Yesterday saw Brave's Merida officially crowed as the 11th Disney Princess at a ceremony that marked the first appearance of Official Disney Cosplay Queen Elinor. (Inside the Magic)

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I don't think it had really hit me yet that the person playing Aleksei Sytsevich, as in the Rhino, in Amazing Spider-Man 2 is Paul Giamatti. Like, I knew it was Giamatti, but I still couldn't wrap my head around the idea of the guy from Lady in the Water is going to be playing a part known for its giant rhinoceros suit. But now that director Marc Webb went ahead and tweeted an image of Giamatti as Sytsevich...well, it's honestly still hard to wrap my head around it.

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British actress Felicity Jones was rumored to the one of the frontrunners to play Sharon Carter in Captain America: Winter Soldier. That didn't happen, obviously—Emily VanCamp got the role instead—but now it's been confirmed that she'll be in another Marvel movie: The Amazing Spider-Man 2. But whom will she play?

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Martin Sheen has joked before about making Uncle Ben's death in The Amazing Spider-Man a dream sequence so he could return in the sequel, and now it looks like he's getting his wish, at least partially: Sheen has confirmed that he will indeed be reprising his role in The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

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Back in October we learned The Amazing Spider-Man sequel was casting for Mary Jane Watson and Harry Osborn, roles previously held by Kirsten Dunst and James Franco in the previous franchise. Actress Shailene Woodley has already been chosen for Mary Jane and now Harry has been found. Chronicle's Dane DeHaan will play Peter Parker's friend while Jamie Foxx officially jumps on as the villain Electro.

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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 might be getting Foxxier. It's been confirmed that the villain in the Marc Webb-directed superhero sequel, slated for release in 2014, will be Electro, and Variety reported yesterday that Jamie Foxx is in early talks to play him. Foxx has yet to officially join the cast, though a Tweet he posted yesterday ("Dressed up as Electro for Halloween last night. Costume fits well.") confirms at the very least that he's interested in playing Electro, legal name Max Dillon, an electrical engineer who was transformed into a living electrical capacitor by a freak lightning strike.

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If you were one of those fans happy Mary Jane Watson was left out of the Spider-Man reboot, I'm sorry, she's back. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is looking to cast both Mary Jane and Harry Osborn. One actress is already up for the role plus, we've got some rumors on who the villain might be! 

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Was there ever any doubt? As of yesterday, floppy-haired Peter Parker Andrew Garfield has officially signed on star in the sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man. Also announced is the return of director Marc Webb, which was in doubt due to Webb being contractually obligated to direct a film for Fox. But all that's been worked out (dare we say… untangled?) now.

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Online streaming service Hulu has announced that it will debut its first original, scripted series Battleground on February 14th. The series will be a 13 episode mockumentary from The Amazing Spiderman director Marc Webb. With Netflix's own original series Lilyhammer debuting just days before, online streaming could become a "battleground" in its own right.

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Your friendly neighborhood web-slinger may no longer be patrolling the streets of New York City. The Marc Webb-helmed reboot of the Spider-Man franchise with Andrew Garfield as the new lead is jumping ship for Los Angeles! It's not known if shooting will also take place in NYC, or if there will be attempts to construct sets of the Big Apple. Production is slated to begin December, with a planned release date of July 3, 2012. (Gordon and the Whale via Coming Soon)

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Any geek will know, of course, that October 23 is Sam Raimi's birthday. Why then, have James Franco and Bill Hader released this Spider-Man 4 viral video for Funny or Die, in honor of the director's birthday ... today? For one it's certainly topical, with rumors swirling around about who will be the next Spider-Man in the upcoming Marc Webb reboot. And two, I ask: Why not wish him a very early birthday? I've been a fan of Franco's Funny or Die videos for a while; that he's willing to be self-deprecating always makes for a good laugh. In the video, Franco confronts his inner Willem Dafoe over being killed off in the third film. Little known trivia: Hader in fact worked as a PA on the first film. He also does a killer Dafoe laugh impression. Video below:

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Hitfix's anonymous sources are telling it that Logan Lerman, the young star of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, is "almost 100% locked" into the role of Spider-Man in Marc Webb's as-yet-untitled franchise reboot.

When Sony Pictures decided to reboot "Spider-Man," speculation began immediately, and Lerman was one of the early names bandied about. At the time, those conversations were premature, but it appears that the process has brought Sony back around to the young actor, and now he is poised to wear the familiar red-and-blue costume after all.

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