These news reports coming via Sony’s official viral campaign for THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 have been hinting at countless villains from The Vulture to Doc Ock. This time around they mention the ‘Big Man’. It’s doubtful they’ll all appear in the upcoming sequel (or even the franchise in general given the recent confirmation of spinoffs THE SINISTER SIX and VENOM) but it’s certainly another way to whet fans’ appetite for the forthcoming web-slinger’s return. In addition, we’ve also included the brand new teaser poster!
Despite corroborated reports that a central figure has risen to claim greater control over the Russian organized crime families, the NYPD continues to deny the existence of the lazily nicknamed “Big Man.” (Was “Scary Crime Boss” already taken?) Can’t we come up with a more pointedly clever nickname for this hard-nosed criminal?
In the four months since the terrorist attack on OsCorp Tower, violent crime is way up. Everyone’s afraid of everyone. The nuns are wearing bulletproof habits. Cabbies are afraid to HONK. Hot dog vendors are staying INSIDE their carts. I even overheard someone use the word SORRY.
Is this climate of fear a result of the NYPD shifting its focus towards the potential threat of super-human activity?
I don’t know about you, but Spider-Man doesn’t scare me. Nothing in red spandex scares me. It’s time for the mayor’s office to address the real question at hand: Which is a bigger police priority — organized crime or super-humans?
A source who requested anonymity said, “They just want to do real police work, not chase after unicorns, wall-crawlers and giant mutated reptile-men.”
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 will swing into UK cinemas from 18th April and the US on the 2nd May 2014. It’s directed by Marc Webb and stars Andrew Garfield, Jamie Foxx, Emma Stone, B.J. Novak, Denis Leary, Sally Field, Martin Sheen, Chris Zylka, Dane DeHaan, Colm Feore, Marton Csokas, Felicity Jones, Chris Cooper, Paul Giamatti and Sarah Gadon.
Source: TheDailyBugle/Sony
