Wonderful Casting and Friends With Benefits

I greet you with great news, everyone! Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez has been cast as Uncle Ben in the new Spider-Man reboot! Before you start thinking the Parker family's getting a Latin touch, it's actually Martin Sheen, star of Apocalypse Now, and The Departed, to name but two.

Martin Sheen (if you didn't know it already)

I should also point out that Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez is his real name, it's not like I implied it was someone else. Aaaaaaaanyway, how awesome will he be as Uncle Ben? "With great power comes great responsibility" will sound fantastic coming from a former fictional President of the United States...              

Dylan Baker (and the villain he never got to become)

He's making me that much more interested in the reboot again, as hearing Rhys Ifans was being announced as the Lizard put me off a bit. It's still a shame that Dylan Baker never got the chance to make his appearance as the Lizard, especially after starring in Spider-Man 2 and 3, and was looking likely to appear in Sam Raimi's fourth film, alongside John Malkovich (supposedly as the Vulture), but Sony decided just to re-do the entire thing with a film set in high school, and with Peter Parker being played by a 27 year-old Brit. Which is in no way disrespectful to Andrew Garfield, who's fucking awesome. Watch The Social Network if you haven't already, and expect awards to be thrown his way next year. Either way, I'll still see it.

Now here's a trailer for what could be one of the funniest films of next year. It appears that a certain Mr Justin Timberlake is reinventing himself to be quite an accomplished actor, what with his turn in The Social Network, and now this:

                                                  

I have to say, it looks hilarious.

I'll post the Songs of the Week tomorrow, having trouble finding a decent quality video for them. Ta-ta!

Darren out, saying with great power comes great responsibility...