Evan Rachel Wood Proudly Announces The Search For Broadway’s Mary Jane Watson Is Over

The long-gestating Spidey!: The Spider-Man Broadway Musical—words and music by U2, puppet-villains by Julie Taymor, early closing date by completely disinterested fanboy base—has secured the talents of Evan Rachel Wood to play love-interest Mary Jane Watson in the production, IESB.net reports:

So who will be her PETER PARKER? Will it be Jim Sturgess, her Across the Universe co-star who has been long rumoured (and the perfect fit)?

Wood said they are, “still trying to convince him.”

They have their work cut out for them, as it will take a lot more than a midnight call from Bono pleading, “Yo Jim. Look, I don’t know much. I’m just an Irish rock star frontin’ the Biggest Band in the World, but believe me when I tell you brotha, when I wrote ‘Spidey, Webby Spidey,’ I only had your voice in mind. If you don’t want to do it for me, do it for Africa” to do the trick.

• IESB Exclusive: Evan Rachel Wood Confirms Role of Mary Jane in SPIDER-MAN MUSICAL Plus Start Date! [iesb.net]