The Amazing Spider-Man 2 premiered several years later, and this would prove to be the final chapter in Webb's aborted version of the web-slinger. Directed by Marc Webb, the Spidey movie reboot took Peter Parker's story right back to the beginning, with a younger version of the superhero and a more stylized visual approach. The franchise quickly turned sour with the maligned Spider-Man 3, and as production on a fourth entry stalled, Sony opted to hit the big red reboot button.Įnter Andrew Garfield in 2012's The Amazing Spider-Man. With a stellar cast starring Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe and James Franco, web-mania was in full effect, and a 2004 sequel that pitted Spidey against Alfred Molina's Doctor Octopus is widely considered even greater than the original.

What went wrong with Sony's The Amazing Spider-Man reboot starring Andrew Garfield? Back in the early 2000s when Aunt May was still an elderly lady, superhero movies were fast becoming big business, and Sam Raimi's Spider-Manplayed a massive role in that.

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