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Watch: New Trailer For 'The Amazing Spider-Man' Arrives And Spins A New Web

By Drew Taylor
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May 3, 2012 6:58 PM
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With "The Avengers" already in theaters and crushing the box office, and with Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight Rises" looking to deliver the epic finale everyone is hoping for, can Sony's "The Amazing Spider-Man" make it three-for-three? Well, the newest (and, presumably, the last) trailer is here and it's pretty… blah. Sony is going to have to go into overdrive to convince people that it's worth sitting through another two hours of "how Peter Parker got his Spider-Man powers," because, really, this trailer isn't convincing anyone.

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Cool: Paul Feig Wrote One Of The High School Scenes For 'The Amazing Spider-Man'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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April 24, 2012 9:20 AM
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One of this writer's annual traditions is to take some time out to watch the first, and sadly only, season of "Freaks & Geeks." As fans of the short-lived program know, it was an early stomping ground for the talents of Judd Apatow and Paul Feig, a place where their innate talent to zero in on the truth of the high school experience -- in all its hilarious awkwardness -- and relationships between men and women, first came into full bloom. Of course both have since gone on to bigger things, but it looks like Feig has returned to the hallowed halls once more to punch up one of the biggest comic movies of the year.

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Glimpse Spider-Man's Musical Future In New Image from Marc Webb's Reboot

By Charlie Schmidlin
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April 19, 2012 11:41 AM
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The newest image from director Marc Webb's “The Amazing Spider-Man” reboot has hit the net, and it hints a musical interlude of dazzling import could loom in the webbed crusader's future, and he's developed the perfect accessories for it.

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Watch: New Trailer For 'The Amazing Spider-Man' Suggests Reasons For Optimism Without Sealing The Deal

By Oliver Lyttelton
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February 7, 2012 3:10 AM
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Last year, we had four summer superhero films, of which two turned out to be fairly unqualified successes -- the Marvel pictures, "Thor" and "Captain America: The First Avenger" -- one a moderate success -- "X-Men First Class" -- and one that tanked like Lori Petty -- "Green Lantern." As we said sometime last week, this summer is less complicated when it comes to comic book fare, with two of the three films based on graphic novels being solid gold hits regardless of anything, namely "The Dark Knight Rises" and "The Avengers."

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'The Amazing Spider-Man' Preview In 3D Looks Dark, Epic, Funny & Winning

By Drew Taylor
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February 6, 2012 5:07 PM
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Today in various cities across the globe (and linked, through the magic of technology, seamlessly), Sony presented a smattering of footage from July's hotly anticipated reboot "The Amazing Spider-Man," as well as the brand new (3D!) trailer. While much of the footage seems fairly familiar, with many of the same story beats being hit from Sam Raimi's original 2002 iteration, there were enough surprises to hold our interest, and visually the movie appears to be absolutely ravishing -- deep and immersive in ways most 3D movies lack.

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Terrific Lizard Footage Revealed In 3D During 'Amazing Spider-Man' At Comic-Con '11

By The Playlist
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July 23, 2011 4:08 AM
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Andrew Garfield Says: "We’re Approaching 'Spider-Man' Like It’s Shakespeare, Or A Greek Myth"The cast of "Total Recall" were ushered off the stage while a massive title card for "The Amazing Spider-Man" was emblazoned on the screen behind them. Before Garman introduced anyone, he showed the film’s theatrical trailer, which hit the Internet just a few days ago, but was admittedly much more impressive on the big screen and in 3D. Apparently, it even knocked out star Andrew Garfield because he appeared in front of the microphone where attendees ask their questions – in a homemade Spider-Man suit, no less – and read an impassioned letter he wrote about how important the character was to him and his life, not to mention how the excitement of premiering footage at Comic-Con. “You have no idea how much this means to me,” he said, gushing. “Here I am as a fan.”

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Comic-Con '11: The Team Behind 'The Amazing Spider-Man' On Why The Reboot Was Necessary

By Oliver Lyttelton
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July 22, 2011 12:56 PM
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Judging by the reaction to the first teaser trailer for "The Amazing Spider-Man," Sony has a fair amount of work to do in the next year before they can convince fans that the film is more than a cash-grab designed to keep the franchise alive: the clip's reworking of the origin tale and an emo-leaning that goes even further than the much-derided "Spider-Man 3," were generally poorly received in the blogosphere earlier in the week.

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'Black Swan' Scribe Mark Heyman To Write 'Age Of Rage' For Marc Webb

By Edward Davis
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January 27, 2011 1:08 AM
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Something we've been chasing the last few weeks, but could not seal the deal on. Hat tip to THR, who pulls it off first. "Black Swan" writer Mark Heyman has been tapped to write "Age Of Rage," a project that Marc Webb had been attached to since 2008, but has almost been forgotten since it was announced far before the director became a familiar name in the film industry.

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Chris Zylka Is Flash Thompson In 'Spider-Man'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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December 9, 2010 9:54 AM
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This a rumor that has been knocking around for a while and with filming now underway on Marc Webb's 3D reboot of "Spider-Man," we suppose it will be one of (if not the) last bit of casting to be put in place.

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Double Geekgasm: 'Spider-Man' Starts Shooting Using RED EPIC 3D Cameras

By Kevin Jagernauth
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December 7, 2010 10:30 AM
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"Spider-Man," the newly rebooted comic franchise, has officially begun principal photography with director Marc Webb at the helm, but if that wasn't enough to get geeks thoroughly excited, a whole other subset of fans (i.e. camera nerds) have their own bit of news to freak over as well.

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