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James Cromwell has joined the cast of Columbia Pictures' Spider-Man 3 as Captain Stacy, the father of Bryce Dallas Howard's character, Gwen.

In the "Amazing Spider-Man" comic books, Stacy dies a heroic death as he saves a child during a battle between Spider-Man and another supervillain. Peter Parker love interest Gwen Stacy (Howard) ends up blaming Spider-Man for her father's death.

Cromwell joins returning cast members Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst and James Franco as well as Topher Grace, Thomas Haden Church and Theresa Russell. Sam Raimi is directing.

Cromwell is best known for starring in the "Babe" movies, the first of which earned him an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor, and as a villain in "L.A. Confidential." His recent role on "Six Feet Under" earned him an Emmy mention in 2003.

Bad ass. Anyoine got a pic? Hasnt there bee 2 Cap Stacy's? George, gwen's pop, and... Arthur? Isnt it George's bro or soething...

Great news

Another character to take away from Venom's screen time,if he's in it.Sandman's too.

With her father in it,it looks like Gwen Stacy is going to be a major player in this.

I wonder if he will die along with her or it will end with neither dying.

kill 'em! Kill 'em all! VENOM MUST RERIGN SSSSSSSSUPREME! VENOM MUST EAT THEIR "BRAINSSSSSSS"

hey it is the guy from star trek first contact movie. cool.

I have a strange feeling about the movie.
May be we will get the best Spidey movie ever or the worst. With so much characters I really cant believe that Venom will be in the movie. His character alone would fill the movie and now we get the Staycys, Sandman, his wife more MJ Peter love etc.

I really hope that this film will atleast be 3-4 hours long or they will make it suck so bad

Originally posted by Knightfall93
kill 'em! Kill 'em all! VENOM MUST RERIGN SSSSSSSSUPREME! VENOM MUST EAT THEIR "BRAINSSSSSSS"


YES! I bet Venom is gonna kill the guy. I also think that Venom is gonna bite a chunk out of Sandman and kill him. Oh, that would be so amazing.

btw, just a note. For Venom, it's brains or Chocolate Bars (Sign of the Boss #1)

Originally posted by Marcus4600
YES! I bet Venom is gonna kill the guy. I also think that Venom is gonna bite a chunk out of Sandman and kill him. Oh, that would be so amazing.

btw, just a note. For Venom, it's brains or Chocolate Bars (Sign of the Boss #1) That's not Venom that's women.

Originally posted by Doc Ock
Great news

Another character to take away from Venom's screen time,if he's in it.Sandman's too.

With her father in it,it looks like Gwen Stacy is going to be a major player in this.

Cough*completely unnecessary character and a waste of time*cough

Less chance for Venom I am getting really happy.

With so many major charcters bein introed into 1 film its gna suck unbelivably unless sam raimi is some sort of god at directing.

And we know thats not going to happen

I was wondering with the news of Gwen being in the film if Captain Stacy was far behind.Looks like we got our answer.speaking of LA Confidential,I just saw that movie for the first time last week.Cromwell usually plays baddies in all his movies like he did in that one so it will be interesting seeing him play a good guy for a change.

Yay, I like this actor, Very sadistic in L.A confidential. I think he could pull it off as a father to Gwen Stacey. Good choice!

I think he'll only have a bit part. Maybe a short scene here and there at the most.

yea, he wont be a major role for my guess

Either this will be a 48 hour film or its gonna suck BIG TIME... too many characters!

Originally posted by Arahan
hey it is the guy from star trek first contact movie. cool.

I have a strange feeling about the movie.
May be we will get the best Spidey movie ever or the worst. With so much characters I really cant believe that Venom will be in the movie. His character alone would fill the movie and now we get the Staycys, Sandman, his wife more MJ Peter love etc.


You missed... MJ's acting, Harry Osborne as GG2/ Hobgoblin, a story that means Pete gets eddie sacked, Aunt May... and more!

all inclusive

What is happening to the world?

Originally posted by TheOnes2
I really hope that this film will atleast be 3-4 hours long or they will make it suck so bad Originally posted by Knightfall93
Either this will be a 48 hour film or its gonna suck BIG TIME... too many characters!

Maybe they'll do the same thing as the matrix and do a number of films back to back.

Maybe... they'll add Flash, Kong, Liz Allen, Randy, Ned Leeds, Ben Reilly, The Lizrd, Hobgoblin, Dracula, Manwolf, nick Fury, MJ's lesbain whore, the Sinister Six, Shocker, Carnage, Toxin, Kraven, Vermin, the Avengers, the Fantastic 4, chameleon, Mysterio, Jar Jar, Jackal, Kingpin, Blade, dumbledore, Rudolph and every other fictional charcter known to man... that seems to be what they're trying to do! Oh, I forgot Hammerhead... rhino...

borg Yeah he was in first contact he played zefram cochrane.

Let's kill him off like in USM...that was a nice volume all together.

let's kill EVERYONE off so Venom can eat some "brainsssssssssssssss"

Hey guys, I heard a rumor they were going to have Jeremey Wilson added in as himself... (Jeremey Wilson of course, would be me) Raimi said that not only did he want to capture the more human side of Pete in the movie, but the more human side of the everyday person.. Raimi has yet to knock on my door, so we don't know if this rumor is true yet..

lol

Well I thought I'd enjpoy the part so I'll take a hint from the slaves in Sparticus...
"I AM JEREMY WILSON!"

You can be Jeremy Wilson, but I am JEREMEY Wilson. Three e's.

Originally posted by Drache53
You can be Jeremy Wilson, but I am JEREMEY Wilson. Three e's. Can I call you Jem?
Anywho all things said, this movie better not be too gushy gooey. IT"S SPIDER_MAN. Not gone with the wind. Good Lord....

It"s actually means absolutely nothing

No, you can't call me Jem, you can call me Jerm, but not Jem.. Reminds me too much of that bloody Hucklberry Finn book... I really hope SM3 isn't too gushy either..

Yeah. Gushy is bad. I like lots of fighting. I wanna see Spidey get his ass kicked, and kick some ass. Also, I think Venom should kill Sandman like he did in the comics. Take a bite out of crime!

YEAH!

yep that would be cool, and it might happen at the end, seeing as how Venom supposed to be introduced near the end.

That just sucks if he comes in at the end and then they have to wrap it up with a 5 min fight scene

I think the final fight should be at least 20 min so maybe "near the end" is you know, 20-30 min away from end. So that he has a big fight and Harry comes and helps and Venom kills Sandman.

It needs to be 3 hours from the end... of Spidey 4! then he becomes Venom at the end but he only battles Pete in 4!

The movie won't be any longer than 2 hours and 20 minutes.

All super hero movies tend to be around 2 hours.No longer.

i know... it SUCKS! As Grandma Wilma would say "thatsh a real bore, ain'it, kiddo?"

This is good... y'know, when Church was first announced, I thought of him as a good George Stacy.