CAUGHT IN SPIDEY'S WEB

Spider-Man eyes Bryce Howard
Bryce Dallas Howard, star of
M. Night Shyamalan's
The Village and the soon-to-be-released
Manderlay, is in talks to play Gwen Stacy, Peter Parker's new love interest — his
first, actually, per the comic books, but that's a long story — in
Spider-Man 3, which is scheduled to start shooting this month. Onboard already for the sequel are returnees
Kirsten Dunst and
James Franco, and
Topher Grace and
Thomas Haden Church as the baddies. I'm sorry, Topher Grace?! Dude couldn't even swing an axe with my boy
Josh Duhamel in
Tad Hamilton. Anyway...