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No longer just on the verge, actress **Emma Stone **is quite a big deal now that she is going to be offered the role of Mary Jane Watson in the new ‘Spider Man’](The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) - Movie | Moviefone) movie. Two weeks ago we heard that the ‘Easy A’ star was circling a role in the comic book adaptation, but it wasn’t then known which character she was up for. We thought maybe Betty Brant. Yet *Deadline *reports]('SPIDER-MAN' UPDATE: Emma Stone To Be Offered Role Of Mary Jane Watson) it is indeed the part of “MJ,” previously played by Kirsten Dunst in Sam Raimi’s ‘Spider-Man’ trilogy, that will Sony will soon cast her as.
The character might not be as prominent in the first part of the reboot series, though. Directed by Marc Webb, it’s likely to be more faithful to Spidey’s comic origins, which have the web-slinging hero (Andrew Garfield) first dating Gwen Stacy (still not yet officially cast) and later hooking up with the redhead. It’s possible that Stone would only make a minor appearance in this next film, then, only to set up the rest of the franchise.