Nerd News; Spider-Man Sequels

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Amazing Spider-Man 2

         If you're like me, and you like what Marvel Studios has been doing, you would probably love to see them get their hands on Spider-Man, X-Men, or the Fantastic Four, and roll them into the rapidly expanding Marvel Movieverse. Looks like other people are holding on to those movie rights though, so we have to deal with it. That said, I'm becoming very intrigued with the direction the Spider-Man movies are taking. The subplot about Peter's parents made the first film seem less like a re-hash of the previous movies, and the man in the shadows who paid Dr. Connors a visit in prison and disappeared in a flash of lightning instantly had me interested. My theory is that they are building up to a Sinister Six movie and that the man in the shadows is actually Gustav Fiers, the criminal mastermind known as the Gentleman, who is known to have brought Spideys's villains together. Adding to the interest I already have is the fact that Columbia Pictures has released specific dates for installments 3 and 4,* and 2 isn't even out yet(set to come out May 2 2014). As far as 2 goes, I already like Jaimie Foxx's Electro, though I'm a little iffy about Paul Giamatti's Rhino, who admittedly would be difficult to get right, since the character is based on such a goofy concept. The shots I have seen of Giamatti show him in some sort of mech or robot suit, but it doesn't remotely resemble a rhino. Another intriguing bit of information, Dane Dehann, bad guy from Chronicle, will be playing Harry Osborn, who comes back into Peter's life after being away at boarding school since they were young. I'm interested in how this will affect Peter, and what kind of relationship the two will have. Chris Cooper has been cast as Norman Osborn I'm curious to find out more his mysterious life-threatening condition, which was hinted at in the first film.

       Altogether I am excited to see what direction they are planning to take this franchise.

       The attached image gives us a look at Spidey's new, more traditional costume, and some other production photos.

*On June 17 Columbia announced that installments 3 and 4 of the Amazing Spider-Man series would be out June 10, 2016, and May 4, 2018 respectively.