Okay I'm too lazy to figure out how to quote posts from the closed thread, but here we go:
Great catch, I assumed that since Richard Armitage said it was a wrap, that the whole production was done. So is Tom Holland still filming Pilgrimage, eh? Either way, like you said they have just more one week to go, so if Marvel and Sony want him, he'll be able to make it.
Great post, that's what I've been trying to do here all along.
I don't think you understand the reason why the actors short list wasn't published by any of the other Hollywood trades.
Let me try to explain. TheWrap came up with the actors short list, Jeff Sneider broke that story. After that, Deadline broke the directors short list, Mike Fleming from Deadline broke that story. After that, Dominic Patten from Deadline confirmed ElMayimbe's story over Asa Butterfield been in negotiations for the Spider-Man role.
I'm not sure if you are seeing a pattern here, but if you actually took your time to search each one of the news I've mentioned above, the "big three websites" that you mentioned DO NOT post their competitors 'exclusives', meaning that TheWrap's actors short list wasn't reposted by the other three trades, and neither Deadline stories were reposted by the other three trades.
What I'm trying to tell you is that "the fact that none of the big three posted the shorlist" is meaningles. But do you want to understand how much real the short list is:
Twitter trade Hollywood reporters react to Latino Review saying that Asa Butterfield is in talks to play Spider-Man:
Borys Kit from The Hollywood Reporter:
Justin Kroll from Variety:
Devin Faraci (Birth.Movies.Death), Justin Kroll (Variety) and Jeff Sneider (TheWrap) explaining how the casting process usually happens when Marvel is involved:
Jeff Sneider from TheWrap:
I was almost forgetting, Steven Weintraub (colliderfrosty) was the one breaking the news that Asa Butterfield and Tom Holland were the main contenders for the role.
So here we have:
- Borys Kit from The Hollywood Reporter;
- Justin Kroll from Variety;
- Devin Faraci from Birth.Movies.Death;
- Jeff Sneider from TheWrap;
- Dominic Patten from Deadline;
- Mike Fleming Jr from Deadline;
- Umberto Gonzales from HeroicHollywood;
- Steven Weintraub from Collider.
These writers are among the most well informed Hollywood reporters out there when it comes to breaking casting news. Most of them are from the four big trades (The Hollywood Reporter, TheWrap, Variety and Deadline) and even those that aren't are VERY well informed and respected for breaking news like that at a daily basis. All of them think that Asa Butterfield and Tom Holland are the main contenders for the role.
So yes, if you are still holding on to the old and very thin argument that "the trades didn't report the actors short list", here you have a list of the best reporters from these trades discussing about the casting and talking about actors from said short list. Make out of that what you will.
