Sep 16 2009 Get Your Spider-Man Costume Dry Cleaned By May 6, 2011
Because that's when Spider-Man 4 will be released, "web-slingers!" This article from yesterday's Variety claims director Sam Raimi and stars Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst are on board, with the script being written by Gary Ross.
Ross's previous writing jobs have been a bizarrely mixed bag, including Big, Pleasantville, Mr. Baseball, and the film that gave Kevin Kline his most memorable dual-role, Dave, so it's anyone's guess what this guy is going to come up with for a Spider-Man movie.
I wonder what happened to the talk of a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright writing the script. I'm just going to assume Raimi switched writers to find someone with more experience in writing the themes he has planned for the fourth film. Meaning his ideas for Spider-Man 4 probably revolve around Spider-Man magically aging, magically entering a '50s television show, playing baseball as Tom Selleck in Japan, and being both the U.S. President and someone who looks so insanely similar that he can pass as the U.S. President. So, basically, it's already way better than Spider-Man 3.
Jun 8 2009 'Spider-Man' Keeps Dunst, Dodges Vampire Trend
Continuity sticklers can breathe a sigh of relief: in an interview with producer Todd Black, the New York Post has confirmed that Kirsten Dunst will continue to bring the Mary Jane character absolutely nothing more than the lines written in the script, with the actress returning to give at least one more hollow, angry/affectionate-alternating performance in Spider-Man 4.
Black also shot down rumors that Spider-Man 4 would take a cue from Twilight and feature Morbius the fluffy-haired vampire as the villain, explaining:
We're just coming up with who the villain's going to be now. We'll be shooting in New York again. Trust me, people will appreciate who we pick, because it'll be a big part of New York.
The Post speculates the villain being referred to is probably either Kraven or, more likely, Kingpin, but I have another theory...
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Sep 30 2008 Dunst is "In" for More 'Spider-Man' in a Completely Unofficial Capacity
For nearly a month, Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire have had their arms stretched to a center point, their hands overlapping, their eyes expectedly affixed on co-star Kirsten Dunst. Would she pile her hand into the center, say "I'm in" for a couple more Spider-Man movies, then do that thing where everyone in the hand-pile throws their hands up and cheers? She totally did, dudes! From MTV:
“I’m in,” said [Dunst] matter of factly.
Yessss! The old gang is back! Except that she quickly backtracked:
However, when pressed to make the announcement official, Dunst quickly changed her tone, and rather cryptically added, “I’m not saying anything, I know there’s rumors…”
Honestly, I wouldn't mind if they pulled a Katie Holmes-to-Maggie Gyllenhaal-style switch and replaced Dunst with someone else. While I'm not necessarily that opposed to her, she's clearly the most useless, easily-replaceable member of the cast, and someone else could be filling the role just as well if not better. If Spider-Man were a car, and you took it in one morning to get your Kirsten Dunst replaced, the mechanic would have it done by your lunch break. "Yeah, you were right about that noise: it was your Dunst. So I yanked 'er out, threw a Michelle Williams in there. Should be fine."
Aug 20 2008 Poster for the Most Hilarious Comedy of the Year
Well, guys, it's been a long year, but we made it. Here it is: the most hilarious comedy of the year. And that isn't just a quote from some nobody reviewer in Boise, or Larry King. That's fact. Or possibly a gross exaggeration. Either way, nice to see some of the overlooked Ghostbusters II cast getting more work.
Check Out The New Poster For ‘How To Lose Friends & Alienate People’ [MTV]
Jan 22 2008 Dunst Checks In! (To 'All Good Things' With Ryan Gosling)
All right, Variety. So we're going to pretend Kirsten Dunst is gorgeous and talented, instead of grandmotherly/gremlin-esque and mediocre-at-best, to announce her new role? Fine, let's play that game.
The gorgeous and talented Kirsten Dunst is in negotiations to star alongside the disgusting-by-comparison Ryan Gosling in All Good Things, an '80s romance/murder mystery in which she'll, obviously, play someone really good looking:
Set in the 1980s, story centers on the scion of a New York real estate dynasty (Gosling) who falls for a beautiful girl from the wrong side of the tracks (Dunst). But the fairy tale ends when the girl disappears. As a down-and-out detective stumbles on info that may lead to the truth, the political stakes get higher and people close to the case end up dead.
Seeing Dunsling (the imaginary coupling of Kirsten Dunst and Ryan Gosling) on screen should be a treat. Gosling has proven himself a talented young star, and Dunst is real easy on the eyes, if you know what I mean. If she's playing a girl from the "wrong side of the tracks," let's start considering that the "right, really hot side of the tracks," because that side is clearly where all the beautiful, non-trollish girls are.
Gosling, Dunst line up 'Good Things' [Variety]
Jan 10 2008 AM Poster Post: 'How to Lose Friends' UK Quad
One surefire way to alienate people is to replace real Simon Pegg with a bizarre, giant, overly-eager action figure of Simon Pegg. Or to attempt to draw the eye to the concave chest of Kirsten Dunst as if it were an attraction.
Dec 7 2007 'How to Lose Friends & Alienate People' Trailer
At what point did Simon Pegg go from hilarious writer/actor of Shawn of the Dead and Hot Fuzz to idiotic Ben Stiller-surrogate? Sadly, if the trailer to How to Lose Friends & Alienate People teaser trailer is any evidence, sometime around now.
Think of the ubiquitous bold, red text on white background and ham-handed wink to the Wilhelm Scream as added exclamation points on the content's shout of "don't watch me!" Kirsten Dunst's presence isn't helping either.
