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December 9, 2011

See Shots of an Adrenaline-Cranked Sequence From the Spider-Man Reboot

By Josh Wolk

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Next year’s reboot The Amazing Spider-Man will come out just five years after Spider-Man 3, which means Sam Raimi’s trademark swooping, speedy web-swinging action will be relatively fresh in comic-book-movie fans’ minds. Can director Marc Webb and star Andrew Garfield possibly compete with that? Well, Vulture has just uncovered a series of paparazzi photos that hint everything’s going to be okay. A shutterbug (not unlike Peter Parker!) sneaked some shots of a slam-bang sequence being filmed in L.A. that appears to show a pre-Spidey-suit Parker experimenting with his new powers. We have no access to the script, but we have provided descriptions of what we think is happening throughout this tense and kinetic scene. Warning: You’re gonna want to sit down, because even without moving pictures, things get crazy.

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A young Peter Parker, flush with new powers, has received information on the whereabouts of his uncle Ben's killer. He leaps down onto a lamppost and awaits his revenge! A young Peter Parker, flush with new powers, has received information on the whereabouts of his uncle Ben's killer. He leaps down onto a lamppost and awaits his revenge!

A young Peter Parker, flush with new powers, has received information on the whereabouts of his uncle Ben's killer. He leaps down onto a lamppost and ...

A young Peter Parker, flush with new powers, has received information on the whereabouts of his uncle Ben's killer. He leaps down onto a lamppost and awaits his revenge!

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He scans the mean streets, muscles coiled. He scans the mean streets, muscles coiled.

He scans the mean streets, muscles coiled.

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Any minute now this filthy murderer will turn the corner, and then he will know vengeance, spider-style! Any minute now this filthy murderer will turn the corner, and then he will know vengeance, spider-style!

Any minute now this filthy murderer will turn the corner, and then he will know vengeance, spider-style!

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Clearly the murderer has been tied up, but Peter is confused by the signals of his newfound spider sense. Is the tingling warning him that the murderer is getting a haircut? Stuck in traffic? Playing the new Legend of Zelda? These intuitive powers are simultaneously exhilirating and confusing! Clearly the murderer has been tied up, but Peter is confused by the signals of his newfound spider sense. Is the tingling warning him that the murderer is getting a haircut? Stuck in traffic? Playing the new Legend of Zelda? These intuitive powers are simultaneously exhilirating and confusing!

Clearly the murderer has been tied up, but Peter is confused by the signals of his newfound spider sense. Is the tingling warning him that the murdere...

Clearly the murderer has been tied up, but Peter is confused by the signals of his newfound spider sense. Is the tingling warning him that the murderer is getting a haircut? Stuck in traffic? Playing the new Legend of Zelda? These intuitive powers are simultaneously exhilirating and confusing!

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Thank goodness his backpack is full of CDs to keep his Spider-Discman full of aggro tunes. Nothing says "await the beatdown" like cranking a new tune from LMFAO. Thank goodness his backpack is full of CDs to keep his Spider-Discman full of aggro tunes. Nothing says "await the beatdown" like cranking a new tune from LMFAO.

Thank goodness his backpack is full of CDs to keep his Spider-Discman full of aggro tunes. Nothing says "await the beatdown" like cranking a...

Thank goodness his backpack is full of CDs to keep his Spider-Discman full of aggro tunes. Nothing says "await the beatdown" like cranking a new tune from LMFAO.

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He texts Aunt May to tell her that he will be late for supper, but does so with lightning speed. It is as if he's typing with an arachnidlike six thumbs instead of two! TEXT! AUTOCORRECT! SEND! WHOOOOOSH! He texts Aunt May to tell her that he will be late for supper, but does so with lightning speed. It is as if he's typing with an arachnidlike six thumbs instead of two! TEXT! AUTOCORRECT! SEND! WHOOOOOSH!

He texts Aunt May to tell her that he will be late for supper, but does so with lightning speed. It is as if he's typing with an arachnidlike six thum...

He texts Aunt May to tell her that he will be late for supper, but does so with lightning speed. It is as if he's typing with an arachnidlike six thumbs instead of two! TEXT! AUTOCORRECT! SEND! WHOOOOOSH!

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The murderer has clearly been unavoidably detained and will not be arriving. Spider-sense says ... he is having dinner at Boston Market. The Pastry Top Chicken Pot Pie with two sides? Perhaps. It is difficult to tell, everything is so new here. Either way, all this staking out has made our hero hungry. He gently alights on the ground, where he will dash home through this dangerous metropolis, hopefully in time to have his grieving Aunt May's turkey loaf. And after this action-packed sequence, a nation asks, "Tobey who?" The murderer has clearly been unavoidably detained and will not be arriving. Spider-sense says ... he is having dinner at Boston Market. The Pastry Top Chicken Pot Pie with two sides? Perhaps. It is difficult to tell, everything is so new here. Either way, all this staking out has made our hero hungry. He gently alights on the ground, where he will dash home through this dangerous metropolis, hopefully in time to have his grieving Aunt May's turkey loaf. And after this action-packed sequence, a nation asks, "Tobey who?"

The murderer has clearly been unavoidably detained and will not be arriving. Spider-sense says ... he is having dinner at Boston Market. The Pastry To...

The murderer has clearly been unavoidably detained and will not be arriving. Spider-sense says ... he is having dinner at Boston Market. The Pastry Top Chicken Pot Pie with two sides? Perhaps. It is difficult to tell, everything is so new here. Either way, all this staking out has made our hero hungry. He gently alights on the ground, where he will dash home through this dangerous metropolis, hopefully in time to have his grieving Aunt May's turkey loaf. And after this action-packed sequence, a nation asks, "Tobey who?"

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