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After deciding to reboot following Sam Raimi's exit from his Spider-Man franchise, Sony/Columbia successfully reignited the series with The Amazing Spider-Man, which arrives on DVD and Blu-Ray today.
Critics cited the reboot's lack of an "untold story" that was promoted to be the movie's significant change from the previous trilogy, but there's one category where the reboot has been able to separate itself from its predecessors: villains. While Raimi's movies hinted at the inevitable arrival of the Lizard, The Amazing Spider-Man delivered, and it would appear that The Amazing Spider-Man 2 will also bring a new villain to the big screen: Electro.
Jamie Foxx (Ray) is rumored to be up for the role, with Foxx tweeting a not-so-subtle hint that's he's accepted the part, and director Marc Webb quickly following suit. Even though Amazing Spider-Man 2 is about a year and a half away, we thought the time was right to see which of the two villains is a better foe for your friendly, neighborhood Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield). And there's only one place for the two villains to face off: the Character Cagematch!
review their strengths and weaknesses before voting in our poll >> Posted 11.06.12 by Ryan -
In next month's The Amazing Spider-Man, one of Spidey's most legendary villains finally gets his big-screen debut. Rhys Ifans (Notting Hill, Anonymous) will bring The Lizard to life in the new reboot of the famous webslinger. Ifans talked to Reelz about why he took on the role and what it required of him to play the character.
Ifans also talked about harking back to his drama school days for inspiration to play the CGI baddie.
[Playing the Lizard] wasn't nothing you haven't done in the theater. There's lessons in drama school where they might say to you 'OK, we're going to spend the next half hour being lizards. And you think, 'When the f*#k am I going to use this?' And then suddenly, 20 years down the line — Oh my god, they were right!
watch the exclusive interview >> Posted 06.26.12 by Chris -
Actors use various methods to portray the characters they play on stage and on screen, but most attempt to draw from their own experiences and emotions whenever possible to help make their performances as "real" as possible. But, what experiences and emotions could possibly be of use when the task is to portray an angry 9-foot lizard with a prehensile tail? According to Welsh actor Rhys Ifans, his experiences with drug addicts helped inform his portrayal of scientist-turned-monster Dr. Curt Connors, aka the Lizard, in director Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man. That, and his own proclivity to smoke cigarettes and the resulting irritability he feels when he is denied his guilty pleasure for too long.
what did Ifans say about playing the lizard? >> Posted 06.13.12 by BrentJS -
Typically, you have to wait for the home video release of a movie to get a look at the behind-the-scenes footage known in the industry as B-roll, but more than 20 minutes of footage from the making of The Amazing Spider-Man was recently made available for viewing online, in advance of the movie's July 3rd opening.
Broken up into six individual videos, the B-roll footage peels back the curtain to reveal how director Marc Webb used practical effects to simulate superpowers whenever possible and also offers proof that new Peter Parker/Spider-Man Andrew Garfield did quite a few of his own stunts in the movie. Most of the main cast members — Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy, Rhys Ifans as Dr. Curt Connors, Martin Sheen as Uncle Ben, Denis Leary as Capt. George Stacy — also appear in one video or the other. We even get to see Webb and Spider-Man co-creator and comic book icon Stan Lee yucking it up on the set.
watch the behind-the-scenes videos >> Posted 06.11.12 by BrentJS -
With so much promotional material for the upcoming The Amazing Spider-Man released this month — new viral video and featurette, still images, posters, 4-minute preview of the Lizard (Rhys Ifans), and new trailer — it would appear that Sony/Columbia would be all out of new material to offer hungry fans. Such is not the case.
The latest issue of Entertainment Weekly has revealed several new images (via ComingSoon) of Ifans as Dr. Curt Connors, aka the Lizard, in various stages of transformation — injecting himself, in full Lizard form, and naked in the sewer back in human form. There's also more photos of Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) with Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) — one at high school and one behind-the-scenes photo of Parker swinging the two around on his webs — and another of Stacy alone, finding some destruction in one of the science classrooms.
check out the photos >> Posted 05.26.12 by Ryan -
Sony debuted a four-minute "super preview" of The Amazing Spider-Man during the season premiere of America's Got Talent on Monday night and it is now available for viewing online. While the majority of the footage has previously been seen in trailers for the movie, the preview does include nearly 90 seconds of never-before-seen footage, including a dramatic scene on a bridge in which the Lizard (Rhys Ifans) goes on a rampage, tossing about cars like they are playthings. Fortunately, Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield) is on hand to save the day, risking his life — and his secret identify — to rescue the Lizard's victims.
watch the super preview >> Posted 05.15.12 by BrentJS -
Now that The Avengers is into its second record-breaking weekend at the box office, Sony Pictures is starting to ramp up its promotional push for Marc Webb's Spider-Man franchise reboot, The Amazing Spider-Man. A new TV spot recently aired that includes a few snippets of new footage of Andrew Garfield in action as Spider-Man and promises an "exclusive first look" at the movie in a four-minute "super preview" to air during the season premeire of America's Got Talent on May 14th.
watch the Spidey-videos >> Posted 05.13.12 by BrentJS -
When The Amazing Spider-Man director Marc Webb joined Twitter yesterday as @MarcW, he didn't bother to wait to start his social networking experience until after he had his identity verified with a little blue check mark as so many other celebrities do. Instead, he offered proof of his identify in his very first tweet, uploading an awesome still image of Andrew Garfield in repose atop a street light with the simple caption: "Peter Parker. Good Balance."
see the new image and posters >> Posted 05.12.12 by BrentJS -
Superhero fever was already reaching a fever pitch with The Avengers set to debut at theaters around the country at midnight tonight, effectively kicking off "Superhero Summer Part Deux" (last year being "Part Un," with Thor, Green Lantern, Captain America: The First Avenger, and X-Men: First Class all duking it out at the box office), but the new theatrical trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man that just dropped has comic book movie fans whipped into a bonafide frenzy.
The new trailer weighs in at a whopping 2:30 and contains the prerequisite amount of action one expects from a superhero movie trailer, but it's clear to see that Sony knew what they were doing in hiring director Marc Webb [(500) Days of Summer] to reboot the Spider-Man franchise because it also contains enough humor, romance and mystery to appeal to a wide range of moviegoers. For die-hard Spidey fans, the new trailer includes many awesome reveals, including a glimpse at Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) creating his web-shooters, the introduction of a mysterious figure who appears to be in league with Dr. Connors (Rhys Ifans), and the revelation that Connors' alter-ego, the Lizard, might simply be a "heavy" for Spider-Man to punch, with a "biological attack on New York City" the real threat.
watch the 'Amazing' new trailer >> Posted 05.03.12 by BrentJS -
Sony Pictures will finally be releasing a new trailer for director Marc Webb's Spider-Man franchise reboot, The Amazing Spider-Man, later today. To hype the release, and to satisfy us during the wait, the studio has been leaking out a smattering of new images from Spidey's latest adventure all week long. First, a handful of images of Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/Spider-Man were released, followed by a new/old redux poster. Now, two new images of Rhys Ifans (or, rather, one of Ifans and one of Ifans' be-scaled hand) as Spider-Man's new nemesis, the Lizard, have appeared online, one of which seems to suggest that the Lizard might discover Spider-Man's true identity.
see the new images >> Posted 05.03.12 by BrentJS