{"id":6258,"date":"2012-10-20T13:46:40","date_gmt":"2012-10-20T20:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wakingideas.com\/blog\/?p=6258"},"modified":"2012-10-20T13:46:40","modified_gmt":"2012-10-20T20:46:40","slug":"its-offical-mary-jane-watson-cast-for-the-amazing-spider-man-2-plus-trilogy-storyline-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=6258","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s official: Shailene Woodley cast as Mary Jane Watson in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. (+ trilogy storyline info)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6259 alignnone\" title=\"Shailene-Woodley-Mary-Jane\" src=\"http:\/\/wakingideas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Shailene-Woodley-Mary-Jane.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not to long ago <a href=\"http:\/\/wakingideas.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/rumor-has-amazing-spider-man-2-found-its-villian-and-mary-jane\/\">we shared<\/a> the news that <strong>Shailene Woodley<\/strong> was being sought to play the role of <strong>Mary Jane Watson<\/strong> in the upcoming sequel to <strong>Marc Webb&#8217;s<\/strong> <strong><em>The Amazing Spider-Man<\/em><\/strong> franchise. <strong>Marc Webb<\/strong> which is currently just being referred to as <strong><em>The Amazing Spider-Man 2<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, <strong>Woodley<\/strong> has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/shailene-woodley-in-talks-to-play-mary-jane-watson-in-the-amazing-spider-man-2-electro-rumored-as-villain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">offically now been confirmed<\/a> to play <strong>Mary Jane Watson.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So how will this all work? According to rumors, <strong>Woodley\u2019s<\/strong> part in <strong><em>The Amazing Spider-Man 2<\/em><\/strong> will actually be a small one in comparison to the role of <strong>Gwen Stacy<\/strong>, which mainly is to set up a much larger role for the 3rd installment of the trilogy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/heat-vision\/shailene-woodley-closing-deal-star-380130\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hollywood Reporter<\/a>\u00a0 broke the news and with it, revealed some huge news about the future of the films.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Warning. Spoilers Ahead.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Woodley initially had scheduling issues as an obstacle to the deal making, having had offers to play both Mary Jane and the\u00a0<em>Divergent<\/em>\u00a0lead. But the Mary Jane role is proving to be only a very small part in\u00a0<em>Amazing Spider-Man 2<\/em>\u00a0but blossoms into an integral lead for the planned third movie as the studio seeks to build to the classic \u201cDeath of Gwen Stacy\u201d story.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While fans did see this coming, but it is interesting to note that its implying that we will once again see <strong>The Green Goblin<\/strong>, and more or less could imply it would be in similar fashion to his first film appearance, but this time,<strong> Spider-Man<\/strong> doesn&#8217;t save the girl in time.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Amazing Spider-Man<\/strong> <strong>2 <\/strong><\/em>is set to hit theaters <strong>May 2nd, 2014<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6259 alignnone\" title=\"Shailene-Woodley-Mary-Jane\" src=\"http:\/\/wakingideas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Shailene-Woodley-Mary-Jane.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not to long ago <a href=\"http:\/\/wakingideas.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/rumor-has-amazing-spider-man-2-found-its-villian-and-mary-jane\/\">we shared<\/a> the news that <strong>Shailene Woodley<\/strong> was being sought to play the role of <strong>Mary Jane Watson<\/strong> in the upcoming sequel to <strong>Marc Webb&#8217;s<\/strong> <strong><em>The Amazing Spider-Man<\/em><\/strong> franchise. <strong>Marc Webb<\/strong> which is currently just being referred to as <strong><em>The Amazing Spider-Man 2<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, <strong>Woodley<\/strong> has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/shailene-woodley-in-talks-to-play-mary-jane-watson-in-the-amazing-spider-man-2-electro-rumored-as-villain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">offically now been confirmed<\/a> to play <strong>Mary Jane Watson.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So how will this all work? According to rumors, <strong>Woodley\u2019s<\/strong> part in <strong><em>The Amazing Spider-Man 2<\/em><\/strong> will actually be a small one in comparison to the role of <strong>Gwen Stacy<\/strong>, which mainly is to set up a much larger role for the 3rd installment of the trilogy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/heat-vision\/shailene-woodley-closing-deal-star-380130\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hollywood Reporter<\/a>\u00a0 broke the news and with it, revealed some huge news about the future of the films.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Warning. Spoilers Ahead.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=6258\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;It&#8217;s official: Shailene Woodley cast as Mary Jane Watson in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. 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