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Spider-Man Actor Revealed
Singer-actor cast as Peter Parker on Broadway.
by Brian Linder
US, November 9, 2009

The Spider-Man musical has found its Peter Parker. After an extended search which included a series of nationwide open auditions, the coveted lead has been awarded to one of the contenders we recently profiled here on IGN.

Reeve Carney, frontman of the rock band which bears his last name, will play Peter Parker in the upcoming Broadway adaptation of the beloved superhero comic.

Carney's band dropped a respectable rock single called "Love Me Chase Me" last summer, and has been touring with G'ovt Mule and the Veronicas. A quick listen to the band should assure most fans that he's got the vocals to handle the songs written by U2 members Bono and The Edge.

As an actor, Carney recently worked with Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark director Julie Taymor on her upcoming adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest which is due to hit movie theaters in 2010. Beyond that, Carney earned critical acclaim as a child actor in the film Snow Falling on Cedars -- he was nominated in the 2000 Young Artists Awards and won "Best Performance in a Feature Film." He hasn't done much else acting-wise, but Taymor clearly saw something she liked.

and a picture of the chap in question.