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September 3rd, 2009 LONDON - U2 frontman Bono has reportedly made arrangements to help finance the Spider-Man musical which could have been scrapped due to financial problems. Apparently, the Irish rocker has convinced his wealthy friends to invest in the show.

August 22nd, 2009 LON - Spider-Man creator Stan Lee will come up with an animated comic book, which will be available online and on mobile phones. His company Purveyors Of Wonder has linked up with Disney to produce Time Jumper, which he says is "a comic, but it has sound, it has music, it has some motion, although it isn't fully-animated." Lee has further plans to turn the comic into a film if it does well.

August 20th, 2009 LONDON - Evan Rachel Wood has assured that she is ready to star in the upcoming Spider-Man musical, even though recent rumours claim she quit the production after it was hit by financial crunch. Representative for the actress said that she is "100 per cent committed - she didn't pull out," reports the Daily Star.

August 11th, 2009 LONDON - Brushing aside all rumours of financial difficulties slowing down the new Spider-Man musical, producers have said the project will open on time. Recent reports in some tabloids claimed that preparations for the musical came to a standstill due to cash flow problems on the 35-million-dollar (23.3 million pounds) production, reports The Daily Star.

July 23rd, 2009 Sam Raimi to direct 'World of Warcraft' film LOS ANGELES — The director of the "Spider-Man" film franchise is set to transform "World of Warcraft" into a movie. Blizzard Entertainment Inc.

July 23rd, 2009 NEW YORK - Sam Raimi, director of the top-grossing "Spider-Man" films, is all set to helm a film adaptation of the wildly popular videogame "World of Warcraft." The movie is set to be a live action version of the popular game, which enables players to become characters including dwarves, orcs and trolls, reports Variety.com. "At its core, 'Warcraft' is a fantastic, action-packed story," Raimi said in a statement.

July 15th, 2009 NEW YORK - TV host Larry King's wife Shawn is one of the two finalists being selected for Bono's Broadway musical 'Spider-Man'. The former western-country singer is being considered to play role of Arachne in the much-anticipated and hugely expensive musical, set to debut on Broadway in February, reports New York Post.

July 6th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood bosses have announced a spin-off on the villainous character Venom from the third instalment of the "Spider-Man" franchise. The news has been confirmed by screenwriters Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese who have revealed stating that they have already written the character for the film to be titled "Venom", reports aceshowbiz.com.

July 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Spider-Man has found life outside of comic-book pages, says an associate humanities librarian for Texas Tech University Libraries. In an article published in the International Journal of Comic Art, pop-culture guru Rob Weiner basically says that Spider-Man and his costumed peers have entered mankind's collective consciousness, filling a shared need for heroes.

June 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Evan Rachel Wood and Alan Cumming will be performing in the new Broadway musical "Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark," it has been confirmed. Both the stars, who were anticipated to be cast in the show for sometime now, finally signed up earlier this week, Variety magazine reports.

June 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Actress Evan Rachel Wood has been roped in to star as Mary Jane Watson in the Spider-Man stage musical. Earlier show's director Julie Taymor had denied that Wood would play the superhero's love interest.

June 10th, 2009 LONDON - Spider-Man director Sam Raimi has been successful in persuading Kirsten Dunst to sign up for the fourth installment of the superhero franchise, it has emerged. Rumors were abuzz that Dunst's return to the role of Mary Jane-Watson won't happen after Raimi told reporters the actress was still pondering whether to rejoin the cast, reports the Daily Express.

June 4th, 2009 LONDON - American television and radio host Larry King's wife Shawn Southwick is in negotiations to secure a role in the new Spider-Man musical on Broadway. Contactmusic.com reports that the broadcast interviewers' wife was due to work for vocal impressionist Danny Gans at a Las Vegas show this summer but the entertainer's tragic death last month left her out of work.

May 23rd, 2009 LONDON - 'Spider Man 3' star Lucy Gordan had left two suicide notes before hanging herself in the Paris flat, it has emerged. The British actress has apparently left a letter for her parents and details of how she wanted her belongings divided up.

May 11th, 2009 Actor Tobey Maguire's wife gives birth to baby boyLOS ANGELES — The wife of "Spider-Man" star Tobey Maguire has given birth to the couple's second child, a boy. People.com reports that 31-year-old Jennifer Meyer gave birth to a baby boy on Friday.