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Yesterday, news first broke that Sam Raimi and Co. are currently casting Spider-Man 4 via an unconfirmed rumor on mania.com that Rachel McAdams was being looked at for the part of Felicia Hardy, who fans will know is also the Webslinger’s sometimes-villian, sometimes-ally Black Cat.
/film now has also received word that there indeed does seem to be a new female lead being cast in the movie, which lends credence to the Black Cat rumor. Their source has Romola Garai auditioning for a role, who you may remember as the age 18 Briony Tallis in Atonement or Siobahn in the excellent Inside I’m Dancing (also known Stateside as Rory O’Shea Was Here). So what we can surmise based off these reports is this: it appears that Black Cat may be in Spider-Man 4, and that McAdams and Garai are both in the running for the role.
More details after the jump. Read»
MTV’s got a new trailer up for Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes, and it’s got quips a-plenty, action in every frame, and style to boot.
Come to think of it, the Sherlock Holmes trailers that we’ve seen have been a bit of a mess plot-wise; that is, I still don’t have a very clear idea of just what the plot is. Mark Strong’s some sort of nefarious, perhaps supernatural villain, and Holmes and Watson are on the case? Anyway, they’re definitely selling chemistry and style more than anything else, especially between Robert Downey, Jr.’s Holmes and Jude Law’s Watson. And you know what? It’s enough. It totally works, and I’m ready to get to the theater just to see the two play off of each other.
The trailer finally gives Rachel McAdams something to do, though I still feel like her presence in the movie is being undersold here. Her dry delivery towards the end is one of the best moments in the trailer, and I think she’ll be just as integral a piece to Sherlock Holmes‘ entertainment and success as all the bare-knuckle brawls and one-liners.
Check out the trailer after the jump. Read»
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