There is nothing more frustrating than sagas that never end. A very recent case is that of Fantastic animalsthe prequel to Harry Potter That, after three deliveries of the five promised, he has died. It also happened with Divergentwhose fourth installment, entitled Ascendantnever came true. In the world of superheroes there is another case: 11 years ago he reached cinemas The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Electro’s power (2014) and its end, although he left the door open to a new installment, never led anywhere and disappointed all his fans.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Electro’s power It was the second installment of the Marvel superhero saga starring Andrew Garfield. The actor debuted as Peter Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and, although the idea was to make a Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire style trilogy, the third installment never saw the light. And that the end of the sequel indicated otherwise: Peter Parker, after hanging the suit after the death of Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone), decides to act as the hero facing Aleksei Sytsevich/Rhinowhom Paul Giamatti gave life. Before Villain and protagonist start his fight, the film ends.
The Garfield saga, directed by Marc Webb, began with good foot only five years after Maguire’s stage came to an end. The Amazing Spider-Man collection 757.9 million dollars worldwide and criticism reacted well. The sequel also did well at the box office: 716.9 million dollars worldwide. The specialized press, however, did not respond as well as with its predecessor.
Marvel adds a new actress to her universe: she will debut in ‘Spider-Man 4’, but could have a very important role in the UCM
A film universe in the garbage
Sony Pictures Andrew Garfield como Spider-Man
The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Electro’s power I was looking to do what was fashionable at that time: a cinematographic universe with the spider man as the protagonist. Hence the sequel was so full of villains and subtramas that anticipated and paved the land for more films. Sony Pictures advertisement The Amazing Spider-Man 3 with premiere date for June 10, 2016. Also The Amazing Spider-Man 4which would arrive at theaters on May 4, 2018. Another project in development was a film about the supervillano group The six incidents.
More problems: in 2014, Sony Pictures was the victim of a check -in that revealed thousands of emails and confidential information. Among them, that Amy Pascal, the company’s president, was in conversations with Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studiosabout the possibility of making a new ‘reboot’ of Spider-Man and that the character will be part of the Marvel Cinematographic Universe. The agreement came to fruition: Marvel Studios would be in charge of the creative part and Sony Pictures of the distribution.
The Sony-Marvel collaboration assumed that Garfield’s era would come to an end and that all the plans to create a new film universe will end in the trash. Tom Holland became the new Spider-Man and debuted in Captain America: Civil War (2016). Later, the actor starred in his solo trilogy Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Spider-Man: Far from home (2019) and spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). In the latter, Garfield got back into the hero’s skin next to Maguire. Avengers: Infinity War (2018) y Avengers: Endgame (2019) are other titles in which Holland has appeared as Peter Parker.
Spider-Man 4 It is already underway. The plan is that the film, which will direct Daniel Cretton, arrives at theaters in 2026. Sadie Sink, Max in Stranger Things (2016), is the new signing of the film, its role is not yet known.
