The Amazing Spider-Man is
an upcoming 2012 American superhero film directed by Marc Webb based on
the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man created by Stan Lee and Steve
Ditko. It is the fourth Columbia Pictures film that portrays Spider-Man
in film and is a reboot of the Sam Raimi film series with Andrew
Garfield replacing Tobey Maguire as the title role of the superhero. The
cast also includes Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy and Rhys Ifans as Dr. Curt
Connors. The film will portray Parker as his super powers are evolving
in high school and will explore him trying to discover the truth behind
his parents, with a theme of him discovering himself in the process. The
film also brings to life new designs of the film franchise such as
Parker inventing artificial webs like in the original comics instead of
organic webs.
The film's development began
simultaneously with Sony announcing the cancellation of Spider-Man 4.
Opting for a reboot with the same production team rather than another
sequel, the studio announced a July 2012 release date for what was now
titled The Amazing Spider-Man. James Vanderbilt was hired to write the
script while Alvin Sargent and Steve Kloves helped fine-tune the script.
Pre-production involved the casting of many actors and actresses trying
out the role of Spider-Man and Gwen Stacy respectively until Garfield
and Stone were the clear choice. Principal photography started in
December 2010 in Los Angeles before moving to New York City with the
help of Red Digital Cinema Camera Company's RED Epic camera. The film
entered post-production in April 2011 with the film being shot in 3D
with the help of 3ality Technica and with James Horner being involved
with the film score.
Sony Entertainment has focused its
marketing campaign with a promotional website with released images,
three theatrical trailers, a prologue screening in certain cities, a
video game tie-in being developed by Beenox and a viral marketing
campaign among other products. The Amazing Spider-Man premiered in June
13, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan and will then be released in the United States
on July 3, 2012 in 3D and in IMAX 3D. A sequel to the film is being
planned for release in 2014 with James Vanderbilt hired to again write
the screenplay and with Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci reported to
rewrite it.
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012 film)
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The Amazing Spider-Man
Teaser poster
Directed by Marc Webb
Produced by Avi Arad
Laura Ziskin
Matt Tolmach
Screenplay by James Vanderbilt
Alvin Sargent
Steve Kloves
Story by James Vanderbilt
Based on The Amazing Spider-Man by
Stan Lee
Steve Ditko
Starring Andrew Garfield
Emma Stone
Rhys Ifans
Sally Field
Martin Sheen
Denis Leary
Irrfan Khan
Chris Zylka
Music by James Horner
Cinematography John Schwartzman
Editing by Alan Edward Bell
Pietro Scalia
Studio Columbia Pictures
Marvel Entertainment
Laura Ziskin Productions
Avi Arad Productions
Matt Tolmach Productions
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)
June 13, 2012 (Tokyo, Japan Premiere)
July 3, 2012 (United States)
Running time 136 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $220 million
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