Josh Hutcherson: Spider-Man afterall?

What the hell is going on over there at Sony? It kinda makes me wonder if poor Josh Hutcherson is twisting in the wind trying to figure out if he's gonna play Spider-Man in Marc Webb's reboot or not. Another day, another rumor. Blu Sky Disney is reporting that Hutcherson has been offered the role formally. That would fly in the face of last week's story that Sony was already reviewing screen tests for a number of actors, a list that did NOT include Josh Hutcherson. It's been assumed that Hutcherson's commitment to the Journey to the Center of the Earth sequel has left him out of the running. That film is due to shoot this fall.

To make the situation even more confusing, soon after Blu Sky put out that story, Hutcherson was spoken to by Super Hero Hype, and didn't seem all that convinced he'd be playing the wallcrawler at all...

Hutcherson: “I think a lot of people are auditioning and talking about it, so it’s an honor to be considered on the same list with some of these actors that I’m up against. It’s really cool. To be talked about in that kind of role is very awesome.” … “I really don’t know what’s going on with everything right now. It would be an honor to play that role, it’s a big thing, it’s a total game changer. I really want to play a comic book hero. I’m not really huge into comics, but I’ve always been big into superheroes from the cartoons and the movies that have been made about them.”

Man, whatever. I hope he gets it, but by the time they finally come to a decision he might be better suited to the role of Uncle Ben.