Evan Rachel Wood Is A Singing Mary Jane

IESB reports that Evan Rachel Wood has been cast as Mary Jane in the Broadway musical version of Spider-Man (in an interesting related note, Evan Rachel Wood actually lost the part of Claudia in Interview With The Vampire to Kirsten Dunst). The stage version will be helmed by Julie Taymor, who directed Wood in last year's Beatles-inspired musical Across The Universe. Word is they're currently courting Jim Sturgess, who also starred in Across The Universe, to take on the role of Peter Parker. And to further develop the Across The Universe connections, U2's Bono (who appeared and performed songs in the movie) and The Edge will be writing the music and lyrics for the show. This is a strange and fascinating project. Evan Rachel Wood's been on my list of young guns to watch for some time now, and Julie Taymor's always had a very interesting visual palette. She's done theater work before, so this shouldn't be too big of a change of pace for her.