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The Hiring, Firing and Re-Hiring of Spider-Man

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the doing-the-things-that-a-spiderman-can dept.

Obiwan Kenobi writes "Remember that rumor that Tobey McGuire was fired and Jake Gyllenhaal was going to be Spider-Man? Well, it's true. According to the LA Times, McGuire's unwillingness to reveal the extent of his back injuries from his last project (Seabiscuit) resulted in a huge power struggle that incurred the wrath of Universal president Ron Meyer (whose daughter is 'coincidentally' dating McGuire), a pissed off Sam Raimi, and a now-fired agent. Interesting read about the politics of making a big budget blockbuster." Really just a gossipy story frankly, but McGuire seems to be in for the sequel despite the back problems.

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  1. Leave this type of story.... by UnixRevolution · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    For Star or Entertainment or People or the other 3000 tabloids and mindless mass-market celebrity magazines to cover.

    Give us a story on overclocking or something.

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