Tobey Maguire: Pumpkinhead

Posted at 3:35 PM Oct 13, 2008

By Kenny Herzog

So, one of the hot stories to emerge from the weekend was about Tobey Maguire possibly being involved in a fistfight that, grossly, left a paparazzi with a bloody eye. While at a pumpkin patch with his daughter. Lot of weird elements going on at once there. It's like a high school chemistry experiment gone awry.

Anyway, we're happy to report that other people are happy to report that yet other parties are supposedly reporting Maguire came into view of the fracas after the punches were thrown.

And we're even happier to suggest a way for Spider-Man's reps to spin a web out of damage control out of this little incident. Let me role-play this as if I were his manager, if you will: "Toby, listen, we got a great idea. Rather than disassociate yourself from the pumpkins, embrace the pumpkins. You may or may not be aware that they just released a special edition DVD of Pumpkinhead, the cult classic horror film. And you may or may not be aware that your most recent franchise ended on a note of critical ambivalence and disappointed fan response. So why not revive the Pumpkinhead series, play the titular role and tweak the concept so he's not a disfigured, bloodthirsty murderer but a benevolent, Edward Scissorhands-type character from a land of magical autumn vegetables who's come to bring Halloween joy to children whose parents won't let them visit strangers' houses to troll for candy?"

Or I guess he could just keep quiet about, refuse comment and move on with his life when we all forget the incident occurred by this time tomorrow.

Your choice Toby. Yooooouuurrr choice.