Tobey Maguire

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Tobias Vincent “Tobey” Maguire (born June 27, 1975) is an American actor and film producer who began his career in the late 1980s. He is known for his role as Peter Parker / Spider-Man in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man film trilogy (2002–2007), as well as for his roles in Pleasantville (1998), The Cider House Rules (1999), Wonder Boys (2000), Seabiscuit (2003), Brothers (2009), and The Great Gatsby (2013). He has been nominated for Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe Awards and received two Saturn Awards, including one for Best Actor. Tobey_Maguire_3,_2013 In 2002, Maguire starred in Spider-Man, based on the popular Marvel Comics superhero. The film was a major success and quickly shot Maguire to stardom. He reprised his role in the sequels Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007), and has also provided the voice of Spider-Man for the video game adaptations of the films. All three movies went on to be part of the highest grossing movies each year. Maguire’s performance as Spider-Man earned him some glowing reviews. For instance, Mark Caro of the Chicago Tribune felt that “with his big, round, soulful eyes, Maguire always has been able to convey a sense of wonder, and his instinct for understatement also serves him well here.” Due to script and production complications, a proposed third Spider-Man sequel did not materialize. Sony has rebooted the franchise, and has focused on a younger Spider-Man (played by Andrew Garfield) as Peter Parker is still in high school in the movie; Garfield has a much younger appearance than Maguire.[15] The film, titled The Amazing Spider-Man, was released on July 3, 2012. 320px-Tobey_Maguire_and_Jennifer_Meyer_by_David_Shankbone Maguire is attached to produce Afterburn, a science fiction movie based on the Red 4 comic book by Paul Ens and Scott Chitwood. Neal Moritz’s Original Films is also producing and Relativity is in talks to board the post-apocalyptic project, whose story is set one year after a solar flare burns half of Earth, leaving what life remains mutated from radiation and nuclear fallout. Treasure hunters then go back to the scorched portion of the planet to retrieve valuable artifacts while facing rival hunters, mutants and pirates along the way. It has been announced that Gerard Butler is in negotiations to star in the film while Antoine Fuqua in talks to direct. Tobey_Maguire_2,_2013Maguire’s company is also co-producing an adaptation of a mystery novel by Isaac Adamson called Tokyo Suckerpunch with Sony Pictures. The film will star Maguire in the role of American reporter Billy Chaka, who investigates the murder of a Japanese friend in Tokyo. Anne Hathaway has also been confirmed for the film. tobeymaguire4Maguire and DiCaprio once again starred together, in Baz Luhrmann’s remake of The Great Gatsby; DiCaprio played the title role, while Maguire played the story’s narrator, Nicholas “Nick” Carraway. The movie was released in America on May 10, 2013

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