PHOTOS Josh Hutcherson is NOT the new Spider-Man

Ever since it was announced the Spider-Man movie franchise would get a complete reboot – after director Sam Raimi’s displeasure with the Spider-Man 4 script could not be appeased – the rumor mill has been churning out likely web-slinging replacements but according to Blue Sky Disney, Sony has settled on Josh Hutcherson.

NOT! (Updated 7-2-2010) It seems ol’ Blue Sky Disney got it wrong. It was announced today that the new Spider-Man is relative unknown Andrew Garfield. That being said, if you are Josh Hutcherson feel free to continue reading this article and dreaming about what could have been…

Word from my Bothans is that Sony has settled on Journey to the Center of the Earth‘s Josh Hutcherson as the newly, high school bound Peter Parker. After several extensive test shoots were performed, Marc Webb and the top Sony $uits decided that Hutcherson was the right fit for the role and an offer was made and has been accepted. Now I wonder who’ll be cast as the Lizard?

Hutcherson talked with ComingSoon.net about his excitement at being considered for the role:

“I think a lot of people are auditioning and talking about it, so it’s an honor to be considered on the same list with some of these actors that I’m up against. It’s really cool. To be talked about in that kind of role is very awesome.”

“I really don’t know what’s going on with everything right now,” he told us when asked if he was still in the running. “It would be an honor to play that role, it’s a big thing, it’s a total game changer. I really want to play a comic book hero. I’m not really huge into comics, but I’ve always been big into superheroes from the cartoons and the movies that have been made about them.”

We kind of knew the answer but we had to Hutcherson if he had a chance to read any of the script before or during his audition, to which he replied, “No, they won’t let anybody read that. They have it in a safe inside a vault inside some secret Fort Knox location.”

Hutcherson is a 17-year old born in Union, Kentucky most famous for his role in Journey to the Center of the Earth in 2008. Also on the busy young actors resume are Bridge to Terabithia, Zathura: A Space Adventure and 2010’s The Kids Are All Right.

Here are a bunch of photos of Josh Hutcherson from the last few years. I’ve been trying to imagine him hanging upside down kissing Kirsten Dunst… Yeah, I guess he’ll work.

Josh Hutcherson at The Kids Are All Right Premiere held June 17, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo: T.Conrad/AdMedia)

Josh Hutcherson at The Kids Are All Right Premiere held June 17, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Josh Hutcherson participates in BritWeek 2010 with Celebrity Soccer Game at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. (Photo: Newscom)

Josh Hutcherson arrives at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards held at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, CA on August 9, 2009. (Photo: Byron Purvis/AdMedia)

Josh Hutcherson at the DoSomething.org The Power of Youth 2009 Teen Choice Awards Pre-Party held at Madame Tussauds in Hollywood, CA on August 8, 2009. (Photo: Byron Purvis/AdMedia)

Josh Hutcherson arrives at the Palm Pre Launch Event to Benefit Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America held at Raleigh Studios on June 3, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

Josh Hutcherson (L), Kristen Stewart and Jonah Bobo pose at the premiere of Columbia Picture’s Zathura: A Space Adventure at the Village Theater on November 6, 2005 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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