The Amazing Spider-Man is  an upcoming 2012 American superhero film directed by Marc Webb based on  the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man created by Stan Lee and Steve  Ditko. It is the fourth Columbia Pictures film that portrays Spider-Man  in film and is a reboot of the Sam Raimi film series with Andrew  Garfield replacing Tobey Maguire as the title role of the superhero. The  cast also includes Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy and Rhys Ifans as Dr. Curt  Connors. The film will portray Parker as his super powers are evolving  in high school and will explore him trying to discover the truth behind  his parents, with a theme of him discovering himself in the process. The  film also brings to life new designs of the film franchise such as  Parker inventing artificial webs like in the original comics instead of  organic webs.
 
The film's development began  simultaneously with Sony announcing the cancellation of Spider-Man 4.  Opting for a reboot with the same production team rather than another  sequel, the studio announced a July 2012 release date for what was now  titled The Amazing Spider-Man. James Vanderbilt was hired to write the  script while Alvin Sargent and Steve Kloves helped fine-tune the script.  Pre-production involved the casting of many actors and actresses trying  out the role of Spider-Man and Gwen Stacy respectively until Garfield  and Stone were the clear choice. Principal photography started in  December 2010 in Los Angeles before moving to New York City with the  help of Red Digital Cinema Camera Company's RED Epic camera. The film  entered post-production in April 2011 with the film being shot in 3D  with the help of 3ality Technica and with James Horner being involved  with the film score.
Sony Entertainment has focused its  marketing campaign with a promotional website with released images,  three theatrical trailers, a prologue screening in certain cities, a  video game tie-in being developed by Beenox and a viral marketing  campaign among other products. The Amazing Spider-Man premiered in June  13, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan and will then be released in the United States  on July 3, 2012 in 3D and in IMAX 3D. A sequel to the film is being  planned for release in 2014 with James Vanderbilt hired to again write  the screenplay and with Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci reported to  rewrite it.
 The Amazing Spider-Man (2012 film)
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The Amazing Spider-Man
Teaser poster
Directed by     Marc Webb
Produced by     Avi Arad
Laura Ziskin
Matt Tolmach
Screenplay by     James Vanderbilt
Alvin Sargent
Steve Kloves
Story by     James Vanderbilt
Based on     The Amazing Spider-Man by
Stan Lee
Steve Ditko
Starring     Andrew Garfield
Emma Stone
Rhys Ifans
Sally Field
Martin Sheen
Denis Leary
Irrfan Khan
Chris Zylka
Music by     James Horner
Cinematography     John Schwartzman
Editing by     Alan Edward Bell
Pietro Scalia
Studio     Columbia Pictures
Marvel Entertainment
Laura Ziskin Productions
Avi Arad Productions
Matt Tolmach Productions
Distributed by     Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)    
    June 13, 2012 (Tokyo, Japan Premiere)
    July 3, 2012 (United States)
Running time     136 minutes
Country     United States
Language     English
Budget     $220 million