New The Amazing Spider-Man Movie Looks and Details

Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man will supposedly take the wallcrawler into a darker direction than what we’ve seen before and the latest pics, along with a few character bios, shows that we really might be introduced to a completely different web-slinger.

The official website for the movie, theamazingspiderman.com, isn’t like some of those other movie websites that have popped up in the past, offering almost nothing when they first appear online. The Spider-Man site is loaded with tons of goodies, including the photos below. Check them out and see what the character profiles reveal.

The Story
Like most teenagers his age, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he to be the person he is today. In his journey to put the pieces of his past together he uncovers a secret that his father held… a secret that will ultimately shape his destiny as Spider-Man. This is the first in a series of movies that tells a different side of the Peter Parker story. On July 3rd, 2012, the untold story begins.

Peter Parker
Ever since Peter’s parents disappeared 13 years ago, he has struggled to find his purpose in life. Now, on the brink of unlocking the mystery about what happened to them, he must face the ultimate challenge – one that has been created within the laboratories of Oscorp.

Gwen Stacy
Smart, charismatic and rebellious, Gwen is the chief intern at Oscorp, a position she takes very seriously. But her life takes a complicated turn as she watches both her boyfriend, Peter, and her mentor, Dr. Connors, undergo radical transformations.

Captain Stacy
An esteemed police officer for over twenty years, Captain Stacy is the public face of the NYPD who leads the department’s investigation into Spider-Man’s vigilantism. The only thing Captain Stacy vows to protect more than the city is his family – and particularly his only daughter, Gwen.

Dr. Curt Connors
One of the leading scientific minds, Dr. Connors attempts to engineer a revolutionary regeneration serum to help re-grow limbs and human tissue. His motivations are unclear as to why he elects to be the first human test subject – but what becomes evident is that something goes horribly wrong.

I think it’s interesting that Peter’s dad plays a significant role in this version of Spider-Man and I’m looking forward to seeing how the past and present come together, although I’m still stunned that a couple of Hollywood icons like Martin Sheen and Sally Field were snagged for the roles of Uncle Ben and Aunt May. I also think it’s cool to see Spider-Man’s logo featured more prominently in the storyline, as witnessed by the presence of the logo on the Daily Bugle billboard in the pic below.

Spider-Man just wouldn’t be Spider-Man without a little tongue-in-cheek humor and I love that Peter wears a camera strap decorated with little Spidey heads, and the photo of Peter and Stacy in the hall at school just proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that things are finally going in a brand new direction. In the comics, Peter becomes Spidey while still in school but that’s never really been touched before, and Gwen, Peter’s first love, has always gotten the shaft on the big screen, with MJ always being the focus.

Of course, Mary Jane gets her chance with Peter in the comics because of Gwen’s abrupt removal from the storyline and it will be interesting to see if any of the future films in the series will be willing to go in that dark direction.