If you missed the part of the headline of this post that said “SPOILERS!”, then here is your final warning that there are potential Amazing Spider-Man 2 spoilers in this post. They may just be rumors, but you have been warned.
Still with me? Great. Here we go.
It has been previously reported that we will, in fact, see the Green Goblin in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 along with Electro and Rhino. There are rumors that they are building up to a showdown between Spider-Man and the movie version of the Sinister Six and these villains will fill three spots on that roster, presumably to be joined by others in the following movie(s). Chris Cooper is on board to play Norman Osborn/Green Goblin (in a supposed Iron-Man-like armor thing), but Movie Web is reporting that it will not be Norman Osborn who becomes the Green Goblin, but instead his son Harry, played by Chronicle‘s Dane DeHaan.
Movie Web also notes that the climax of the film will take place in an Oscorp power plant and that Gwen Stacy’s “death” will only be a “fake out” in this film – her “real” death will come in either Amazing Spider-Man 3 or 4. And finally, they also note that there will be a post-credits stinger (mini-movie) that will lead directly into the next film.
How’s that for some potential spoilers for you?!
Marc Webb tweeted all sorts of on-set pictures and teases during the shooting of Amazing Spider-Man 2, and couple that with the no shortage of rumors and spoilers that have been flying around, I have officially given up on what to expect from this film. I am in the camp that really enjoyed The Amazing Spider-Man and am very much looking forward to the sequel. My concern, however, is that they are just trying to pack too much into the film. We’ve seen this time and time again with superhero films where the thought process is more villains equals more action, and more action equals a better movie and the result have been less than great.
With regards to Harry Osborn, not Norman, becoming the Green Goblin, I just don’t know. There’s a part of me that is bothered by this and feels that it is an unecessary change, but another part that feels this could be interesting. This is not comic book Spider-Man, this is Amazing Spider-Man movie Spider-Man, so I’m willing to see how this change plays out on screen – but I am not without reservations.
We will have to wait until May 2014 to see how much of this is all true when The Amazing Spider-Man 2 hit theaters!
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