Columbia Pictures' Spider-Man® 2, the next installment in the adventure series that began with the 2002 blockbuster Spider-Man, swings into theaters on July 2, 2004. Spider-Man®, a Marvel Enterprises/Laura Ziskin Production, grossed more than $820 million worldwide and became the fifth highest grossing movie in U.S. history. Spider-Man is based on the classic Marvel Comic book character.
Spider-Man 2 reunites the filmmakers and cast from the first film, including Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Rosemary Harris and J.K. Simmons, along with director Sam Raimi, and producers Laura Ziskin and Marvel's Avi Arad. Stan Lee and Joseph M. Caracciolo serve as executive producers for Spider-Man 2, and Grant Curtis serves as the film's co-producer. Sam Raimi directs Spider-Man 2 from a screenplay by Alvin Sargent and Alfred Gough & Miles Millar and Michael Chabon, based on a story by David Koepp and Alfred Gough & Miles Millar. In Spider-Man 2, the webslinging superhero encounters a new nemesis, the villainous "Doc Ock," who will be portrayed by Alfred Molina (Frida, Identity).
Two years have passed, and the mild-mannered Peter Parker faces new challenges as he struggles with "the gift and the curse," desperately trying to balance his dual identities as the web-slinging superhero Spider-Man and his life as a college student. Tormented by his secrets, Peter finds that his relationships with all those he holds dear are in danger of unraveling. His life-long yearning for M.J. (Kirsten Dunst) becomes even stronger as he fights the impulse to reveal his secret life and declare his love. His friendship with Harry Osborn (James Franco) is complicated by the young Osborn's bitterness over his father's death and his growing vendetta against Spider-Man. Even Peter's beloved Aunt May (Rosemary Harris), who has fallen on hard times after the death of Uncle Ben, begins to have doubts about her nephew.
Peter's life is about to become even more complicated as he encounters a formidable new foe -- Dr. Otto Octavius (Alfred Molina). Peter must use all the powers at his disposal to try to stop this diabolical madman in his octagonal tracks.
Director Sam Raimi and producers Laura Ziskin and Avi Arad lead a top creative team which includes Director of Photography Bill Pope, ASC (the Matrix film series), Production Designer Neil Spisak (Spider-Man, The Gift), editor Bob Murawski, (Spider-Man, The Gift), Visual Effects Supervisor John Dykstra, ASC (Spider-Man, Academy Award® winner for Star Wars) and Special Effects Supervisor John Frazier (Spider-Man, The Perfect Storm). The Executive Producers are Stan Lee and Joseph M. Caracciolo.
I don't wanna be mean, but 7 out of 10 times they make a sequil to a movie, its dud. I say they should just leave spider man alone UNLESS its really an action paked movie, not justa scheme to get money like jungle book2 Xmen 2, even the HULK! & lay off the marvel comics, they're getting kind of old. fun to read, ok to watch, horrible to rerun!
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I think that the movies from Marvel are decent in CGI and actors, but they just need to stay on the same story line that they were written on. I think Spider-Man should take on mutiple foes, i.e. the Sinister Six... The Vulture, Mysterio, Dr. Octopus, Sandman, Hobgoblin, and who else was in that?
Spidey can take em'.
Hey Heck! Electro, that was the guy that I was missing from the Sinister Six! He was pretty cool, but his costume was a little lame! I think the second Spider-Man game for Playstation featured him didn't it?
I agree with Luigi0788! Did anyone ever read that series of comics where it was a team-up with SpiderMan, the Hulk, Wolverine and uh...man who was the fourth? I am having some serious memory issues all of a sudden!
I just watched the trailer for S2. It looks okay. I'm not itching to see it like I was the first one. But, I will go and see it. I, too, was hoping to see them bring in more villans than just Dr Octavius. Let's hope that it's better than the trailer seems.
In one scene, you see that Spidey has been delivered to his best friend, and he's wrapped up. Harry is coming toward him with a knife. Obviously, he isn't killed. Do you think that he will take the mask off of him though, and find out that it's Peter under there?
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Doubt it! Harry was a dummy in the Comics for the most part...although he snaps (like father like son) and sort of slips into Green Goblin mode for a while. He stumbles on a hidden hideout of his fathers loaded with weapons and extra comstumes and such.
That's what I'm talking about, KJ, they should have brought in the Sinister Six! I
mean....if you bring in Doc Oc....you should roll up with Electro, The Vulture, Sandman, Mysterio, and the Hobgoblin! Whatcha think?
I'm in agreeance. I don't think that they will do that though. Is that because they want to make more movies, and save villians? I doubt that. But, who knows!!!! I just hope that it's better than I truly think!!
:::>^..^<::: ~*~The Journey is more important than the end or the start~*~ :::>^..^<:::
08-28-2003 02:32 AM
