MJ is out and Akira has bad news

More news concerning the Spider-Man reebot. Apparently Mary Jane Watson won't be in there. Although it was pretty obvious by the fact that they cast Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy but they hadn't really mentioned MJ. Will the green goblin kill Gwen in the movie? I certainly hope so. What? don't tell me you like clichèd happy endings.

This relationship is dead

But there's also bad news. It is said that Zac Efron was offered an unespecified role in the live-action adaptation of the manga/anime Akira. He was probably offered one of these two roles:

Tetsuo, the exploding bionic arm guy with psychic powers

Or Kaneda, the guy that puts Tetsuo in his place

THIS GUY:

To this I can only say: