Tag: The Amazing Spider-Man (21-30 of 40)

May 15 2012 11:31 AM ET

'Amazing Spider-Man' 4-minute teaser: Bridge-hanging action!

The new four-minute trailer for this July’s The Amazing Spider-Man doesn’t add much plotwise to the earlier previews of the reboot. It does, however, feature a much longer look at the film’s slam-bang action sequences, including Spidey rescuing an adorable child from a burning automobile dangling over the East River, which is what we in the business refer to as the “McTiernan Hat Trick.”

No further indication about the nature of the mysterious man who seems to be pulling the Lizard’s strings — although am I crazy, or does he sound a little bit like Willem “Great Villain Except For The Costume” Defoe? Check out the trailer and ponder the sad citizens of Movie New York, a city which is basically getting torn to pieces in every major movie this summer. READ FULL STORY »

May 13 2012 05:42 PM ET

'The Amazing Spider-Man' viral campaign leads to new peek at the Lizard -- VIDEO

It’s practically de rigueur now for giant studio tent-poll pictures: The quasi-grassroots “viral” campaign that engages hardcore fans on either a virtual or actual scavenger hunt that ultimately results in the release of a highly conventional piece of marketing (i.e. a trailer, poster,  featurette, etc.). This weekend it was The Amazing Spider-Man‘s turn to cook up some social media buzz for itself, via the Twitter account @scaleseeker that sent fans on the trail of The Lizard, a.k.a. Dr. Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans), a.k.a. the Big Bad of Sony Pictures’ reboot of the Spidey franchise. Let’s see what they were up to, and what they found!  READ FULL STORY »

May 9 2012 12:57 PM ET

Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Mila Kunis to present at 2012 MTV Movie Awards

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Image Credit: Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage.com

MTV announced today the first string line-up of presenters for the 2012 MTV Movie Awards, airing live June 3 at 9 p.m. ET. Kristen Stewart and her Snow White and the Huntsman costars Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron will hand out the Golden Popcorn. Joining them, The Amazing Spider-Man‘s Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield, Prometheus star Michael Fassbender, and Ted‘s Mila Kunis and Mark Wahlberg.

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May 3 2012 08:54 PM ET

'The Amazing Spider-Man' trailer: More glimpses of the Lizard, but who's that mysterious man?

The last few trailers for The Amazing Spider-Man have leaned on the notion that this reboot of the Spidey franchise reexamines how Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) became the famed web-slinger. Perhaps sensing some audience fatigue with the idea of seeing yet another superhero origin story, the newest (and likely last) Amazing Spider-Man trailer takes an intriguing new approach. “This life is not an easy one,” says a weary Peter in the opening moments of the trailer, and we see him already hard at work as Spider-Man — which is to say, the assumption is that you already know who Spider-Man is, and what he can do. This trailer focuses on a different kind of origin story: “The one thing that has haunted me my entire life,” says Peter, “is finding the truth about my parents.”

We also get a few new, more fleshed-out glimpses of Dr. Curt Connors’s (Rhys Ifans) alter ego, The Lizard. More intriguing is the shadowy figure demanding to know if Connors told Peter about his father. Who is this raspy-voiced character? Is it Oscorp head Norman Osborn, a.k.a. Green Goblin? The DNA-obsessed Dr. Miles Warren, a.k.a. the Jackal? Someone new? Check out the trailer below, and decide for yourself:  READ FULL STORY »

Apr 16 2012 01:17 PM ET

New 'Amazing Spider-Man' trailer: Is Peter Parker ready to play God? -- VIDEO

With two and a half months until its July 3 premiere, The Amazing Spider-Man continues to weave its narrative web for fanboys (and girls, of course). A new, darker Japanese trailer offers a more in-depth look into the backstory of Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) and emphasizes the complex dynamic between Peter and Dr. Curt Connors, a.k.a. The Lizard (Rhys Ifans). Check it out below. READ FULL STORY »

Apr 11 2012 09:01 PM ET

Casting Net: Donald Glover to appear in Spidey's bedroom, Elle Fanning may join movie musical

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Image Credit: Cindy Ord/Getty Images

• Total Internet #win: OK it’s not quite casting, but fans had been pushing for Community‘s Donald Glover to play Peter Parker in the upcoming The Amazing Spider-Man, and since Andrew Garfield is firmly in that role (opposite Emma Stone), director Marc Webb made sure Glover at least made a quick appearance. In an interview with MTV, Webb said he “included some references to Glover inside the set decoration of Peter Parker’s bedroom.” [MTV News]

• Another hipster musical a la Once is making its way to the big screen, and Elle Fanning is in talks to take the lead role. The film, God Help the Girl, is written and directed by Scottish band Belle and Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch. It’s also Internet win #2 for the day — the film raised over $100,000 on Kickstarter for production. [Rolling Stone]

• Coppola darling Alden Ehrenrich (Somewhere, Tetro) is taking over the lead role in Beautiful Creatures from Jack O’Connell who dropped out over scheduling conflicts. Ehrenrich and Alice Englert play teens who share a flair for the supernatural in the first adaptation of Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl’s novels. Will it be the next Twilight or The Hunger Games? Only time will tell. The film also stars Viola Davis and Jeremy Irons and is directed by Richard LaGravanese, who helmed P.S. I Love You. [Indie Wire]

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Mar 19 2012 05:25 PM ET

New 'Spider-Man' video reveals that 'The Daily Bugle' is now a TV station staffed by smug blonde reporters

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A new viral video for this summer’s The Amazing Spider-Man contains an interesting revelation for Spidey fans. It seems that in Amazing‘s rebooted world, the beloved newspaper The Daily Bugle is actually a 24-hour news network, complete with a smug news anchor named Eva Predelson. (Although it’s also possible that The Daily Bugle is just a newsmagazine. Maybe in the world of Amazing, Eva Predelson is like Brian Williams, and The Daily Bugle is her Rock Center. Which is a real show, by the way.) Below, Predelson introduces an interview with Captain George Stacy (Denis Leary), who is a bit upset about this Spider-Man fellow. The video teases a website called webbedmenace.com allows you to upload pictures of yourself in a Spider-Man outfit, and also teases a phone number (877-651-8503). But don’t call the number, because I already did, and all I heard was someone doing their best impression of The Chief from Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? demanding I visit the site. Watch the video after the jump. READ FULL STORY »

Feb 7 2012 03:46 AM ET

'The Amazing Spider-Man' trailer: Our first look at The Lizard! Kinda!

“Thirty-eight of New York’s finest versus one guy in a unitard?”

Of all the revelations in the new trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man — Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) constructing his web-slingers like God Stan Lee and Steve Ditko intended! A blink-and-you’ll-miss-it shot of Dr. Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans) transforming into The Lizard! — by far the best one is Denis Leary as George Stacy, p.o.’d NYPD chief and papa to Peter’s potential girlfriend Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone). It’s also nice to see that this iteration of Spidey is kind of a wise-ass: ”You know, in the future, if you’re gonna steal cars, don’t dress like a car thief, man.”

Check out the new trailer below:  READ FULL STORY »

Feb 6 2012 10:57 PM ET

'The Amazing Spider-Man': On the scene for the eye-popping nine-minute global sneak peek

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Image Credit: Jaimie Trueblood

One only need to skim the message boards for anything related to this summer’s The Amazing Spider-Man to know what a marketing challenge Sony Pictures has in front of it. For every fanboy or fangirl who is already (mentally) standing in line to see director Marc Webb’s reboot of the masked web slinger, there’s another who is equally incensed by the notion that the world needs another Spidey origin story just 10 years after the last Spidey origin story, and five since the last Spidey film. Sure, awareness of the franchise likely couldn’t be higher, but whether audiences will make this new Spider-Man as big of a blockbuster as the last Spider-Man remains an open question.

So when you’ve got to make a big impression, swing for the fences. Today, at a global event simulcast across three continents, Sony unveiled the new 3-D trailer for the film, as well as a nearly nine-minute long, 2-D sizzle reel that featured an extended look at the electric chemistry between stars Andrew Garfield (as Peter Parker) and Emma Stone (as Gwen Stacy). We also got our first look at the reptilian alter ego of Dr. Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans), i.e. the Lizard. READ FULL STORY »

Feb 3 2012 01:21 PM ET

Why is the 'Amazing Spider-Man' logo appearing on iconic buildings across the globe?

On Sat., Jan. 28, a familiar red spider was projected on the side of some of the most iconic structures in the world, including The Sydney Opera House, the Colesseum in Rome, the Kremlin in Moscow, and the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. The image was followed by a country-specific URL — in the U.S., it’s theuntoldstorybegins.com — that pointed visitors to a special, mysterious screening on Monday, Feb. 6 of… something related to or directly from this summer’s The Amazing Spider-Man.

When asked what this screening is about, and why the Spidey logo is also showing up on buildings in New York City, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Rio de JaneiroMadrid, London, Berlin, Seoul, and Tokyo, Sony Pictures only offers a coy no comment.  READ FULL STORY »

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