When Does the Film "The Amazing Spider-Man" (2012) Take Place?
"The Amazing Spider-Man" is a superhero film written by James Vanderbilt with Alvin Sargent, Steve Kloves, and Paul Feig [adapting "Amazing Fantasy" #15 (1962) as well as "The Amazing Spider-Man" #6 (1963) and "The Amazing Spider-Man" #90 (1970) all by Stan Lee] and released July 3rd, 2012.
It takes place on an alternate timeline of the fictional Marvel Cinematic Universe in the year:
We know this because the front page of a brand-new issue of the fictional newspaper "The Daily Bugle" is dated "Friday, October 12, 2013" and appears about two-thirds through the film.
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We know this because the front page of a brand-new issue of the fictional newspaper "The Daily Bugle" is dated "Friday, October 12, 2013" and appears about two-thirds through the film.
Additionally, there is a prologue that depicts Peter Parker's childhood and takes place in 2002? AD.
It was retroactively absorbed into the Marvel Cinematic Universe at a chronologically early place (a first chronological film to feature Peter Parker/Spider-Man) and can be watched either at its timeline point or before "Spider-Man: No Way Home" (2021) as part of an extended flashback.
