Shailene Woodley might be Mary Jane in The Amazing Spider-Man 2

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is moving ahead at… well, an amazing pace really, and Variety recently revealed that the Mary Jane character is set to appear and also speculated on possible villains. Shailene Woodley is apparently the top choice to play the role of Peter Parker’s infamous crush after Kirsten Dunst defined the character in […]

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Emma Stone starring in new Cameron Crowe film

Emma Stone will star in Cameron Crowe’s new film for Sony Pictures, Deadline reports. The bubbly star of The Amazing Spider-Man and The Help will lead the as yet untitled picture, a love story written and directed by Crowe (We Bought a Zoo), with Scott Rudin producing. With zero plot points revealed it’s only been […]

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Twice bitten – The Amazing Spider-Man review

The Amazing Spider-Man – Starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, and Rhys Ifans. Directed by Marc Webb. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Comic book characters get rebooted all the time, and that’s perfectly fine. Different writers and illustrators are entrusted with reimagining new beginnings, or adding twists to the basic template set eons earlier. Individual authors […]

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Channing Tatum to save the White House

Channing Tatum is in talks to star in White House Down, the action drama set to be directed by Roland Emmerich. According to Deadline, Tatum would star as a secret service agent who defends the President – and indeed, democracy itself – during a paramilitary takeover of the iconic American building. Sony Pictures paid screenwriter James Vanderbilt […]

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Trailer Debut: The Amazing Spider-Man

The feature trailer for Marc Webb‘s The Amazing Spider-Man has arrived online, featuring a glut of new footage for those tired of poring over the teaser. The trailer, as well as some bonus footage and Q&As with the cast and filmmakers, was simultaneously debuted by Sony Pictures across the world at an event entitled The […]

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The 10 most exciting films of 2012

The 10 most exciting films of 2012. By Simon Miraudo. Apocalyptic Mayan prophecies be damned; we’re mighty excited for 2012. Not only will we get to see if Roland Emmerich’s vision of complete tectonic-destruction comes true (might be fun?), but we’ll also be treated to a batch of awesome-sounding feature films in the lead-up. Here […]

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Poster Debut: The Amazing Spider-Man

The first official poster for Marc Webb‘s The Amazing Spider-Man has arrived online, courtesy of Superhero Hype, and it shows off Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) sans Spidey suit. Bold choice! The one-sheets for the original Spider-Man trilogy rarely showed Tobey Maguire without his Spider-spandex, so this seems to be a direct attempt by Sony to distance this flick […]

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Teaser Debut: The Amazing Spider-Man

The teaser trailer for Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man has debuted online, offering us our first look at Andrew Garfield in action as Peter Parker/Spidey. The teaser has arrived ahead of the director and cast’s appearance at San Diego Comic Con. Although many will recognise the familiar origins of the Marvel webslinger, already documented in […]

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First look at The Amazing Spider-Man

Entertainment Weekly has released the first official images from Marc Webb’s Spidey-reboot The Amazing Spider-Man. They offer us our first glimpse of Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker, Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy, Rhys Ifans as Dr. Curt Conners and Martin Sheen and Sally Field as Uncle Ben and Aunt May. The images (scanned by Superhero Hype […]

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Spider-Man reboot gets official title

For too long we have had to refer to Sony’s upcoming Marc Webb-directed Spider-Man reboot as “Sony’s upcoming Marc Webb-directed Spider-Man reboot”. Well, no more! Sony has revealed the film’s official title (in a press release along with the above image of Andrew Garfield as Spidey). And it is… The Amazing Spider-Man! So there you […]

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