


The main villain would be a resurrected Norman Osborn, with Chris Cooper to reprise the role. His plans included using the Sinister Six, who were supposed to debut in their standalone film before The Amazing Spider-Man 3. Eventually, both films were also canceled and Garfield was denied the opportunity to finish his trilogy, which had plenty of stories yet to be explored.įor the third entry in the series, Marc Webb was set to return as director one last time. The Amazing Spider-Man 3 was initially delayed to 2018, with the fourth film postponed indefinitely. The first one was canceled after the commercial failure of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, while the latter was restructured as the Tom Hardy-led Venom to be the start of Sony's Spider-Man Universe. Besides the two sequels, the studio also announced a Sinister Six movie to be penned by Drew Goddard and a Venom film to be directed by Alex Kurtzman. Sony Pictures had a very ambitious plan for The Amazing Spider-Man. In June 2013, The Amazing Spider-Man 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man 4 were announced, with release dates for June 2016 and May 2018 respectively. The success of the first film led to a sequel and, somewhere in-between, some premature decisions were made. In that short-lived film series, Andrew Garfield became the perfect embodiment of Peter Parker. Between Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man series and the Sony Pictures/Marvel Studios team-up to incorporate Tom Holland’s Peter Parker into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there was, of course, the underdog reboot: The Amazing Spider-Man.
