Marc Webb to direct The Amazing Spider-Man 2
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is confirmed for 2014, and Marc Webb will definitely be returning to direct...
News has broken this evening that director Marc Webb, who helmed this summer's The Amazing Spider-Man, is to return for the sequel.
This was no certainty. In fact, there had been growing speculation that he wouldn't be in charge of The Amazing Spider-Man 2. However, Columbia Pictures has announced that he will indeed be back. Furthermore, and less surprisingly, Andrew Garfield will be reprising the title role.
We weren't great fans of The Amazing Spider-Man, but, not for the first time, we seem to be in the minority on that. Furthermore, the movie has taken in over $750m at the worldwide box office, and Sony had long since confirmed that it planned for the second film to be in cinemas in the summer of 2014.
The exact release date is May 2nd 2014, as it happens, and once again it will be in 3D. Emma Stone is expected back too, and production will start next year. More on The Amazing Spider-Man 2 as we get it.
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Meh. I'd rather they trash the whole Spider-man concept, put Emma Stone in the suit, and go a different direction.
I wasn't a great fan of it either but maybe with the origins story out of the way perhaps they can go down a different path. However, I do like Andrew Garfield as Spider-man, I feel his interpretation is closer to the 60s/70s comic books.
This is so absurd that it just. might. work. :-)
I watched it recently and I liked it. I honestly think it was a good film, so I am left thinking that people get a little precious about films they like being remade.
Nerd hat time: it was a reboot not a remake. :P
I liked everything about it apart from the CG-design for the Lizard; utter rubbish. Stars (all of them), and crew (director, script) did a fine job with a difficult prospect of reinterpreting the franchise following Raimi's trilogy. I had a strong contempt for the project when it was first announced, but for once the reboot worked and I really enjoyed it. Hat eaten, bring on round 2.
If they are ultimizing the Spidey movie then Gwen was actually Venom in that universe so it's not impossible.
Gonna have to play my geek card and correct you there! Gwen was actually Carnage in the Ultimate universe. Well, a clone of Gwen made after Gwen's death was Carnage.... Eddie Brock was still Venom in the continuity.
I actually really liked TASM, aside from the god-awful CGI on the Lizard. Garfield and Stone were both excellent, as was the script and Webb's direction was certainly solid.
The film was OK, nothing more nothing less. Hopefully a Lizard-less sequel can be more memorable.
My mistake! I picked up USM late in the run and haven't caught up on back issues so I all I knew was she had once had a symbiote.
Thanks for picking that up!
No problem! Either way, it's an interesting concept to follow up, making Gwen into Carnage. That could really turn the whole thing on its head, making it stand out much more from Raimi's series. I hadn't even thought about it, but I'd like to see this happen in Webb's run now!
chris meloni as norman osborn?
You are right!! I checked it on wikipedia at chris meloni's page. It's written The Amazing Spiderman 2- Norman Osborn. The Amazing Spiderman 2 wikipedia page isn't out yet.
A boring boring boring boring film and franchise crap acting crap story again crap CGI crap lizard crap spidey I could go on but I think you get what I am saying and before all the Spider-Man fanboys launch an all out denigration of this it's my opinion and you have yours which I respect so do the same for mine please thanks
No
It can only be a good movie if Marvel owned the character, but then the question is, why did not buy marvel rights when Raimi Failed with Spider-Man 3?