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  1. Josh Trank Stands in the Shadow of the Colossus
    Original Signal: Movies logo Original Signal: Movies 56 minutes ago

    Trank hit it big with his low-budget found footage film Chronicle earlier this year and has since become widely sought over for several big budget blockbusters, including the Fantastic Four reboot and Sony’s own Venom - a spinoff for The Amazing... Full Article at Original Signal: Movies

  2. EXCLUSIVE: Vic Armstrong Talks THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Web-Swinging Effects And More
    Comic Book Movies logo Comic Book Movies 2 hours ago
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    "I’m going to LA for the premiere on the 28th June. With [The Amazing] Spider-Man, it was exciting because it’s not just dreaming up crazy stunts and things and then sticking them all in a computer and having somebody do it for you. The producers and... Full Article at Comic Book Movies

  3. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 week ago
    Yvelisse Fermin, from the New York City borough of Queens, speaks during an interview after being awarded as the one millionth viewer of "Spider-Man Turn of the Dark" on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, in New York.

    Yvelisse Fermin, from the New York City borough of Queens, speaks during an interview after being awarded as the one millionth viewer of "Spider-Man Turn of the Dark" on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, in New York. View Photo »

  4. The Amazing Spider-Man Trading Cards: Click the jump to learn how you can own a piece of the actual screen-used costume signed by Andrew Garfield!
    SOURCE: Comic Book Movies 2 weeks ago
  5. Download Episode 30 of This Week in Marvel
    Marvel Comics logo Marvel Comics 2 hours ago

    This Week in Marvel will focus on delivering all the Marvel info on news and new releases--from comics to video games to toys to TV to film and beyond! New episodes will be released every Thursday (or so) and TWiM is co-hosted by Marvel Digital Media... Full Article at Marvel Comics

  6. Memorial Day Super Sale - 13% Off Everything Includes New Star Wars, Spider-Man, and TDKR
    Comic Book Movies logo Comic Book Movies 3 hours ago

    Memorial Day weekend with a huge 13% off super sale. You can save 13% all weekend long starting today when you use MEM13 as your coupon code. We have some awesome new stuff for the Amazing Spider-Man Movie as well as our first The Dark Knight Rises shirts! Full Article at Comic Book Movies

  7. Kobe Bryant and Danny Granger Featured in Brilliant NBA Song Parodies
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    These are questions that have no answers, and you will see that these videos fall well into that realm. First up is an homage to the downfall of Kobe Bryant. "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye is used as the backdrop to Kobe Bryant becoming human. Full Article at Bleacher Report

  8. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 week ago
    Yvelisse Fermin, from the New York City borough of Queens, poses with "Spider-Man Turn of the Dark" stars Patrick Page, left, as the Green Goblin, and Reeve Carney, as Spiderman, after she is awarded a city tour package as the one millionth viewer of the...

    Yvelisse Fermin, from the New York City borough of Queens, poses with "Spider-Man Turn of the Dark" stars Patrick Page, left, as the Green Goblin, and Reeve Carney, as Spiderman, after she is awarded a city tour package as the one millionth viewer of the... View Photo »

  9. I was 12 years old at the time when 'Fantastic Four' No. 1 (Marvel's first comic) came out. I was there for all of them: Thor, Spider-Man, Ant-Man, Hulk, Avengers. …
    SOURCE: The Oakland Press 2 weeks ago
  10. The Amazing Spiderman - Trailer 1 (HD)
    YouTube Logo YouTube Videos 10 months ago
  11. The Lighter Side of Electronic Monitoring
    Reason logo Reason 3 hours ago
    There was a Sega game where Kingpin could drop both Spider-Man and Mary Jane Watson in an acid bath.

    His name was Spider-Man, he was battling evil on the pages of America’s newspapers; and for several weeks during the summer of 1977 the syndicated Spidey’s every move was tracked via an “electronic radar device” cuffed to his wrist by a villain known... Full Article at Reason

  12. Superhero Bits: Thor 2, The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, The Amazing Spider-Man, Hulk
    Slash Film logo Slash Film 4 hours ago

    2 , director Alan Taylor and if Thanos would appear. Designer Jayse Hansen has posted some jaw-dropping looks behind the scenes of the user interfaces in The Avengers , including S.H.I.E.L.D and Iron Man’s. Very cool stuff. Thanks to Comic Book Movie. ... Full Article at Slash Film

  13. Best Shots Rapid: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, THE FLASH, More
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    Let's cut to the chase and skip the pleasantries, as Jake Baumgart takes a look at the latest issue of Amazing Spider-Man... The Amazing Spider-Man #686 (Published by Marvel Comics; Review by Jake Baumgart; 'Rama Rating: 7 out of 10; Click here for... Full Article at Newsarama

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  1. Yvelisse Fermin, from the New York City borough of Queens, speaks during an interview after being awarded as the one millionth viewer of "Spider-Man Turn of the Dark" on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, in New York.
  2. Yvelisse Fermin, from the New York City borough of Queens, poses with "Spider-Man Turn of the Dark" stars Patrick Page, left, as the Green Goblin, and Reeve Carney, as Spiderman, after she is awarded a city tour package as the one millionth viewer of the production on Wednesday, May 16,...
  3. "Spider-Man Turn of the Dark" star Patrick Page, left, who plays the Green Goblin, gives an award to Yvelisse Fermin, from the New York City borough of Queens, for being the one millionth viewer of the production on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, in New York.
  4. Yvelisse Fermin, right, from the New York City borough of Queens, reacts as "Spider-Man Turn of the Dark" star Patrick Page, left, who plays the Green Goblin, prepare to award her for being the one millionth viewer of the production on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, in New York.
  5. French urban climber Alain Robert, known as 'Spiderman', speaks to reporters after climbing up the 231 meter high (758 feet) First Tower, the tallest skyscraper in France, in the La Defense business district in Courbevoie, outside Paris, Thursday, May 10, 2012.
  6. People look out of their windows as French urban climber Alain Robert, known as 'Spiderman', climbs up the 231 meter high (758 feet) First Tower, the tallest skyscraper in France, in the La Defense business district in Courbevoie, outside Paris, Thursday, May 10, 2012.
  7. Anita Shaw, mother of murder victim Jamiel Shaw Jr. , reacts to the verdict, Wednesday May 9, 2012, in a Los Angeles courtroom. LA jurors found 23-year-old Pedro Espinoza guilty of killing her son. Prosecutors said Shaw, a standout Los Angeles High School football player four years ago,...
  8. Jamiel Shaw, father of murder victim Jamiel Shaw Jr. , reacts to the verdict that Pedro Espinoza was found guilty for his son's death, Wednesday, May 9, 2012, in a Los Angeles courtroom. At right is Jamiel Shaw Jr. ,'s mother, Anita Shaw. Prosecutors said Shaw was gunned down because he...
  9. Pedro Espinoza, left, reacts after being convicted in the 2008 murder of Jamiel Shaw Jr. , Wednesday, May 9, 2012 in Los Angeles. Prosecutors say Shaw was gunned down because he was wearing a red Spider-Man backpack, the signature color of the Bloods gang, and Espinoza assumed he was a...

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Spider-Man (Peter Benjamin Parker) is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superhero, created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko. The character first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15 (Aug. 1962), and has since gone on to become one of the most popular, enduring and commercially successful superheroes worldwide, and is arguably... Full Article At Wikipedia.org

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  1. The Amazing Spider-Man Trading Cards: Click the jump to learn how you can own a piece of the actual screen-used costume signed by Andrew Garfield!
    SOURCE: Comic Book Movies 2 weeks ago
  2. I was 12 years old at the time when 'Fantastic Four' No. 1 (Marvel's first comic) came out. I was there for all of them: Thor, Spider-Man, Ant-Man, Hulk, Avengers. …
    SOURCE: The Oakland Press 2 weeks ago
  3. and you will care for each and every character a bit more. Instead of just caring about Peter Parker and Spider-Man, you get close to each and every one.
    SOURCE: wetpaint.com 2 weeks ago
  4. The press for Spider-Man plus Piranha 3DD comes out June 1st
    SOURCE: wetpaint.com 2 weeks ago
  5. see Spider-Man swing through buildings, crawl up walls, shoot his web at the screen, or engage with nefarious characters on the streets
    SOURCE: Comic Alliance 2 weeks ago
  6. There are Avengers, Spiderman, DC Superfriends and Superman comics, too. Just pick what you like off our Free Comic Day menu
    SOURCE: South Florida Sun-Sentinel 2 weeks ago
  7. It's hard to compete with that first Spider-Man kiss
    SOURCE: E! Online 2 weeks ago
  8. Sometimes people keep windows open to let air in. But we have noticed that some of the juveniles use Spiderman-like tactics to scale houses.
    SOURCE: The Morning Bulletin 2 weeks ago
  9. Spiderman-like tactics to scale houses
    SOURCE: The Morning Bulletin 2 weeks ago
  10. If ‘The Avengers’’ can simply match ‘Spider-Man 3’s’ attendance levels, it will top ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2’s’ current record of $169.2 million thanks to ticket price inflation and 3D premiums. Since it was accounting for an incredible 94 percent of ticket sales on Fandango as of We...
    SOURCE: The Washington Post 2 weeks ago
  11. Part of the fun of this was to create the movie thinking about subjectivity, meaning getting to feel what Spider-Man feels
    – Marc Webb SOURCE: NBC Miami 2 weeks ago
  12. Too many comics history books and magazines have been geared too much for the established fan, so we made sure Leaping Tall Buildings was also aimed at that person who just came back from seeing the new Spider-Man or Dark Knight movie and wanted to learn more about the actual folks behind the books ... ...
    SOURCE: Wired 2 weeks ago
  13. For the last time, this isn't your previously-seen neighbourhood Spider-Man.
    SOURCE: GQ Magazine UK 2 weeks ago
  14. In a very real way, there's a small, intimate little indie movie at the heart of Spider-Man. I was always a Spider-Man fan, but I was a bigger Peter Parker fan
    SOURCE: E! Online 3 weeks ago
  15. In a very real way, there's a small, intimate little indie movie at the heart of Spider-Man. I was always a Spider-Man fan, but I was a bigger Peter Parker fan
    SOURCE: E! Online 3 weeks ago
  16. I wanted to do things differently. I feel like we've seen the origin of Spider-Man but maybe we haven't seen the origin of Peter Parker. There are certain iconic elements that I felt obligated to honour. But there are some exploratory phases that I wanted to do.
    SOURCE: Empire: Movie News & Reviews 3 weeks ago
  17. The interpersonal relationships that Peter Parker has are so simple and so domestic that it's a very fun dichotomy to play that big, massive spectacle alongside those very small movies. In a very real way, there's a small, intimate little indie movie at the heart of Spider-Man, and that was my access po...
    – Marc Webb SOURCE: IGN 3 weeks ago
  18. We've seen the origin of Spider-Man, maybe we haven't seen the origin of Peter Parker. There are certain iconic elements of Spider-Man that I felt we were obligated to honor. But there are some exploratory phases. Again, I'm trying to build something that sets a different tone and a different attitude a...
    SOURCE: IGN 3 weeks ago
  19. Uncle Ben's death is -- well, you'll have to see the movie -- but there are a few elements that Marvel is very protective of and that I think are very important to the Spider-Man origin story
    – Marc Webb SOURCE: IGN 3 weeks ago
  20. We've seen the origin of Spider-Man, maybe we haven't seen the origin of Peter Parker. There are certain iconic elements of Spider-Man that I felt we were obligated to honor. But there are some exploratory phases. Again, I'm trying to build something that sets a different tone and a different attitude a...
    SOURCE: IGN 3 weeks ago
  21. In the trailer, you want that spectacle, you want that energy, because I think there's an expectation surrounding that. But as we get closer to release, I think there are materials that will come up to help show and demonstrate some of the more intimate parts of Spider-Man. That, to me, is where the hea...
    SOURCE: IGN 3 weeks ago
  22. Against just about any other opponent, I'd say Captain America would take it, hands down. But when Spider-Man's cornered, he never quits. EVER. Tenacity trumps technique. I give the nod to Spidey.
    SOURCE: Canoe 3 weeks ago
  23. I just really tried to delve into 'why' ... Why does Flash do this? And to try to show that to the audience a little bit more than just beating up on Peter or just being an adoring fan of Spider-Man. And maybe showing the backstory a bit more to the character, why he's a bully and stuff like that.
    SOURCE: MTV.com 3 weeks ago
  24. I definitely read the comic books and got as familiar with the comic books as possible ... I was always a fan of Spider-Man and most superheroes. There aren't a whole lot of little boys out there that aren't.
    SOURCE: MTV.com 3 weeks ago
  25. Curt Connors is, for my money, the quintessential foil for Spider-Man, in the sense that he isn't necessarily a villain as such. He's a very good guy, with access to ground-breaking science, and he makes a mistake, which we all do in life at a certain point. I think that's the endearing and powerful ele...
    – Rhys Ifans SOURCE: Perez Hilton 3 weeks ago

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