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| Hollywood studio Sony Pictures has revealed plans to expand its Amazing Spider-Man saga to four films following the success of last year's debut instalment. | Hollywood studio Sony Pictures has revealed plans to expand its Amazing Spider-Man saga to four films following the success of last year's debut instalment. |
| The Amazing Spider-Man, itself a reboot of the studio's hugely profitable Spider-Man trilogy, took more than $750m (£479m) at the global box office and garnered favourable reviews from critics. Sony swiftly announced a sequel, The Amazing-Spider Man 2, which is due to hit cinemas in May 2014. Now the studio says it will release third and fourth movies on 10 June, 2016, and 4 May, 2018, respectively. | The Amazing Spider-Man, itself a reboot of the studio's hugely profitable Spider-Man trilogy, took more than $750m (£479m) at the global box office and garnered favourable reviews from critics. Sony swiftly announced a sequel, The Amazing-Spider Man 2, which is due to hit cinemas in May 2014. Now the studio says it will release third and fourth movies on 10 June, 2016, and 4 May, 2018, respectively. |
| "Spider-Man is our most important, most successful, and most beloved franchise," said Sony Pictures vice chairman Jeff Blake, "so we're thrilled that we are in a position to lock in these prime release dates over the next five years." | "Spider-Man is our most important, most successful, and most beloved franchise," said Sony Pictures vice chairman Jeff Blake, "so we're thrilled that we are in a position to lock in these prime release dates over the next five years." |
| The Amazing Spider-Man 2 sees the return of British actor Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker and his alter-ego Spider-Man, with Emma Stone as his girlfriend Gwen Stacy. 500 Days of Summer director, Marc Webb, also returns following his successful stewardship of the first movie, working from a screenplay by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, who penned the two recent Star Trek films, Jeff Pinkner who has written for TV's Lost and Alias series, and James Vanderbilt, writer of The Amazing Spider-Man. This time around the webslinger takes on villains Electro (Jamie Foxx) and the Rhino (Paul Giamatti), while stalwarts of the Marvel comic book such as Mary Jane Watson (Shailene Woodley) and Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan) will make their debut appearances in the Webb era. | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 sees the return of British actor Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker and his alter-ego Spider-Man, with Emma Stone as his girlfriend Gwen Stacy. 500 Days of Summer director, Marc Webb, also returns following his successful stewardship of the first movie, working from a screenplay by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, who penned the two recent Star Trek films, Jeff Pinkner who has written for TV's Lost and Alias series, and James Vanderbilt, writer of The Amazing Spider-Man. This time around the webslinger takes on villains Electro (Jamie Foxx) and the Rhino (Paul Giamatti), while stalwarts of the Marvel comic book such as Mary Jane Watson (Shailene Woodley) and Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan) will make their debut appearances in the Webb era. |
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