Just as things were coming to a close for the weekend last Friday, Columbia Pictures released the first poster for The Amazing Spider-Man. Featuring a wall-crawling Andrew Garfield, the one-sheet was interesting not only because of its tagline (which got more than a few people riled up) but because of its color scheme, using primarily black, gray and white to show off the film's darker tone. Now some international banners for the film have arrived online and the difference is pretty remarkable.

Check out the three banners below and head over to Comic Book Movie to see them full size.






This is much more in-line with the Spider-Man I know and love. While there have always been dark parts in Peter Parker's story - it is his Uncle Ben's death that eventually leads him to life as a vigilante - he has always been a fun-loving character who regularly makes quips and jokes while fighting the forces of evil. Hopefully that comes through in the final film.

A reboot of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, the new film from director Marc Webb finds Andrew Garfield as the new webhead and revisits the origin story while also featuring the character's first on-screen battle with The Lizard. Also in the film is Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Martin Sheen, Sally Field, Denis Leary, Julianne Nicholson, Campbell Scott and Irrfan Khan. The movie will hit theaters on July 3, 2012. To learn and see more from the film, including promo shots and the first trailer, be sure to head over to our Blend Film Database.