recent times, so we know he can/ would get in good shape-

Finally you talk about 'teenage-girls wouldn't want to see Zac star in a comic-book movie' ..

What you need to understand is that Spider-man movie audiences, generally speaking don't particularly care who gets cast and will go watch Spider-Man movies at the cinema anyway. Spider-Man the name sells the movie, and as for the small percentage that we make up of the audiences, I highly doubt anyone would be able to resist buying a ticket on principle of sporting a short sighted and negative bias towards the lead. All that would happen was that perhaps if he does get cast, his young female fan base would bring more money to the box office.

Personally I could see the potential in Efron and see past High School Musical so long as he kept his hair short.

 

[DACMAN]

Wow. Someone on the HYPE! actually making sense along with some good points. Don't worry. The trolls will be here soon enough to post something like

"ZAK EFR0N IS A DISNEY KID! HE SINGS WHICH IS STUP!D! DISNEY IS STUPID BECAUSE THEY HAVE MICKEY MOUSE!"

 

[Majik1387]

I'm pretty much in agreement with everything Dangerous said.

 

[terry78]

Not to be the provincal broken record, but we all got past Tom Cruise and Johnny Depp's heartthrob days, so hey.

 

[Spider-Vader]

Sadly, if they decide to capture the teen market (particularly the teenage girl market), we'll see a Zac Efron or a Robert Pattison. Throw in Disney now owning Marvel and we may see a film that makes Raimi's trilogy seem dark.

I really doubt Disney would be the reason any teeny bopp actors would be in any Marvel movies. They're going to let Marvel do their own thing, just like Pixar. Look at Pixar's movies since Disney bought them.

Before they were bought Pixar would of been scared to do a movie about a robot who doesn't talk or a movie where the main character is an old man, because Disney might hate it & just drop Pixar altogether. It could be the same for Marvel... movie, wise.

Despite the image they have in common, it's unfair to throw efron and pattinson into the same category of acting abilities.

Yeah.... Efron is a much better actor.

 

[terry78]

I never thought I would be on the Zac Efron defense bandwagon, but watch Me and Orson Welles. I mean the whole movie. Hell, watch 17 Again. It's always funny watching a dude who is obviously on the attractive side to girls act somewhat hapless and out of his element.

 

[Alex The Great]

You know.....seeing Zac Efron play say....Harry or Eddie would be.....interesting....

 

[FaT_tONle]

No one is denying Efron may very well be a solid respected actor down the line. But the facts are that Sony is going BACK to the teen heart throb days of PP, and Efron is clearly passing that stage. Let him move on with his career. No need to regress back to that.

 

[DACMAN]

I don't think adding "played most popular superhero of all time" to the things you've done in your acting career would be a regression of any kind.

 

[FaT_tONle]

Ask DiCaprio how you think his career would have turned out had he played, "Greatest Villain of All Time."