Shailene Woodley cast in ‘AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2’ as Mary Jane; Gwen Stacy dies! Maybe.

Double-dip of Spider-Man news concerning a new female and an old female in the flicks. That doesn’t sound…right? Anyways. Yeah. Here we go.

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Buried in the news of Shailene Woodley‘s latest piece of casting was a major piece of news about her participation in The Amazing Spider-Man franchise. Marc Webbis back to directThe Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Woodley has now been confirmed to play Mary Jane Watson, a role previously played by Kirsten Dunst in the Sam Raimi films. Of course in Webb’s first film, Emma Stone played another of the famous loves of Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield), Gwen Stacy.

So how does this all fit? Well, Woodley’s part in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 will reportedly be small in contrast to Stone’s, setting her up for a larger role in thetrilogy’s conclusion, The Amazing Spider-Man 3.

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The news came from the Hollywood Reporter story of Woodley being cast in Divergent. Here’s the text in question, beware spoilers.

Woodley initially had scheduling issues as an obstacle to the dealmaking, having had offers to play both Mary Jane and the Divergent lead. But the Mary Jane role is proving to be only a very small part in Amazing Spider-Man 2 but blossoms into an integral lead for the planned third movie as the studio seeks to build to the classic “Death of Gwen Stacy” story.