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mrfusion
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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Filming in New York in February
(On Location Vacations) The Amazing Spider-Man sequel will begin principal photography next month and they'll be in New York City for a two-week venture. On Location Vacations reports that the production will be in New York from February 12th through the 26th and the film will be shooting under the name "Untitled Columbia Pictures Project." There's no word on where production will move after New York.
Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, and Martin Sheen are set to reprise their roles for the film. They are joined by Jamie Foxx as Electro, Shailene Woodley as Mary Jane Watson, and Dane DeHaan as Harry Osborn. It was reported yesterday that Paul Giammatti is in talks to play the Rhino in the film and actress Felicity Jones is up for another unnamed role.
The Amazing Spider-Man sequel is once again being directed by Marc Webb and will hit theaters on May 2, 2014.
(On Location Vacations) The Amazing Spider-Man sequel will begin principal photography next month and they'll be in New York City for a two-week venture. On Location Vacations reports that the production will be in New York from February 12th through the 26th and the film will be shooting under the name "Untitled Columbia Pictures Project." There's no word on where production will move after New York.
Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, and Martin Sheen are set to reprise their roles for the film. They are joined by Jamie Foxx as Electro, Shailene Woodley as Mary Jane Watson, and Dane DeHaan as Harry Osborn. It was reported yesterday that Paul Giammatti is in talks to play the Rhino in the film and actress Felicity Jones is up for another unnamed role.
The Amazing Spider-Man sequel is once again being directed by Marc Webb and will hit theaters on May 2, 2014.
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(Color me unimpressed. That was one of things that I loved about the Raimi S-M movies. . . they were New York City movies that actually shot a lot in New York City)
But I also know it makes a difference to me. And it was a difference I noticed from Raimis (which still used some other cities) to Amazing (which was almost all faked). At least Avengers, in its mix, made an effort to understand the geography and be specific. Amazing didn't bother, and I doubt the sequel will either.
Some things are worth the money. And when authenticity is available as a grounding for the fantasy, that is what I prefer. I know others may not care.
But I also know it makes a difference to me. And it was a difference I noticed from Raimis (which still used some other cities) to Amazing (which was almost all faked). At least Avengers, in its mix, made an effort to understand the geography and be specific. Amazing didn't bother, and I doubt the sequel will either.
Some things are worth the money. And when authenticity is available as a grounding for the fantasy, that is what I prefer. I know others may not care.
Well. My first reaction to this was "meh, who cares"
But you're right. I haven't seen Amazing, but it is noticeable when they do a poor job of having a city "stand in" for another city. As a Maryland/DC local I always notice when things are "DC" that clearly aren't
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More importantly, there's the issue of maintaining the film license. There's only so long a studio can hold the rights to a character and not use them before they lose them. Five years were spaced between Spider-Man 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man. Any longer and they were likely in danger of losing the character. Five years is more or less how long you can get away with not utilizing the rights to these characters.
You look at properties like Ghost Rider, Daredevil and Fantastic Four that have/had to meet a production deadline in order to hold on to the license. I'm not sure about Sony's deal, but Fox's deal with Marvel stipulates a film must be in production within 7 years of the last film or the rights revert back to Marvel. Fox's last Daredevil film was Elektra in 2005, and that's why the rights reverted back to Marvel in 2012. At least they were supposed to. We haven't actually heard if they did. The last Fantastic Four film was in 2007, so Fox has to have a new movie in production by next year or the rights will be returned to Marvel. Fox plans on the new Fantastic Four to start filming next year.
I'm inclined to think Sony's deals have much shorter lives than Fox's deal. Sony needed to have the Ghost Rider sequel in production by November 2010, which is a little less than 4 years after the first film. The Amazing Spider-Man went into production about 3½ after Spider-Man 3 was released. I would imagine the studio not wanting the rights to revert back to Marvel played a large part in deciding when they would reboot the franchise.
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Raimi's third Spider-Man movie did $336,530,303 domestically (third best of the Raimi movies, but well ahead of the reboot). Internationally, Spider-Man 3 was the most successful of all four movies, grossing $890,900,000 worldwide.
Source: http://boxofficemojo.com/franchises/chart/?id=spiderman.htm
The movie may not have been comic fandom's favorite, but the only response that Sony cares about is the box office, and Spider-Man 3 was a success.
I would assume that the reason for the reboot had more to do with the combined cost of the franchise's director and stars than it did how much comic fans liked Spider-Man 3.
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JakeLester/news/?a=74837
Now, if this was some sort of effect that only showed while he was using his powers, I could see that...
MTV Cartoon:
Ultimate Spider-Man Cartoon:
...seems like the 616 is the only place he isn't.
Heck, no... come to think of it, I don't read that version anymore either!
I guess a normal looking guy in a green and yellow costume is silly...as opposed to a blue skinned lightning dude.
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