"The Amazing Spider-Man" Japanese Theatrical Poster
THE MOVIE: Even before The Amazing Spider-Man grossed an impressive $751 million at the worldwide box office, Sony announced they were developing a sequel to the film. Expect the principal players of Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone to return. And perhaps this time the story will truly light shed on Peter Parker’s ‘untold origin,’ a subplot which was reportedly cut from the first film. Expected release date for this 3D sequel is May 2nd, 2014.
Updates: AICN reports that Sony has already commissioned screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci (Transformers, Cowboys & Aliens) to begin penning a script for The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
Sony is apparently happy with Marc Webb’s delivery of the first installment, as Variety relays news that Webb will return to direct The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
According to EW, Shailene Woodley (The Descendants) has been offered the role of Mary Jane Watson in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. | Collider reports that Jamie Foxx is in early negotiations to play the film’s villain, Electro. | Old habits die hard, like putting the Osborn family in a Spider-Man movie. Via AICN, it looks like Sony is keen on casting a “dark, edgy” young actor to play Harry Osborn in Amazing Spider-Man 2.
Via AICN, Jamie Foxx confirmed he’s onboard to play Electro. | Via AICN: Dane DeHaan, an up-and-coming actor who looks a bit like a young Leonardo Dicaprio and made a strong impression in movies like Chronicle and Lawless, is the next Harry Osborn. | The Playlist reports that Martin Sheen is back for more Uncle Ben. Also, Amazing Spider-Man 2 begins shooting in February.
Actor Paul Giamatti (Lady in the Water) is reportedly in talks to play the beefed-out supervillain the Rhino. Felicity Jones (Like Crazy) is also in talks to star as an unspecified female character…could it be Felicia Harding AKA the Black Cat? That would mean Peter would have three possible love interests to juggle in this film, including Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane Watson.
Here’s an official look at Spider-Man’s new mask in the sequel. Actor Dane DeHaan, who portrays Harry Osbourne in the sequel, has reported he’s had to muscle up for the role, which suggests Harry might be an adversary for Peter Parker. | Collider has the first set photos. | Spidey’s nemesis Norman Osborn is back and ready to wreak some havoc. Who’s playing the character this time? High caliber actor Chris Cooper (Adaptation, The Bourne Identity). Also, Cinema Blend has the first look at Shailene Woodley (The Descendants) as Mary Jane Watson. | New photos of Woodley and Stone in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Daily Mail has the first photo of Jamie Foxx as Electro.
BREAKING NEWS: Collider has the first official image of Jamie Foxx as Max Dillion (Electro without a mask) and Dane DeHaan as Harry Osborn.
Thanks for the news, HKFanatic, but casting Harry won’t be too difficult, and in the end it doesn’t matter. They settled for an emo Peter Parker, so I have little faith in the casting director. I missed the first movie when it was in theaters, but I did get a chance to watch it Friday night. I was in my office at DISH surfing online, when I saw that The Amazing Spider-Man was available to rent to my DISH Hopper DVR. I ordered it and it was ready to watch by the time I got home. While I think this film was an improvement over the previous movies, but I still wasn’t very impressed. The whole thing felt rushed so that Sony could keep the rights to Spiderman away from Marvel, and in the end that’s all this sequel will accomplish.
Sam Claflin= Harry YES! that would be better but i would like if Jesse Eisenberg would play the part Eisenberg= PERFECT
Foxx still looks goofy, but then that’s been an issue since that shitty 90s sitcom. He really got lucky with the straight roles he landed, or he’d probably fade into obscurity like Eddie Griffin.