Dane Dehaan To Play Harry Osborn In The Amazing Spiderman 2
The Amazing Spiderman 2 cast is now fair picking up speed and today they have a new cast member Dane Dehaan but he will play no ordinary character, he will play Harry Osborn! The past 12 months have been a bit of a revelation for the young actor who has turned from an unknown but thanks to Chronicle things have gotten better with Lawless then next month we will see him in Lincoln and now his schedule will be even busier with the Amazing Spiderman.
Harry Osborn is no stranger to Spiderman films with James Franco playing the character in the Sam Raimi films and off course first Peter Parker’s best friend eventually his nemesis, Green Goblin. But his shy charismatic persona slowly becoming power hungry type was enough for Marc Webb as these where some of the attributes for Harry Osborn and today he was announced via the director’s Twitter account. It was believed originally Webb was looking for a more athletic actor to play the part changing his mind several times with Alden Ehrenreich, and Brady Corbet also in the running too.
Production of The Amazing Spiderman 2 will start early 2013 with the film arriving 18th April 2014, below is the official press release announcing Dehaan’s appointment. The will star Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone Reprising their roles with Shailene Woodley (The Descendants) as Mary Jane, with Jamie Foxx set to play the film’ villain aka Electro.
DANE DeHAAN SET TO JOIN CAST OF THE NEXT INSTALLMENT IN THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN™ TRILOGY
CULVER CITY, Calif., December 3, 2012 – Dane DeHaan will join the cast of the next installment of The Amazing Spider-Man™ along side Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx and Shailene Woodley as Columbia Pictures prepares to begin production on the next chapter of the blockbuster franchise, it was announced today by Doug Belgrad, president of Columbia Pictures, and Hannah Minghella, president of production for the studio.
The screenplay is by Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci and Jeff Pinkner based on a previous draft by James Vanderbilt. The film will be directed by Marc Webb and produced by Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach.
The casting of DeHaan as Harry Osborn was confirmed this morning in a tweet by Webb (@MarcW) who wrote “Meet Harry Osborn. So excited to have him on board. @danedehaan.”
“Dane is an exciting and extraordinary young actor and he is a fantastic addition to our cast,” Webb said.
The new film in the Spider-Man saga is set for release in 3D on May 2, 2014. Production will begin in early 2013.
Webb, Garfield and Stone previously teamed on this summer’s blockbuster The Amazing Spider-Man, which has taken in more than $751 million worldwide.
DeHaan caught moviegoers’ attention with his performances in four 2012 releases: Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, opposite Daniel Day-Lewis and Lukas Haas; John Hillcoat’s Lawless, alongside Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, and Jason Clarke; Bradley Rust Gray’s Jack & Diane, with Juno Temple and Riley Keough; and one of the year’s biggest sleeper hits, the adventure thriller Chronicle, directed by Josh Trank. He began his film career with director John Sayles and actor Chris Cooper in Amigo.
DeHaan next stars in Place Beyond the Pines alongside Bradley Cooper and Ryan Gosling. In addition he will star in Atom Egoyan’s Devil’s Knot, with Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth, about the fate of the West Memphis Three; and John Krokidas’ Kill Your Darlings, with Jack Huston, Daniel Radcliffe, Ben Foster, and Kyra Sedgwick, set in 1944 amidst the Beat Generation.
Mr. DeHaan first came to industry attention with his portrayal of Jesse in the third season of the critically applauded drama series In Treatment, starring alongside Gabriel Byrne. This was followed by a guest arc in the fourth season of the popular horror series True Blood.
In 2010, he received an Obie Award for his performance in Annie Baker’s The Aliens, directed by Sam Gold. The Rattlestick Theater production was cited as “Play of the Year” by The New York Times. Mr. DeHaan made his Broadway debut in with American Buffalo, Robert Falls’ 2008 staging of the classic David Mamet play.
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