Amazing Spider-Man 2 has an X-Men cameo, but not really
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 has already opened in the U.K. and, in what is a possibly telling appraisal of the sequel’s own merits, those who have seen it are mostly abuzz over its post-credits scene—a scene that has nothing to do with Spider-Man. In fact, in what could constitute a spoiler for those who prefer to go into their marketing promotions fresh, it’s a clip from X-Men: Days Of Future Past, appended without explanation or seeming rationale to a Marvel film made by a rival studio. But as Variety explains, this isn’t some precursor to Fox and Sony merging their comic-book franchises. On the contrary, it’s the product of a break-up—both the one between Fox and Spider-Man director Marc Webb, and the one at the center of (500) Days Of Summer, the successful rendering of which has left Fox pining for Webb ever since.