Principle photography for Amazing Spider-Man 2 continues to roll  in New York City.  Recently, onlookers saw their first look at Jamie Foxx‘s Max Dillon and Andrew Garfield Spider-Man sharing their first publicly filmed scene. Naturally, everyone started getting pictures and video on their cell phones.

While the film crew continued to work with Andrew and Jamie in front of the Hearst Building, filling in as the fictional Oscorp Industries, those around them were busy posting everything they saw to social media. By the look of the flipped car and setting, it looks Spidey saves Max (pre-transformation to Electro) from getting hit by a car.

Meanwhile the people over at celebuzz were able to get a bit closer to the Columbia Pictures set, getting the finer details of Andrew and Jamie rehearsing and shooting their scene together. They nabbed  a better look at the new and improved Spider-Man costume. Which, sticks closer to the comic book iteration we all know, and honestly the best representation of the suit seen so far. Jamie Foxx on the other hand, well, I’m getting a Jim Carrey as Edward Nigma from Batman Forever vibe. Not good. Anyway, check out the image gallery below:
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If you thought the casting of Jamie Foxx as Electro in The Amazing Spider Man 2 was unexpected, wait until you see what he looks like. Lets bare in mind that Electro is one of the campier villains,  so doing a live-action version of him would’ve been difficult. Regardless, I don’t think any of us expected the creatives behind TASM2 were gonna go so… Smurfy.

The Daily Mail has provided new photos from the Times Square set of Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man sequel revealing our first good look at Jamie Foxx as Maxwell Dillon, better known as the supervillain Electro. Check em’ out below:

It’s BLUE the villain is BLUE!!

Alright, so they go ultimate universe version…. why not? Hey, at least he’s more attractive than the girl playing Mary Jane. Definitely not what I expected, but I’m sure it’ll look cool with all the CG lightning added. I’m confident he’ll is gonna make a way better villian than the lizard.

The movie also stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Martin Sheen, Shailene Woodley as Mary Jane Watson, and Dane DeHaan as Harry Osborn. The movie will be released on May 2nd, 2014

Source: Daily Mail

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The news coming out of director Marc Webb‘s The Amazing Spider-Man 2 production ha picked up as of late. Yesterday there was the closer look at some of the changes to the Spider-Man movie suit and today there are some new stills straight from the production set of the Marvel sequel.

Currently shooting in New York, we get some glimpses of Andrew Garfield‘s stunt double (I think it’s Shane Geraghty or Akos Schenek hanging upside down in the pictures), and some costume shots through the tree limbs.

Take a look through the gallery below and let us know what you think about the movie and costume so far in the comments section below. I think the changes to the eyes are a great nod to the comic book costume and will really stand out on the big screen.

Synopsis (So far):

Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) finds, 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 movie’s cast is rounded out with Martin Sheen (Uncle Ben), Shailene Woodley (Mary Jane), Paul Giammatti (The Rhino), Felicity Jones (Black Cat ???), and Colm  Feore (The Vulture??? Norman Osborn???)

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 its way onto theater screens everywhere on May 2nd, 2014.

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The basic design hasn’t changed much for Spider-Man in any of his big screen adaptations, but each version tweaks the costume just enough we get excited for a new reveal. Above is our first look at Spidey’s new costume from Marc Webb‘s  The Amazing Spider-Man 2, what do you think?

Most noticeably this costume features larger eye-holes and slight differences in its color and texture. Below you can check out a side by side comparison of this new outfit with what Spidey was sportin’ in the first Amazing Spider-Man.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Dane DeHaan, Jamie Foxx, Martin Sheen, Shailene Woodley, Paul Giammatti, Felicity Jones and Colm Feore,  and hits theaters May 2, 2014.

Source: Coming Soon

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The Amazing Spider-Man was a scrub of film, a scrub that can’t get no love from me.

The reboot lacked character development and suffered from extremely lazy writing. It was messy collection of ideas. Ultimately, it failed to bring something new to a familiar tale.

Regardless, and much to my dismay, it was successful enough to warrant a sequel.

In fact, production on Amazing Spider-Man 2 started yesterday. Director Marc Webb tweeted a picture which showed how they’re shooting the film on actual film, and not in 3-D digital like he did on the first flick. You can read more on that HERE.

So… what’s happening in the sequel? If you’ve missed some recent headlines, the second installment is said to be “electrifying”. Instead of feeding you internet gossip, we have an official synopsis for TASM 2:

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 movie was written by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Jeff Pinkner, with a previous draft by James Vanderbilt, and based on the Marvel Comic Book by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach producing.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2  is set to be released on May 2nd, 2014.

After sitting through Spidey’s origin story (for a second time), maybe the sequel can overcome that profound feeling of ‘been there, done that’?

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One might argue that there’s a definite lack of enthusiasm out there for an Amazing Spider-Man 2, but time marches on and so does development. Now we already know the casting news about Dane DeHaan as Harry Osborn and Jamie Foxx as Electro, but Paul Giamatti as the Rhino?!?!?! That’s new.

The potential casting was broken by The Hollywood Reporter (via MTV). Giamatti would join Foxx as the two antagonists that Spider-Man (played again by Andrew Garfield), will have to save the day from in the superhero sequel. If this rumor/news sounds familiar, you’re right. Giamatti’s long been attached to the role of Rhino in the Spider-Man films, so much so that he’s even discussed it on the record.

“The Rhino was fantastic. He was, like, a Russian guy. He was real fast and he hit stuff real hard,” he said in a 2011 interview on Conan O’Brien. “He had, like, a rhino suit on, and his face was sticking out of the rhino suit and he had a horn.”

If this is true, I’m not sure what to think of the news. I don’t think the problem with Amazing 1 was not enough villains, but the fact that they didn’t really flesh out the characters and their motivations enough. Is there going to be enough oxygen to rectify that in part two, with Peter, Gwen and Aunt May being joined by Harry, Electro, Rhino, Mary Jane and possibly Norman Osborn? And while it’s true that old standards about big casts in superhero movies having a negative has been lampshaded by the likes of Chris Nolan’s Dark Knight movies and The Avengers, the last time a Spider-Man movie started to feel this bloated was Spider-Man 3. And we all know how well that turned out…

In other Spidey-News, the already cast Foxx had some words about his anticipation in getting to play Electro, while talking to The Playlist (via Total Film).

“It’s incredible,” says Foxx. “Especially for my little daughter, who is there for the make-up tests and everything. It’s another testament to Quentin Tarantino because without Django, I wouldn’t be doing Spider-Man.”

So what does Foxx have up his sleeves for Electro? “I’m going to keep it close to the chest but I followed the Spider-Man comic books,” he says. “And I would watch the television show growing up. It’s a blessing.”

Well, at least somebody’s happy about what’s coming up in Amazing Spider-Man 2.

More news as it develops.

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Since it would be nigh on impossible to discuss what could happen to Gwen Stacy in The Amazing Spider-Man sequel without discussing what actually happens to Gwen Stacy in the Spider-Man comics, I’ll warn you this post contains spoilers. Of course, these are 40 year old spoilers, but I’m trying to be nice and not ruin it for folks who maybe haven’t read up on all of Spider-Man’s past.

So what does happen to Gwen Stacy in the comics? She dies, in one of the most heart wrenching deaths in comics. Thrown off a bridge by the Green Goblin, Peter attempts to save her by casting his webs and grabs her foot, in the process snapping her neck from the sudden stop. Her death is a especially remarkable because she’s also managed to stay dead. Something comic book fans should know is basically impossible to achieve.

With the rebooted Amazing Spider-Man movie choosing Stacy over Mary Jane as Peter’s love interest, everyone assumed this would be the story we’d see play out between Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone. Not so, as come the end of Amazing Spider-Man, Stacy was still alive and no mention had been made of the Green Goblin. Naturally, the sequel would explore this tragedy, right?

Maybe. Dane DeHaan has been cast as Harry Osborn and, in a minor role, Shailene Woodley as Mary Jane Watson, so it would seem the pieces are being set for Stacy’s tragic fall. But when asked by MTV News about the possibility Stacy would die in the sequel, Stone replied, “Will she? Is it up to you? Did you write the script? Did you ghost-write the script?“

In the past, Stone has been quite open and upfront about discussing her character’s assumed eventual fate and showed a willingness to stick to the original premise. What’s changed her mind? Will the movies take a different route and leave Stacy alive, or is she for sure being killed off and that’s why Stone is keeping mum? Will they follow the death as its laid out in the comics or come up with something new? Let us know what you think.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is set to release May 2nd, 2014.

Source: Screen Rant

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A costume is something that all comic book geeks can identify with. It defines a character and sticks in our memory as a part of what that character represents. In the comic books, costume designs for the heroes and villains can go unaltered for decades – until they reach the hands of Hollywood, that is. That’s when things can change for better or worse.

The costumes in Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man have so far been a great example of keeping things traditional. Even with a giant Hollywood budget, the designers tried to stay as close to the original as they could and still kept Spidey recognizable. So imagine our surprise to hear that Jamie Foxx, who will play Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man sequel, will not wear the classic green and yellow we’re all familiar with. It’s almost like telling us Mary Jane isn’t actually a red head.

While doing press for Quentin Tarantino‘s Django Unchained, Foxx brought BlackFilm up to speed on the more “grounded” appearance of former electrical engineer Maxwell Dillon.

“It won’t be green and yellow. It will be a different color. They (the producers) want something for the future. They want to have it more grounded and not as comic bookie, so it won’t be green and yellow. They want to try new things, like a liquid rubber and things like that, and there are all these bolts and stuff in my arms when they are hanging me upside down and trying to figure out what happen. How did he become this way? So, it will be some new stuff.”

As for how he’ll be portrayed in the sequel, Foxx had some words of encouragement on the work of screen writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci:

“In the script, this villain is the first time it’s be written well. Andrew Garfield and Marc Webb both commented on how great the script is, so it should be an exciting time.”

Oh Jamie, your way with words will never cease to amaze us. It’ll be interesting to see what they come up with for the final look of Electro, but maybe the costume department will be smart and avoid all the CGI that their last villain had. The next installment in the yet unnamed sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Sally Field, Dane DeHaan, Jamie Foxx and Shailene Woodley and is set to start shooting in early 2013 in New York. Release is planned for May 2nd, 2014.

What do you think? Should there be some reference to the classic Electro or is it time to move on?

Source: Comic Book Movie

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Things are shaping up well for The Amazing Spider-Man 2, shooting starts in February for a 2014 release date, stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone and director Marc Webb will all be back, and rumor has it that Jamie Foxx will play villain Electro with Shailene Woodley being cast as Mary Jane Watson. So what’s next? How about the question of who’s going to play Harry Osborn.

You’ll recall that James Franco played the part to some acclaim in the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy released between 2002 and 2007, so whoever gets the gig will have a tough act to follow. The studio, it seems, has it down to three players, at least one of who you may recognize: Brady Corbet, Dane DeHaan, and Alden Ehrenreich

DeHaan you will recognize from his starring role in this year’s Chronicle where he played the troubled super-villain in the making Andrew. I don’t know, but I think he might be a tad too creepy for the part of fine, upstanding trust-fund brat Harry. The other two actors up for the role are still accomplished actors in their own right. Ehrenreich has had roles in Tetro and in Francis Ford Coppola’s Twixt, while Corbet has had parts in recent critical darlings Melancholia and Martha Marcy May Marlene.

For my money, Corbet looks like the clean All-American kid Harry’s supposed to be, but you Bastards be the final judges. Check out the pics below:

Alden Ehrenreich

Brady Corbet

Dane DeHaan

Source: Geek Tyrant

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