The Amazing Spider-Man 2
The Amazing Spider- Man 2( internationally marketed as The Amazing Spider- Man 2: Rise of Electro) is a 2014 superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Spider- Man.
The film was directed by Marc Webb and produced by Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach.
It is the fifth theatrical" Spider- Man" film produced by Columbia Pictures and Marvel Entertainment, the sequel to 2012's" The Amazing Spider- Man" and the second and final film in" The Amazing Spider- Man" duology.
The studio hired James Vanderbilt to write the screenplay and Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci to rewrite it.
The film stars Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/ Spider- Man, alongside Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan, Campbell Scott, Embeth Davidtz, Colm Feore, Paul Giamatti, and Sally Field.
When New York is put under siege by Oscorp, it is up to Spider- Man to save the city he swore to protect as well as his loved ones.
Development of" The Amazing Spider- Man 2" began after the success of" The Amazing Spider- Man".
DeHaan, Giamatti, Jones, and Cooper were cast between December 2012 and February 2013.
Filming took place in New York City from February to June 2013.
The film was released in 2D, 3D, and IMAX 3D on May 2, 2014, in the United States with two international premieres being held between March 31 and April 10 of that year.
It received mixed reviews from critics and audiences and grossed$ 709 million worldwide, making it the ninth- highest- grossing film of 2014, but the second- lowest- grossing Spider- Man film to date.
" The Amazing Spider- Man 2" was originally envisioned as the beginning of a shared fictional universe, which would have continued with two sequels and several spin- offs, most notably films centered on Venom and the Sinister Six.
Due to performing below expectations, all subsequent installments were cancelled and a new iteration of the character, portrayed by Tom Holland in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, began with the 2016 film.
The planned spin- offs were re-purposed for a timeline separate from" The Amazing Spider- Man" continuity and the MCU, beginning with 2018's" Venom".
Spider-Man (1978 film)
, also referred to as Japanese Spider- Man, is a 1978 film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider- Man and also a spin- off from the Japanese Spider- Man television series.
The film was released theatrically in Japan.
Donald F. Glut
Donald F. Glut( born February 19, 1944) is an American writer, motion picture film director, and screenwriter.
He is best known for writing the novelization of the second" Star Wars" film," The Empire Strikes Back".
Elizabeth Chomko
Elizabeth Erin Chomko( married name Elizabeth Montepare; born 1981) is an American playwright, film director, screenwriter and actress.
Spider-Man 2
Spider- Man 2 is a 2004 American superhero film directed by Sam Raimi and written by Alvin Sargent from a story by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar and Michael Chabon.
A sequel to the 2002 film" Spider- Man", it is the second installment in the" Spider- Man" trilogy based on the fictional Marvel Comics character of the same name.
Tobey Maguire stars as Peter Parker/ Spider- Man, alongside Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina, Rosemary Harris, and Donna Murphy.
Set two years after the events of" Spider- Man", the film finds Peter Parker struggling to manage both his personal life and his duties as Spider- Man, which affects his civilian life dramatically.
Meanwhile, Dr. Otto Octavius becomes a diabolical villain after a failed experiment kills his wife and leaves him neurologically fused to mechanical tentacles.
Spider- Man must stop him from successfully recreating the experiment, which threatens to blow up the city, while dealing with a subconscious desire to stop being Spider- Man that is stripping him of his powers.
Principal photography began in April 2003 in New York City and also took place in Los Angeles.
" Spider- Man 2" was released in both conventional and IMAX theaters on June 30, 2004 and grossed$ 783 million worldwide, becoming the third highest- grossing film of the year.
It won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and was also nominated for Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing; it also received five awards at the Saturn Awards, including Best Fantasy Film and Best Director for Raimi.
It is considered as one of the most influential and best superhero films of all- time.
Its success led to" Spider- Man 3"( 2007).
Viva Spider-Man
Viva Spider- Man is a student film and Spider- Man fan film created in 1980 based on the animated series" Spider- Man" from 1967.
It is based on the episodes" King Pinned" and" Criminals in the Clouds".
The film's creator, Jim Kreig would later go on to be a writer for.
Spider-Man (1969 film)
Spider- Man is a 1969 American superhero short film that was directed by Donald F. Glut.
It is an unauthorized fan film, one of several made by Glut and the last one of its type that he created.
The short was later released along with several of Glut's other shorts as a special feature of" I Was a Teenage Movie Maker", a 2006 documentary about Glut.
The short's plot centers around Spider- Man, who must rescue a woman from her father, the devious villain Dr. Lightning, an original character Glut created for the film.
Filming took place in Glut's apartment home as well as at Bronson Canyon, and Glut achieved the wall- climbing scenes by turning the camera sideways.
He also utilized other effects such as stop-motion animation and backwards photography, as well as the use of miniature figures.
Glut initially screened the film at the home of Michael Nesmith, a friend of his, and later persuaded a projectionist into showing the short at a theater showing student shorts from the University of Southern California.
What They Had
What They Had is a 2018 American drama film written and directed by Elizabeth Chomko and starring Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon, Robert Forster, Blythe Danner, Taissa Farmiga, and Josh Lucas.
The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2018, and was released in the United States on October 19, 2018 by Bleecker Street.
Manabu Ino
He is known for acting in several live action films and known for Japanese voice- dubbing Peter Parker/ Spider- Man in, as well as dubbing Tobey Maguire's role as Peter Parker/ Spider- Man in through the" Spider- Man" film trilogy as well as in the Japanese- released Spider- Man video games based on the films, and continued to dub Peter Parker/ Spider- Man in" The Spectacular Spider- Man" animated series.
Scott Stokdyk
Scott Stokdyk( born October 16, 1969) is a visual effects artist who is most known for his work on" Spider- Man" and" Spider- Man 2".

Question: Are the directors of both films What They Had and Spider-Man (1969 Film) from the same country?
Answer: yes