The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

Directed by

Marc Webb

Genre

action film, science fiction film, teen film, superhero film, biopunk, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 16m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 18,674 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenager named Peter Parker gains spider-like powers and uses them to fight crime. He tries to balance his superhero life with being a normal student and dealing with personal loss.

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What happens

The Amazing Spider-Man is a 2012 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. Directed by Marc Webb and written by James Vanderbilt, Alvin Sargent, and Steve Kloves from a story by Vanderbilt, it is a reboot of the Spider-Man film series. It stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Campbell Scott, Irrfan Khan, Martin Sheen, and Sally Field. The plot of the film follows the teenager Peter Parker (Garfield) who gains spider-like abilities and fights crime as Spider-Man, while also attempting to live an ordinary life. Development of the film began in 2010 following the cancellation of Spider-Man 4, which would have been the fourth film in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man series starring Tobey Maguire. Columbia Pictures opted to reboot the franchise with the same production team, with Vanderbilt staying on to write, and Sargent and Kloves assisting with the script. Using the RED Epic camera, principal photography occurred in Los Angeles and New York City between December 2010 and May 2011. 3ality Technica provided 3D image processing, while Sony Pictures Imageworks handled CGI effects. It was the last film written by Sargent before his death in 2019. Sony Pictures Entertainment promoted the film with a viral marketing campaign and tie-ins including a video game by Beenox and Activision. The Amazing Spider-Man premiered in Tokyo on June 13, 2012, and was released in 2D, 3D, IMAX 3D, and 4DX formats in the United States on July 3 by Sony Pictures Releasing through its Columbia Pictures label. The film grossed $758.7 million worldwide, making it the seventh-highest-grossing film of 2012. A sequel, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, was released in 2014. In 2021, Garfield and Ifans reprised their roles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Spider-Man: No Way Home, which explored the concept of the multiverse and linked the Spider-Man series directed by Jon Watts to the films directed by Webb and Raimi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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