“Arriving in theaters, summer 2014!” The summer months have always been the time Hollywood releases its big budget, big action movies in hopes of bringing in the big money. Summer 2014 is no exception. With titles like Captain America, Spider-Man, and Transformers hitting theaters this summer there is serious potential to pull down some big box office numbers. Movie making is a high risk industry with the potential of high reward. Hundreds of millions of dollars are invested in hopes of a return of hundreds of million and even billions. Only time will tell if a movie will perform to expectations or flop.

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

One thing Hollywood is famous for is its reboots and sequels. Mind you not everyone is a fan of reboots and sequels, and some would argue that nothing original has come out of Hollywood in years. One of the movies coming out this summer kind of falls into both categories in that it is a sequel to a rebooted franchise.
            The Amazing Spider-Man 2 swings into theaters May 2, 2014. When The Amazing Spider-Man hit theaters in 2012 many people thought it was too early or thought that rebooting the Toby McGuire Spider-Man franchise was just completely unnecessary. When The Amazing Spider-Man finally made it to theaters it was received very well, reeling in more than $750,000,000 at the worldwide box-office, and quieted many of the naysayers. Studios are hopeful that The Amazing Spider-Man 2 will follow its predecessor and pull down another huge pay day at the box office. With a $200,000,000 budget they are estimating a $112,000,000 opening weekend with a domestic haul of $265,000,000.
            With Andrew Garfield reprising his role as Peter Parker/Spider-Man; The Amazing Spider-Man 2 finds Peter Parker trying to balance his life between being Peter Parker, average teenager, and Spider-Man, super hero. In this sequel we see the emergence of more super villains; in particular, The Rhino (played by Paul Giamatti), Electro (played by Jami Foxx), and the Green Goblin (played by Dane DeHaan). Spider-Man will have to defeat his enemies, protect his loved-ones and keep his identity a secret. 
            As much as fan boys everywhere would love to see a super hero movie cross-over in the Marvel Universe; A Spider-Man cross over to the X-Men or The Avengers may not ever happen. Although Spider-Man is part of the Marvel Universe, the movie rights are owned by Sony Studios and not Disney/Marvel Studios. If these studios ever did decide to collaborate, the end result could be huge. Bringing two power house franchises together under one roof could mean big bucks for the studios.

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