The Amazing Spider - Man is a 2012 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider - Man, and sharing the title of the character 's longest - running comic book. It is the fourth theatrical Spider - Man film produced by Columbia Pictures and Marvel Entertainment, and a reboot of Sam Raimi 's Spider - Man 2002 - 2007 trilogy preceding it. The film was directed by Marc Webb. It was written by James Vanderbilt, Alvin Sargent and Steve Kloves and it stars Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker / Spider - Man, Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy, Rhys Ifans as Dr. Curtis Connors, Denis Leary as NYPD Captain George Stacy, along with Martin Sheen and Sally Field as the uncle and aunt of Peter Parker, Ben Parker and May Parker. The film tells the story of Peter Parker, a teenager from New York who becomes Spider - Man after being bitten by a genetically altered spider. Parker must stop Dr. Curt Connors as a mutated lizard, from spreading a mutation serum to the city 's human population.
who plays peter parker in the amazing spider-man
Andrew Garfield