Huge news for @sarahgadon - she just confirmed to us that she is joining The Amazing Spider-Man franchise pic.twitter.com/HpRcAMhQGU — ET Canada (@ETCanada) June 21, 2013

Meet the new Mary Jane Watson … Canadian actress Sarah Gadon! Maybe...The casting carousel forhas been spinning out of control lately, and ET Canada now confirms via Twitter that Gadon “is joiningfranchise” in a role that they do not specify. Connect the dots, though, and it appears that Gadon will be the new Mary Jane.How did we get here? Rumors have been flying around for the past 48 hours that Sony Pictures planned to recast the role of M.J. in Marc Webb’safter news broke that Shailene Woodley no longer would be in the upcoming Spidey sequel. At the time, speculation suggested that thestarlet would simply see the footage she’d already shot for Webb pushed back to, which recently was plugged in to a June 10, 2016 release date Then the news pattern shifted. It was suggested – for reasons that have not been confirmed – that Woodley’s footage would be scrapped (she’d only spent a few days on theset, filming what we hear is two or three small scenes), and the role would be recast forparts three and four. The prevalent notion was that Woodley was committed to the multi-partfilm adaptation, and her schedule would conflict with what was now a sprawlingfranchise.Enter Gadon.What do we know about the actress? Her credits include two David Cronenberg movies,and the recent. Keeping it in the family, she also starred in Brandon Cronenberg’s disturbing thriller. And her biggest roles, at least in her native Canada, were on the television programsand. None of those are quite as big, though, as playing Spider-Man’s love interest in a major superhero franchise.Where does this leave Mary Jane, as a character? We thought she might surface in the background of, but now that sounds like the immediate sequel will be devoted to the Peter-Gwen storyline – a classic that deserves all the time it needs to develop.The news that Sony is greenlighting three Spidey sequels, though, suggests that the studio is backing the development of a Sinister Six story … and M.J. could be a huge part.The Mary Jane Saga has been taking several turns recently. ET Canada says Gadon’s involvement is confirmed. We’re hoping Webb or Sony weighs in, and soon, but for now, it sounds like we might have found Woodley’s Spider-replacement.