Earlier today, select press (including MTV News) were invited to a special screening of footage from \"Amazing Spider-Man 2,\" hosted by director Marc Webb. Sony showed off the first 15 minutes of the movie, and then a few selected scenes before opening up a brief Q&A with Marc Webb. <\/p>\n
And like in the first movie, the reboot series proved its worth through the spectacular 3-D, showing Spider-Man swinging his way through the streets of New York City, fighting villains and saving citizens. <\/p>\n
...But that's not why you're reading this, right? You want spoilers, so here are all the secrets we learned from the footage: <\/p>\n
\"Turning Point\" Before the screening started covers and images from Spider-Man comics flashed on screen, including pictures of the villainous Green Goblin. Right before introducing the screening, though, two particular images flashed on screen: the cover to \"Amazing Spider-Man #121\"; and a scene from the issue set on the Brooklyn Bridge. <\/p>\n
Avid comics fans will already know what this refers to, but for those who don't: in the issue, Spider-Man battles the Green Goblin, who has kidnapped Spidey's girlfriend Gwen Stacy and taken her to the Brooklyn Bridge. The Goblin drops her off the Bridge; and though Spider-Man tries to save her, her neck is snapped and she dies. <\/p>\n
Given we've seen photos of Gwen Stacy actress Emma Stone wearing the exact same costume as in the comic, and the character gives a speech in the footage we saw about how time is precious, and everyone dies... Well, either those covers were a deliberate misdirection, or Stone's time in the franchise is numbered. <\/p>\n
Roosevelt The first scene in the movie extends and wraps around the scene from the first movie, where Mary and Richard Parker (Peter's parents) leave Peter in the care of his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Here, we get to see Richard trying to delete his research from Oscorp, recording a message for Peter and then escaping with Mary on a private jet. <\/p>\n
Only things don't go so well: the co-pilot kills the pilot; shoots Mary in the gut; and tries to shut down a mysterious upload Richard is making on his Ethernet enabled airplane, before getting sucked out the door and leaving the plane to crash down. The upload seems incredibly important, and is being sent to something or someone called \"Roosevelt.\" Whether that's a location (Roosevelt Island), or one of several former Presidents of the United States, we'll just have to stay tuned. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In Russia, Paul Giamatti's You Then we cut to the previously glimpsed Spidey vs. Aleksei Sytsevich (Paul Giamatti), the man who will later become villain The Rhino. Aleksei is driving a truck carting dangerous Oscorp owned plutonium, escaping from the cops, but not Spider-Man. <\/p>\n
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