Director Marc Webb admits that J Jonah Jameson may finally show his face in The Amazing Spider-Man 3...
With The Amazing Spider-Man 2 set for its US bow this week - off the back of a strong UK opening - the publicity tour for the movie continues. And director Marc Webb has been chatting about future plans for the series, and specifically when we can expect the new J Jonah Jameson to finally appear on screen.
Webb admitted that "I like the idea very much of him coming up in the next film. It was more easy to accept a new Spider-Man than someone who could out do J K Simmons in that role, he is so iconic". This is true, of course. Simmons stole every scene that Sam Raimi allowed him near in the original Spider-Man trilogy. Webb continued, adding "that’s something we’ve really talked about. Obviously I love that character because he poses such an interesting dilemma for Spider-Man. The answer is I don’t know, but I think you can expect to see him in the future". Given that Webb has one more Spider-Man film to make, that suggests (but far from confirms) it may be that one.
Nothing definitive then, but it's nice to see J K Simmons get some acknowledgement for his tremendous work. His Spider-Man work has to be one of the finest pieces of casting seen to date in a comic book movie.
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yes they should put JK Simmons back in there, but they will probably go with someone else to put their "stamp" on it for the same reason they changed Spidey's costume so much for the first film, for no other reason.