"Spider-Man" Broadway Musical Takes Blow as Evan Rachel Wood Walks Out

[JamesG]

Cumming To Play Spider-man Villain
29 June 2009 4:06 AM, PDT

Scottish actor Alan Cumming has been confirmed as Norm Osborn/The Green Goblin in Julie Taymor's ambitious new Spider-man musical.

The actor will play the villain of SpiderMan: Turn Off the Dark on Broadway next February, opposite Evan Rachel Wood, who will portray the SpiderMan alter-ego Peter Parker's love interest Mary Jane Watson in the production, which will feature new music composed by U2 stars Bono and The Edge.

There's still no word on who will play the lead, but Wood is keen to land her Across The Universe co-star Jim Sturgess as the singing web-slinger, stating recently, "I really want him to do it."

Taymor directed Wood and Sturgess in the Beatles musical movie.

Playing the Green Goblin onstage won't be the first time Cumming has coloured himself up for a role - he went blue to play Nightcrawler in X-Men sequel X2.

-IMDB News

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[JamesG]

Wood Walks Out Of Spider-man Stage Spectacular
Mar. 10, 2010


The much-anticipated Spider-man musical has been hit with another major blow - the project's star, Evan Rachel Wood, has quit.

The Broadway stageshow, titled "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark", has been hit with a series of problems and delays in the past six months - and now Wood has walked over a scheduling conflict, forcing producers to find a new Mary Jane.



Previews were expected to begin last month, but now the production is not expected to make its debut until the end of the summer.

A financial problem temporarily shut down production in August, just two months after Wood confirmed she'd be playing Spider-Man's love interest in the Julie Taymor musical, which features music from U2's Bono and The Edge.



Alan Cumming has been cast as the musical’s villain, the Green Goblin, while newcomer Reeve Carney will play the superhero's alter-ego Peter Parker in the production.

-IMDB News