Spider-Man 2 was released this time 16 years ago

Fans of a certain friendly neighborhood wallcrawling superhero will always hold July in high regard, as 16 years ago around this time - Sony Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Marvel, and director Sam Raimi released "Spider-Man 2" into theaters. As the highly anticipated follow-up to the 2002 "Spider-Man" film - the sequel featured the return of Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker/ Spider-Man, as well as Kirsten Dunst and James Franco as love interest Mary Jane Watson and best friend turned bitter Spidey hater Harry Osborn respectively. Opposing the webhead as the main antagonist of the film is Alfred Molina's Otto Octavius, who through a freak science experiment gone wrong bond four mechanical arms into his body and turns him into the dreaded Doctor Octopus, or "Doc Ock" for short.

Spider-Man 2 Trailer
Widely regarded as one of the Best Superhero Movies ever made if not the BEST Spider-Man Movie still to this day, Spider-Man 2 was the perfect sequel and follow-up that featured everything that a wallcrawler fan could ask for - action, romance, Parker Luck problems, and a stellar cast and crew making the film such a rich experience to enjoy. Even after 16 years, it's still very much watchable, and acts as the centerpiece to Raimi's "Spider-Man Trilogy" and an inspiration to what future Spidey films have taken after.

The Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows: Meet the Spider-Man Family in cover to issue #1

AMAZING TIMES are ahead for Spider-Man fans who enjoyed the Secret Wars miniseries "The Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows", as that alternate universe featuring a still married Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson-Parker alone with their daughter Annie are coming back this fall, with writer Gerry Conway and artist Ryan Stegman taking their adventures as a family forward and putting them all in costume!

Seen first at Comic Book.com and featured at CBR, above is the cover to ASM: Renew Your Vows #1 - drawn by Stegman and featuring the Parker family in Spider suits! It brings a whole new twist to the growing Spider-Man line of books, and those who were fans of the Pete/ MJ marriage before it was undone by Mephisto in "One More Day" can now see those adventures ongoing thanks to this new series.

ICYMI: Marvel teases "Renew Your Vows" for The Amazing Spider-Man

Now this is surprising... Could it be that Marvel will FINALLY revert and "Renew the vows" of one Webslinging hero and his former wife... With a daughter in tow that may be MayDay?!XD

We'll find soon enough come 2015! Read more about it via Newsarama for a lowdown of who Spidey's possible daughter from a possible future is!

The Amazing Spider-Man: Mary Jane won't appear in ASM2; Two more sequels dated for 2016 and 2018

Looks like fans of looking forward to Mary Jane Watson's debut in Marc Webb's Spider-Man film reboot universe will have to wait a little longer, as the character has been confirmed to not appear in next year's upcoming sequel, The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

In a report by Superherohype coming from an interview conducted by Entertainment Weekly with MJ actress Shailene Woodley, the filmmakers have decided to cut scenes involving Peter Parker's other love interest from the 2014 film, instead reserving her appearance for the third and fourth Spidey films, which were already given the go ahead and confirmed for a 2016 and 2018 respectively.

The Amazing Spider-Man: Set photos compilation video of MJ and new suit

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Spider-Man Reboot Update: No Mary Jane Watson, Hello Gwen Stacy!

Rumors are abound in several movie news sites that Peter Parker's main squeeze and once future wife Mary Jane Watson may not be in Marc Webb's Spider-Man reboot. Instead, website The Wrap reports that the webslinger's other love interest, Gwen Stacy, will be the only female lead focused on in the new movie. This is not new news, considering that there already was a rumor before that Ms. Watson won't be appearing, and actress Emma Stone was cast as Ms. Stacy, thereby confirming MJ's no show in the new flick and no romantic tensions for Peter to worry about.

Personally, I think it's great that Gwen will be the focus of Peter's affections this time, since the character was so underused in Spider-Man 3 and wasn't given the fair treatment the character deserves. She's just as important a love interest as Mary Jane was to Peter, and I think it will fit right well, especially with the reboot being set back in High School and reintroducing Parker (played by Andrew Garfield) back in his developmental years. It's still all rumors at this point, but for more on the story, check out the source article at Screen Rant!

The Spider-Man reboot will debut with a new web of intrigue on July 3, 2012!