Category Archives: The Amazing Spider-Man

What Emma Stone wants, Emma Stone gets? Back in August, the actress revealed that she was hoping her character of Gwen Stacey in “The Amazing Spider-Man” would stay true to the comics and meet an unfortunate end. “Essentially the argument is that Spider-Man kills her by accident,” Stone explained about the appeal of the storyline, “So the person she loves is the person who kills her, which is the most horrifying thing. Apparently people unsubscribed to the comic book when that happened because they were just so flipped-out over it. But, of course, I want to stay true to that.” Now, it looks like Sony will.

Buried in THR’s report yesterday about the “Divergent” casting of Shailene Woodley — who as you recall is now set to play Mary Jane Watson — the trade revealed that the actress’ role is “only a very small part in ‘Amazing Spider-Man 2′ but blossoms into an integral lead for the planned third movie as the studio seeks to build to the classic ‘Death of Gwen Stacy’ story.” Pretty ballsy stuff when you consider the first picture seemed to be a battle between reinvention or delivering the narrative comic fans are familiar with.

In the original comics, Green Goblin (is he coming back as a villain then?) throws Gwen off the Brooklyn Bridge, and Spidey uses his web to catch her. But the whiplash snaps her neck and kills her, leaving Spidey devastated. Enter Mary Jane, who helps Peter Parker grieve and in turn becomes his new flame. Heavy stuff, but an undeniably potent storyline.

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Andrew Garfield will reprise his role as Peter Parker in the follow-up to this summer’s “The Amazing Spider-Man,” Sony announced on Friday.

Director Marc Webb will return as well, and so may Emma Stone, who played Spidey’s love interest Gwen Stacy in the reboot of the comic book franchise.

Columbia Pictures said Stone, Garfield’s real-life girlfriend, is in talks to reprise her role in the sequel, which is scheduled for a May 2, 2014 release.

The new film will begin production in early 2013 from a script by writing duo Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci, as well as Jeff Pinker. James Vanderbilt wrote an earlier draft.

Kurtzman made his directorial debut this past summer with “People Like Us,” but he and Orci have penned a string of hits, from their work on a pair of Michael Bay’s “Transformers” films to J.J. Abrams’ remake of “Star Trek.”

“We could not be more confident in the direction we are taking this new Spider-Man storyline and we are tremendously excited to be ramping up production again with Marc at the helm and Andrew continuing on as Peter Parker,” Doug Belgrad, president of Columbia Pictures, said in a statement. “We can’t wait to share what we have in store for Peter and Spider-Man with audiences worldwide.”

Sony’s decision to bring back Webb, a music video director who made a splashy feature debut with “(500) Days of Summer,” speaks to its satisfaction with the box-office performance of “The Amazing Spider-Man.”

The film was one of the summer’s biggest blockbusters, grossing more than $750 million worldwide.

Many critics and fans found the film a bit tired, as Sony rebooted the franchise just a decade after launching its initial “Spiderman” franchise (the films with Tobey Maguire playing Peter Parker).

Still, the performances of Garfield and Stone were both well-received, and their chemistry in particular shone through.

Garfield is coming off a Tony nomination for his performance in a revival of Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” while Stone continues to move up the list of Hollywood’s top actresses.

She has several movies scheduled for release next year, including Ruben Fleischer’s “Gangster Squad” and Elizabeth Banks’ ensemble comedy “Movie 43.”

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The release date for “The Amazing Spider-Man” on Blu-ray, DVD and Video on Demand has been announced! You will be able to buy it on Friday, November 9th, 2012!

There will be a DVD + UltraViolet Digital Copy, a Blu-ray version, a Three-Disc Combo with Blu-ray / DVD + UltraViolet Digital Copy, a Four-Disc Combo with Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray/DVD + UltraViolet Digital Copy and a Limited Edition Four-Disc Combo that has Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray/DVD with Figurines.

The 4-disc collection sets will contain the following special features:

- Deleted Scenes and Alternate Takes
- Audio Commentaries with Cast and Crew
- The Oscorp Archives – Art and Promotional Materials Gallery
- Screen Tests
- Stunt Rehearsals
- Both 3D & 2D versions of the film
- Interactive 3D Film School with Director Marc Webb

While there is no information on an exact release date, you can now pre-order five different home video options of “The Amazing Spider-Man”!

There will be a DVD + UltraViolet Digital Copy, a Blu-ray version, a Three-Disc Combo with Blu-ray / DVD + UltraViolet Digital Copy, a Four-Disc Combo with Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray/DVD + UltraViolet Digital Copy and a Limited Edition Four-Disc Combo that has Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray/DVD with Figurines.

The 4-disc collection sets will contain the following special features:

- Deleted Scenes and Alternate Takes
- Audio Commentaries with Cast and Crew
- The Oscorp Archives – Art and Promotional Materials Gallery
- Screen Tests
- Stunt Rehearsals
- Both 3D & 2D versions of the film
- Interactive 3D Film School with Director Marc Webb

Again, no release date is announced, but we’ll post that once it is!

Marc Webb’s Amazing Spider-Man has every chance of swinging its way to a worldwide gross in the $800 million range, more than ensuring a second life for the marquee superhero franchise, according to various box office observers.

Through Wednesday, the 3D tentpole — starring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone — has grossed roughly $408 million worldwide. That includes a nine-day domestic gross of $159.7 million.

A global gross nearing $800 million would put Amazing Spider-Man in the same range of the first two films; Spider-Man grossed $821.7 million in 2002, while Spider-Man 2 earned $783.8 million. Spider-Man 3 took in $890.9 million in 2007.

One Sony insider says Amazing Spider-Man has relaunched the franchise in “spectacular” fashion, pointing out that it’s pacing ahead of other reboots, including Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins.

Globally, Amazing Spider-Man and Men in Black 3 — Sony’s other summer tentpole — now account for north of $1 billion in ticket sales. MIB3 has grossed $603.9 million worldwide.

Sony has a strong shot at enjoying its biggest year ever globally.

hollywoodreporter.com