About:
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is an upcoming American superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man, directed by Marc Webb and released by Columbia Pictures. It serves as a sequel to the 2012 film The Amazing Spider-Man and was announced in 2011. The studio hired James Vanderbilt to write the screenplay and Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci to re-write it.[2][3] Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan, Paul Giamatti, Denis Leary, Colm Feore, Chris Cooper, Sally Field, Martin Sheen, Chris Zylka, Marton Csokas, and Felicity Jones are set to star.[4]
Development of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 began after the success of The Amazing Spider-Man.
DeHann, Giamatti, Jones, and Cooper were cast between December 2012 and
February 2013. Filming took place in New York from February to June
2013. The film is scheduled to be released in 2D and 3D on April 18, 2014 in the UK, May 1, 2014 in Brazil and May 2, 2014 in the United States.Cast:
- Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker / Spider-Man: An orphaned teenage boy who received amazing spider-powers after being bitten by a genetically altered spider. Peter first uses his powers to hunt down the killer of his uncle in The Amazing Spider-Man but soon decides to use his powers to fight crime as the vigilante known as Spider-Man. Garfield explained that the suit that he will wear in the film will be undergoing a new design. Garfield hopes to bring back the theme of him being an orphan stating, "I wanna keep exploring that theme of being fatherless, being motherless, searching for purpose and finding a purpose within himself". He felt that it was a responsibility to take on the role and that he does not take it lightly.
- Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy: A high school student and Peter's love interest.
- Jamie Foxx as Max Dillon / Electro: An electrical engineer who works for Oscorp Industries. Foxx described the character as "a nobody" who initially idolizes Spider-Man. He develops an obsession with Spider-Man after being saved by him and obtains his powers through an accident at Oscorp involving electric eels.[8]
- Dane DeHaan as Harry Osborn: An old friend of Peter and son of Norman Osborn. He was sent away to boarding school around the same time Peter's parents disappeared, and meets him for the first time since then in the film.
- Campbell Scott as Richard Parker
- Embeth Davidtz as Mary Parker
- Colm Feore as Donald Menken
- Paul Giamatti as Aleksei Sytsevich / The Rhino: Giamatti explained that his character has a particular kind of suit. "He’s a Russian mobster. Russians are always good villains. I have an ability to just destroy things,” he said. "My accent is pretty hammy. I loved doing it. It seemed to me like an opportunity to be as over-the-top hammy as possible. It was really fun.". It was revealed in a poster that the film's version of Rhino wouldn't be wearing a costume but a robotic suit designed to look like a rhino, which bears resemblance to Ultimate Marvel's version of Rhino.
- Sally Field as May Parker: Peter's aunt.
- Martin Sheen as Ben Parker: Peter's uncle who was murdered by a thief in the first film.
- Chris Cooper as Norman Osborn: The president of Oscorp and Harry Osborn's father.
- Marton Csokas as Dr. Kafka: the head of Ravencroft Institute.
- Chris Zylka as Flash Thompson
- Denis Leary as Captain George Stacy: Gwen's father who was murdered by the Lizard in the first film.
About the Story:
While we've spotted a few cool things — an ad for The Daily Bugle Tumblr along with a few looks at the next incarnation of the Green Goblin — the best image shown in the nearly 3-minute teaser hints at what's in store for the Spider-Man franchise down the road.
We've talked quite a bit about how
Sony / Columbia Pictures could really flesh out Spidey's character for
the future if they wanted to compete with the likes of Disney's Avengers
gang and Warner Bros. Batman / Superman duo.
The most obvious answer
would be to introduce the Sinister Six — a legion of Spidey's biggest
villains joined together. Over the years, the members of the group have
varied, but has consistently comprised of villains ranging from Electro,
Doctor Octopus, The Vulture, the Hobgoblin/Green Goblin, Mysterio,
Venom, and Sandman.
The first trailer for "The Amazing Spider-Man
2" covers a fair amount of ground, and it looks like the way they're
making a story work with a multitude of bad guys running around is
somehow tying all of them together. When Marc Webb
cut back the stuff about some mystery behind the death of Peter's
mother and father, I was hoping that was the end of that story thread.
Instead, it looks like it is a major part of this film as well.There's a lot to take in during this 2:41. I love the opening shot of him falling towards the city from above. One of the kicks of the best of the Spider-Man games is that feeling of falling as far as possible before snapping out a web to swing on. It looks like Peter and Gwen Stacy have picked up despite her father's dying wish. It also looks like Harry Osborne is absolutely the Green Goblin, with Norman stuck upstairs in bed.
Considering Electro is supposed to be the main bad guy, there's not a lot of him in the trailer, but I like what we see. The Rhino stuff looks like it's going to be a subplot in the film, like he's one more threat that Oscorp throws in his way.
Obviously they've been playing up the Daily Bugle as the cornerstone of their viral campaign this time around, and I spotted a few mentions of it in the trailer as well. Does that mean Peter's working for them in this one, or are they still planning to leave out J. Jonah Jameson completely?
Whatever the case, I am curious to see if Webb's got a better script to work with this time around. I like the way Electro looks in motion, I'm curious enough about the Oscorp storyline, and I can even learn to live with the stuff about his parents. It all comes down to just how well the story juggles everything and how much fun the film is as a whole.
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