Plot Details Revealed for THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
Marc Webb's upcoming film The Amazing Spider-Man is looking and sounding like it's going to be a great. I love everything I've seen so far, and it's got a solid cast with a great director that is going to bring fans something very different and very cool. Up until this point we've known very little about the story, we've just gotten little bits and pieces to work off of, and now we have a few more details. There was recently a press conference in Tokyo with actors Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone and the films' producers Avi Arad and Matthew Tolmach. During the press conference they revealed a good amount of plot details for the film, and here's what was said,
On Gwen Stacy's and Peter Parker's Relationship:
In our movie, [Peter] finds his true love, Gwen Stacy was always the true love of Peter Parker... We found a very, very good story about what makes a human being. About what sets their destiny.
On Dr. Connors (Rhys Ifans) having a connection to not only Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy, but to Parker's parents as well:
We introduce our villain, Dr. Connors, and in the great tradition of Marvel, Dr. Connors is going to be connected to Peter Parker and, in our case even more interesting, to Gwen Stacy. Right there, the challenge of having to deal with a villain who is a mentor and the only one who you can look at and say, 'So what really happened to my dad?' That's a very hard person to fight.
Andrew Garfield discusses footage from the movie shown at the conference:
As you can see, a lot of the stunts are practical and grounded in reality. That was something that Marc, the director, really wanted to make sure happened in this movie to set it apart from previous ones... I would exhaust myself every day and get into near-death experiences every hour on the hour... I collaborated with [the stunt team] not only on the big stunt set-pieces but also on what happens to Peter’s body when he gets bitten. What happens to his DNA and how that effects the way he moves and the way he interacts with objects. The idea that he has spider DNA running in his system. What that will do to his sense of space. What that will do to the sensitivity of his skin. To have an opportunity to play in that forum with creative and talented people was a real opportunity and gift.
A little tease on the first kiss between Parker and Stacy:
You don't want to know! You want to watch the movie and find out. Plus, it would be weird if we were like, 'There's something iconic coming up!' You've got to decide if it's iconic or not. But there is a nice first kiss and it's different than the upside down one. And we liked it.
The movie is set to be released on July 3rd, 2012, and I can't wait to see how it turns out! Here's a video of the conference below.