It's not just a random
mutant spider bite that sets Hollywood's new Peter Parker on the superhero
career track.
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| Campbell Scott as Richard Parker |
From
the trailers of "The Amazing Spider-Man" (and the six-minute extended
footage now playing with “Men In Black 3”) it's clear that something dark and
deep is at the heart of Peter's fateful encounter with that spider. He may even
be a Spider-Man of destiny.
The
footage offers glimpses of the orphan boy's natural father (Campbell Scott), a
man shrouded in a mystery that Peter (Andrew Garfield) needs to unravel as a
youth.
Garfield,
co-star Emma Stone and director Marc Webb would not divulge details, but they
did acknowledge that a personal quest puts Peter on a collision course with the
spider whose bite imparts superpowers.
"I
love the idea of destiny having a hand in Peter Parker's fortune, and not just
being a slip and a fall," Garfield said in an interview. "I love the idea
of him being meant to assume this symbol."
"The
Amazing Spider-Man" maintains the classic Parker family structure of the
Marvel Comics and the three previous big-screen blockbusters that starred Tobey
Maguire as Peter. Garfield's Peter is raised by his upright Uncle Ben (Martin
Sheen) and loving Aunt May (Sally Field).
In
Maguire's version, a school field trip took Peter to the lab where that spider
gave him the momentous nip. In the new film, Peter's on a mission when fate strikes.
"There's
a lot that leads him to that spider bite in this one," Stone said.
"It's not just a school field trip. He snuck in there for some
reason."
The
footage also showed some significant portions setting up Peter's transformation
into the web-slinging hero, along with the mutation of a one-armed scientist
(Rhys Ifans) into a hulking green villain known as the Lizard.
Though
Scott as Peter's father appears only briefly, the footage indicates that his
character is pivotal to the fortunes of his son.
"It's
about a kid who goes out looking for his father, and he finds himself,"
Webb said. "I don't want to get too specific beyond that, but that's
certainly a big part of what the story's about, my angle on the Peter Parker
character. The fact that he's sort of an orphan, I think that's something
really interesting to explore."
(Audiences
who watch “Men in Black 3” in Digital 3D will get to screen an extended
6-minute sneak peek of “The Amazing Spider-Man” as an added attraction. 2D
screenings of “MIB 3” will play a new trailer of “The Amazing Spider-Man.”
“The
Amazing Spider-Man” is distributed by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony
Pictures Releasing International. Visit http://www.columbiapictures.
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