Shaliene Woodley In Talks To Play Mary Jane Watson In ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Sequel

With Marc Webb back to direct the sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man sequel, Sony Pictures are preparing to start casting for the film, which is set to begin production early next year. Variety is reporting that Shailene Woodley (The Descendants) is in early talks to join the cast as Mary Jane Watson.

Watson is the most well known of Peter Parker’s love interest and Woodley is said to be the studio’s leading choice for role. Sony are also currently looking for an actor to play Harry Osborn, Parker’s best friend. Still a little surprised that this character wasn’t introduced in the first film.

Oh, and who is the current villain rumored for the sequel? Well, it’s definitely one of the ones we said a while back. Rumor is that we may see Electro. However, being that production doesn’t begin for a few more months, there’s still plenty of time for them to decide which villain will take on Spidey next on the big screen.

The currently untitled sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man is set to hit theaters May 2nd, 2014.