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Duh: 'The Amazing Spider-Man' Will Be a Trilogy

At the very least!

By Kate Erbland Jul 5, 2012 2:07PM
In news that will likely come as no surprise to anyone who has paid any attention to the trajectory of superhero films over the past decade or so, Sony has now announced that their new Andrew Garfield-starring "The Amazing Spider-Man" film is the first in a planned trilogy. Though we've known that a sequel for the film is already being written and it was previously given a set release date of May 2, 2014, this is the first confirmed announcement that the studio is planning three films. 

The news was announced on the film's official Facebook page on Monday, in a post that read: "It's finally here! The Amazing Spider-Man is the first installment in a movie trilogy that will explore how our fave hero's journey was shaped by the disappearance of his parents."

As reported by SuperHeroHype last week, ComingSoon points out that producers Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach were a bit cagey on the subject during an interview last week, with Tolmach saying on the subject of other films: "We knew that it was going to be more than one, and at the very least three. We're going to let this movie tell us what the story is."

"The Amazing Spider-Man" opened on Tuesday and set a new record for Tuesday releases, pulling in $35 million at the box office. With the holiday week not yet over, it remains to be seen just what other records (if any) the film will break.

Have you seen "The Amazing Spider-Man" yet? What did you think? Do you want to see at least two more films?
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ppv1515
Jul 6, 2012 12:12PM
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amazing spider-man,

 

there are several words i can use to discribe this movie and none of them are even close to amazing

the first 80 minutes or so is if i was in 2002 all over again watching a better spiderman movie take place boring romantic comedy drama and so on!!!!!this movie should have been called twi-spiderman instead of amazing spiderman.

 

CGI looked like it came from 1998 instead off 2012 and if anyone did not know(Marc Webb) Peter Parker being spiderman was a little bit of a secert? that is why he wore a ah MASK!!!!!!!!and spiderman was in the movie all of what 20-25 minutes my gosh man and half of that time his mask was off showing himself to everyone.

 

this is what you get when you take a director of 1 movie a bad try of a romantic comedy(500 days of summer) and put him in charge of a 215 million dollar (yes people that was the budget of this movie)( the avengers was 230 million) blockbuster action adventure spiderman movie and turn it into a sub-par  twi-spider movie with very little thought very poor CGI and average at best(what few there were) acton scenes.

 

if this is best sony can do for spiderman which we know it isn't the case(spiderman 1,2,3) then disney should get it and see what they can do with it (the avengers and see what they did with that)and make a real spiderman movie because this trash was from a galaxy far far away!!!!

 

 

tanjitall
Jul 6, 2012 11:17AM
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This outta be an on-going franchise! What the ... is Hollywood's trilogy mind set?!!!
Rich Richardson
Jul 6, 2012 12:50PM
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Whomever wrote the story and screenplay should never, ever be allowed to work again. DON'T screw with the spider-man story/origin! Gwen is a scientist?! (okay an intern, but still c'mon!) Peter is a wise-**** punk on a skateboard? No, he was a nerdy bookworm. He doesn't get bitten at an exhibition for "conducting radioactivity" (or whatever)? Spidey's early days don't have him trying to get into entertainment AND THEN Uncle Ben gets killed because of it? Again everyone finds out his identity? The Lizard is the first "super-person" he meets? Cpt Stacy captures and unmasks Spidey? (Okay, Gwen's dad did die on a rooftop, calling Spidey "Peter", but that was after a battle with Doc Ock, and he never said "leave her out of it"). Didn’t the webbing (in the movie) get made at Oscorp? I could go on. I have been a fan for almost 40 years, and THIS MOVIE (story) SUCKED. Casting sucked too. Garfield's Peter was twitchy, Emma's Gwen looked like a trashy blonde, Denis Leary was wasted, and Sheen's Uncle Ben was the coolest guy in the world? Sucked. Field, believe it or not, looked too young to be frail, old Aunt May. Sucked. No Harry, No JJJ?
displayname1111
Jul 6, 2012 11:38AM
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This installment is weak compared to the Tobey Maguire films.   Peter Parker is a punk at times; insensitive and disrespectful.   The whole transition form Peter Parker to Spider-Man, which was so excellently dealt with in the first film, is really glossed over.   Maybe because it was done so well, the producers did not want to rehash what was done so well.

 

Martin Sheen and Sally Field are both ineffectual as Uncle Ben and Aunt May and the tagline so famous with Spider-man is never given in the film.

 

Norman Osborne makes a ghostly appearance in the credits sequence, but here is little peer interaction for Peter Parker as there was in the first film.  Harry Osborne never appears in this film; and the same for Mary Jane Watson.

 

Denis Leary does a commendable job as Captain Stacy and Emma Stone is superb as Gwen Stacy.

 

Overall, I was disappointed.  They didn't have to make Peter Parker ignoble.

GEO9087
Jul 6, 2012 2:40PM
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I went to see it in 3D and thought it was great! They are starting over so of course they have to develop the story. It's not the studios fault that McGuire didn't want to sign on for another movie. Now that the character is developed, I'm looking forward to II and III. More Emma please!
Tink32
Jul 6, 2012 11:44AM
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I feel like Hollywood has run out of creativity and ideas. Enough already! I cant take another superhero movie let alone a trilogy of a trilogy of a trilogy of a superhero movie. No more remakes of classic movies, no more part 6 and 7 of movies that have already out stayed there welcome after part 1. No more remakes of  classic tv shows.
D The Fly
Jul 6, 2012 2:49PM
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The negativity towards this movie is completely unfounded! This is a GREAT movie, well acted, didn't have Toby Maguire's weird gyrating or Dunst's HORRIBLE singing. This is not the first time Gwen Stacy has been portrayed as a science nerd, so everyone can calm down. I thought this was better than all three Raimi movies combined. Because when you REALLY look at it, only Spider-Man 2 was really good...

Comic fan12
Jul 6, 2012 6:16PM
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Well if you ask a real comic nut ball like myself, the TM Spidey movies were true to the suit and the look of what Spidey should be. They stayed true, for the most part of his orgins. The second was the best bar none. This one was ok, but peters parents weren't brought in to question until years later. AND, I don't EVER remember him being a SKATER PUNK. I was sitting through the hole movie waiting for one single phrase. WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT RESPONSIBLITY!!!! i agree with a previous post. LET DISNEY DO IT. Maybe since they own a part of marvel they may actually get it right. Oh, and one more little tid bit. I think that the cameleon was spideys first foe, but i could be wrong. DEVELOP THE CARACTER FROM WHERE HE CAME FROM!!!! YOU WOULD BE AMAZED HOW IT WOULD STILL RELATE TO THE YOUTH TODAY!!!
BadgerCorner
Jul 11, 2012 8:25AM
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Was not that impressed. 
When I get fidgety and focus more on how uncomfortable the theatre is rather than how good a film is - I know I'm not enjoying as much as I would like.

I went in wanting to really like the movie - but that didn't happen.
The young actor playing Spiderman was more of a 'spaz' with too much nervous energy(and a skateboard???) and wasn't articulate when the situation called for it. Sally Field and Martin Sheen seemed 'mismatched' and good example of 'miscasting'.  I liked the 'villian' more when he was a lizard than when he was human (he was boring).
I found myself thinking(geez- this new kid playing Spiderman is so annoying at times- I WANT him to get his butt kicked)...
The most refreshing part of the movie was Emma Stone...but I missed the Peter/Maryjane relationship/dynamic​.
I am an ex-comic geek (no longer collect) but still enjoy the flix...this one - not so much.

Daniel Chamberlain (DCinAllen)
Jul 6, 2012 12:00PM
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Saw it in 3D Tuesday.  Save your money.  It takes FOREVER to develop the story and the action is only 10-20 minutes of the film.  The problem is the long wait to develop the plot provided NO payoff in the end.  If you've seen the first 3 Spidermans of the millenium, you're not missing anything with this this version.  Acting is solid however.
carl288
Jul 6, 2012 7:45AM
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Love the  movie it's direction ,action effects and the way it leads to a sequel. Don't want to spoil it for anyone,but that's why it leaves the disappearance of his parents a mystery plus who is the mysterious figure in the credits? It's a more serious and better acted movie than the previous trilogy. It finally gets the characters and Peter right. He's an intelligent young man who invents his own web. It establishes the relationship between Him and Gwen his 1st real girlfriend who's really into him,not like that soapy confused Kirsten Dunst.The villain also also has ties to his parents disappearance  The Lizard yes,he looks menacing, more realistic  not like the Goblin who looked  like A Power Ranger or Venom from that last Spider ham 3 movie? When I was a kid I talked like a kid  acted like a kid and I used to see Ultra man on tv and I loved it then I grew up and became a man I used to see thru a glass darkly BUT NOW .Now when I see it on dvd it looks like a man in bad Halloween costume. That's how the Goblin looks now from that 1st movie. It was great fun watching it 10 years ago. But that was then this is now,  yes we have a new and improved an Amazing Spiderman.
imakritik
Jul 6, 2012 3:29PM
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Whoever wrote this article has no concept for a good action movie. "... at least two more films?" How about minus one. This movie sucked and the next two (at least) will suck too.

carl288
Jul 7, 2012 12:07PM
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'Hello my Dear',To all my fans who went to see my new movie.I wish you would stop writing negative things about me.Ten years ago I got bitten and became  Spiderman. And fought my 1st enemy and like the Goblin used to say 'Impressive 'But we had other battles  just like I'm having with you guys and I won them all. Now those years have come and gone and I  wanted to retell my story to a new generation things about my past that were left out about my parents and things unsolved so stay tuned for future stories you'll be glad you did it will all fall into place.So  I ask you all to join me in my new fight against  a new menace or haven't you heard the news? The Lizard man's in town and He wants to turn us all into lizards and we need all the help we can get.So" What about my general proposaL?Are you in or are you out?.If you are not with me then you are against me and that's the "wrong answer" Because like I told my former enemy" It's you who are out Goblin"Your friendly neighborhood spiderfan.
The Real Slim K
Jul 6, 2012 12:50PM
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I am reading a lot of negative comments from people who apparently loved the 3 Toby and Kurstin (sp?) films SO very much.  But, to me they were both miscast.  Spiderman is set in NYC, lower urban NYC at that, and there was always poverty and financial/social/rac​ial hardship involved.  By contrast, Toby and Kurstin seem like they just stepped out of Beverly Hills high after noshing on Sunset.  They are soft and well-fed and so very unlike the comics I remember, where (black-haired) Peter was always behind on his rent and worried about his Aunt's medical problems and so forth.  So what I am wondering is this: are all these posters angry, rather like finding out Bruce Springsteen is democrat, that Peter Parker did not have a trust fund like THEY did?

ricorazor21
Jul 6, 2012 11:18AM
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Having only seen the previews I've come to the conclusion that Hollywood has taken an "A" flick concept and turned into a "B" grade flick. This movie seems to take a step backward in quality over the 3 previous Spidey Movies.
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