The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Title

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Universe

Earth-120703

Film Details

Directors

Marc Webb

Story Writers

James Vanderbilt

Screenplay Writers

Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Jeff Pinkner

Distributors

Columbia Pictures
Sony Pictures Entertainment

Release Date

May 2, 2014

Associated Websites

On the Internet Movie Database

imdb.com

Previous Film

The Amazing Spider-Man
(July 3, 2012)

Appearances

Featured Characters:

• Spider-Man (Peter Parker)

Supporting Characters:

• Gwen Stacy
• Mary Jane Watson (First appearance)
• Harry Osborn (First appearance)
• Ben Parker
• May Parker
• Norman Osborn (First full appearance)

Villains:

• Electro (Max Dillon) (First appearance)
• Rhino (Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich) (First appearance)

Other Characters:

Locations:

• Earth-120703
• New York, New York
  • Manhattan
    • Oscorp Building
  • Queens
    • Forest Hills
      • Aunt May's House
• Ravencroft Institute for the Criminally Insane^[1] (First appearance)

Items:

• Spider-Man's Web-Shooters

Vehicles:

Plot

Life is busy for Peter Parker – 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 emerges, an old friend returns, and Peter uncovers new clues about his past.^[2]

Cast

• Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man / Peter Parker
  
• Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy
  
• Shailene Woodley as Mary Jane Watson^[3]
  
• Jamie Foxx as Electro / Max Dillon^[4]
  
• Dane DeHaan as Harry Osborn^[5][6]
  
• Martin Sheen as Uncle Ben^[7]
  
• Paul Giamatti as The Rhino / Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich^[8][9]
  
• Sally Field as Aunt May^[2]
  
• Chris Cooper as Norman Osborn^[10][11]
  

Felicity Jones^[8], Colm Feore^[2] and B. J. Novak^[12] have also been cast in unspecified roles.

Notes

• The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is the first Spider-Man film to film entirely in New York.^[13] New York governor Andrew Cuomo has also called the film the "biggest movie production in New York history."^[14]
  

Trivia

• The film and its release date were announced on August 5, 2011, almost a year prior to the first film's release, and before the first film had finished filming.

• Although the name "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" was colloquially used to describe the film since its announcement, the title of the film was not confirmed until February 05, 2013.^[2]

See Also

• Characters from The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (film)
• Other things related to The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (film)
• Film Gallery: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (film)
• Images from the film

Links and References

Marvel films