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Broadway’s Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark may not have made Reeve Carney the household name everyone thought it would (you know, since the show was such a messtastic proposition), but the up-and-comer’s getting another shot at getting the right kind of notices.

Way to go, cutie!

I mean... well, you know. Urgh, I digress.

Thanks to his combination of musical prodigy, impish charm, innate intelligence, and sensitivity, the actor is set to play Jeff Buckley in an untitled second project about the legendary singer-songwriter.

Unlike the Penn Badgley-starring Greetings from Tim Buckley, though, this Jake Scott-directed movie will feature Buckley’s music and personal archives, as well as Leonard Cohen’s permission to use “Hallelujah.”

Photo: NewYorkTheatreLeague.com.