When the news hit the Internet that Jamie Foxx had been cast as one of the main villains in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, the response was mixed. I was on the fence, and then I went to see Django Unchained and remembered that Foxx has some serious acting talent. He can pull it off, even if they dress him up in a truly-horrifically-stereotypically-nerdy scientist manner (See picture below).

Foxx recently talked with Yahoo Movies about The Amazing Spider-man 2 production:

“Oh, man ― it’s so much fun, the costume is great. They were very creative with it. It’s part of a remarkable legacy: Spider-Man. I mean, when you’re growing up as a kid, you know, that’s everything. So to be able to be in that is just amazing.”

Foxx went on to confirm his attendance at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con International, and that the visiting cast and crew will be premiering film footage at the panel.

“Now I’m just waiting to get to Comic-Con and see how people respond to it,” Foxx said. “Marc Webb is a genius and Amy Pascal and everybody at Sony have just be so gracious to allow me to have this opportunity. So it’s cool.”

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan, Shailene Woodley, Colm Feore, Sally Field and Chris Cooper, and Paul Giamatti. The movie swings it’s way onto theater screens May 2nd, 2014.

Via: Comingsoon

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There’s a new batch of on set pictures coming out of Marc Webb‘s The Amazing Spider-Man II production and these pictures could spoil a key plot line in the movie franchise. Click through the jump if you want to see, but you received fair warning, no whining about spoilers on the other side.

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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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Guillermo del Toro is gearing up for another flick now that Pacific Rim is on its way to theaters, and he’s now diving right into Crimson Peak, which has been described as a “haunted house thriller”.

Del Toro has added Benedict Cumberbatch to his collection of stars for the upcoming film, putting him in the #1 spot as the leading lady dude.  We all know who he is by now, I’m sure.  He’ll be joining Emma Stone and Charlie Hunnam on-screen.

It’s quite the mysterious film, though; there are aren’t many known details about it, other than that the screenplay written by del Toro and Matthew Robins is being re-written with Lucinda Coxon.  Legendary Pictures is producing Crimson Peak, with Universal Pictures hanging out on the sidelines ready to jump in whenever.  Filming is planned to start in February 2014.

Source: comingsoon.net, Variety

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So, uh, spoiler alert? Damn right!

For months we’ve been hearing about who’s in Amazing Spider-Man 2, and who might be playing them, and now, courtesy of Comic Book Movie, we get some cool details hot off the press. So spoilers revealed in…

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-Electro played by Jamie Foxx, will not being wearing the character’s traditional yellow and green outfit. Look for Foxx to sport something a little more stylish, like Electro’s Ultimate Spider-Man duds. Also, as if you didn’t know, Electro’s alterego Max Dillon will be gainfully employed as an employee at Oscorp.

-That Venom rumor? Forget about it! That morgue shot released last month wasn’t a Venom reference, but rather the morgue is where Dillon is taken after his “accident,” presumably the same “accident” that turns him into Electro.

-We know Chris Cooper‘s been cast as Norman Osborn, but there won’t be any Green Goblin in the film. What there will be is lots of foreshadowing, and that, at the beginning of the film at least, Norman won’t be cured and is still dying from his mysterious illness.

-And the biggest spoiler of all, sources confirm that Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) will indeed being going to the giant comic book store in the sky by the film’s end, perhaps even sooner than that. In fact, sources are saying that Stone may not have a very big role in the film at all.

So Bastards, are you intrigued yet? Sound off below.

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Ryan Reynolds and Emma Stone are making the press publicity rounds for their part in the upcoming animated comedy The Croods. You can skip all that crap in the video and get to the good stuff at the 4:18 mark.

Reynolds is asked about the status of the R rated Deadpool movie and says:

“The studio, I think is reluctant to pull the trigger on such a hard Rated-R script. Then the guys who wrote it and the producers won’t make it unless it’s that hard and, you know, raunchy.”

Emma Stone had this to say about The Amazing Spider-Man 2 script:

“The script is really great, I think it’s going to be really great, I’m really excited. It’s been really fun so far.”

It’s surprising to me, that is surprising to me, that FOX Studios is reluctant to make an R rated superhero movie when you look at the success of many of the cable television series (Game of Thrones, Spartacus) that would certainly get an R rating if put on the big screen. Deadpool has a huge fan base. It’s a lock that anything Deadpool funny that NerdBastards posts on Facebook will get tons of likes and shares.

I get the feeling that the executives continue to base their decision on the basis of past R rated super hero movies without looking at the current trends on television that buck that belief.

What do you think?

Via: ScreenSlam

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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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Gingers! So what’s the big deal? Why are so many of us apparently fascinated by folks with red hair, light skin, and occasionally freckles? Especially when such individuals become media personalities? “Red” is the rarest natural hair color on the planet: Only 1-2% of the world’s population have it. Red hair has been associated with personality traits such as fiery temperament, combativeness or aggressiveness, and an overactive–if not downright freaky libido. Religious and mythological figures from King David to Judas Iscariot to the Egyptian God Set have all been thought to be, or depicted as being Gingers. Oh, and with apologies to Marvel Comics and Chris Hemsworth: According to Norse mythology, Thor was a redhead–not a blonde.

As for why redheads are called Gingers in the first place, there seems to be no real consensus: It’s primarily a British term, and still considered mildly derogatory to many in the UK. One popular theory is that it has nothing to do with color, but instead refers to the hot-blooded demeanor redheads supposedly possess. Most likely, it started in the middle ages, when “Gynger” referred to the coloration of a red rooster. Regardless of the hows and whys, redheads stick out, and more than a few have made indelible marks on popular culture. Here then is ten of the most well-known and influential Gingers, who have risen to iconic status….despite the unfortunate handicap of having no souls.

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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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