The death of Uncle Ben, much like the deaths of Thomas and Martha Wayne, has been done to death. It might form a key part in Spider-Man’s origin story, but we’ve already seen Peter Parker fail to stop that mugger already, and we don’t need to see it again. The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Spider-Man took note of this and didn’t show Uncle Ben at all, because they were smart enough to realize that the audience already know how he factors into Peter’s backstory without having him physically appear.
This being a comic book movie though, don’t entirely rule out a character from appearing even though they’re dead. In a recent interview, Spider-Man: Far From Home director Jon Watts has refused to refute the idea of Uncle Ben appearing in the next Spidey adventure in any capacity, saying:
“Yes, Uncle Ben did exist in the McU.
This being a comic book movie though, don’t entirely rule out a character from appearing even though they’re dead. In a recent interview, Spider-Man: Far From Home director Jon Watts has refused to refute the idea of Uncle Ben appearing in the next Spidey adventure in any capacity, saying:
“Yes, Uncle Ben did exist in the McU.
- 7/5/2019
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
Simon Brew Mar 20, 2019
When Basic Instinct hit big, Hollywood went hunting for erotic thrillers, and it found some that kept the romance flowing.
When a movie hits big out of the blue, it’s unwritten Hollywood law that the imitators aren’t too far behind. That’s why when after American Pie brought raunchy teen comedies back to prominence in 1999, the box office was flooded with similar fare for years. The Blair Witch Project, meanwhile, hit out of nowhere, and found footage horror didn't really taper off until 15 years later. The late Wes Craven even wryly noted just how quickly Hollywood had cashed in on the success of 1996’s Scream when the spoof Scary Movie popped out the year after.
Going back to 1992, though, and it was the turn of the erotic thriller to enjoy its resurgence. Paul Verhoeven’s controversial Basic Instinct, off the back of a $3 million budgeted Joe Eszterhas screenplay,...
When Basic Instinct hit big, Hollywood went hunting for erotic thrillers, and it found some that kept the romance flowing.
When a movie hits big out of the blue, it’s unwritten Hollywood law that the imitators aren’t too far behind. That’s why when after American Pie brought raunchy teen comedies back to prominence in 1999, the box office was flooded with similar fare for years. The Blair Witch Project, meanwhile, hit out of nowhere, and found footage horror didn't really taper off until 15 years later. The late Wes Craven even wryly noted just how quickly Hollywood had cashed in on the success of 1996’s Scream when the spoof Scary Movie popped out the year after.
Going back to 1992, though, and it was the turn of the erotic thriller to enjoy its resurgence. Paul Verhoeven’s controversial Basic Instinct, off the back of a $3 million budgeted Joe Eszterhas screenplay,...
- 2/3/2017
- Den of Geek
Marc Webb and Andrew Garfield’s third Spider-Man film will now never see the light of day. But what would it have been like?
Contains spoilers for The Amazing Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and potentially The Amazing Spider-Man 3 (that doesn’t exist).
Say what you will about The Amazing Spider-Man franchise, but one thing you can’t fault them for is their pre-planning. From the very first scene of Andrew Garfield’s first film in the Spidey suit, seeds were sown for a long form multi-film arc. What’s the story with Peter’s parents? What are Oscorp really up to? Who’s that guy wearing a trilby?
You could argue that director Marc Webb and Sony played it a little too coy with all their long-running mysteries. It looks a lot like a hubris now, that they would have the confidence to withhold any big revelations for two whole films,...
Contains spoilers for The Amazing Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and potentially The Amazing Spider-Man 3 (that doesn’t exist).
Say what you will about The Amazing Spider-Man franchise, but one thing you can’t fault them for is their pre-planning. From the very first scene of Andrew Garfield’s first film in the Spidey suit, seeds were sown for a long form multi-film arc. What’s the story with Peter’s parents? What are Oscorp really up to? Who’s that guy wearing a trilby?
You could argue that director Marc Webb and Sony played it a little too coy with all their long-running mysteries. It looks a lot like a hubris now, that they would have the confidence to withhold any big revelations for two whole films,...
- 9/5/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Aged 17, Suraj Sharma was plucked from obscurity to play the central character in Ang Lee's Life of Pi, Piscine Molitor ″Pi″ Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry, who is stranded at sea for 227 days on a boat with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. The film went on to win four Oscars and Sharma was instantly propelled to global fame.
While he had no real plans to become an actor prior to bagging the life-changing role, Sharma was clearly bitten by the bug and subsequently went on to win roles in Million Dollar Arm and Homeland. Still only 22 he has enrolled on a filmmaking course at Nyu and he is now intent on making movies his career, either in front or behind the camera.
Sharma was in the UK to open the London Indian Film Festival with the screening of his most recent film Umrika. In the movie, the 22-year-old plays Ramakant,...
While he had no real plans to become an actor prior to bagging the life-changing role, Sharma was clearly bitten by the bug and subsequently went on to win roles in Million Dollar Arm and Homeland. Still only 22 he has enrolled on a filmmaking course at Nyu and he is now intent on making movies his career, either in front or behind the camera.
Sharma was in the UK to open the London Indian Film Festival with the screening of his most recent film Umrika. In the movie, the 22-year-old plays Ramakant,...
- 7/21/2015
- Digital Spy
Comic book films are full of intricate storytelling. But sometimes, even Batman, Spider-Man & Iron Man need Basil Exposition's help...
This article contains spoilers for Avengers: Age Of Ultron and various other comic book movies - if you're not entirely up to date, then watch out as you read on...
As you know, we're enjoying a golden age of comic book movies and there are around 30 more of them pencilled in before the decade is out. Since Marvel Studios started experimenting with continuity between movies and whole franchises, there's been criticism of its use of MacGuffins and plot exposition - it provokes nightmares of long-winded recaps of already established stuff, starting with dreaded phrases like 'as you know'. And who'd start anything with those three words?
It's not that we're mistaking the use of exposition for poor storytelling - it's a super-broad term to describe something that's kind of essential to most stories.
This article contains spoilers for Avengers: Age Of Ultron and various other comic book movies - if you're not entirely up to date, then watch out as you read on...
As you know, we're enjoying a golden age of comic book movies and there are around 30 more of them pencilled in before the decade is out. Since Marvel Studios started experimenting with continuity between movies and whole franchises, there's been criticism of its use of MacGuffins and plot exposition - it provokes nightmares of long-winded recaps of already established stuff, starting with dreaded phrases like 'as you know'. And who'd start anything with those three words?
It's not that we're mistaking the use of exposition for poor storytelling - it's a super-broad term to describe something that's kind of essential to most stories.
- 5/29/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Do: check the instructions (Wild)
This month sees the release of Wild, based on Cheryl Strayed's memoir about her solo hike along the gruelling 1,000 mile Pacific Crest Trail. Cheryl (Reese Witherspoon) certainly doesn't make it easy for herself, buying the wrong type of gas cylinder for her stove and thus being forced to subsist on a diet of "cold mush."
Don't: give up (Touching The Void)
Consider the obstacles that Joe Simpson faced during his calamitous attempt to climb Peruvian mountain Siula Grande: a broken leg; a fall into a crevasse; and zero hope of rescue after partner Simon Yates left him for dead. And yet, as recounted in classic documentary Touching The Void, Simpson gritted his teeth and dragged himself through hell to reach safety.
Do: stay calm (Life Of Pi)
Travel is unpredictable. One minute, like Indian teenager Pi (Suraj Sharma), you're emigrating to Canada aboard a freighter.
This month sees the release of Wild, based on Cheryl Strayed's memoir about her solo hike along the gruelling 1,000 mile Pacific Crest Trail. Cheryl (Reese Witherspoon) certainly doesn't make it easy for herself, buying the wrong type of gas cylinder for her stove and thus being forced to subsist on a diet of "cold mush."
Don't: give up (Touching The Void)
Consider the obstacles that Joe Simpson faced during his calamitous attempt to climb Peruvian mountain Siula Grande: a broken leg; a fall into a crevasse; and zero hope of rescue after partner Simon Yates left him for dead. And yet, as recounted in classic documentary Touching The Void, Simpson gritted his teeth and dragged himself through hell to reach safety.
Do: stay calm (Life Of Pi)
Travel is unpredictable. One minute, like Indian teenager Pi (Suraj Sharma), you're emigrating to Canada aboard a freighter.
- 1/16/2015
- Digital Spy
According to Da7e Gonzales of Latino-Review, film producers Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach plan to milk the Spider-Man universe for all its worth by creating a feature-lenth spy-thriler based on a young pre-Aunt May. Yes, an Aunt May movie. A movie about Aunt May as a youth, before she was shouldered with the responsibility of raising Peter Parker. The target mood is some sort of espionage story in the vein of AMC’s Mad Men, which sounds like a way of saying “classier Agent Carter” without name-dropping Marvel’s upcoming series. We know May Reilly Parker-Jameson as Aunt May, the sweet elderly woman that took care of Peter Parker after the death of her brother-in-law Richard Parker and his wife Mary. In 2003, Mark Miller wrote Marvel Comics' Trouble, which was a five-issue mini-series that presented an alternate past for May, Mary, Ben and Richard. The big twist, Richard...
- 11/11/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
Hugh Sicotte has posted concept art that he created for Sony's The Amazing Spider-Man 2. One set features the look of the eel tanks that Oscorp employee Max Dillon (Jamie Foxx) falls into, which leads to his Electro transformation. Another set of designs is of the water chamber located at the Ravencroft Institution. Hugh even worked on the secret Roosevelt subway station where Richard Parker built a lab in a subterranean subway car. We’ve always known that Spider-Man’s most important battle has been within himself: the struggle between the ordinary obligations of Peter Parker and the extraordinary responsibilities of Spider-Man. But in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Peter Parker finds that a greater conflict lies ahead. It’s great to be Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield). For Peter Parker, there’s no feeling quite like swinging between skyscrapers, embracing being the hero,...
- 10/25/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
In a summer packed to the gills with superhero blockbusters, one that landed with less grace than a rampaging man in a rhino suit was The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Critics tore into the flick, deriding it for a muddled story, inconsistent character development and, most pressingly, too many damn villains.
And you know what? All of those complaints are reasonable. The movie isn’t perfect – it definitely isn’t amazing. However, after watching it, I have to say, all the Spidey hate seems a little bit overkill. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 isn’t up there with The Dark Knight as one of the great superhero sequels, but it’s also not trying to be. This installment is all about setting up the Spider-Man universe for future adventures and setting Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) on a path towards becoming the hero he’s destined to be. And in that respect, The Amazing Spider-Man 2...
And you know what? All of those complaints are reasonable. The movie isn’t perfect – it definitely isn’t amazing. However, after watching it, I have to say, all the Spidey hate seems a little bit overkill. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 isn’t up there with The Dark Knight as one of the great superhero sequels, but it’s also not trying to be. This installment is all about setting up the Spider-Man universe for future adventures and setting Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) on a path towards becoming the hero he’s destined to be. And in that respect, The Amazing Spider-Man 2...
- 9/3/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Marc Webb.s The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was a blockbuster cloaked in mystery. And too many of the questions posed by fans remained unanswered when the final credits rolled. In fact, the final credits contained more mysteries, which we thought were setting up more answers. Sadly, all we have are more questions. But, with the release of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 on Blu-ray and DVD, the filmmaker and his team Finally can begin sharing some answers, via commentary tracks, deleted scenes and featurettes, many of which have been leaking online over the past few days. We saw new footage with Dane DeHaan.s Harry Osborn. We saw an extended scene with Peter Parker.s thought-dead father, Richard Parker. And we saw hints at the Sinister Six. The following video, posted by YouTube user Amazing Spider Man slapped together features from the new DVD, along with fantastic commentary from Marc Webb...
- 8/21/2014
- cinemablend.com
For fans who hadn’t read the comics, the big gut-wrenching surprise at the end of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was the death of Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone), but the filmmakers originally had second shocker planned after that one.
In time for the Blu-ray release of Spider-Man 2 on August 19, EW’s gotten a look at some of the bonus footage, including 13 deleted scenes and 100 minutes of extras, in advance. In on such scene Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) finds his mourning interrupted by a man who seems a lot like his deceased dad. Is the man lying? Does he have an alternate agenda?...
In time for the Blu-ray release of Spider-Man 2 on August 19, EW’s gotten a look at some of the bonus footage, including 13 deleted scenes and 100 minutes of extras, in advance. In on such scene Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) finds his mourning interrupted by a man who seems a lot like his deceased dad. Is the man lying? Does he have an alternate agenda?...
- 8/11/2014
- by Jackson McHenry
- EW - Inside Movies
Today is the day you can buy a digital copy of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, with physical copies entering the market on August 19th. It's possibly your last best chance to catch some of Spidey's action before 2016's The Sinister Six, which may or may not even have the wall-crawler. But one of the special features, seen above, will be of particular interest . yep, in the scene above, you can see the dead Richard Parker as played by Campbell Scott. Spoilers, obviously: It's always been rumored that Scott shot a lot more footage as Peter Parker's estranged dad, but now we get to see it. As befitting the wonky plotting of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, he does not explain where he's been, or why he's faked his death for so long, or why he picked Gwen Stacy's funeral to re-emerge. Nice beard, though. It also doesn't clear up the central...
- 8/4/2014
- cinemablend.com
An alternate ending for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 revealed that a supposedly dead character was still alive.
A video for a rejected ending to Marc Webb's sequel was posted on Facebook by Daniel Ruiz (via Comic Book Movie).
It sees Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) meet with his father Dr Richard Parker (Campbell Scott) in a graveyard.
The character even uses the classic Spider-Man line: "With great power comes great responsibility."
Emma Stone and Dane DeHaan also starred in the Sony Pictures sequel, which was released in May.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on September 1.
Watch a trailer for the film below:...
A video for a rejected ending to Marc Webb's sequel was posted on Facebook by Daniel Ruiz (via Comic Book Movie).
It sees Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) meet with his father Dr Richard Parker (Campbell Scott) in a graveyard.
The character even uses the classic Spider-Man line: "With great power comes great responsibility."
Emma Stone and Dane DeHaan also starred in the Sony Pictures sequel, which was released in May.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on September 1.
Watch a trailer for the film below:...
- 8/4/2014
- Digital Spy
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- 8/4/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
Reaction to Sony's "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" was quite varied, with the ending in particular a big point of contention amongst not just fans of the comic but the film series as well.
This week, Bad Ass Digest received an early draft of Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman's script for the film and has revealed a number of surprising changes made to the final product - most notably an alternate ending.
Major Spoilers Ahead
The final film features a video of Gwen Stacy's commencement speech serving as the motivation for Peter Parker to get out of his post-Stacy death funk and become Spider-Man again after months away from the job. In the Orci and Kurtzman draft, the motivator is a surprise twist:
"The same thing happens here! But instead of finding a tape of Gwen's super on-the-nose graduation speech, Peter is approached by... his dad! Yes, Richard Parker shows...
This week, Bad Ass Digest received an early draft of Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman's script for the film and has revealed a number of surprising changes made to the final product - most notably an alternate ending.
Major Spoilers Ahead
The final film features a video of Gwen Stacy's commencement speech serving as the motivation for Peter Parker to get out of his post-Stacy death funk and become Spider-Man again after months away from the job. In the Orci and Kurtzman draft, the motivator is a surprise twist:
"The same thing happens here! But instead of finding a tape of Gwen's super on-the-nose graduation speech, Peter is approached by... his dad! Yes, Richard Parker shows...
- 7/16/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
If you're like me, you saw The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and left it quite frustrated. On one hand, it was the probably the best depiction of Peter Parker/Spider-Man, his personality, and his abilities to date on celluloid. On the other hand, everything having to do with the villains and plotting of the film felt like a total misfire. If you're like everyone else, you flat out hated it. Well, our brother Devin Faraci- over at BadAssDigest- has published an interesting breakdown of how the script for Tasm 2 evolved over time.
Taking a look at an earlier draft, Faraci noted 10 ways in which the final product greatly differed from some of the early concepts of the script, and how the film suffered because of it.
It's hard to do his analysis justice, since he read the whole thing and expertly breaks it down, but here's a summary:
Mary Jane had a small,...
Taking a look at an earlier draft, Faraci noted 10 ways in which the final product greatly differed from some of the early concepts of the script, and how the film suffered because of it.
It's hard to do his analysis justice, since he read the whole thing and expertly breaks it down, but here's a summary:
Mary Jane had a small,...
- 7/15/2014
- by Mario-Francisco Robles
- LRMonline.com
I really did enjoy Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man 2, but there was a lot of room for improvement. Thanks to Badass Digest, we have a list of ten things from the original script of the film that were, for one reason or another, cut out of the final product. Some of the points revealed include info on Mary Jane, J. Jonah Jameson, Peter's blood, a slightly different take on Gwen's death, and a different twist to the ending. I've included five of the ten points below so make sure to head on over to Badass Digest to see the rest!
Mary Jane. As we all know Shailene Woodley was cast as Mary Jane Watson, shot some days and then was cut from the movie. The original script includes all of the Mj scenes, and she's introduced as the Parker's new next door neighbor. Her dad is an abusive...
Mary Jane. As we all know Shailene Woodley was cast as Mary Jane Watson, shot some days and then was cut from the movie. The original script includes all of the Mj scenes, and she's introduced as the Parker's new next door neighbor. Her dad is an abusive...
- 7/15/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Badass Digest have seemingly got their hands on an earlier version of The Amazing Spider-Man 2's screenplay as they've listed 10 of the biggest alterations between that and the movie, shedding some light on what could have been and why so many scenes felt out of place or simply didn't make sense. Perhaps the biggest shock and "Wtf?" moment here is the fact that Richard Parker was originally set to make a return at the end of the movie. Unfortunately, there's no mention of that deleted after-credits scene with Norman Osborn's decapitated head, so who knows what that was all about! As you may have heard, The Amazing Spider-Man franchise is currently in limbo, so we'll have to wait and see if any of what is mentioned below is used further down the line... Mary Jane. As we all know Shailene Woodley was cast as Mary Jane Watson, shot some...
- 7/14/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
It probably had little impact on whether you liked The Amazing Spider-Man 2, but some fans were disappointed when the film’s end credits were not punctuated by the teaser that’s become expected from all the Marvel superhero franchises. At the end of director Marc Webb’s first Spider-Man movie, a mysterious figure confronts the imprisoned Dr. Curt Connors and asks, “Did you tell the boy the truth about his father?” But for the sequel, fans were left with a somewhat random promotional clip for Fox’s most recent X-Men movie.
Since then, the internet has speculated that Webb...
Since then, the internet has speculated that Webb...
- 6/16/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Hans Zimmer and The Magnificent Six
Columbia, Madison Gate
“My name is Richard Parker. I have no idea what’s going on.” The cryptic video message from Peter’s dad, a storyline first teased in The Amazing Spider-Man, continues in the sequel to Sony’s reboot of its cash cow franchise. Of course, Papa Parker isn’t confused over the connections between his family and the machinations of OsCorp, nor does he hint at why The Amazing Spider-Man 2 might link Peter’s powers with the fate of his enemies. Neither does Marc Webb, for that matter. The universe of Webb’s second superhero flick in 4 years doesn’t expand so much as it has more stuff thrown at it. More villains, more plot threads, and more music.
And when it comes to The Amazing Spider-Man 2‘s score, “more” is key. After James Horner’s unremarkable work in the 2012 reboot,...
Hans Zimmer and The Magnificent Six
Columbia, Madison Gate
“My name is Richard Parker. I have no idea what’s going on.” The cryptic video message from Peter’s dad, a storyline first teased in The Amazing Spider-Man, continues in the sequel to Sony’s reboot of its cash cow franchise. Of course, Papa Parker isn’t confused over the connections between his family and the machinations of OsCorp, nor does he hint at why The Amazing Spider-Man 2 might link Peter’s powers with the fate of his enemies. Neither does Marc Webb, for that matter. The universe of Webb’s second superhero flick in 4 years doesn’t expand so much as it has more stuff thrown at it. More villains, more plot threads, and more music.
And when it comes to The Amazing Spider-Man 2‘s score, “more” is key. After James Horner’s unremarkable work in the 2012 reboot,...
- 5/16/2014
- by David Klein
- SoundOnSight
Warning: If you haven’t yet seen The Amazing Spider-Man 2, then you should absolutely stop reading right now.
As many have predicted for nearly a year, Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) does indeed fall to her death in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, much as she did in Amazing Spider-Man #121 — a comic which, appropriately enough, is known as “The Night Gwen Stacy Died.” But regardless of speculation and source material that dates back nearly four decades, some audiences were still shocked to see Peter Parker’s first love come to such a terrible end. “I’ve poked my head into theaters in L.
As many have predicted for nearly a year, Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) does indeed fall to her death in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, much as she did in Amazing Spider-Man #121 — a comic which, appropriately enough, is known as “The Night Gwen Stacy Died.” But regardless of speculation and source material that dates back nearly four decades, some audiences were still shocked to see Peter Parker’s first love come to such a terrible end. “I’ve poked my head into theaters in L.
- 5/8/2014
- by Sara Vilkomerson
- EW - Inside Movies
The Amazing Spider-Man isn’t a good movie. It’s sloppy, has a half-baked villain, and, for a huge blockbuster picture, it lacks scope and style. In fact, a lot of Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man movies feel more modern and photo-realistic than what director Marc Webb has done so far. With every sequel you hope lessons will be learned from whatever past mistakes. Sometimes a series needs to go through a learning curve before getting to the goods. Sadly, that’s not the case with The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Webb has managed to make an even worse film. While this sequel is more polished, its script is disastrous in parts. It’s easily the most frustrating movie Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (and co-writer Jeff Pinkner) have ever written. The wildly varying tone, the cheap character motivations and poor plotting all scream Joel Schumacher. It has some things going for it, most...
- 5/5/2014
- by Jack Giroux
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Another week, another superhero movie (I know, I.m feeling oversaturated all of a sudden . Captain America last month, the X-Men folks and Spidey this month, argh!) . this time, it.s the sequel to .The Amazing Spider-Man. from the collaboration of director Marc Webb and stars Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone.
Sally Field returns as the touching Aunt May and joining the cast are Jamie Foxx as Electro, Dane DeHaan as Green Goblin, and Paul Giamatti as Rhino. Yup, more villains! But is more always better? Check out my movie review of .The Amazing Spider-Man 2..
Official Plot:
We've always known that Spider-Man's most important battle has been within himself: the struggle between the ordinary obligations of Peter Parker and the extraordinary responsibilities of Spider-Man. But in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Peter Parker finds that a greater conflict lies ahead. It's great to be Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield). For Peter Parker,...
Sally Field returns as the touching Aunt May and joining the cast are Jamie Foxx as Electro, Dane DeHaan as Green Goblin, and Paul Giamatti as Rhino. Yup, more villains! But is more always better? Check out my movie review of .The Amazing Spider-Man 2..
Official Plot:
We've always known that Spider-Man's most important battle has been within himself: the struggle between the ordinary obligations of Peter Parker and the extraordinary responsibilities of Spider-Man. But in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Peter Parker finds that a greater conflict lies ahead. It's great to be Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield). For Peter Parker,...
- 5/2/2014
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Here’s the first official entry to “Summertime with the super heroes 2014″(Cap’s return last month would be considered Spring, one supposes). And it’s an old familiar masked face who got a major overhaul (re-boot, re-imagining, etc.) just two Summers ago. 2012′s The Amazing Spider-man proved to click with audiences, so the director and principal actors are back for number two (no bathroom jokes, please!). They’ve gotten the revamped origin story out-of-the-way, so it’s on to new challenges, and a new super villain. Well, things need to be ramped-up, so it’s three, count em’, three super villains from the classic comic book rogues’ gallery: Electro, the Rhino, and, returning to the big screen from the original Sam Raimi-directed trilogy, the Green Goblin. Will they triple the excitement factor from the first flick, or will they cancel out the charm factor, mainly being the romance of Peter and Gwen?...
- 5/1/2014
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
This round-table interview was tons of fun. I got a minute to share a table with Andrew Garfield, Spider-Man and Marc Webb, director of Spider-Man and a gentleman I am very much in favor of.
Why do you like Marc Webb so much, Da7e? Good question, reader. He was my first one-on-one interview ever for this site during his (500) Days of Summer press tour. We shared a container of blueberries and even though our site has changed hands a few times since then, The Way-Way Back Machine has archived the discussion I had with web about music video reality, back in 2009.
I wasn't given access to Webb during The Amazing Spider-Man, which was probably for the best as I was chasing another story about the interactions between Columbia and Webb concerning lots of stuff that I couldn't care about less now that Webb gets his Spider-Man trilogy with Andrew Garfield.
Why do you like Marc Webb so much, Da7e? Good question, reader. He was my first one-on-one interview ever for this site during his (500) Days of Summer press tour. We shared a container of blueberries and even though our site has changed hands a few times since then, The Way-Way Back Machine has archived the discussion I had with web about music video reality, back in 2009.
I wasn't given access to Webb during The Amazing Spider-Man, which was probably for the best as I was chasing another story about the interactions between Columbia and Webb concerning lots of stuff that I couldn't care about less now that Webb gets his Spider-Man trilogy with Andrew Garfield.
- 4/28/2014
- by Da7e
- LRMonline.com
Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone have chemistry that seems almost absurd. Marc Webb has gotten better at staging comic-book action and seems to have a real feel for why Spider-Man is a great and enduring character. From scene to scene, "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" is the most Spider-Man movie that Spider-Man has ever been in. So why doesn't it feel like a movie? In some ways, "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" is the perfect modern franchise film. I'm sure that any executive in town who sees it is going to walk away raving, and it won't matter if they like it or not. It is an exercise in franchise management, and it hits every single entry on the checklist perfectly. By the end of this film, they've done a very good job of setting up the next three or four films in the series, but at the expense of this film...
- 4/25/2014
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
In Spider-Man’s origin story in Amazing Fantasy #15, we don’t get to spend much time with Uncle Ben. We get to see that he cares for his nephew Peter and gets him a science set. He also gets to say a quote that has become synonymous with Spider-Man, “With great power, there must also come great responsibility.” And then he dies, and the story focuses on Peter Parker becoming Spider-Man. However, in Ultimate Spider-Man, writer Brian Michael Bendis takes his time and fleshes out Uncle Ben as a character. He uses the oft-maligned comics writing device of decompression to explore the relationship between Peter and Uncle Ben to make his death have more emotional gravity as well digging deep into what makes Peter Parker decide to become the hero Spider-Man.
Before his tragic death, readers get to spend four whole issues with Uncle Ben. His characterization is especially strong...
Before his tragic death, readers get to spend four whole issues with Uncle Ben. His characterization is especially strong...
- 4/17/2014
- by Logan Dalton
- SoundOnSight
It was an electrifying presentation.
Sony Pictures concluded their presentation at CinemaCon with 30 minutes of “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” footage to the audiences.
However, it may be the same footage that certain audiences have witnessed nearly two weeks ago.
Our Latino-Review’s reporter Mario-Francisco Robles first reported the footage here. Click on the link for Spoiler-free coverage of the 30 minutes of footage.
However, I will reveal spoilers here that I witnessed from CinemaCon. Ready?
Spoiler Alert!!!!! Yes, Spoiler Alert!!!!!
Here’s what I saw:
*The movie opens with Richard Parker (Campbell Scott) stealing lab info from Oscorp. He and Mary Parker (Embeth Davidtz) flees the city after dropping off Peter with his aunt and uncle. But, amidst a private jet flight—the parents get attacked by an Oscorp assassin.
*Spidey chases after Aleksi Sytsevich (Paul Giamatti) and a couple of goons. He saves the life of Max Dillon (Jamie Foxx) during the chase.
Sony Pictures concluded their presentation at CinemaCon with 30 minutes of “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” footage to the audiences.
However, it may be the same footage that certain audiences have witnessed nearly two weeks ago.
Our Latino-Review’s reporter Mario-Francisco Robles first reported the footage here. Click on the link for Spoiler-free coverage of the 30 minutes of footage.
However, I will reveal spoilers here that I witnessed from CinemaCon. Ready?
Spoiler Alert!!!!! Yes, Spoiler Alert!!!!!
Here’s what I saw:
*The movie opens with Richard Parker (Campbell Scott) stealing lab info from Oscorp. He and Mary Parker (Embeth Davidtz) flees the city after dropping off Peter with his aunt and uncle. But, amidst a private jet flight—the parents get attacked by an Oscorp assassin.
*Spidey chases after Aleksi Sytsevich (Paul Giamatti) and a couple of goons. He saves the life of Max Dillon (Jamie Foxx) during the chase.
- 3/27/2014
- by Gig Patta
- LRMonline.com
The Sony Pictures lot in Culver City, California was host this week to a special presentation of nearly 30 minutes of Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man 2 , which was immediately followed by a Q&A with Webb himself. ComingSoon.net/SuperHeroHype was there and you can check out a full transcript of Webb's thoughts about the sequel and the rapidly expanding big screen Spidey-verse beneath our footage description. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 opens with a flashback to the same night we saw in the first film, wherein a young Peter Parker sees his parents for the final time. Richard Parker is in a hurry, racing to destroy his research (including killing test spiders with chloride gas). He sits and begins to record a video message. "People will say I'm a monster for what...
- 3/19/2014
- Comingsoon.net
Which Jungle Book movie though?
I don’t know how I ended up drawing the repeated coverage of Disney and Warner Bros competing live-action Jungle Book movies, but here I am again. As I wrote before on the Warner Bros Jungle Book:
Callie Cloves, the daughter of Steve Cloves, who sounds familiar because he adapted all theHarry Potter movies from the books, wrote a live-action screenplay based on Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book (the source text that produced the Disney film).
Cloves’ script is at Warner Bros where last month it lost it’s director (Babel‘s Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu left the project).
We thought maybe Ron Howard was going to step in and save the WB incarnation, but that hasn’t happened yet. Meanwhile, Disney and it’s Jon Favreau-directed, David Lowery-written (that was the team that worked on the first Iron Man) Jungle Book...
I don’t know how I ended up drawing the repeated coverage of Disney and Warner Bros competing live-action Jungle Book movies, but here I am again. As I wrote before on the Warner Bros Jungle Book:
Callie Cloves, the daughter of Steve Cloves, who sounds familiar because he adapted all theHarry Potter movies from the books, wrote a live-action screenplay based on Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book (the source text that produced the Disney film).
Cloves’ script is at Warner Bros where last month it lost it’s director (Babel‘s Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu left the project).
We thought maybe Ron Howard was going to step in and save the WB incarnation, but that hasn’t happened yet. Meanwhile, Disney and it’s Jon Favreau-directed, David Lowery-written (that was the team that worked on the first Iron Man) Jungle Book...
- 3/7/2014
- by Da7e
- LRMonline.com
Move over, Richard Parker! Disney has found the perfect actor to voice the killer tiger Shere Khan in Jon Favreau's “The Jungle Book,” as Idris Elba is nearing a deal to star in the live-action movie, an individual familiar with the project has told TheWrap. Disney's “Jungle Book” movie, which was written by Justin Marks, will be a mix of live-action and VFX. The studio is in a race with Warner Bros. to bring Rudyard Kipling's classic tale to the big screen. WB's project suffered a setback when Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu bowed out. Also read: Idris Elba, Morgan Freeman React to Nelson.
- 3/6/2014
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
When I'm excited about a movie I try to find everything I can on it. The more I find, the more excited I get. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is one of the those movies, and today we have an extended international TV spot for you to watch. This one features few seconds of footage with Richard Parker. The movie comes out on May 2nd. ...
- 2/26/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
In 1990, when Richard Parker faced an accusation that he'd burned down a cabin he was renovating for another couple, attorney Jon Setzer believed in his son-in-law's innocence and helped to defend him. "He felt that the suggestion that Richard had been guilty of arson was not justified," attorney George Cate said of his former longtime law partner, in an interview with the Associated Press. "He was supporting his son-in-law at that time." In a plea deal, Parker eventually was given four years' probation and paid $40,000 restitution. But the cabin's owners, Danny and Rosemary Martin, never forgot that incident - and...
- 2/18/2014
- by Jeff Truesdell
- PEOPLE.com
Was it weird that Sony took down the recent “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” trailer? It was kind of spoilery, but then again, it featured much of the same footage as the recent Superbowl spot. A conspiracy afoot, much like the one hinted at in Marc Webb’s upcoming Spider-Man sequel? (Interestingly enough, the one piece of footage missing from the Super Bowl spot was the appearance of Campbell Scott as Peter's dad Richard Parker.) Regardless, three new featurettes about the film have arrived. One called, “The Price Of Being A Hero” asks the question: can Spider-Man have two lives? One as a crime fighter, one as a mild-mannered teenager with a girlfriend and an elderly Aunt to take care of? The second is your average behind-the-scenes teaser called, “Lights, Camera, Action” and yes, both of them feature new bits of footage for hard core fans who can’t get enough.
- 2/17/2014
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
The son-in-law of a Tennessee couple killed when a package exploded at their home has been charged with first-degree murder in their deaths. State Fire Marshal's Office spokeswoman Katelyn Abernathy said Richard Parker is also charged with unlawful possession of a prohibited weapon. Reached by telephone the day before the arrest Thursday, Parker declined to talk about the deaths of Jon and Marion Setzer with the Associated Press. Parker ran Legacy Restorations, a business that specializes in historic restorations, according to its website. His house was just behind the Setzers' in a semi-rural area of Lebanon, about 40 minutes east of Nashville.
- 2/14/2014
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
Aside from being one of the very best films of this awards season, the Coen brothers' lovely, melancholic Inside Llewyn Davis also features one of the very best performances from a cat we've ever seen on the big screen.
In honour of the wonder that is Ulysses the Cat, we've picked out eleven more of the movies' greatest felines. We only had one rule: these had to be domestic cats. Sorry Simba, Aslan, Richard Parker et al.
Thomas O'Malley (The AristoCats)
At first glance, Thomas O'Malley comes across as a bit of a douchebag, the self-assured charmer who you wish wasn't hitting on you in a bar (or, in the modern age, a box on the Internet). He's even got his own theme tune full of talk about how he's "duke of the avant-garde", for crying out loud.
Ultimately, though, Thomas proves to be pretty handy in a jam, saving...
In honour of the wonder that is Ulysses the Cat, we've picked out eleven more of the movies' greatest felines. We only had one rule: these had to be domestic cats. Sorry Simba, Aslan, Richard Parker et al.
Thomas O'Malley (The AristoCats)
At first glance, Thomas O'Malley comes across as a bit of a douchebag, the self-assured charmer who you wish wasn't hitting on you in a bar (or, in the modern age, a box on the Internet). He's even got his own theme tune full of talk about how he's "duke of the avant-garde", for crying out loud.
Ultimately, though, Thomas proves to be pretty handy in a jam, saving...
- 1/18/2014
- Digital Spy
In case you haven't had much cause to keep up with Sesame Street lately, let me tell you: Cookie Monster ain't what he used to be. When I was a kid, Cookie was pure id, endlessly and unapologetically indulging in his love of cookies. But with children's obesity on the rise, the makers of Sesame Street have opted to retool Cookie Monster a bit, urging him to learn to control his impulses. One such lesson is taught in the above parody of Life of Pi with Cookie in the role of the tiger Richard Parker. "Life of Whoopie Pie" is a story of an unlikely friendship and incredible survival. A boy named Whoopie Pie is stranded in the middle of the ocean in a boat made of chocolate chip cookies. As if this situation weren't harrowing enough, he's not alone on the boat. He shares it with a ravenous beast:...
- 1/8/2014
- cinemablend.com
We’re another week closer to Christmas, and I was very happy to see Frozen take the top spot at the box office this past weekend. In the meantime, this week’s new Trailer Trashin’ examines yet another of next year’s big upcoming films – The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
Premise: Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) continues to struggle with balancing his life as a high school student and his crime-fighting responsibilities as Spider-Man. When Peter begins to investigate more about his father’s past, with the help of his friend Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan), he realizes that the new threats of Max Dillon/Electo (Jamie Foxx) and Aleksei Systevich/The Rhino (Paul Giamatti) both have one thing in common – OsCorp.
My take: The most feedback I’ve ever received for an installment of Trailer Trashin’ is still my column from early May 2012, where I examined the final trailer for that summer’s The Amazing Spider-Man,...
Premise: Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) continues to struggle with balancing his life as a high school student and his crime-fighting responsibilities as Spider-Man. When Peter begins to investigate more about his father’s past, with the help of his friend Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan), he realizes that the new threats of Max Dillon/Electo (Jamie Foxx) and Aleksei Systevich/The Rhino (Paul Giamatti) both have one thing in common – OsCorp.
My take: The most feedback I’ve ever received for an installment of Trailer Trashin’ is still my column from early May 2012, where I examined the final trailer for that summer’s The Amazing Spider-Man,...
- 12/11/2013
- by Timothy Monforton
- CinemaNerdz
Wonder what could be going on here? Another good look at Harry-Goblin (Dane DeHann). Richard Parker and?? Any ideas who this could be? In The Amazing Spider-Man™ 2, for Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield), life is busy – between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen (Emma Stone), high school graduation can't come quickly enough. Peter hasn't forgotten about the promise he made to Gwen’s father to protect her by staying away – but that’s a promise he just can't keep. Things will change for Peter when a new villain, Electro (Jamie Foxx), emerges, an old friend, Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan), returns, and Peter uncovers new clues about his past. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 stars Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker, Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy, Jamie Foxx as Max Dillon/Electro, Sally Field as Aunt May, Chris Cooper as Norman Osborn, and Dane DeHann as Harry Osborn.
- 12/9/2013
- ComicBookMovie.com
2014 is the Year of the Superteam. There’s Marvel’s goofball space-squadron Guardians of the Galaxy. There’s an X-Men movie starring two or three or seven different groups of X-Men. Captain America’s on furlough from The Avengers, but in The Winter Soldier he’s hanging out with a B-team of Capsters like Black Widow and Falcon. That makes The Amazing Spider-Man 2 an outlier. The second chapter of Marc Webb’s reboot saga once again focuses on the travails of a teenaged Peter Parker, still dating Emma Stone’s Gwen Stacy and still trying to solve the mystery of his father.
- 12/5/2013
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
Andrew Garfield is back slinging webs, punishing evildoers and suffering just the right amount of superhero angst in the first official trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man 2, the follow-up to last year's franchise reboot. The trailer opens with Peter Parker pondering power and responsibility, while Spidey zips through the city catching cop cars and dodging machine gun bullet fire — just a little "traffic jam" he casually tells Gwen Stacey (Emma Stone).
See Where Spider-Man Sticks in Our List of the Ten Greatest Film and TV Superheroes
The trailer also provides...
See Where Spider-Man Sticks in Our List of the Ten Greatest Film and TV Superheroes
The trailer also provides...
- 12/5/2013
- Rollingstone.com
Peter: Once every morning I feel that the more I try to help people, the more enemies I gain. And sooner or later I will run into those who will be stronger than me. Sorry I'm late...terrible traffic jam. Gwen: So you also consider vertical racing as terrible traffic jam!? Peter: Yes, yes, you’re so quick-witted! Harry: Peter Parker! Peter: Harry Osborn! Harry: Look at this. Oscorp has been watching you. Peter: Why? Harry: Good question. Peter: You're hiding something from me Aunt May! Aunt: I’ve told you that for all the secrets one will have to pay. And for the truth too. Richard: My name is Richard Parker. I’ve realized how Oscorp intends to use my research. I have to stop them or the consequences will be irreversible. Harry: What is this? Father: The future. Harry: We really can change the world. What will happen to Peter?...
- 12/2/2013
- ComicBookMovie.com
This story first appeared in the Dec 6. issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. American Humane Association monitor Gina Johnson confided in an email to a colleague on April 7, 2011, about the star tiger in Ang Lee's Life of Pi. While many scenes featuring "Richard Parker," the Bengal tiger who shares a lifeboat with a boy lost at sea, were created using CGI technology, King, very much a real animal, was employed when the digital version wouldn't suffice. "This one take with him just went really bad and he got lost trying to swim to the side,"
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- 11/22/2013
- by Gary Baum
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The big news this week, that you have no doubt heard by now, is that Netflix has partnered up with Marvel Studios to bring us no less than four exclusive series’ based on their characters in 2015. Those characters are Daredevil (which I always thought would work better on TV), Iron Fist, Jessica Jones and Luke Cage.
Now, Iron Fist was in development for years as a film so they have a head start but I would have liked to have seen Luke Cage on the big screen and I am only vaguely familiar with Jessica Jones. The intention is that each of them will have their own 13 episode run before teaming up in a Defenders mini-series.
So what does this mean for Netflix? This is an epic win basically and means that regardless of exclusives or new content over the next year, they are going to remain in the game...
Now, Iron Fist was in development for years as a film so they have a head start but I would have liked to have seen Luke Cage on the big screen and I am only vaguely familiar with Jessica Jones. The intention is that each of them will have their own 13 episode run before teaming up in a Defenders mini-series.
So what does this mean for Netflix? This is an epic win basically and means that regardless of exclusives or new content over the next year, they are going to remain in the game...
- 11/11/2013
- by Chris Holt
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Oscar-winning director Ang Lee brings Yann Martel's unfilmable bestselling novel to the big screen in visually ravishing style. When the ship taking his family from India to Canada hits a storm, zookeeper's son Pi Patel (newcomer Suraj Sharma) finds himself adrift in the Pacific with a zebra, a hyena, an orangutan... and a 450-pound Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.
- 10/16/2013
- Sky Movies
The most iconic moment, arguably, from Robert Redford’s acting career is a scene from the middle of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Butch (Paul Newman) and Sundance (Redford) evade their pursuers on the side of a cliff that overlooks a river full of rocks and rapids. Butch offers to escape the chase by jumping into the river. Sundance refuses. He yells, “I can’t swim!” to a cackling Butch. “Are you crazy? The fall will probably kill ya,” Butch tells him. A moment later, the two outlaws jump into the river, with the Sundance Kid yelling a high-pitched curse word.
45 years later, Robert Redford once again plunges into stormy seas in All Is Lost, J.C. Chandor’s sophomore feature. Almost the exact opposite of Chandor’s dialogue-heavy debut, Margin Call, which boasted a big ensemble cast, All Is Lost stars one actor (Redford) without a character name and contains almost no dialogue.
45 years later, Robert Redford once again plunges into stormy seas in All Is Lost, J.C. Chandor’s sophomore feature. Almost the exact opposite of Chandor’s dialogue-heavy debut, Margin Call, which boasted a big ensemble cast, All Is Lost stars one actor (Redford) without a character name and contains almost no dialogue.
- 10/15/2013
- by Jordan Adler
- We Got This Covered
You won’t find a volleyball named Wilson or a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker in the lost-at-sea All Is Lost. Instead, you’ll have to settle for screen legend Robert Redford in an almost wordless performance. And for the record, that suits us just fine after our first look at the beautifully stunning first trailer.
Miles from shore in the middle of the Indian Ocean, a lone sailor (Redford) awakes from his bunk after his yacht begins taking on water following a collision with a shipping container. The resourceful sailor, whose name is not revealed, manages to patch the hole in his ship, but the resulting damage to his navigational equipment from the sea water means he’s sailing blind on an impaired vessel, through harrowing swells, treacherous storms, and blistering sun.
Get lost at sea with Robert Redford in the All Is Lost trailer now!
Miles from shore in the middle of the Indian Ocean, a lone sailor (Redford) awakes from his bunk after his yacht begins taking on water following a collision with a shipping container. The resourceful sailor, whose name is not revealed, manages to patch the hole in his ship, but the resulting damage to his navigational equipment from the sea water means he’s sailing blind on an impaired vessel, through harrowing swells, treacherous storms, and blistering sun.
Get lost at sea with Robert Redford in the All Is Lost trailer now!
- 8/2/2013
- by Rachel West
- Cineplex
Bafta Winning director Asif Kapadia hosted a Master Class with Irrfan Khan at the London Indian Film Festival 2013. The venue was held at the British Film Institute that sits right at the heart of the Southbank. Kapadia described the BFI as ‘the home of world cinema, of great cinema’. As the doors opened for the Master Class, the crowd rushed in, securing a seat for the prestigious opportunity to see both Kapadia and Irrfan Khan in conversation. What was unique about this event was that it was not only two colleagues who had worked together, but two friends who were in conversation. Kapadia and Irrfan had worked together on the award winning film, ‘The Warrior’ in 2001. Welcoming Irrfan onto stage, Kapadia described him as ‘an amazing actor, really, really one of the best actors working out there, he’s managed to cover different continents and work in different types of cinema,...
- 7/22/2013
- by Aashi Gahlot
- Bollyspice
If you thought the animated version of Shere Khan was freaky when you were a kid, the latest Disney take on the tiger promises to introduce a whole new layer of terrifying; think "Life of Pi"'s Richard Parker, but less sympathetic.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the studio has begun development on a live-action "Jungle Book" adaptation, with screenwriter Justin Marks ("The Raven") tapped to produce a script based on the Rudyard Kipling classic.
This news comes nearly 50 years after the animated version hit theaters in 1967, featuring the colorful misadventures of jungle boy Mowgli, his pals Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther, and their arch-enemy Shere Khan, the fearsome tiger.
"The Jungle Book" isn't the first animated Disney favorite to get remade with real people and dazzling special effects: "Alice in Wonderland" paved the way in 2010, with Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, and "Maleficent," starring Angelina Jolie,...
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the studio has begun development on a live-action "Jungle Book" adaptation, with screenwriter Justin Marks ("The Raven") tapped to produce a script based on the Rudyard Kipling classic.
This news comes nearly 50 years after the animated version hit theaters in 1967, featuring the colorful misadventures of jungle boy Mowgli, his pals Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther, and their arch-enemy Shere Khan, the fearsome tiger.
"The Jungle Book" isn't the first animated Disney favorite to get remade with real people and dazzling special effects: "Alice in Wonderland" paved the way in 2010, with Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, and "Maleficent," starring Angelina Jolie,...
- 7/9/2013
- by Laura Larson
- Moviefone
All of the set photos we have seen of Paul Giamatti filming The Amazing Spider-man 2 have been him dressed as Aleksei Sytsevich. Based on that, it can be assumed that the formula developed by Curt Connors and Richard Parker will be what creates many of the villains in this new Spider-man universe. So, Rhino is going to take the same route as The Lizard and be a fully CGI creation. These new set photos show Paul Giamatti wearing a giant apparatus that will obviously be used to map his...
- 5/28/2013
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
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