R Patz For Spider Man?
Will he replace Tobey Maguire?
15:22, Wednesday, 13 January 2010
Robert Pattinson has been tipped to replace Tobey Maguire when an all new Spider Man movie hits the screen in 2012.
Maguire and director Sam Raimi both announced they were leaving the franchise this week after disagreements with the studio over the fourth installment.
Film bosses then announced that they’ve rescheduled a new Spidey outing for 2012 and that it will explore the super hero’s time at high school.
Now both
Twilight man Pattinson and Superbad’s
Michael Cera have been linked with the big role.
However if you’re thinking you’ve heard the R Patz rumour before then you’d be right.
Last year the story ran on showbiz websites, but was in fact an April Fools prank!
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