Despite the fact we’re still a couple of months away from The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Sony has already laid out its plans for the future of the wall-crawler, with The Amazing Spider-Man 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man 4 set for release in 2016 and 2018 respectively, along with spin-offs for Venom and The Sinister Six.
At this point, all we know for certain is that Andrew Garfield will be back for TASM 3, and now Variety has confirmed that he’s set to be joined by Marc Webb, who will once again return to direct the third instalment of his rebooted Spidey series. This marks the second confirmation today of a director returning for a third chapter of a Marvel franchise, with Iron Man 3 screenwriter Drew Pearce revealing that Joss Whedon is set to follow The Avengers and The Avengers: Age of Ultron with The Avengers 3.
Meanwhile, Sony chief Amy Pascal has revealed that she hopes the planned spin-offs will allow the studio to release a Spidey-releated movie every year: “We are expanding the Spider-Man universe into the Sinister Six and Venom, so that we have Spider-Man movies every year.”
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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is set for release on April 18th 2014 in the UK and on May 1st 2014 in North America, with a cast that also includes returning stars Emma Stone (Gwen Stacy), Sally Field (Aunt May), Chris Zylka (Flash Thompson), Campbell Scott (Richard Parker), Embeth Davidtz (Mary Parker), Martin Sheen (Ben Parker) and Denis Leary (George Stacy) alongside new additions include Jamie Foxx (Django Unchained) as Electro, Dane DeHaan (Chronicle) as Harry Osborn, Paul Giamatti (12 Years a Slave) as The Rhino, Chris Cooper (American Beauty) as Norman Osborn, Colm Feore (Thor) as Donald Menken, Marton Csokas (The Lord of the Rings) as Dr. Kafka, B.J. Novak (The Office) as Alistair Smythe and Felicity Jones (Like Crazy) and Sarah Gadon (Cosmopolis) in as yet unrevealed roles. Watch the most recent trailer here.
Originally published February 25, 2014. Updated December 13, 2019.
