Miles Teller In Talks To Star In Marc Webb’s ‘The Only Living Boy In New York’
Miles Telleris doing a movie withMarc Webb. TheAmazing Spider-Mandirector has balanced a commitment to Fox Searchlight and the desire to do other indies with his work for Sony. Now he’s prepping a return to the indie scene withThe Only Living Boy in New York, about a young man who gets involved with the same woman his father is having an affair with. TheWhiplashstar is going to rock the lead role.Varietyreports the deal, and notes thatAllan Loebwrote the script. The film is about “a young man who learns that his overbearing father is having an affair. The son tries to stop it, but ends up becoming involved with the woman as well.”
Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa are producing. Theyoriginally tipped newsof Webb’s potential involvement with the film back in 2012, before the director didThe Amazing Spider-Man 2. That sequel put off any potential indie work at the time.
In 2011 and 2012, Logan Lerman wasattached to star, but things have clearly changed.
This isn’t the only non-Spider-Man picture on Webb’s plate. He’s also looking at the Fox Searchlight filmThe Gifted, which would balance out the deal he made with the company after the success of(500) Days of Summer. Variety notes that Teller’s commitment would probably put The Only Living Boy in New York at the top of Webb’s “next up” queue.
What this means for Webb’s involvement with Spider-Man is uncertain. Sony reportedly has a brain trust of sorts working on the Spidey films, withSinister Sixslotted for 2016 andThe Amazing Spider-Man 3loosely set for 2018. But there has been a lot of doubt about what Sony is really doing with the Spider-Man series of late. Nothing would surprise us at this point.
