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Last week, a few grainy pictures of a triptych promotional poster for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 popped up online, showing Spider-Man facing off against Electro, The Rhino and Green Goblin. Today, an official image of the poster was revealed via the film's Facebook page. Further, USA Today has a first look at a few promotional stills from the film, featuring the Wall Crawler taking on Electro, pull

Hasbro revealed a number of new 6" Legends-scale action figures and 3.75" toys last night at its pre-New York Comic Con party. Among them? New Captain America: The Winter Soldier action figures, plus The Amazing Spider-Man 2 movie toys including Electro as portrayed by Jamie Foxx. Ultimate Spider-Man was also represented with a new 6" Ultimate Green Goblin build-a-figure as part of

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When set photos from last week revealed that Jamie Foxx's Electro would be very blue, glowy and hoodie-wearing in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, it wasn't clear whether that look was actually a step up for electrical engineer Max Dillon. Now that the film's director, Marc Webb, has tweeted a photo of a pre-accident Dillon with his giant glasses and downright tragic combover, it's pretty clear that l

If you were giddy at the prospect of seeing Oscar winner Jamie Foxx adorned with a lightning-bolt headpiece in his role as Electro in next year's The Amazing Spider-Man 2, brace yourself for disappointment. New photos from the Marc Webb-directed film show Foxx will be a distinctly more Ultimate version of the character, with blue skin (or at least temporarily blue before digital touch-ups) and a

After months of casting announcements and rumors, The Amazing Spider-Man sequel has finally gotten an official plot synopsis, and the news is pretty... Electro-fying. From the official press release, it looks like the sequel will focus on Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) balancing his tenuous relationship with Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone), friendship with the returned Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan) and foesh

Jamie Foxx didn't get the "no spoilers" memo when it comes to super hero movies. Foxx, who will be playing Electro in the upcoming sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man, recently shared information about his characters origin, and it is markedly different from the comics...

TV: Firefly sort of pops up in a new Arrow Promo for the show's January 16 episode. Movies: Jamie Foxx's Electro costume in The Amazing Spider-Man movie sequel apparently won't be green and yellow like in the classic comics. Community: The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has posted its annual report, summing up its accomplishments in 2012...

After facing off against the Lizard in Marc Webb's first Amazing Spider-Man, looks like Andrew Garfield's Peter Parker will have to deal with another classic Steve Ditko creation in the follow-up, with increasing rumors flying around that Jamie Foxx will take on the role of Electro for the 2014 sequel...