i really love garfield's performance of the chgaracter as he showed alot of emotions and the way he captures spiderman's sense of humor and light heartedness. even in interviews he acted just like peter. i would love to see him interact with characters like RDJ's iron man for a little while since he's in his thirties and it would be weird for a 39 year old man playing a character in his late 20s. so if marvel does get the rights back it'd be wonderful if dylan o'brian could play the character since he was enjoyable to sit through in teen wolf and is revealed to be a huge fan of the character. who do you want to see play as the character next?

anyone who is talented in 5-10 years.

its impossible to say man. Even assuming (doubt its going to happen) Garfield doesn't resign for ASM 4, we're still talking 2018 before we see the next dude. There's no way to tell who will be a good choice in 4 years.

And since I highly doubt he isn't going to resign even longer.

also inb4haters.

@fallschirmjager said:

His movies aren't grossing as much as the 3 tobey maguire movies so far. I doubt Sony will continue to risk that chance to keep him. A reboot with a new actor would be a better option alternatively.

Oh you again. Lol.

I shouldn't even bother responding but I will.

Tobey's movies had almost zero competition when they came out. They were also the first movies.

Not to mention, you say as if back to back 700m~ (or whatever the exact number is) movies aren't making money. That's crazy amounts of cash. There is no risk.

If you ask any studio on the planet to make a movie and tell them they will make 700m guaranteed they make the movie every time.

Not responding to this post. Have a nice day. :)

@ascended: lol.

Comic book movies release in 2002

Spider-Man 2.

Blade 2.

Comic book movies release in 2004

Blade Trinity

Spider-Man 2

Catwoman

Hellboy

Comic book movies release in 2007

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Spider-Man 3

Ghost Rider

Comic book movies release in 2012

Amazing Spider-Man

The Dark Knight Rises

The Avengers

Ghost Rider 2

Comic book movies release in 2014

X-Men DOFP

ASM2

Cap 2

GotG

...the competition is like little league vs MLB between the two.

And again. You think 700m~ is risky? Okay. Whatever.

Alex Pettyfer

@fallschirmjager: Those other superhero movies that you listed for 2002 and 2004 weren't as successful as Spider-man was and the character was more popular than Hulk, DareDevil, and Ghost Rider during that time. How is that no competition?

Bye. Lol

@ Marvel man 92, I'm fine with any other actors, just as long as it is not Andrew.

@ascended: andrew is a fine actor and has won plenty of awards. i just wonder wh's gonna be the new guy

@marvelman92: Fine actor isn't good enough to make up for the fact that he never crossed my mind once as Spider-man. #next

@ascended: that actor from stardust never crossed my mind to play as daredevil but i know he's gonna turn out fine

@valdemocnij said:

Alex Pettyfer

not him, i saw him in alex rider, he was a bad actor and the film was really bad.

@amazingspiderman15: sorry then... i just search around and saw that face :P

Probably any actor who's in his mid to early 20's by 2024 or so...Thats usually the age range they cast for him

@valdemocnij:

Alex Pettyfyr is literally one of the worst actors in Hollywood today. Hasn't had a single performance that even reached the level of O.K...Not to mention NONE of those performances were REMOTLEY similar to Peter Parker.

My casting pick is easy...Max Thierot. He's highly underrated and awesome at playing the nerdy social outcast and has done well with a few comedy roles. He's a bit of a slight no-name, but he could honestly be the best Spider-Man ever if given the chance.

@spideyivydaredevilfan26: When we have a third actor like Max or Dylan, watch these comic fans go around and put them above Andrew. LOL, the pattern with Tobey/Andrew comparison will continue.

@ascended: I actually LOVED Tobey as Spider-Man, and Garfield was pretty damn good as Peter in AMS2 (Not so much in AMS1), but Thierot would stomp them both.

@spideyivydaredevilfan26: Me too, I liked Tobey also (which is why I don't give two shits about people who put Andrew above him). But watch.. comic book fans are going to be biased when we have a third actor.

Whoever is the next big young upcoming actor n a couple years

@ascended: Yeah, I've been DYING to see Max Thierot play Spidey since his AWESOME performance in My Soul To Take...HIGHLY underrated slasher movie BTW.

@fallschirmjager: '07 also had TMNT

@spideyivydaredevilfan26: For now, the Raimi trilogy with Tobey is my Spider-man so far, until we get another great Spider-man movie again with another actor and quality film that isn't rushed, that is when I will move on from the past.

I got it... i have idea... if will be parody on spider-man then will Will Poulter be great as Peter :)

No one as of now

Definitely... Will Poulter ! Idk... but i see something dark line in his character which can be Peter Parker... but maybe i'm in wrong...

@valdemocnij said:

Will Poulter would be great, I think he could be a kick-ass Spider-Man. Not just saying that because he shares my first name...Still think Max Thierot is a little better though. Maybe cast Poulter as Harry Osborne and Thierot as Peter?

@spideyivydaredevilfan26:

What about Max Thieriot as Edie Brock ? And Harry can be - Graham Patrick Martin.

@valdemocnij said:

If they go for a more nerdy, geeky Eddie Brock who BECOMES the iron pumping badass we know and love, I'd be all for it.

Anyone that can beat Andrew's performance as Spidey in ASM2. Easily the best on screen appearance of the character on film.

@ascended: Sure. I'll get back to you later tonight though. Have to re-watch Spider-Man 2 to have a full analysis for Tobey. Do you want the comparison solely on the performance alone, or do you want my opinion on the writing as well?

@ninjablade09: You don't need to re-watch SM2 to anylise Tobey .....

@ninjablade09: Either one or both is fine.

Where did my comment go..? lol

@ascended: Probably subtract the writing, would berate both actors.

I don't know. Must be a glitch, was there earlier, happens sometimes.

@ascended: Alright so after watching Spider-Man 2, I would still probably say I like Andrew better.

The reason why is the way he sells emotion. I not only feel it through facial expression, but also through posture, the way he moves and such, which I feel is something you need when playing Spider-Man because they're going to have to wear the mask at times. Between his posture and voice, you understand how he's feeling in costume. Now that's not to say Tobey doesn't sell emotion. I think he's can easily make you understand how he is feeling in the role with a simple expression, most specifically when he feels conflicted. It's just I never feel Spider-Man has a different emotion unless he spoke or the angle they were using (that's more toward the costume design.)

Something Tobey did a lot better one, was I never had a moment where I would think, wow that sounded bad. This is like the lines were bad or the timing was wrong, it's just the way Andrew would say it. Most predominant scene is when him and Harry are throwing rocks. '

I think both actors had great interactions with their respective supporting cast, especially with Aunt May. Though Tobey doesn't really have any chemistry with Dunst, but that's a casting problem.

Honestly for me it all comes down to showing emotion. I feel both are great at doing it as Peter, they both are great at showing the frustration and conflict Peter has. But Tobey falters at showing how he feels in costume, as he looks very stiff, when walking around, and relied too much on the camera angles for the eyes to show it.

@ninjablade09: So is it only the posture that separates Andrew from Tobey that makes you think Andrew is still better in the end or are there more? And by how much better is he compared to him? (Based on Spider-man 2 vs The Amazing Spider-man 2)

@ascended: For Spider-Man yes, but to me that's a large deciding factor. For you it might be a minor thing. I feel posture in suit is important, due to the restrictions of Spidey's mask as it always has one emotion if you look dead on. So posture really helps emphasise for dead on moments. Camera angles helps as well, and I think it really helped for Tobey, because the suit made him always look pissed( though that did help the alley suit up, and the scene when he saves Harry and they stare at each other by making it look more badass)

For their respective roles in their movies I'd give Tobey an 8.5/10 and Andrew a 9/10.

But that's how I feel about performances alone. I like Andrew's Spider-Man a lot more as a character, when we factor in writing because I can relate to him more. While I don't like the parent's sub-plot, for what it's worth, it does add a more relatable element to Peter. To me one of the biggest faults in Spider-Man 2's writing was that he had all this character development and it led him straight back to where he was in Spider-Man 1. I liked the idea of the idea of learning humility in Spider-Man 3, but that was a mess and lost eventually. I very much liked Spidey's portrayal in 3, because it felt more like him. The movie had problems at first but it only really started going downhill after the Subway fight. The first Sandman fight is easily my second favorite scene in the trilogy, loved that Spidey had this sense of arrogance.

@ninjablade09: Can I just make a comment? I didn't like Andrew's acting or the movie itself for TASM 1. I think Tobey did much better with his acting in Spider-man 1 and Tobey's first movie was less than a Christopher Nolan's Batman film. So can we just say that so far it's a tie between the two? Spider-man 1/Amazing Spider-man 1 - Tobey wins it, and Spider-man 2/Amazing Spider-man 2 - Andrew wins it ?

@ascended: That's fairly reasonable. Though, I don't want me to fully dominate your opinion, I suggest you see ASM2 to make up your mind to see if that's how you want to look at it. I personally put their roles in their first movies on par. Both showed a layer of the emotion they were meant to. I think Andrew showed the pain, and struggle it is to be who he is, but I think Tobey nailed the happy go-lucky , I love doing this, but it's a dangers to those I love thing they had going on.

Though I will say this, Tobey's best role will always be Spider-Man, while Andrew best role will always be Eduardo from Social Network, unless they really pull something great from the next to movies. But both actors will probably most known for playing Spider-Man though. They are very much like Christopher Daniel Barnes and Josh Keaton.

@ninjablade09: Interesting. How long have you been reading Spider-man comic books for?

@ascended: About roughly 8 years now, started mid-2006.

Liam Hemsworth

I would love to see Andrew as Peter. He did fantastic in the second movie, and I want to see him and Chris Evan's Cap have a conversation about...anything. But pipe dreams.

Marvel will put their own Peter.
One downside to them getting the rights back

http://www.spidermancrawlspace.com/2014/12/13/more-details-of-sonys-spider-man-plans-from-hacked-e-mails/comment-page-1/#comment-482640

Just do what Ghost Rider did and make it really vague whether it's a sequel or a reboot

Give him a show on Netflix.

I really hope TASM 1and 2 get both directors cut versions. Them and abdrew garfield really need it. It'd really be kind of marvel to do that.

logan lerman