Andrew Garfield will return as Peter Parker and Emma Stone is gonna reprise her role as Gwen Stacy. Do these set pics confirm that the classic story The Night Gwen Stacy Died is part of the film? For the record Stone endorsed the idea in August 2012 when The Amazing Spider-Man was still in theaters...Stone was asked by Ryan Seacrest about her character's future to which she said: "I think the intention the whole time has been to tell Gwen's story as close to the comic as possible".
Dane DeHaan ("Chronicle") has won the role of Harry Osborn Osborn of course is Peter Parker's best friend and eventual enemy who was played by James Franco previously. Jamie Foxx will be playing bad guy Electro. Paul Giamatti plays the villain, the Rhino. Sally Field is back as Aunt May. Chris Cooper has been cast as Norman Osborn--who eventually becomes Spidey's number one foe--The Green Goblin--The character was played previously by Willem Dafoe Felicity Jones (Like Crazy), plays Norman's girlfriend in the film. Former Office star B.J. Novak plays Alistaire Smythe in the film. In the comics, Alistair is the son of 'Spider-Slayer' creator Spencer Smythe. Spider-Slayers are a series of robots that sought to destroy Spider-Man--Spencer died after prolonged exposure to the radioactive samples. Alistair inherited the legacy from his father and became a villain in his own right called the 'Ultimate Spider-Slayer'. He not only built more robots but also body armor that can enhance his strength. While there was speculation that actress Sarah Gadon ("Cosmopolis," "A Dangerous Method") was going to be the new Mary Jane Watson, given the fact that Shailene Woodley's performance as the character had been cut. As it turns out though Gadon DOES appear in "Amazing 2" after all as an entirely different character. She is actually playing an android cop.
This film reflects a new approach:
“I didn’t want to be bound,” this time around the 39-year-old said he embraced the “12-year-old-kid in me, the one who thinks ‘this is awesome!’” and opened up the sequel to everything that he enjoyed while reading comic books. “There were things I wanted to try, like moving the camera around for the big Electro sequence,” Webb said. “But I wanted to keep the characters.”
Pay attention to the soundtrack:
Webb enlisted Batman trilogy and Man Of Steel composer Hans Zimmer and The Magnificent Six — which includes Pharrell Williams and Johnny Marr wanting to make music an integral part of the film’s experience beyond just a soundtrack. “They were incredible,” Webb said, “really committed to the process of understanding the film.” And that applies to character development too. In fact, Pharrell and Webb worked extensively to “create a balance between Electro’s psychosis and his pathos.”
“He came up with the idea of voices in his head,” Webb said of Pharrell’s input. “There’s a scene in Times Square where I had to have Electro switch against Spider-Man and those voices become dominant yo help signal that. … The music literally became part of the character. It’s a way to connect the audience to the thought process of the character.”
The film's multiple bad guys:
We will see three villains in the film. It's all about Peter “Different parts of the character are challenged by different villains, different adversaries,” Webb said of the trio. “One of the great things about the Marvel universe is the complexity of the villains. There’s often a pre-existing, domestic relationship, like with Harry Osborn, that makes those conflicts more emotional and endearing.”
Electro will shock audiences:
“The cinematic possibilities of that character, I think, were extraordinary,” Webb said. “I had to explore that, in thinking of the nature of this villain.” Foxx delivered complexity to a character who “wants to be seen,” said Webb, You will want to note how the hero and villain “react to their situations in a way that defines their characters.”
Gwen and Aunt May get more storyline:
The ladies of The Amazing Spider-Man are back. But there’s an extra female character who adds some extra dimension (and sheds some extra light) on who Peter really is. It’s no accident that girl power is crucial to the story, Webb joked that his mom was his inspiration for the film’s increased female quota. “We’re surrounded by really wonderful women,” Webb said. “It’s just important for the universe…the [women] are a crucial part of Peter’s life.”
Meantime several new photos and a featurette are posted, courtesy of MTV. The photos and vid focus on Oscorp Industries. This is the first of five that the site will unveil in coming weeks.
Here's the Sony Pictures' official synopsis:
"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, and spending time with Gwen (Emma Stone). But being Spider-Man comes at a price: only Spider-Man can protect his fellow New Yorkers from the formidable villains that threaten the city. With the emergence of Electro (Jamie Foxx), Peter must confront a foe far more powerful than he. And as his old friend, Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan), returns, Peter comes to realize that all of his enemies have one thing in common: OsCorp."
Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Jeff Pinkner wrote the script based on a previous draft by James Vanderbilt.
Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach will produce.
The new film is now in post-production to meet its May 2nd 2014 release date.
Both The Amazing Spider-Man 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man 4 already have release dates--The writers of Amazing 2 are also set to return for the 3rd film. The series will grow from there to include other members of the extended Spidey family
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