Spider Man 2
 

Jamie Foxx reportedly up for the villain in ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2′

Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man will face off against a "shocking" new adversary in "The Amazing Spider-Man 2." According to Variety, Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx is in early talks to play the villain Electro in Sony's superhero sequel to this summer's reboot of the Marvel Comics' franchise.

While the studio hasn't officially commented on casting, Foxx all but confirmed the role Thursday with a post-Halloween tweet:
Dressed up as Electro for Halloween last night. Costume fits well.
— Jamie Foxx (@iamjamiefoxx) November 1, 2012

The classic Spidey villain Electro, aka Maxwell "Max" Dillon, gained the ability to control electricity after being struck by lightning. Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, he first appeared in "The Amazing Spider-Man #9" in February 1964. Foxx would be a departure from the comic-book character, who has traditionally been depicted as being Caucasian.

There was a hint that Electro would be the villain of the next movie at the end of "The Amazing Spider-Man." In a short scene during the credits, Dr. Curt Conners, aka the Lizard (played by Rhys Ifans), was visited in his jail cell by a mysterious figure obscured in the shadows. The man (played by actor Micheal Masse) asked Connors if he told Peter Parker the truth about his father, and when Connors says no, he disappears with a flash of lightning. This lead some people to assume that figure was supposed to be Electro, but others believe it to be Norman Osborn, who was mentioned throughout the film (and later becomes the villain, Green Goblin).

This would be the first time Electro would appear in a movie, but back in 1991, director James Cameron developed his own "Spider-Man" project that would have featured the character as one of the villains. Cameron's version got caught up in a web of legal issues surrounding the rights, and he eventually left the project, going on to direct "True Lies" and "Titanic." "Spider-Man" wouldn't hit the big screen until the next decade.

Stars Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone are set to reprise their roles as Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy, respectively, with Shailene Woodley ("The Descendants") reportedly in talks to join the cast as a young Mary Jane Watson. "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" is scheduled to swing into theaters on May 2, 2014. Jamie Foxx will next be seen playing the title role in Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained," opening this Christmas.

UPDATE: In an interview with Collider.com, director Marc Webb confirmed that the villain of the sequel will be Electro. He said, "I think Electro is an incredibly visual, exciting, dangerous villain. So, there's a lot of appealing stuff that's going to happen."

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I couldnt even watch more then 40 min in the first one of this reboot. shit was terrible.

I really enjoyed it. of course, I went in expecting it to stink so it could only go uphill with me.

Shit is trash

that last spiderman was downright laughable.

This. I put off seeing it for weeks, then finally took my son. We both really enjoyed it.

You guys are literally the only people outside of myself that didnt like the new one.

I didnt like it at all. Everyone else thought it was oscar worthy.

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I have zero interest in the NEW Spiderman, I really liked the old crew and thought it was a horrible idea to reboot it now.

I don't understand the reboot...being that they had just made record sales on the last spiderman series that wasn't really that long ago...at all. Did the film makers really believe they were going to top that? Doesn't make sense. 20 yrs from now...maybe, but why so soon?


It'd be like if someone re-did The Dark Knight 10 yrs from now. Horrible idea (sadly someone will do it).

They won't remake The Dark Knight, but they will reboot Batman, starting with the Justice League movie.

Not excited about Electro..

Being that its a reboot, Venom and Carnage shouldn't be off limits. I'd like to see Venom done right.

It sucks that guys like Rhino, Scorpion, Shocker and Vulture are either lame or just meatheads with boring backstories. It really limits the Spiderman rogue gallery. Perhaps they could bring in the Kingpin or Tombstone to use some of those guys as lackies.

Actually now that I think about it, Kingpin rights may be owned by a different studio..

Oh well. They should be able to work with Green Goblin, Hobgoblin, Venom, Carnage, Doc Ock and Lizard.

I'm with you. Seemed so soon to reboot a series. However I can't really blame them. This movie made 750 million dollars world wide in box office sales. Plus they'll make more with DVD/Blu-ray and toys and shit. Once they make another couple sequels (at least) they'll have made a shitload of money whether the movies suck or not.

I personally liked the first 2 Spider-Mans with Tobey Maguire. Thought they were pretty entertaining. The third one I did not care for much. The addition of Venom was poorly done and pretty weak.

Haven't seen the rebooted "Amazing Spider-Man" yet, but I thought the trailer looked ok. In fact my brother has it on blu-ray. I think I'll give it a watch tonight before bed. I really love Emma Stone and Denis Leary, so it has that going for it. I don't know what to think of Andrew Garfield though. Time will tell I guess.

Jamie Foxx as Electro seems dumb as hell though. Not a fan of that move. Who knows though. I thought Heath Ledger was a terrible choice for the Joker initially. How wrong was I about that! ROFL

Shocker I'll give you. Vulture is at least as interesting as a behind-the-scenes puppet-master as Tombstone will ever be. Scorpion has the whole interdependency/can't-function-without-a-symbiote thing, plus his history as a private eye. Rhino was a meathead for a long time, but they've put some real depth to him recently, and now he's an absolutely fascinating character.

You wanna talk meatheads, there's always Hydro-Man. He doesn't even get a costume.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Has Started Production

It seems like just yesterday we were waiting for Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man to swing into theaters, and already its sequel is on the way. In the last few months we've heard some huge casting news, from the addition of Dane DeHaan as Harry Osborne and Shailene Woodleyas Mary Jane to Jamie Foxx as Electro and possibly Paul Giamatti as The Rhino. Now that the origin story is out of the way we're fascinated to see what kind of story the director will be spinning for part two. And it all begins today.

Webb has announced on his Twitter account that production has officially started on The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and has posted a picture to mark the occasion. Posted with the message, "Day 1. #anamorphic #film #philthecameraoperator," what's interesting about the photo is that the director appears to be using film instead of shooting digitally (like he did for the last movie), which means that he's not shooting in 3D here.

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Same here. I'll watch the next one.

Sony was under a contractual deadline. Either reboot immediately or watch the rights revert back to Marvel.

ahh i see

My understanding was that Sony didn't need to reboot it -- they needed to make a movie or lose the rights.

I understand why they didn't want to continue the Raimi series, but they could've at least assumed we're all familiar with how Spider-Man got his powers and skipped the origin, which I thought was the weakest part of the new movie. Raimi's first one did it better, even as corny as it was.

But once it got past the origin, Webb's version was interesting if not amazing. I look forward to the next one.

I thought the latest was ok, not great, but decent. BUt I'm glad they dumped whiney ass Tobey McQuire.

Yeah, I can agree with this.

EVERYONE knows Spider-Man's powers and how he got them.

I agree. I liked that the new one was more old school Spidey (like have to make his own webbing) than the Raimi ones. One change I did like was making Aunt May more badass. The weak, frail Aunt May plot devices from the comics got old over time.

IGN has a story up that shows a locker with the number 14, from a set photo tweeted by Marc Webb with the hashtag #happybirthday. Knowing Dane Dehaan has been cast as Harry Osborn fans have already started freaking out about the picture and drawing conclusions from it.

In the Ultimate Spiderman comics Eddie Brock and Peter Parker find the Venom suit in a locker with the same number. February 6th is Dehaans birthday and Josh Trank, who directed Chronicle, is set to direct the Venom stand alone movie. All signs point to Dehaan being Venom outside of him being cast as Harry Osborn. I think Dehaan, the actor, would make a great Venom. However I'm tired of the skinny Venom, didn't like it in Spidey 3, don't like the idea of it now.

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New Amazing Spider-Man 2 Set Photo Might Reference The Rhino

OMG, Spider-Man is going to cameo in this summer’s Iron Man 3, where Peter Parker will help Tony Stark take down The Mandarin (Sir Ben Kingsley), who receives his power from ten cosmic rings he obtained from the alien technology of a crashed spaceship! Seriously! Why else would The Amazing Spider-Man director Marc Webb Tweet this latest photo other than to drive Spider-Man fans mad? It’s so obviously a confession of a Mighty Marvel Team-Up … right?!

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OK, so this is just the new photo posted to Webb’s busy Twitter account, and it could mean everything – or nothing at all. The director has teased a few tantalizing images on his account that usually send Spidey trackers (like myself) into a frenzy to figure out what he might mean. An ominous locker? It has to mean Venom. Right?

Today’s photo shows a layout of various designs for ring tattoos. For all we know Webb is in the market for his own tattoo, and decided to share his decision with friends, family and followers. But he tagged it as “Day 18” of the current ASM 2 shoot. And he hashtagged it with #pravda. That’s where things get interesting.

Pravda, if you do a little digging, is the Russian word for truth and also a political newspaper associated with the country's Communist party. The paper was closed by Russian President Boris Yelstin temporarily before being revived by the Communists to be their vocal mouthpiece. Could this be an allusion to Paul Giamatti’s Rhino character? In the comics, the Rhino is also known as Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich, a Russian mafioso who morphs into his brutish super-criminal when special armor is bonded to his body.

Or Webb could simply have been tweeting from the American lounge Pravda SoHo, which is famous for its Russian vodka.

No matter how you spin it, Webb has all of us dancing on his web as he continues to tease his sequel. May 2, 2014 can not get here quick enough.

I like that the Spider-Man reboot is old school but some of those early villains were lame. The Rhino is one of the lame ones. So is the Shocker. How about Mysterio or the Vulture if they are going to avoid doing the Green Goblin again?

WTF? Electro doesnt he have a mask

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they are basing the look on the new cartoon "Ultimate Spider-Man".

Good show. I've watched it with my son a few times.

I found their comedy ploy is over the top with trying too hard at that aspect .

So we're going to see Jamie's junk again?

Heh, at times I guess....but it's pretty funny most of the time.

The Tobey McGuire Spiderman origin movie was 100x better than the reboot. The reboot was just laughable.

I've been warming up to it, although I'm still disappointed that they cancelled the excellent "The Spectacular Spider-Man" for this. It's decent but it's clearly aimed at a younger audience -- my 10-year-old niece loves it.

And yes I realize the irrationality of being disappointed that a cartoon is targeted at 10-year-olds.

Yea, its probably aimed a little younger, but its not overly or too kiddie like Super Hero Squad is.

Whats funny is how much SHIELD stuff is in it, yet they cant weave Spiderman into the SHIELD stuff in the movies.

Sony owns the rights to Spiderman's big screen appearances and Disney owns the rest of Marvel I believe. Lame.

gotcha..atleast they didnt pull it out of nowhere

Put me in the "I enjoyed the first one" group.

Not looking forward to Jamie ****ing Foxx though. WTF.

You guys are all douche noodles. The first spiderman trilogy was way too childish. With the exception of James Franco, William Dafoe, and the guy who played Jameson, the cast was a joke. You guys can keep your Walt Disney spiderman trilogy. The rest of the world will appreciate a spiderman with a more realistic and dark twist.

I thought that the second Spidey was the best movie, one of the best comic book movies of all time. I found that the remake was on par with the original, some things I didn't care about on both, some things seemed cheezy and forced on both, the Villains weren't as developed as I would've liked them to be, etc.

Electro interests me, and if rumors are true, Dane Dehaan as Venom would be super sweet, but I feel he'd be better as Carnage.

Wonder if

JFC that would be a dark twist.

Also they're filming right by me in Rochester NY. 10 days I think.

Shit man. Surely they won't do that after they

Comic Con trailer leaks online. watch it fast while it lasts....

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Looks decent.

Meh. I preferred the Tobey Maguire/Kirsten Dunst movies. Maybe not the third one, but definitely the first two.

These reboots are getting ridiculous.

Me too, dumbass decision to reboot them.

Nice trailer. It still looks like it will stink.

Also, Jamie Foxx looks ridiculous in the makeup.

Audience didn't seem too impressed. usually you would hear a bunch of cheering during a comic con trailer.

Doesn't look very good at all.

I honestly think its because we are reaching a point of diminishing returns with Spider-Man. It's become so commonplace, it's become rather boring and blah.

They'll make a new one starring Justin Bieber in 2017.

How are these new Spider Man movies more realistic or darker?

I couldn't even finish the Amazing Spiderman. It's a horrible movie. It's nowhere near as good as the first movie in the Tobey Maguire trilogy.

By the way, is there a spiderman villain that isn't basically a science experiment gone wrong?

I think Rhino is going to be in a robot suit or something. If they are going the sinister six route with movies 3 and 4 they better get Alfred Molina as Doc Rock again. He was so ****ing perfect.

To be fair, most of Spider-Man's major villains were created in the 60's, when comic book characters weren't exactly nuanced. On the other hand, that same decade gave us Loki, Galactus, Kingpin, Magneto, Juggernaut, Mandarin, Ultron, and Dr. Doom. So, yeah, for being the story of a science wunderkind, Spider-Man is unusually anti-science in this regard.

I really don't like this half Ultimates/ half traditional approach marvel has taken with their movies lately.

They are contractually obligated to do a movie in x amount of time otherwise the rights to Spidey revert back to Marvel. Sony had to really fast track the last movie because the deadline was quickly approaching. I'm not sure of the language, because obviously they can't expect to constantly churn out flicks and not expect it to get tired and diminish expected box office numbers- my guess is its like 7- 10 years max between movies or they lose the rights- which many fanboys would love if Marvel got them back so the character could be used without restriction in the Marvel movies

Here's the problem, though: he's not a dark character. He's a trickster, a fast-talking and flag-waving good guy saving the world while taking care of his elderly aunt. He tries to be a good role model, wears bright colors, and is a teacher by day. He struggles with guilt and sacrifice and doing the right thing, but he's not a gloomy or shadowy guy, like Batman, Daredevil, or Punisher. By trying to make him (and Superman, because they did this same thing in Man of Steel) into a dark, gritty, Batman-ish character, they're losing who he is.

The ones who are doing it right are (no surprise here) the makers of Captain America, and to a lesser extent the rest of the Avengers movies. They kept the characters, and in some cases even made them more interesting, but didn't go all tortured and Chris Nolan.

And by the way, the rest of the world preferred Spider-Man and especially Spider-Man 2 than Amazing Spider-Man. We'll see if Amazing Spider-Man 2 can beat their 89 and 93 percent scores on Rotten Tomatoes, for example.

They could have done Spider-Man 4, though, but they knew they'd have to back the money truck up to just about every actor there, and eventually they'd start losing them.

I think Spider-Man 2 was the best superhero film ever prior to 2008.

I don't think the last one was "darker" per se at least not like Nolan's Batman, just a bit more gritty and I know I'm biased because I never much cared for Tobey as Spiderman, and do like Garfield as Parker so far.

The last one wasn't tremendous, but I enjoyed it. I think I also just liked the film's pacing a lot more than early 2000's trilogy. Those seemed to plod along and had some extended boring segments for my liking.

Everyone will have their own opinion, so its not like there isn't justifiable criticism for any of the last 4 Spidey films.

I enjoyed the reboot alot more than I thought I would. What I liked most about it was the spidey action scenes looked more real and not as much CGI fakery as the Raimi flicks. Of course alot of that is advances in special effects I'm sure.

Ya, me too.

I remember when some teaser footage for the last one came out and just had the rough cut cgi - not fully finished, and the internet dorks were going bonkers with rage thinking this rudimentary version was an indication of it going to look like shit since it was known Sony was rushing to get it released on a very tight schedule.

not really

I think the Rhino is an experiment too


venom is more of an alien than an experiment though

Rhino is actually an experiment gone right. His suit does pretty much exactly what he (and the Commie scientists that made it) wanted it to.

Agreed.

Some have said that the first X-Men movie ushered in the current superhero movie generation, but that first X-Men movie took a lot of liberties with its characters. The first two Spider-Man movies were the first movies to stay true to the character and setting and perform exceptionally well at the box office since the original Superman movies.

I don't know if people really appreciate how groundbreaking that was for the genre -- they were coming off an era of bat nipples and black leather and cheesy villains, and then Raimi gave us the actual Spider-Man from the comic books, and it became the first movie ever to gross over $100 million on its opening weekend. I doubt Marvel would have given us a string of decent to great comic book movies without that. I even question whether Nolan would've been allowed to give us a serious interpretation of Batman.

Yeah, the new movie obviously had better CGI and overall it was decent, but it departed from the actual comics -- even from the Ultimate version -- for no apparent reason. If the second continues down the same path and deviates further, they might as well bring in Joel Schumacher for the third one.

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I'm sorry, but Jaime Foxx looks damn ridiculous in that makeup and bald head. His eyes being crossed when it flashes the shot of his face doesn't help either. That teaser doesn't do anything for me in excitement for this movie. The stills of him with the hood all lit up with blue LED's is badass though.

Looks like Green Goblin will be in this along with Electro and Rhino. Poster reveal here.

First trailer drops on Thursday.


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Please just stick to one villain... please oh please. If you do a disservice to Electro/Green Goblin the same way you did to Venom/Sandman.... I'm going to flip shit.

This.

Venom deserved his own movie. Still does.

I really wish Marvel had the rights to SM and FF...

This movie is going to be a spinning, flipping train wreck of hilarious proportions.

ehhh, Reminds me of Doc Octavious. Wish they would have went something supernatural on the villain this time with Morbius.

Morbius!

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Sony Pictures had a terrible last year, and is going full boar on Spiderman, and will be doing stand alone movies on Spiderman related characters like Venom, and this next movie is supposed to be a bit of a new introduction of the sinister six - the whole plan being to cash in on the super hero craze and box office success.
Paul Giamatti briefly talked about his role as Rhino, and made it sound like while he is in the upcoming movie, but that he wasn't really a major part of this film, but has been told that the plan for future movies would be when he would have a much larger role and screen time.

Looks like Sony is banking on a Spiderman Universe of films to right their studios downturn. They're having to drop their yearly releases from 22-26 per year to about 18 this next year, and for example they had 4 "summer blockbusters" this last year, but as of right now only have 1 slotted for next year. They're going to be way more judicious on big budget films, and it looks like they're going to double down on the super hero genre for any big budget films since their viewed as a guaranteed bet that is bankable with high appeal and box office returns.

more than 1 super villain at once isn't a problem to me

spidey is constantly outnumbered and a huge underdog


shitty super villians are the big problem

Pretty burned out on all the comic book movies-prob pass on this and all the rest. It is like watching the same movie over and over.

So don't watch it.