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Jamie Foxx Drops Revealing Plot Point For AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2


Perhaps Electro isn't actually a villain in the Amazing Spider-Man 2? Or at the very least he doesn't start out that way according to actor Jamie Foxx. If so, can we safely assume that there will be a third antagonist in the film?



"You'll see that in his whole life, no one is talking to [Electro]. People have stolen his ideas at the big company. He's a nobody. At a certain point, Spider-Man bumps into him and says, 'You're my guy. You're my eyes and ears on the street.' And he says his name — no one has ever said [Max] Dillon's name."

"He sort of starts thinking that somehow, he's Spider-Man's partner." Fox went on to say. The Academy Award winning actor would also add however, that from there, Dillon undergoes a series on unfortunate events that lead to him becoming the ne'er-do-well comic book fans are familiar with.

"When it turns on, he lights it up," the actor teased.

Foxx goes on to talk about the costume but its essentially a rehash from what was previously reported earlier today.

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Shailene Woodley Expresses Her Excitement For THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Sequel

Woodley, who will play Mary Jane Watson in next year's sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man, discusses her love for the character, praises Andrew Garfield and Marc Webb, and comments on the potential love triangle with her, Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy.






Speaking with MTV News at the Sundance Film Festival, actress Shailene Woodley comments on her role as Mary Jane Watson in next year's anticipated follow-up to The Amazing Spider-Man. While she obviously couldn't reveal many details for her take on Peter Parker's most prominent love interest, she shares her excitement for working with Andrew Garfield (Spider-Man/Peter Parker), Emma Stone (Gwen Stacy) and director Marc Webb, and also comments on her being a fan of the legendary Marvel character. "Spider-Man has always been my favorite super hero dude, since I was a little girl. I think there's something really special about flying. When I watched the previous Spider-Man [with] Andrew Garfield, he made me feel invincible," she said. "I think Marc Webb is amazing. I'm so stoked to work with Andrew and Emma [Stone], they're the best of the best." Of course, we can expect to see some sort of love triangle between Peter, Gwen and MJ, and Woodley had this to say when asked about the possibility. "Honestly, I don't know too many details about the film yet. But yeah, we'll see." Filming is expected to begin next month, so expect more news for the film very soon.

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Paul Giamatti In Talks For Rhino In THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2; Felicity Jones Negotiating


Looks like Electro won't be the only villain to take on Spider-Man in 2014. Paul Giamatti (Rock Of Ages) is in negotiations to play the powerful Rhino in The Amazing Spider-Man sequel, while Felicity Jones (Like Crazy) is in talks for an unknown role.






Here's some interesting casting news. When Jamie Foxx was announced to play the villainous Electro in Sony Pictures' sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man (which begins filming next month), it was speculated that at least one more villain will be included taking on the Webhead in the character's next big screen outing. Now, The Hollywood Reporter confirms just that. According to the site, Paul Giamatti - who was recently seen in Rock Of Ages and is currently shooting Parkland - has entered negotiations to play The Rhino in the film, which will be directed by Marc Webb (who helmed the first Amazing Spider-Man). The character first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #41 in 1966, and is known for wearing a superhuman Rhino suit that makes him invulnerable and gives him super strength/super speed. Back in 2011, Giamatti said that he was "ready and waiting" to play The Rhino should the character ever be used in a Spider-Man film, and it appears that he has gotten his wish.

Additionally, THR says that Felicity Jones (Like Crazy) is also in talks for a role, though the site says that the role is unknown. Could it be Betty Brant? Black Cat, even? Interestingly, Jone was recently said to be up for the female lead in Marvel Studios' Captain America: The Winter Soldier, which she later denied. Be sure to stay tuned to CBM for more news as we have it.

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Marc Webb Isn't Making A Sequel, He's Mapping Out A Massive Spider-Man Universe


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“Please don’t tell me we’re in for another Spider-Man 3.”

I read your mind. That’s the thought that popped into most of your heads when you read how Marc Webb might want Paul Giamatti to play The Rhino in his planned sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man. Please don’t tell me that we’re lining up for an overstuffed, undercooked Spider-Man movie with too many villains and too little attention paid to vital characters in Peter Parker’s universe.

Let’s take a quick head count. Webb’s movie already snared Jamie Foxx to play Electro, whom most of us believed would be Spidey’s chief nemesis. Supporting roles have been carved out for Dane Dehaan (Harry Osborn) and Shailene Woodley (Mary Jane Watson). The THR story about Giamatti also mentioned a possible role for Like Crazy beauty Felicity Jones. And we haven’t even mentioned Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Martin Sheen or Sally Field … all holdovers from Webb’s original movie.

Instead of falling on the Spider-Man 3 sword and fearing the worst, though, I’ve allowed the news to settle, contemplated a few crucial puzzle pieces, read a lot of analysis and reached a different conclusion. Marc Webb isn’t making Spider-Man 3 … he’s reaching for the stars and casting his version of The Avengers.

It goes without saying that Joss Whedon’s behemoth of a blockbuster forever altered the way studios view superhero properties. To quote Heath Ledger’s Joker in another genre game-changer, “I know the truth: there's no going back. You've changed things ... forever.” No longer should comic-book characters be limited to one movie and possibly a sequel. To survive and thrive, studios need to expand their universe and create worlds where heroes and villains can come and go, interact and interchange. Webb seems to be casting for the long term. He appears to be stock-piling his Spider-Man universe.



One reason I’m really starting to believe in this long-range line of universe-building for the suddenly revitalized Spider-Man universe is because one name I thought crucial to the casting of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 has not been announced … and I’m starting to think he won’t be added at all just yet. That would be Norman Osborn, the ailing head of Oscorp who needed Dr. Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans) to complete his research into cross-species genetics – which will be very important later – in order to survive an unspecified illness.

With Stone playing Peter Parker’s tragic love interest Gwen Stacy in Webb’s original, many (myself included) assumed we’d get The Green Goblin in the second Spider-Man, leading to Gwen’s death … possibly at the end of the second film. Can you think of a more dour, down-beat, Empire Strikes Back-mirroring ending than Peter having to cope with the death of his true love in ASM2? Woodley’s casting as Mary Jane seemed to cement the idea that the franchise was going in that direction.

Only, it’s hard to do the Green Goblin story if you haven’t cast Norman Osborn.

Instead, Webb is bringing in Electro. And the Rhino. And possibly Black Cat (if that’s who Jones ends up playing - though others have suggested she could end up playing Betty Brant). Plus, Ifans survived Webb’s final cut of The Amazing Spider-Man, meaning that the Lizard is still a possible villain for a future movie.

You know, in case Webb wants to eventually bring The Sinister Six to the big screen.

This is the kind of big-box, long-range thinking studios need to be doing with their franchise properties. No longer can (or should) a studio like Marvel or Sony be wondering how to best squeeze a trilogy out of a particular storyline. Screw that. Think bigger. The Avengers proved that you can, if you take the time to lay the foundation, cast properly, and spread your storyline out. I think that’s what Webb is doing with this immediate sequel. I think he’s being given the chance to plan for a few additional chapters. He’s bringing in actors who can play important characters for multiple films, much like Samuel L. Jackson in the Nick Fury role or even someone as prominent as Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. Lock the people up. Spread out how you use them over time.






I think this theory explains why Irrfan Khan’s character, shady biomedical engineer Rajit Ratha, also survived Webb’s final cut of Spider-Man. He’s a necessary component of the still-developing story, which will rely heavily on Richard Parker’s research into cross-species genetics. Parker’s formula already helped create the Lizard. It gave Peter his powers, and likely will be used to turn Osborn into the Goblin. Those who played the Amazing Spider-Man video game tie-in know that it exploded the cross-species storyline to send Spidey into Manhattan to combat creature created in Oscorp laboratories using Connors’ formulas.

One of those creatures? The Rhino.

So yes, while Khan appeared to die in deleted scenes from Webb’s first Spider-Man (as shown above), I now believe that the director -- and the studio, on a larger scale -- realized that they needed this character to continue the narrative arc of the effect cross-species genetics will have on characters – mainly villains – in Spidey’s new universe. Eliminating Khan at this point of the story would be counterproductive … kind of like wasting time analyzing scenes that were edited out of a movie instead of judging the finished film that the filmmaker wanted to screen in theaters. But I digress.

We haven’t even seen a frame of footage for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (the movie doesn’t start filming until Feb. 12 in New York City, according to On Location Vacations), and yet, we already have a plethora of juicy subplots this nascent franchise needs to sink its teeth into. The mysterious disappearance of Richard and Mary Parker needs to be explored. Norman Osborn’s illness needs to be explained. (Dehaan is playing Harry Osborn, but will we actually see his deranged dad in this sequel? I honestly have no idea.) Where did Ratha go after the bridge attack in the first movie? And will his actions lead to the creation of the Rhino, Electro and countless other villains that were teased in the Oscorp “Tree of Life” hologram? Is Gwen going to die? Will we ever see The Sinister Six on screen?

These aren’t questions that you cram into the last two chapters of a trilogy. They are defining moments that you spread over multiple Spider-Man movies that are part of a growing tapestry of rewarding films. The latest flurry of casting rumors suggests that Sony, Webb and Team Spidey are thinking big, and thinking outside of the usual boxes. And if I’m right, that kind of news can really make a fan’s spider sense tingle.