Warning: Spoilers
A spectacular display greeted Sho-West attendees in Las Vegas as Sony Pictures unveiled its Spider-Man 2 trailer at the Paris Hotel.
The studio also reportedly will debut the movie two days early – on Wednesday, June 30. Here’s a description of the trailer as provided to Superhero Hype:
”The trailer starts of with Aunt May talking about responsibility and shows some awesome Spidey effects (Spidey flying so low to the ground on a street he's going by cars, anyone??). Then we see scenes with Dylan Baker as Curt Connors teaching class. The Spidey stuff kicks up quick though. We first learn that Peter Parker doesn't think he needs to be Spidey anymore to do good, so he trashes the costume. But when the need arises - a building is on fire - he realizes he's not wearing the costume underneath his clothes, so he can't change to help out. The trailer also shows how the tentacles are first inserted into Doc's back, and how they become permanent. We see some awesome webslinging throughout the clip, rendered beautifully and giving the trailer a big impact. One I can distinctly remember is Spidey swinging at full speed and squeezing through a vehicle (a tram perhaps?) Speaking of impact, could the makers of the trailer have picked any better music? It's a pulsating music that really drives the message home - that Spidey is back this summer in a huge way. We see much more of the cafe scene where Doc Ock gives Peter Parker a pounding. We also see more of the scene where Harry Osborn captures Spidey and is about to go for the reveal...”
An extended rough cut of the combat scenes is described as follows:
“It starts off exactly as you see in the teaser trailer, with Spidey swinging through the buildings and then you see him in Doc Ock's glasses. Doc Ock climbs up the building and Spidey swings down to the pole atop the building just above Doc Ock. He yells at him, "where is she?!" Doc Ock says something, which I can't recall, and they start battling. And I mean battling! Punches are flying left and right (think of Ock's tentacles on this one) and Spidey gets thrown down the building. He shoots two things which hit Doc Ock and then they fall down to the train going underneath. They are shown tumbling because of the speed of the train. Then the train fight begins, which features them throwing each other around, punching through the windows to get to each other, etc. Doc tosses Spidey from the train down to the street below, but Spidey is able to catch the train by shooting his web. While he's trying to make it back to the train, Doc starts tossing people from the train towards him, who Spidey has to save by creating webs that they fall in - which will be a sight to see! When he gets back to the train, Doc Ock rips out the train's controls and says something like, "you've got a train to save", to Spidey. Doc takes off and it's up to Spidey to stop the train before it derails and plunges down into the water. He first tries by using his feet on the tracks in front of the train, which doesn't work. Then he shoots webs to the buildings on both sides, which hold for a bit but then they break. Then he decides to shoot multiple webs to the buildings on each side which he has to struggle big time to hold onto, in order to stop the train. He's able to stop it bearily, but he's so exhausted he nearly drops down into the water below - but the people on the train help him back in. All this time, he's not been wearing his mask and all the people see who he is. But they respect him so much, that they give back his mask and say that they won't tell anyone. He puts it back on and Doc Ock returns! He's at the front of the train car and says something. The people on the train tell Doc that he'll have to go through them first in order to get to Spidey. Doc says, "okay" and rips them to each side with his tentacles, as if they are toothpicks. Spidey gets punched and the clip zooms in on the Spider symbol and stops.”
Tobey Maguire and Kristen Dunst were on hand and it was announced that Spider-Man 3 will hit theaters on May 4, 2007 with the entire cast returning.
To read more of the details of the event, click here.
Meanwhile, the official movie Web site has a new sneak peek at the sequel featuring footage from the international trailer.