So Who's The Toddler in 'Spider-Man 4'?
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According to a casting notice leaked by SpoilerTV, producers for Spider-Man 4 are currently searching for a young boy with red hair who they simply call "Toddler Boy". Now, last time we checked "Toddler Boy" wasn't a real superhero and I can't really see any Marvel/Problem Child Franchise cross-overs (though anything is possible), so who is this kid? Here's the official description:Spider-Man 4 - Official Casting Call for Baby Boy with Red Hair
[TODDLER BOY]
2 or 3 year old boy to play 2 year old, Caucasian with RED HAIR, an adorable toddler with an engaging personality, on set experience preferred. IDENTICAL TWINS ONLY
Okay, there are some clues -- note that he needs to be "adorable" and have an "engaging personality", which means no ugly quiet kids. I'm thinking this could really only go a few different ways: either Peter Parker and Mary Jane have had a child since the third installment (or maybe Mary Jane ditched Parker and got knocked up by some other dude), or, as others have suggested, the villain Cletus Kasady (aka Carnage) as a young baby. Then again, who the hell cares about villains when they're babies? If I'm going to root against someone, I don't want to see them as an adorable, engaging toddler first.
Then again, he could be a side character -- a kid who runs around The Daily Bugle causing trouble, or, like, the annoying nephew Mary Jane uses to convince Peter Parker to have a kid. Like I said, could go a number of different ways ... let's just hope Sam Raimi doesn't pull a Superman Returns and give us Spider-Boy by the time the end credits roll.
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11-16-2009 @ 7:55PM
Jonathan said...
Nice! This is GREAT news. I am so glad to find out now that this movie is going to suck harder than Pam Anderson on a speed boat. Now I don't have to waste my time reading about it or even going to see it. Call me when Marvel gets the rights back and Raimi/McGuire/Dunst take a hike.
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11-16-2009 @ 8:32PM
Rivndellelf said...
I'm confused. How exactly does "There's a casting call looking for a child"="going to suck"? Last time I checked there were plenty of movies with children in them, and they don't all suck. And seeing as we don't know exactly what role this child is going to play in the first place, it's awfully difficult to judge the quality of the whole movie from this one piece of news.
11-17-2009 @ 12:50AM
Bryan said...
Raimi did a great job with the first two films and I think he's smart enough to learn from his mistakes in the 3rd, of course, I'm a sucker for Spidey so take anything I say with a grain of salt. As for cute, red-headed children, my first guess would be little Normie, the son of Harry and grandson of Norman Osborn. There's no reason Harry, pre or post performance enhancing craziness couldn't have had a child. In the comics, it's with Liz Allen.
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11-17-2009 @ 11:59AM
Petro1734 said...
But wait...doesn't the Lizard feed on ugly, quiet kids?
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