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With The Avengers opening in just over two weeks, "Earth's Mightiest Heroes" have pretty much been hogging the superhero movie spotlight lately, with new images, TV spots, preview clips, and featurettes hitting the 'net almost on a daily basis. But The Avengers aren't the only Marvel Comics superheroes hitting the big screen this summer, and we have a new Japanese trailer (in English) for The Amazing Spider-Man to remind you of that fact.
The trailer is, unfortunately, not of the best quality, but it does contain never-before-seen footage from the movie. We get to see more of Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) in action against New York cops who think he's a crook, as well as against the "big bad" of the movie, the Lizard (Rhys Ifans). We also see that [SPOILER ALERT!] Peter's missing parents — Richard (Campbell Scott) and Mary (Embeth Davidtz) Parker — may have had something to do with his transformation into Spider-Man and that Peter, himself, is responsible for the creation of his scaly new nemesis.
watch the international trailer >> Posted 04.16.12 by BrentJS -
Sony's upcoming Spider-Man reboot, The Amazing Spider-Man, will tread much of the same ground as director Sam Raimi's previous Spider-Man trilogy, taking Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) back to his high school beginnings and the infamous radioactive spider bite that turned Parker into your friendly, neighborhood Spider-Man. However, the reboot is also adding some new elements, including a mystery surrounding Peter Parker's deceased parents (Embeth Davidtz and Campbell Scott), Dr. Curt Connors' (Rhys Ifans) transformation into the Lizard, and Parker's romance with Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone). Parker's first love in the Marvel comic books, the character of Stacy did appear in 2007's Spider-Man 3 (played by Bryce Dallas Howard), but, then, there were so many characters in that movie it's hard to remember.
While attending the recent WonderCon in Anaheim, Amazing Spider-Man director Marc Webb told NBC Chicago's Popcorn Biz that the relationship between Gwen and Peter will be an important part of the movie's story.
read webb's and stone's comments >> Posted 03.29.12 by Ryan -
Andrew Garfield, the title star of director Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man, surprised attendees of the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con by showing up in a store-bought Spider-Man costume to deliver a heartfelt speech about how he "needed Spider-Man...as a kid" and how he immediately felt "the weight" and the "responsibility" of portraying the beloved character when he first put on the iconic red-and-blue suit. In a recent interview with Good Morning America — primarily devoted to talking about his Broadway debut in "Death of a Salesman" — Garfield once again talked about how he felt when he put on the Spider-suit for the first time, revealing that it was "incredibly overwhelming," but also quite "liberating" to be covered from head-to-toe, an experience that helped inform his performance.
what did Garfield say? >> Posted 03.13.12 by BrentJS -
The success and failure of the omnipresent amount of comic book movie adaptations has often relied heavily on the tone achieved for the individual character. The gritty realism of director Christopher Nolan's Batman movies has served as a lightning rod for Warner Bros.' approach to its DC Comics characters, with the studio including Nolan as a producer on its upcoming Superman reboot, Man of Steel. Marvel has been less afraid to add humor to support their super-powered characters, relying heavily on Robert Downey Jr.'s loose and improvisational cool, as Iron Man, and Thor's numerous fish-out-of-water jokes as the god of thunder acclimated to life on Earth.
That same approach of mixing action and humor failed to galvanize much success for Columbia's recent sequel, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, which opened last weekend below expectations. The studio has arguably more at stake with its upcoming Spider-Man reboot, The Amazing Spider-Man, which opens this July, but director Marc Webb has already revealed that the movie won't shy from the character's signature humor from the comic books. In an interview in the print edition of Total Film (via Comic Book Movie) Andrew Garfield, who steps into the role of Peter Parker for the first time in the movie, talked about the reboot and admitted that it won't embrace a "darker" tone.
garfield intent on "serving the character" >> Posted 02.21.12 by Ryan -
Sony Pictures has just released the first preview clip from director Marc Webb's Spider-Man franchise reboot, The Amazing Spider-Man, via the viral web-site MarkoftheSpider-Man.com, which first went live earlier this month to promote the international fan event that included a preview of the new trailer and a live simulcast Q&A with Webb and stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, and Rhys Ifans. The preview clip doesn't include any spider-enhanced action or regenerating lizard arms, but it does serve as a nice character study illustrating how Garfield plans to bring Peter Parker to life on the big screen.
watch the preview clip >> Posted 02.19.12 by BrentJS -
Anticipation for director Marc Webb's Spider-Man franchise reboot, The Amazing Spider-Man (ASM), is at an all-time high following the international fan event held in 13 cities earlier this week that included a live simulcast Q&A with Webb and the stars of the movie and the release of the new theatrical trailer early yesterday morning. But, the die-hard comic book movie fans who are now clamoring for the movie were not always behind the reboot. Many complained that Webb, who made his name directing music videos and short films and whose only movie prior to landing ASM was the bittersweet romantic-comedy (500) Days of Summer, was a terrible choice to direct the new exploits of Marvel Comics' most popular superhero.
Rather than try to distance ASM from his previous work, Webb admitted in a recent interview with Comic-Con Annual, the official magazine of Comic-Con International, that Peter Parker's (Andrew Garfield) "character journey isn't that far off" from that of Tom Hansen's (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) in (500) Days of Summer and that the "relatable" quality of the character is what he found so "specifically interesting" about choosing to tell his story. Webb also spoke at length about how Garfield really used his body to create a "spider-like Spider-Man" and why shooting in 3D helped to "expand" the story by "putting the audience in Spider-Man's shoes."
what did webb say? >> Posted 02.08.12 by BrentJS -
Sony Pictures has released a new trailer for director Marc Webb's Spider-Man franchise reboot, The Amazing Spider-Man, one day after the studio hosted an international fan event in 13 cities that included a preview of the trailer footage and a live simulcast Q&A with Marc Webb and stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone and Rhys Ifans.
The new trailer contains tons of awesome new footage of Spider-Man (Garfield) in action, including a showdown with his girlfriend's (Stone) dad, Capt. Stacy (Denis Leary), and the NYPD that results in him becoming unmasked, and a skyscraper battle with the "big bad" of the movie, the Lizard (Ifans). The trailer also hints that there might be some mysterious connection between Peter's deceased parents (Embeth Davidtz and Campbell Scott) and the accident that leads to his spider-powers.
watch the "amazing" new trailer >> Posted 02.07.12 by BrentJS -
The Amazing Spider-Man will open in theaters this July, and already Sony is getting ready to spread the word. The first order of business is to separate the Spider-Man reboot from the previous trilogy, something the studio has done by starting to promote the movie as the "untold story that tells a different side of the Peter Parker story," as revealed in the recent official synopsis.
Director Marc Webb is continuing Sony's effort, admitting in a recent interview that the "untold story" aspect of The Amazing Spider-Man is what will differentiate it from the other Spider-Man movies. "It’s really important for us to be able to communicate that this isn’t a remake of Sam Raimi's movie," Webb said in a Comic-Con annual magazine (transcribed via Latino Review). "There's a new territory, there's a new villain, it's a different Peter Parker."
webb on gwen stacy, the lizard, and Spider-Man's "trickster" quality >> Posted 02.06.12 by Ryan -
The first trailer for the upcoming Spider-Man reboot, The Amazing Spider-Man debuted last July, but Sony has yet to release another. Impatient fans have had to be content with posters, set photos and official photos in the meantime. While Sony has yet to reveal new footage from the movie, the press tour has officially begun, with actors Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone (who play Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy, respectively), and producers Avi Arad and Matthew Tolmach attending a Japan-based press conference for the movie. THR reports that Garfield discussed the pressure he felt in taking over as the iconic title character for the first time since the successful trilogy of Spider-Man movies ended in 2007 with Spider-Man 3.
warning: possible spoilers >> Posted 01.21.12 by Ryan -
Sony Pictures has released two new high-quality still images from director Marc Webb's (500 Days of Summer) Spider-Man franchise reboot, The Amazing Spider-Man. One of the images — previously seen as a lower quality image — features Andrew Garfield in Spidey's civilian identity of Peter Parker sporting something of a neo-punk look complete with Ramones t-shirt, while the other features Emma Stone as Peter's high school sweetheart, Gwen Stacy, attending a funeral.
see the new images >> Posted 01.04.12 by BrentJS