Sony Pictures just released the first official picture of Andrew Garfield in the Spider-man costume (sans mask).
So far so good.
This reboot (which I think is rather unnecessary after the Sam Raimi trilogy) is being directed by Marc Webb (500 days of summer).
Other people in the cast includes Emma Stone, Sally Field, Martin Sheen among others.
It is being filmed with Red’s Epic digital 3D camera and the movie is set for release on July 3, 2012
Peter Jackson’s very anticipated (and somewhat troubled) production The Hobbit is coming along nicely: they finally signed on Ian McKellen (Gandalf), Andy Serkis (Gollum/Smeagol) and Elijah Wood (Frodo Baggins) to reprise their characters in the two part prequel of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
There are rumors also about negotiations to get Christopher Lee (it’s amazing he’s still alive to make it into this movie), Iam Holm (he played Bilbo Baggins in LOTR), Hugo Weaving (Elrod) and Orlando Bloom (Legolas). But there’s no confirmation yet about them.
Filming is set for next month in New Zealand.
More news about the casting for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit:
Cate Blanchett will reprise her role from The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
There’s also a rumor about Orlando Bloom reprising his role of Legolas, but it’s still in negotiations.
There’s more info about the casting after the jump:
Marc Webb’s Spider-man reboot is being filmed in 3D, but not with any camera. They are using the Epic Red Digital Camera, the one also being used for The Hobbit as stated a few days ago by Peter Jackson himself.
The camera is making a lot of buzz in the industry right now for its unrivaled image quality that can achieve IMAX quality footage on a digital medium (pretty groundbreaking if you ask me…)
John Schwartzman, who is the director of photography on the movie, stated this on Red’s official forum. He sounds very optimistic and amazed by this technology.
Read his full statement after the jump:
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