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. The story revolves around Peter Parker, an outcast high school student, gets bitten by a radioactive spider and attains superpowers. While unraveling his parents' disappearance, he must fight against the Lizard.