The folks over at
Omelete promoted the
KingCon Rio Comic Book event(which is part of the worldwide event promoted by Sony) this weeked on Rio De Janeiro. Emma Stone and producers Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach were present. During the event they screened the new trailer for the movie and six minutes of footage. Below is a description of the footage:
"The six minutes of scenes that we've watched this weekend showed a really different Spidey from the first grade. The idea seems to show how Peter Parker already had a hero soul before having his powers: the first scene shows how he became enemy of the school bully, Flash Thompson: the bully is rubbing the face of a skinny boy in his food, when he sees Peter and says "take a picture of this, Parker!". Peter refuses and asks Flash that let his coleague go - just to become the target of a violent fight.
The next scene goes forward on time - when Peter seems to already have his powers - and shows him getting revenge on Flash, holding him by his shirt collar and acting in a similar manner as the bully, what gives him a visit to the the principal's office. Comes in scene the always wise - and fun - Uncle Ben(Martin Sheen). "Your bad behavior made me lose a day of work. What did I told you about power and responsability?", he argues with his nephew in the middle of the empty school. But Gwen Stacy(Emma Stone) comes. Satisfied with the scolding, Uncle Ben decides to mock him: "hey, isn't that the girl I saw on your computer? HEY! You're on his computer!", says with a smile, before leaving. Then a sequence that looks straight from (500) Days of Summer comes up, with Peter and Gwen flirting in an absolutely fun way, saying things that makes absolutely no sense. Stone is amazing as Gwen Stacy... looks like the character version of John Romita(senior) - and moves exactly like I imagined that Romita's Gwen would move.
Andrew Garfield Parker seems more serious, but his Spider-Man is exactly like in the comics. The action scenes ended the clip and showed him finding out about his powers, agile and making jokes all the time. Lot of the scenes were not finalized, showing the actor being trown in the air with cables and landing. The final sequences had Doctor Curt Connors(Rhys Ifans) and his arrogance, taking advantage of Peter knowledge(which appears in several scenes as the science genius he is on the comics, including working with his web-shoters and costume) to finalize his formula to grow a new arm. It doesn't take too long to see the Lizard, resulting from this experience, appearing in brief scenes(he is extremely like the toy photos that have been around.)"
The Amazing Spider-Man is the story of Peter Parker (Garfield), an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben (Sheen) and Aunt May (Field). Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. Peter is also finding his way with his first high school crush, Gwen Stacy (Stone), and together, they struggle with love, commitment, and secrets. As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents' disappearance - leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr Curt Connors (Ifans), his father's former partner. As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors' alter-ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero.
The cast includes Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Martin Sheen and Sally Field.
The Amazing Spider-Man is set to hit theatres on July 3rd, 2012!