Confidence or Covering Your Ass? Sony Announces May 2014 Release for Amazing Spider-Man Sequel
Fri, August 5, 2011 
The Amazing Spider-Man won't swing into theaters for another 11 months. So we have plenty of time to get used to (if you haven't already!) seeing Andrew Garfield in his new web-slinger outfit, Emma Stone with blonde locks and stop asking yourself "Where's Sam and Tobey?"
This afternoon, Sony announced a May 2, 2014 release date for the as-yet-released reboot's sequel.
Does this mean studio heads like they've seen in from Marc Webb & Co. or just counting their eggs before they hatch? Probably a bit of both, I'd say. It's also standard operating procedure to go ahead and announce release dates far in advance and they'll be the first to lay claim of summer 2014 (Jesus, I'll be 30!) So if need be, they can be moved around.
As always this isn't concrete that an Amazing Spider-Man follow-up is guaranteed. I recall Universal announcing a sequel to Ang Lee's Hulk for summer 2006, Warner Brothers doing so for sequels to both Superman Returns (summer 2009) and Terminator: Salvation (summer 2011) and so on. So don't cling to this as anything beyond a studio covering their bases. Yes, the cast is locked down for sequels and James Vanderbilt is writing another one. But it's all moot until the receipts start coming in next July.
Reader Comments (2)
I don't see a problem with studio locking a potential release date for a sequel. Studios do it all the tine. Also didn't sony do this with sm 2 or 3 well before either started production. Also it could always change due to film needing more time for post production or production takes longer to start up.
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