The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is Sony Pictures Entertainment's 2014 live-action feature film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is a direct sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man and the second movie in the second Spider-Man film series.
Andrew Garfield returns as Peter Parker, two years after the events of the first film. Peter has attempted to distance himself from Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone), honoring the dying wish of her father in the previous chapter. Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan) is introduced as an old friend of Peter's who has returned from studying abroad. At Oscorb, Harry discovers he is suffering the same genetic illness as his father and the best hope lies in the blood of Parker. Harry becomes increasingly unhinged and paranoid and eventually subjects himself to an experimental formula which transforms him into the Green Goblin. At the same time, an OsCorp janitor named Max Dillion (Jamie Foxx) falls into a vat of genetically enhanced eels and is invested with out-of-control electrical powers.
The cast also includes Sally Field, Campbell Scott, Embeth Davidtz, Colme Feore and Paul Giamatti.
Marc Webb directed from a script by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Jeff Pinkner.
The film was weak at the box office and received lukewarm review from critics. While the story of the film continued to build on a long story arc concerning Peter's parents, the poor performance of the film put the brakes on Sony's plans for sequels.
However, Garfield and Foxx would reprise their roles in Spider-Man: No Way Home.
