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We already know that director Julie Taymor wants to reunite her Across the Universe stars for the upcoming Spider-Man musical on Broadway. Evan Rachel Wood has already committed to playing Mary-Jane, and now she's talking a little bit more about what we can expect , no matter who plays Peter Parker.

"It's a year commitment," says Wood. "I did the workshop with Jim Sturgess, but he's not sure if he can make that year commitment but we're trying to get him to do it. I want him to do it so bad."

That would be ideal for Taymor, and perhaps even for Sturges, who has kind of been lukewarm on the idea all along. If he can prove he can play a superhero on stage, that could set him up nicely for a film franchise of some kind down the line, if he's looking for that kind of thing.

Of course, it would help if the Spider-Man musical is worth its salt. Wood says "stuff from the first and second films and some stuff from the comic books" have been used to create the story, and we'll have a new villain, as well, plus music by Bono and The Edge. And that all sounds great but...Spider-Man singing?

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