SPIDER-MAN

Courtesy of JustJared, here's your first look at Marc Webb's ((500) Days of Summer) take on Spider-Man, starring newly minted household name Andrew Garfield (Never Let Me Go) as the titular hero slash Peter Parker. Also joining him is natural blonde-turned-red-head-turned-blonde Emma Stone as Peter's love interest Gwen Stacey.

Nothing too exciting really (whoa-oh-oh, everyone was wearing fingerless gloves); from the looks of things, a scene with smooching from the high school bleachers. I do like the hire of Garfield though. Even though he's twenty-seven years old, he seems to be able to portray the goofiness that Spider-Man embodies. It's an interesting direction Webb is heading to with forgoing the presence of Mary-Jane Watson, the role that natural blonde-turned-red-head Kirsten Dunst brought to life in the first three films.

In the comics, the Green Goblin kidnapped Stacey and hurled her off a bridge. Spidey got there in time and zipped a web-line down, snagging her leg, but also snapping her neck in the process.

With Rhys Ifans (Notting Hill) being cast as Dr. Kurt Connors aka the Lizard, it looks as though the Goblin won't be making an appearance; if Stacey were to die in the upcoming adaptation, that would add a real jolt of gravitas to the otherwise cartoony world they inhabit.