The Amazing Spider-Man 2

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is the tentative title of the upcoming sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man.

Plot
For Peter Parker, life is busy – between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen, high school graduation can’t come quickly enough. Peter hasn’t forgotten about the promise he made to Gwen’s father to protect her by staying away – but that’s a promise he just can’t keep. Things will change for Peter when a new villain, Electro, emerges, an old friend, Harry Osborn, returns, and Peter uncovers new clues about his past.

Cast

 * Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/Spider-Man
 * Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy
 * Dane DeHaan as Harry Osborn
 * Jamie Foxx as Max Dillon/Electro
 * Paul Giamatti as Aleksei Sytsevich/The Rhino
 * Colm Feore as Adrian Toomes
 * Chris Cooper as Norman Osborn
 * Sally Field as May Parker
 * Martin Sheen as Ben Parker
 * Felicity Jones as a to-be-confirmed character
 * B.J. Novak as a to-be-confirmed character
 * Marton Csokas as a to-be-confirmed character
 * Denis Leary as George Stacy
 * Kari Coleman as Helen Stacy
 * Campbell Scott as Richard Parker
 * Embeth Davidtz as Mary Parker
 * Sarah Gadon as a to-be-confirmed character

Production History
Series co-star Emma Stone said The Amazing Spider-Man will be the first in what is envisioned as a new series. Columbia Pictures said in March 2011 that it had contracted James Vanderbilt to write a sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man, and in August 2011, Sony announced a release date of May 2, 2014.

Columbia Pictures confirmed that Marc Webb will be directing the Amazing Spider-Man sequel. Star Trek writers Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci, and Jeff Pinkner (Fringe) wrote the screenplay, based in part on a draft from The Amazing Spider-Man scribe, James Vanderbilt. Shooting is supposed to begin in Feburary 2013.

Trivia

 * In August 2011, eleven months before the release of "The Amazing Spider-Man", Sony announced the release date for this sequel.
 * On September 28, 2012, it was confirmed that Andrew Garfield will reprise his role as Spider-Man, while Marc Webb has been confirmed to return to direct this sequel.
 * On October 12, 2012, Shailene Woodley was confirmed to play Mary Jane Watson.
 * On November 1, 2012, it was reported that Jamie Foxx is in the talks of playing the main villain. It was later confirmed that the next Spider-Man villain will be Electro. On December 3, 2012, Jamie Foxx officially got the role of Electro.
 * Dane DeHaan, Alden Ehrenreich, Brady Corbet, Eddie Redmayne, Sam Claflin, Douglas Booth and Boyd Holbrook were considered to play Harry Osborn. Dane DeHaan was officially cast as Harry on December 3, 2012.
 * Jamie Foxx stated that Electro will not be wearing his classic costume from the comics.
 * Jamie Foxx is the first Oscar winner to portray a Spider-Man villain.
 * Chris Cooper previously appeared in "Seabiscuit", a film already referenced in the immediately before this one, which featured Tobey Maguire and Elizabeth Banks, who appeared in the previous film series.
 * Director Marc Webb chose to shoot on 35mm film instead of the digital Red Epic cameras the original was shot with. While it is relatively common for franchise films to shoot on film and transition to digital for sequels as digital cinematography and 3D has become more commonplace (e.g. "Resident Evil: Afterlife", "Skyfall", "Iron Man 3", "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides") this is a rare example of a franchise switching to film after being shot on digital.
 * Rochester, NY, location for the filming of the car chase is the home of Kodak. The movie is being filmed using Kodak film.
 * Marc Webb had a two-picture contract with Twentieth Century Fox, which he partially fulfilled by directing "(500) Days of Summer". The second feature would have conflicted with his schedule for directing this film. To be released from that obligation long enough to shoot this film, Webb had to agree to extend that contract to three pictures.