You know you’re confident about your franchise when you announce not one, but two sequels before the 2nd film is even released. Sony Pictures has announced release dates for The Amazing Spider-Man 3 and 4 which will continue the saga of the rebooted world. Just a little over a year ago (July 3rd, 2012), Sony Pictures released The Amazing Spider-Man which went on to gross $752 million dollars. With a franchise in mind already, Sony would begun production on the The Amazing Spider-Man 2 which is scheduled to hit theaters on May 2, 2014.

The Amazing Spider-Man saga release dates are as follows:

• The Amazing Spider-Man 2 will hit theaters on May 2, 2014 (as we’ve known)
• The Amazing Spider-Man 3 will hit theaters on June 10, 2016
• The Amazing Spider-Man 4 will hit theaters on May 4, 2018

With an aggressive release schedule and future release dates in stone already, it indicates that besides Sony feeling confident about their franchise, that the company has equally mapped out where they want the storyline to go instead of figuring out the plot as each film finishes and attempting to tie them in together. It should also be noted that if franchises like Spider-Man and X-Men (Fox) stay dormant for too long, the rights revert back to Marvel which now owned by Disney.

With the four Spider-Man films to date, the franchise world wide gross currently sits at $3.2 billion. You can bet that Sony will do whatever it has to ensure that they keep Spider-Man in their portfolio.

Discuss:

Are you looking forward to The Amazing Spider-Man saga or did you prefer the previous outing, starring Tobey Maguire?

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CULVER CITY, Calif., June 17, 2013 – With Sony Pictures Entertainment now in production in New York on The Amazing Spider-Man™ 2, slated for release on May 2, 2014, the studio is planting its flag on two future release dates for one of the most successful franchises in studio history, it was announced today by Jeff Blake, Chairman, Worldwide Marketing and Distribution for Sony Pictures. The next two films in the story of Peter Parker will be released on June 10, 2016, and on May 4, 2018, respectively.

Commenting on the announcement, Blake said, “Spider-Man is our most important, most successful, and most beloved franchise, so we’re thrilled that we are in a position to lock in these prime release dates over the next five years.”

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is directed by Marc Webb from a screenplay by Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci & Jeff Pinkner, with a previous draft by James Vanderbilt, and based on the Marvel Comic Book by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach are the producers. The executive producers are E. Bennett Walsh, Stan Lee, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orci.

The Amazing Spider-Man took in over $750 million at the worldwide box office last year.

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