The official title of the Marc Webb directed Spider-Man reboot has been revealed as “The Amazing Spider-Man“. The name comes from the title of the original comic book series, first published by Marvel in 1963, in which the web-slinging hero first regularly appeared.
Presumably this title is a device to help the revamped series differentiate itself from the Sam Raimi/Toby Maguire films. One can only hope that the result is better than The Incredible Hulk. Not so incredible, if you ask me (although arguably still better than the 2003 Ang Lee version).
Along with the title, Sony also released a new photo of Andrew Garfield in the full Spider-Man costume, complete with mask. With darkers colours, more textured material and wrist-mounted mechanical web shooters clearly visible, it’s becoming obvious that this is going to be a grittier version of the hero than film audiences are used to. Colour me intrigued
The Amazing Spider-Man will hit 2D & 3D screens on July 3rd 2012
I’ll take the bate. Ang Lee’s HULK is far superior to the reboot. Hands down. Lee just happened to put some effort into character development and story that seems to be foreign to some super hero flicks.
I’m a big fan of the Spiderman flicks – yes, including the third – but I admit that I’m curious about this one. I’m sure Andrew Garfield has *nothing* to do with that…
I also prefer Ang Lee’s Hulk to the recent reboot, Marina, and for the same reasons. It’s much more of a thoughtful and character-driven piece than the recent film and I felt Eric Bana gave the role just the right amount of gravity, something that Norton’s version lacked.
The more I hear about this new Spider-Man film, the more interested I become. I still think the whole manufactured web shooter thing is nonsense, but that’s more my problem with the source material itself. ORGANIC WEB SHOOTERS FOR LYFE!
The whole Hulk thing shouldn’t even be debated at this point. That Ang Lee’s version is better is pretty much FACT.
Have you seen the Norton version Kurt?
But I agree, while I’m not a fan of either version, the Norton one is a complete waste of two hours of my life.
The whole Hulk thing shouldn’t even be debated at this point. That Ang Lee’s version is better is pretty much FACT.
I think that’s a given around these parts but not a universal truth.
To be fair, I’ve not seen the Norton version in its entirety…
I’m sort of divided in my feelings on the Hulk. I think the problem is that Ang Lee’s version is far to ambitious, while the Louis Leterrier version isn’t nearly ambitious enough. Ang Lee’s might be more interesting, purely because of how spectacularly it fails.
By the way, that was meant to be an offhand comment about The Hulk. Anyone got any more thoughts on…y’know…Spiderman?
I hate the Spider-Man franchise. So until I get a trailer that is something radically different and interesting than what I expect from yet another fucking super hero movie, I couldn’t care less.
Aside from the fact that Andrew Garfield is awesome? Not really. I did like the commentary that went around when some behind the scenes photos of an action sequence floated around and folks made some comment about the fact that it looked like an uncomfortable sexual position. Aside from that, I don’t have much to add until we get a trailer.
And by the way, to derail this conversation even further… when the hell is The Magdalena adaptation going to get off the ground? Or for that matter, the Witchblade project which was in the works? It seems to me like we need some new comic book blood in the mix.
I wouldn’t mind Hollywood taking a few years off from comic books in general, to be honest.
If you want Witchblade, Marina, you should check out the old TV show. I think there was an anime too, if I’m not mistaken.
Yeah, I’m familiar with it but honestly, too much time commitment for a comic I only read in passing. I’d see the movie in a heartbeat though.
Comic book movies are hotter than ever though. Iron Man 2 grossed over $600 million worldwide over the summer – and with a superhero that wasn’t one of the “big three.” What movie studio is going to pass up the chance of cashing in on the next big superhero franchise? There is no stop in sight.
Frankly though, I don’t care about the source material anyway. I don’t care where they get the idea from. In the end, all I want is a great cinematic experience. Spider-Man 3 was a disaster. Epically so. I’m surprised like anyone that they rebooted it as early as they did, but I’m not against it. The first two of the last trilogy, which many more people enjoyed than the third, have not aged great. Still solid entertainment, but not great.
I’m not particularly interested in this, even though I love the character and grew up reading Spidey comics, but I am interested in seeing more Andrew Garfield and seeing what director Marc Webb can do with this. And who knows, it may turn out all right.
They’re asking for a backlash with a title like that. Perhaps it would go down better with critics and audiences with a title like The Derivative and Samey Spider-Man or You’ve Been Here Before but we Figured Another Cash-Cow Spider-Man.
…then again the film might turn to be the best superhero film ever made.
I pretty much fall in line with you Jon. As long as the movie is good, I don’t care whether it’s a reboot, adaptation or based on whatever source material it wants. And with Garfield and Webb on board, I’m definitely interesting in how this picture turns out.
Dan, what about The we saw how successful Batman Begins and Casino Royale were and so we’ve decided to make things all realistic and gritty…Spider-Man?
I still don’t understand the hate on for SPIDERMAN 3. It was batshit insane but a he’ll of a good time. To boot, the second most moranle scene of the entire franchise came out of that movie.
I’m not a huge Spider-Man 3 fan, but one thing I did like that no one else did was the jazz piano/spidey dancing scene. Hilarious!
@Tom – YES! Second most memorable scene in the series. The first: upside down kiss. Yeah, it’s pretty awesome.
Please tell me you’re both joking. That scene made me want to slit my wrists. The whole ‘emo-Peter Parker’ segment was just painful.
No joke on my part.
Painful indeed, David. I think that scene made my eyes bleed in the theater.
I’m being deadly serious as well. I think it showed how even when Peter Parker was becoming evil, he was still way too much of a nerd to be cool!