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After some speculation whether or not Mary Jane would be in Spider-Man 4 and 5, MJ actress Kirsten Dunst accidentally revealed to MTV that she will indeed be returning to the series.

"I'm in," said the actress matter of factly. However, when pressed to make the announcement official, Dunst quickly changed her tone, and rather cryptically added, "I'm not saying anything, I know there's rumors..."

Fanboys may remember that Dunst has a history of spilling Spidey spoilers. It was she who confirmed rumors that Sandman and Venom were the villains of Spider-Man 3.

Some have wished that the movie storyline would dump Mary Jane Watson in favor of Gwen Stacy--introduced in the last film. Gwen Stacy was played by Bryce Dallas Howard. No word yet if she will also be returning to play her character in Spidey 4 and 5.

The studio is targeting a May 2011 release for the fourth pic.

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Crisis on Infinite Earths

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Previous reports, by Kirsten Dunst herself, that she was signed for the next Spidey movies seem to be wishful thinking on the actress's part. Sounds like head honcho Rami is leaning to losing the fake red-head, and MJ altogether for sequels 4 & 5. Did ANYONE think Dunst came close to "supermodel" pretty anyway? We didn't either.
We can easily imagine what the forthcoming Spider-Man 4 and Spider-Man 5 movies would be like without Kirsten Dust. BETTER!

None of us here at CBM thought she was right for the part of a super-hottie model Mary Jane anyway. Well, if the hints that director Sam Rami is sending out are indicative of what will happen to Spider-Man's squeeze, she WON'T be in the film--at least not Dunst.


“Kirsten, I’d love to work with her again,” Raimi explained to us this week, making it sound as if current plans to include Dunst for “Spider-Man 4” and “Spider-Man 5” are still up in the air. “I hope she’ll be written into it. I couldn’t imagine making one without her, and I think she’s an important part of the movies.” Nevertheless, Raimi admitted that the very nature of an episodic series requires that characters come and go.


Here, Sam Raimi implies that Kirsten Dunst’s character Mary-Jane wouldn’t be in the new Spider-Man movies! Hooray! He also hinted in the interview that one of the new Spider-Man villains could be a vicious scaly reptilian humanoid, though, so, is that the Lizard, or is he saying that he just MAY call Kirsten Dunst back? Hmmmm. Could go either way with that one.

In any case, CBM still remembers when the Spider-Man movies were great, but after a lack-luster Spider-Man 3--where Rami came close to mimicking Joel Schumacher by bringing in too many bad guys, AND the major bad idea of bringing Spidey on Broadway, we don’t feel so enthused any more. It seems at times like this comic book franchise has run its course. But this news is a good turn, and with the vast number of GOOD storylines, villains and just plain fun of the comic books, we think Spidey still has some legs if they get back on track.

Obviously, Spider-Man director Sam Raimi has sensed our fear and he wants to calm us all down the best way he can - by dumping Dunst. Now, if he develops Gwen Stacy, played by actress Bryce Dallas Howard, into Petey's love interest, he'll start to win us back.

Glory Days!