Last July we got the first trailer for The Amazing Spider Man and this week we got the full theatrical trailer, which is thankfully less emo than the first trailer and give the first glimpses of The Lizard.  Marc Webb of (500) Days of Summer is directing this reboot and The Social Network’s Andrew Garfield is taking over as the web slinger with Martin Sheen, Sally Field, Emma Stone and Denis Leary and Rhys Ifans co-starring.  I think everyone would have preferred a continuation of the Sam Raimi trilogy instead of going back to the origin yet again but this new trailer reveals some new stuff that could be interesting, like Peter’s father working with Dr. Connors at Oscorp and Peter being seemingly unmasked in public.  The Lizard looks pretty different from his previous incarnations and almost looks more like Killer Croc from Batman.  I’m slightly more excited for Spider-Man now than after the first trailer and will definitely check it out when it comes out.  What do you guys think of this trailer?

Entertainment Weekly had a bunch of promo shots for next year’s The Amazing Spider-Man but now, before it debuts in front of Captain America this weekend, the first trailer has been released for Marc Webb’s reboot of the Spider Man franchise.  Andrew Garfield stars as Peter Parker, who seems much more emo and dark than Tobey Maguire’s take on the character.  Emma Stone plays his love interest, Gwen Stacy and Rhys Ifans plays Dr. Curt Connors, who gets transformed into the villainous Lizard.  Some aspects of the Spider Man story that were left out of Sam Raimi’s trilogy are back in this one including the mysterious circumstances surrounding Peter’s parents disappearance, the mechanical web shooters and Gwen Stacy being his love interest instead of Mary Jane, who was introduced later than Gwen in the comics.  Webb also looks like he’s going to be introducing some interesting visual flair to this movie as well, especially that first person sequence at the end of the trailer.  Check out the trailer below and the movie is out next summer.

Entertainment Weekly has a ton of promo pictures from the upcoming reboot of Spider-Man, called The Amazing Spider-Man. Directed by 500 Days of Summer’s Marc Webb and starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Irrfan Khan, Rhys Ifans, Sally Field, Denis Leary and Martin Sheen, the new story goes back to Peter Parker’s origin, his romantic relationship with Gwen Stacy and his battle with The Lizard. This new version of the web slinger, as revealed in one of the promo shots, also brings back Peter’s mechanical web shooters, as opposed to the organic web of Sam Raimi’s trilogy. I think the costume looks fantastic and Andrew Garfield seems like a great choice as Peter Parker, especially after seeing him in The Social Network. Check out a bunch of the promo pictures below.

• Uncle Ben and Aunt May cast for Spider-Man reboot: Peter Parker’s beloved aunt and uncle have been cast for the reboot and Uncle Ben will be played by Martin Sheen while Aunt May will be played by Sally Field.
• Silent Hill sequel on the way: The first Silent Hill movie is regarded as one of the best video game movies but was kind of a box office bomb.  The studios still think there’s some potential in it however as it was announced this week that Silent Hill: Revelation 3D will be coming sometime in the future.  Mostly based on Silent Hill 3, it will follow 18 year old Heather Mason as she discovers the source of her frequent nightmares and the disappearance of her father.
• Ghostbusters 3 starting to shoot in May: Who knows what the story or cast is going to be but industry reporters Production Weekly said that the third Ghostbusters movie will begin shooting in May of next year.  There’s been all sorts of crazy rumors, possible plots, etc. over the years so hopefully if this is true we’ll get some concrete info sometime soon.
• Community gets two more episodes: Ratings haven’t been the best for our beloved Community but NBC recently ordered another two episodes for this season, bringing the total up to 24.  This is pretty good news but the Sword of Cancellation might still be over it’s head.
• Terra Nova fires entire writing staff, delayed until next fall: One of the shows I was looking forward to was Spielberg’s time traveling dinosaur show Terra Nova.  Apparently things weren’t up to snuff with the writing as the entire staff has been fired and the show won’t premiere until next fall.
• General Zod NOT in Superman: The internet is 0-2 as far as comic book movie villain casting goes.  First Chris Nolan said The Riddler is not the villain of The Dark Knight Rises and now Zack Snyder has said that General Zod will not be the villain of his Superman film.  He also said the movie takes a slightly different direction than other Superman films and it may or may not deal with his early years.

Sony has announced who their new Peter Parker/Spider Man will be in the upcoming reboot (directed by Marc Webb) and it’s Andrew Garfield.  I’m scratching my head as much as you are but apparently from what other blogs are saying, he’s a really good upcoming actor, although his biggest role to date has been in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.  I don’t really have an opinion until I see him in a trailer but I’ll just be happy if it’s better than Spider Man 3.    /Film has a great look at some of his other work here:

http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/07/02/a-brief-cinematic-history-of-your-new-spider-man-andrew-garfield/

Spider Man 4 has been all over the place recently, first with casting rumors of John Malkovich playing The Vulture and now Sony has said that they are completely scrapping the Raimi/Maguire series and starting fresh with a reboot.  Raimi walked after concerns over the script and schedule and Sony has hired script writer James Vanderbilt to write the reboot.  Sony says the new Spidey series will follow a Peter Parker who is still in high school and will have to deal with all the major teen concerns along with his super powered ones.  This sounds exactly like Ultimate Spider Man where Marvel restarted the series with revamped villains and making it more contemporary (Peter’s an intern on The Daily Bugle’s blog, for instance).  Spider Man 3 was a major disappointment but it seems a little early for a complete reboot.  We’ll have to wait to 2012 to see it.

*Updated* It’s been announced the (500) Days of Summer director Marc Webb has been tapped to helm the new reboot and the movie is supposed to arrive in the summer of 2012.