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[Gunner]

So Sam Raimi stands up and tells Sony that he can't make Spiderman 4 properly and meet the release date - he wants more time, especially on the script, to avoid a rehash of Spidey 3's problems.

Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst and the other continuing actors all stood up behind him.

Sony fired them all. Spiderman 4 will be a new cast, new director reboot with Peter back in high school.

Just something to think about next time you think you're essential to your boss.

[Excaliber]

Tobey is such a jerk, I'm surprised he has lasted this long.

[Gunner]

Lots of H'weird talent are jerks. I know what you mean, though - on getting his first big role, he turned into a fan-baiting schmuck, too big to sign autographs or talk to the little people.

I predict his career is pretty much over. We'll see him in perhaps one more big movie, in which he'll phone in the effort, and then a declining string of B stuff.

[RodgerH]

Good for the Sony execs to take a stand!

Now maybe some actors with real talent can have a chance instead of the same ol' outrageously overpaid paparazzi-seeking Hollywood "celebrities". I'm sick of these "out-of-touch-with-reality" fame seekers who think they are someone special. I see a movie because (hopefully) the story will be entertaining, not because of who is in it. Some of the best movies have had relatively unknown actors...but with great talent.

Rodger