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Does good news for Sony, Marc Webb and and Andrew Garfield mean bad news for Jonah Hill, directors Phil Lord, Chris Miller and well... Sony?
The L.A. Times is reporting that Emma Stone's recent confirmed casting in the "Spider-Man" 3D reboot may preclude her involvement in Hill's "21 Jump Street" adaptation that was written by screenwriter Michael Bacall ("Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World," the "Les Grossman" project).
The issue? Scheduling. Isn't it always (imagine how much money studios could generate if they could create cloning technology)? "Spider-Man" is set to start filming in December of this year (probably pushed to early 2011 as they usually are) and "21 Jump Street" is hoping to shoot early in 2011 as well. There's two options for the project that's not a cash-cow franchise that can't be moved (guess which one?). One: delay their schedule and wait a few months until Stone is free. Or two: recast.
While waiting is an option, apparently scheduling issues lay further down the road as Hill and Stone have to take on other projects and "Spider-Man" will shoot through the entire winter of 2011."Spider-Man" 3D is set for a July 2012 release, while "21 Jump Street" doesn't have anything more than a vague TBD Winter 2012 release date attached according to BOM. Sony are no dummies though. One film is a major priority, while the other is an interesting new franchise that could take off. Keep an eye out for developments and or for a new pretty face to join Hill if it comes to that.
Emma Stone's "Easy A" might have come second to Ben Affleck's "The Town" last weekend in the box-office sweepstakes, but every single player in Hollywood noticed just not only how well the teen comedy did (relatively well, next to an male-dominated action thriller), but just how Stone charmed the pants off everyone in the audience, studio heads included.
So it's no surprise, her name is on the tip of everyone's lips this week. She's already been touted as a potential love interest in Marc Webb's "Spider-Man" starring Andrew Garfield, but Variety is also reporting that her "Superbad" co-star Jonah Hill wants her for the female lead in his upcoming adaptation of the late '80s teen-cop TV show, "21 Jump Street."
Written by Michael Bacall ("Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World," the Les Grossman film) and to be directed by Phil Lord ("Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs") "21 Jump Street" is set to begin production in early 2011, after Hill finishes shooting David Gordon Green's "The Sitter."
"Easy A" did well for Sony -- $21 million so far off a very modest $8 million dollar budget, and expected to grow-- and Stone is now a big hit with studio head Amy Pascal (who also has control over "Spider-Man"). No other details are given, but such is the fickle world of Hollywood. If Stone is wise, she'll strike while the iron is hot.
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Does good news for Sony, Marc Webb and and Andrew Garfield mean bad news for Jonah Hill, directors Phil Lord, Chris Miller and well... Sony?
