Sony's The Amazing Spider-Man Synopsis Reveals Peter Parker's Parents Mystery

By Matt Holmes / January 26, 2012

Columbia Pictures have released an official synopsis from The Amazing Spider-Man, the controversial reboot of the web-slinging series that 500 Days of Summer helmer Marc Webb brings to theaters July 3rd, 2012. According to the synopsis we are promised 'an untold story that tells a different side of the Peter Parker story' but that certainly wasn't what we witnessed from the first trailer. It sure looked to me like the same old, same old. Though that isn't the major talking point from this blurb which has to be the referencing of Peter Parker's parents. I'm not sure I'm all that keen on delving more into the backstory of what happened to his parents, I always liked that it was open to our own interpretation but that definitely won't be the case here. The whole new trilogy looks like it is going to be based around Peter Parker's quest to find out what happened to his parents and who they really were (which it will turn out to be Government spies, obviously). I don't like it and I don't need it but what about you? Columbia's full synopsis below;

One of the world's most popular characters is back on the big screen as a new chapter in the Spider-Man legacy is revealed in "The Amazing Spider-Man." Focusing on an untold story that tells a different side of the Peter Parker story, the new film stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Campbell Scott, Irrfan Khan, with Martin Sheen and Sally Field. The film is directed by Marc Webb from a screenplay written by James Vanderbilt, based on the Marvel Comic Book by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Laura Ziskin, Avi Arad, and Matt Tolmach are producing the film in association with Marvel Entertainment for Columbia Pictures, which will open in theaters everywhere in 3D on July 3, 2012. "The Amazing Spider-Man" is the story of Peter Parker (Garfield), an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben (Sheen) and Aunt May (Field). Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. Peter is also finding his way with his first high school crush, Gwen Stacy (Stone), and together, they struggle with love, commitment, and secrets. As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents' disappearance €“ leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors (Ifans), his father's former partner. As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors' alter-ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero.