110-402: (Redirected from Spider-Man Trilogy ) Spider-Man trilogy may refer to: Spider-Man (2002 film series) Spider-Man (2017 film series) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Spider-Man trilogy . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
220-485: A VHS release in 1980. In 1978, the two-part episode "Deadly Dust" from the television series The Amazing Spider-Man was re-edited and released outside of the United States as a feature film, Spider-Man Strikes Back . Nicholas Hammond reprises his role as Peter Parker / Spider-Man while Robert F. Simon replaces David White in the role of J. Jonah Jameson . The film was theatrically released on 8 May 1978. In 1981,
330-566: A blizzard of stolen cash fluttering down onto surprised New Yorkers; and from the Neil Ruttenberg screenplay, a criminal assault on the NYC Stock Exchange . In 1991, Carolco Pictures extended Golan's option agreement with Marvel through May 1996, but in April 1992, Carolco ceased active production on Spider-Man due to continued financial and legal problems. During this time Leonardo DiCaprio
440-562: A brief stand-off resulting in the termination of the old agreement, Disney and Sony relented to fan outcry and reached a new agreement for Holland's version to return for future films; the first film to be produced afterwards was No Way Home , where Holland appears alongside Maguire and Garfield, who reprise their roles in the film as supporting characters. A fourth MCU Spider-Man film is in development at Sony and Disney. Plans for an animated Spider-Man film were officially announced by Sony in April 2015, which eventually became Spider-Man: Into
550-525: A coming "master race" of mutants; from the original screenplay and rewrite, weird electrical storms causing blackouts, freak magnetic events and bi-location; from the Ethan Wiley draft, a villain addicted to toxic super-powers and multiple experimental spiders, one of which escapes and bites Peter, causing a hallucinatory nightmare invoking Franz Kafka 's The Metamorphosis ; from the Frank LaLoggia script,
660-511: A consultant for the series. Roberto Orci told IGN in July that he was not working on the third film due to his involvement in Star Trek Beyond . Alex Kurtzman stated in interview that the third film was still continuing production and that there was a possibility of seeing a Black Cat film. Sony Pictures later announced in July that The Amazing Spider-Man 3 had been delayed to 2018. After
770-791: A deal to share the Spider-Man film rights, leading to a new iteration of Spider-Man being introduced and integrated into the Marvel Cinematic Universe . The deal allowed Sony Pictures to continue to own, finance, distribute, and have final creative control of the solo Spider-Man films, with Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures distributing the films with his other appearances in a supporting capacity. Tom Holland portrays this version of Spider-Man, and has appeared in six films to date, from Captain America: Civil War (2016) to Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). In September 2019, following
880-543: A decade of attempts, Spider-Man truly went into production and since then all of the Spider-Man films were produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures , the primary film production holding of Sony . The first three were directed by Sam Raimi , and the reboot and its sequel were directed by Marc Webb . Laura Ziskin served as producer until her death in 2011. Spider-Man follows Peter Parker ( Tobey Maguire ), an orphaned high schooler who pines after popular girl-next-door Mary Jane Watson ( Kirsten Dunst ). While on
990-526: A drone in Iron Man 2 (2010), was a young Peter Parker, retroactively making it the introduction of the character to the MCU. In August 2019, Disney and Sony couldn't reach a new agreement regarding Spider-Man films, with Marvel Studios and Feige said to no longer have any involvement in any future films. Deadline Hollywood noted that Disney had hoped future films would be a "50/50 co-financing arrangement between
1100-520: A failed fusion-based experiment and sets out to recreate the same that could destroy much of New York City. Peter is still with Mary Jane Watson , while Harry Osborn succeeds his father as the new Green Goblin (credited as New Goblin ) . Eddie Brock ( Topher Grace ), who, like Peter, is a photographer for the Daily Bugle , sets out to defame Spider-Man and incriminate him. Meanwhile, Flint Marko ( Thomas Haden Church ), an escaped convict, falls into
1210-551: A film made from The Amazing Spider-Man television series finale "The Chinese Web", using the same method used to make Spider-Man Strikes Back , was released as Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge in European territories. Nicholas Hammond and Robert F. Simon respectively reprise their roles as Peter Parker / Spider-Man and J. Jonah Jameson. It was directed by Ron Satlof and written by Robert Janes. Other actors include Rosalind Chao, Benson Fong, and Ellen Bry. In 1978, Tōei released
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#17330857865311320-447: A high note. I didn't want to just make another one that pretty much worked. I had a really high standard in my mind. And I didn't think I could get that script to the level that I was hoping for by that start date." He, along with Marc Webb , were both brought on as creative consultants for Marvel Studios' Spider-Man: No Way Home , directed by Jon Watts . Raimi frequently collaborates with Joel and Ethan Coen , beginning when Joel
1430-508: A minor polish to Cohen's rewrite. Zito scouted locations and studio facilities in both the U.S. and Europe, and oversaw storyboard breakdowns supervised by Harper Goff . Cannon planned to make the film on the then-substantial budget of between $ 15 and $ 20 million. While no casting was finalized, Zito expressed interest in actor/stunt man Scott Leva , who had posed for Cannon's promotional photos and ads, and made public appearances as Spider-Man for Marvel. The up-and-coming actor Tom Cruise
1540-565: A movie camera home one day. He began to make Super 8 movies with his friend Bruce Campbell , whom he met in 1975. In college, he teamed up with his brother's roommate Robert Tapert and Campbell to shoot Within the Woods (1978), a 32-minute horror film which raised $ 375,000, as well as his debut feature film It's Murder! . During that time, he also shot the seven-minute short film Clockwork (1978), starring Scott Spiegel (who had appeared in Within
1650-407: A movie, but was unable to secure the rights, so he created his own super-hero, Darkman (1990). The film was his first major studio picture , and was commercially successful, spawning two sequels. Through it he was still able to secure funding for Evil Dead III , which was retitled Army of Darkness and largely steered away from horror towards fantasy and comedy elements. Army of Darkness ,
1760-448: A new 007 series in exchange for MGM's giving up its claim to Spider-Man . Columbia acquired the rights to all previous scripts in 2000, but exercised options only on the "Cameron Material", i.e., both the completed multi-author screenplay and the subsequent scriptment. Other sources report that Columbia's owner Sony agreed to pay $ 10 million, plus 5% of any movies' gross revenue and half the revenue from consumer products. After more than
1870-570: A new story and screenplay, written for Cannon by Ted Newsom and John Brancato . The variation on the origin story had Otto Octavius as a teacher and mentor to a college-aged Peter Parker. The cyclotron accident which "creates" Spider-Man also deforms the scientist into Doctor Octopus and results in his mad pursuit of proof of the Fifth Force . "Doc Ock" reconstructs his cyclotron and causes electromagnetic abnormalities, anti-gravity effects, and bilocation which threatens to engulf New York City and
1980-604: A nuclear blast on a beach. The story climaxes with a battle atop the World Trade Center and had Peter Parker revealing his identity to Mary Jane Watson . In addition, the treatment was also heavy on profanity, and had Spider-Man and Mary Jane having sex on the Brooklyn Bridge . This treatment reflected elements in previous scripts: from the Stevens treatment, organic web-shooters, and a villain who tempts Spider-Man to join
2090-411: A particle accelerator and becomes a shape-shifting sand monster known as Sandman. Peter later learns that Marko killed Uncle Ben, causing Peter's own dark intentions to grow. This vendetta is enhanced by the appearance of the mysterious black alien symbiotic substance that bonds to Peter, resulting in the formation of a new black costume. Once Peter separates himself from the alien, it finds a new host in
2200-588: A possible return in a fourth film, while Tobey Maguire stated that he is "open for anything". However, Raimi later stated that he had no plans to direct such a film. Following the cancelation of Spider-Man 4 , Sony announced that the franchise would be rebooted with a new director and new cast. Marc Webb directed both of the Amazing Spider-Man films. The film focuses on Peter Parker ( Andrew Garfield ) developing his abilities in high school and his relationship with Gwen Stacy ( Emma Stone ). He fights
2310-470: A science class field trip at Columbia University , a genetically-engineered "super spider" bites Peter. As a result, Peter gains superhuman abilities, including increased strength, speed, and the abilities to scale walls and generate organic webbing. After his beloved Uncle Ben ( Cliff Robertson ) is murdered, the teenager realizes that he must use his newfound abilities to protect New York City. Meanwhile, wealthy industrialist Norman Osborn ( Willem Dafoe ),
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#17330857865312420-528: A sequel." On February 26, 2016, it was confirmed that Raimi is attached to direct the upcoming film World War 3 for Warner Bros. The film will be based on a possible future inspired by the book The Next 100 Years by George Friedman . On February 16, 2017, it was reported that Raimi will be directing a thriller about the Bermuda Triangle for Skydance Media , with the script being written by Doug Miro and Carlo Bernard. By January 29, 2018, Raimi
2530-512: A studio franchise. Stephen Herek was attached as director at this point. Golan submitted this "new" screenplay to Columbia in late 1989 (actually the 1985 script with an adjusted "1989" date) and the studio requested yet another rewrite. Golan hired Frank LaLoggia , who turned in his draft but grew disenchanted with 21st Century. Neil Ruttenberg was hired for one more draft, which was also "covered" by script readers at Columbia. Columbia's script analysts considered all three submissions "essentially
2640-880: A syndicated TV series called Legend of the Seeker , based on Terry Goodkind 's best-selling The Sword of Truth fantasy series. He also executive produced the Starz original television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand , Spartacus: Gods of the Arena , Spartacus: Vengeance and Spartacus: War of the Damned . He directed the pilot episode of Ash vs Evil Dead for Starz. Since 1993, Raimi has been married to Gillian Greene, daughter of Canadian actor Lorne Greene . They have five children; their three eldest, daughter Emma Rose and sons Lorne and Henry, appeared as extras in Drag Me to Hell and during
2750-512: A theatrical spin-off of their Spider-Man TV series at the Tōei Cartoon Festival. The film was directed by Kōichi Takemoto, who also directed eight episodes of the TV series. The week after the film's release, a character introduced in the film, Jūzō Mamiya (played by Noboru Nakaya), began appearing in episodes of the TV series. The film was released on July 22, 1978. Like the rest of the series,
2860-528: A three-billion-dollar streaming agreement with Netflix and Disney. The fictional character Spider-Man , a comic book superhero created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and featured in Marvel Comics publications, has appeared as a main character in numerous theatrical and made-for-television films. The first four films were linked to television series and screened in theaters only in certain countries. Nicholas Hammond starred as Peter Parker / Spider-Man in
2970-481: A treatment reflecting their misconception. In Stevens' story, a corporate scientist intentionally subjects ID-badge photographer Peter Parker to radioactive bombardment, transforming him into a hairy, suicidal, eight-armed monster. This human tarantula refuses to join the scientist's new master-race of mutants, battling a succession of mutations kept in a basement laboratory. Unhappy with this perceived debasement of his comic book creation, Marvel's Stan Lee pushed for
3080-585: Is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the first three films in the Evil Dead franchise (1981-present) and the Spider-Man trilogy (2002-2007). He also directed the superhero movie Darkman (1990), the revisionist western The Quick and the Dead (1995), the neo-noir crime thriller A Simple Plan (1998), the supernatural thriller The Gift (2000), the supernatural horror Drag Me to Hell (2009),
3190-419: Is slowly dying from a genetic disease. In June 2013, Sony Pictures announced the release dates for the next two Spider-Man films. The third film was scheduled to be released on June 10, 2016, and the fourth to be released on May 4, 2018. Paul Giamatti confirmed that Rhino would return in the third film. That November, Sony Pictures Entertainment chief Michael Lynton told analysts: "We do very much have
3300-527: The Amazing Spider-Man timeline were then "still moving forward". Feige was not expected to be creatively involved with these films. However, the Sinister Six film was canceled due to The Amazing Spider-Man 2 underperforming commercially, and by November 2015, the other prospective spin-off films were canceled as well. However, Sony has reworked these plans into creating a new film series based on Marvel characters associated with Spider-Man separate from both
3410-637: The Citicorp Building 's ether and off its top, killing him. In April 2022, Raimi stated that he had planned to include Kraven the Hunter in the film. As disagreements between Sony and Raimi threatened to push the film off the intended May 6, 2011, release date, Sony Pictures announced in January 2010 that plans for Spider-Man 4 had been canceled due to Raimi's withdrawal from the project. Raimi reportedly ended his participation due to his doubt that he could meet
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3520-814: The Disney fantasy Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), and the Marvel Studios film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022). His films are known for their highly dynamic visual style, inspired by comic books and slapstick comedy. He founded the production company Renaissance Pictures in 1979 and Ghost House Pictures in 2002. Raimi has also produced several successful television series, including Hercules: The Legendary Journeys , its spin-off Xena: Warrior Princess and Ash vs Evil Dead starring long time friend and collaborator Bruce Campbell reprising his role in
3630-662: The Evil Dead franchise. Raimi was born in Royal Oak, Michigan , to a Conservative Jewish family. He is a son of merchants Celia Barbara (née Abrams) and Leonard Ronald Raimi. His ancestors were Jewish immigrants from Russia and Hungary. His younger brother Ted is an actor, and his older brother Ivan is a screenwriter and physician. His older sister, Andrea Raimi Rubin, is a court reporter. Another older brother, Sander, died at 15 in an accidental drowning in Israel ; Raimi has said that
3740-514: The Lizard , the monstrous form of Dr. Curt Connors ( Rhys Ifans ), his father's former partner and a scientist at Oscorp . The film takes place one year after the first film's events. Peter Parker graduates from high school, continues his crime-fighting duties as Spider-Man, while combating the electricity-manipulating Electro ( Jamie Foxx ), rekindling his relationship with Gwen Stacy, and encountering his old friend Harry Osborn ( Dane DeHaan ), who
3850-570: The Oscorp Tower from The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) so it could appear in the New York City skyline of the MCU film The Avengers (2012), establishing the existence of Spider-Man and associated elements in the MCU. It never materialized as a result of the building's design being finalized too late into the latter film's post-production process. Sony also mooted with the idea of doing a crossover film between The Amazing Spider-Man films and
3960-478: The Sam Raimi films with Garfield and Tobey Maguire playing their respective versions of Spider-Man with Raimi reportedly eyed to direct, but this too never came to fruition. In December 2014, following the hacking of Sony Pictures' computers , Sony and Marvel Studios were revealed to have had discussions about licensing Spider-Man to appear in the MCU film Captain America: Civil War (2016) while having control of
4070-584: The Spider-Man films. Feige stated that Marvel had been working to add Spider-Man to the MCU since at least October 2014. The next month, Marvel Entertainment CCO Joe Quesada indicated that the Peter Parker version of the character would be used, which Feige confirmed in April. The following June, Feige clarified that the initial Sony deal did not allow the character to appear in any of the MCU television series , as it
4180-454: The pilot episode of The Amazing Spider-Man television series was released by Columbia Pictures as Spider-Man outside of the United States. It was directed by E. W. Swackhamer , written by Alvin Boretz and stars Nicholas Hammond as the titular character, David White as J. Jonah Jameson and Jeff Donnell as May Parker . The film premiered on CBS on September 14, 1977, and received
4290-401: The "McClory material", which Calley acquired for Columbia. Columbia had made the original 1967 film spoof of Casino Royale , a non- Eon production . Both studios now faced rival projects, which could undercut their own long-term financial stability and plans. Columbia had no consistent movie franchise, and had sought Spider-Man since 1989; MGM/UA's only reliable source of theatrical income
4400-506: The 1977 made-for-television film Spider-Man that spawned a broadcast series, and would appear as the character in two sequels edited from those episodes. In 1978, the Toei Company created a theatrical spin-off of their Spider-Man television series , with Shinji Todō reprising his role as Takuya Yamashiro / Spider-Man . None of these films had a theatrical release in the United States. By 1999, Sony Pictures Entertainment had acquired
4510-511: The Game (1999) (starring Kevin Costner ). Raimi achieved great critical and commercial success with the blockbuster Spider-Man (2002), which was adapted from the comic book series of the same name . The movie grossed over US$ 800 million worldwide, spawning two sequels: Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3 , both directed by Raimi and each grossing approximately $ 800 million. After the completion of
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4620-495: The MCU. Reports indicated that the first MCU film that Spider-Man would appear in as part of the deal, would be Captain America: Civil War . Directors Joe and Anthony Russo had lobbied for months to include the character in that film. Anthony Russo stated that, despite Marvel telling them to have a "plan B" should the deal with Sony fail, the Russos never created one because "it was very important to us to reintroduce" Spider-Man in
4730-457: The MCU. Variety cited unnamed sources claiming negotiations had "hit an impasse" and that a new deal could still be reached. On August 24, Feige reportedly commented at Disney's D23 Expo : "We got to make five films within the MCU with Spider-Man: two standalone films and three with the Avengers . It was a dream that I never thought would happen. It was never meant to last forever. We knew there
4840-477: The MCU. Despite some disagreements pertaining to finances and merchandising between the two parties, the agreement proved to be a successful endeavor for both companies. The following two Avengers sequels, finally with Spider-Man , crossed the two-billion-dollar mark at the worldwide box office for the first time. Meanwhile, Sony in association with Marvel launched the Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU), with Sony entering
4950-506: The Marvel Cinematic Universe or the Amazing Spider-Man franchise, starting with the release of the 2018 film Venom . These include spinoff films centering around the characters of Morbius , Kraven the Hunter , and Silver and Black, a female-centric team up of the Spider-Man anti-heroes Silver Sable and Black Cat . Jared Leto portrayed the title character Morbius in the spin-off film , directed by Daniel Espinosa and
5060-725: The Russo brothers. In June, Feige and Pascal narrowed the actors considered to Holland and Rowe. Both screen tested again with Downey, with Holland also testing with Chris Evans , who portrays Steve Rogers / Captain America , and emerged as the favorite. Holland was ultimately cast as Spider-Man in June. The following month, Marisa Tomei was in talks for the role of May Parker , later appearing in Civil War . Sam Raimi Samuel M. Raimi ( / ˈ r eɪ m i / RAY -mee ; born October 23, 1959)
5170-651: The Shocker , the Prowler , the Stilt-Man and the Rhino , with the Vulture serving as the main antagonist; Henderson recalls that the film would have opened with a montage of Spider-Man, now feeling free after breaking up with Mary Jane, catching all villains from his rogues gallery that the crew knew Raimi would never use in his films. Henderson also disclosed that Malkovich would have played
5280-422: The Spider-Man origin, but used variations on the comic book characters Electro and Sandman as villains. This "Electro" (named Carlton Strand, instead of Max Dillon) was a megalomaniacal parody of corrupt capitalists. Instead of Flint Marko's character, Cameron's "Sandman" (simply named Boyd) is mutated by an accident involving Philadelphia Experiment -style bilocation and atom-mixing, in lieu of getting caught in
5390-618: The Spider-Verse (2018) from Sony Pictures Animation . Shameik Moore voices Miles Morales / Spider-Man in the film, along with various other versions of Peter Parker and alternate versions of Spider-Man from the multiverse also appearing. A sequel, titled Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse , was released in 2023, with a third film, titled Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse , currently in production. Potential spin-offs are also planned. The Spider-Man films have been generally well received. They have collectively grossed $ 10.2 billion at
5500-430: The Vulture, who would have been a private contractor who committed terrible actions in behalf of the U.S. government , leading him to be called the "Vulture" because he never left anything but "bones" behind, and the film's climax would have shown the Vulture and Spider-Man fighting in a bloody fight that Spider-Man would have barely won by causing the Vulture's wings to make him tumble between building until crashing into
5610-423: The Woods ) and Cheryl Guttridge. Through family, friends, and a network of investors, Raimi was able to finance production of the highly successful horror film The Evil Dead (1981), which became a cult hit and effectively launched Raimi's career. He began work on his third film Crimewave (1985), which he co-wrote with the then-unknown Coen brothers , shortly after. Intended as a live-action comic book,
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#17330857865315720-430: The ambition about creating a bigger universe around Spider-Man. There are a number of scripts in the works." Andrew Garfield stated that his contract was for three films, and was unsure of his involvement for the fourth film. In February 2014, Sony announced that Webb would return to direct the third Amazing Spider-Man film. In March, Webb stated that he would not be directing the fourth film, but would like to remain as
5830-474: The animatic depicts a battle between Spider-Man and The Vulture. Duncan later deleted the animatic from his page, but it can still be found on YouTube. Following his appearance in No Way Home , some fans called for Sony to make a fourth Tobey Maguire Spider-Man film using the hashtag "#MakeRaimiSpiderMan4" on Twitter . In addition, both director Sam Raimi and actress Kirsten Dunst expressed interest in
5940-517: The announcement in February 2015 of a new series with Marvel Studios , the sequels to The Amazing Spider-Man 2 were canceled. In July 2015, Denis Leary , who had portrayed police Captain George Stacy in the previous two films, revealed that the film at one point had Spider-Man "take this formula and regenerate the people in his life that died." In December 2013, Sony issued a press release through
6050-498: The camera in The Stand as a dimwitted hitman, John Carpenter 's Body Bags as a murdered gas station attendant, and Indian Summer in what is perhaps his biggest role as a bumbling assistant to Alan Arkin . The film was written by his childhood friend, writer-director Mike Binder , and shot at the camp that they both attended when they were younger. Raimi also produced the entire English-language The Grudge franchise , based on
6160-421: The canceled project dated November 12, 2009 to his Vimeo account along with the description: "One of a half dozen animatics I produced for the ill-fated 4th Raimi Spider-Man. Studio politics, creative differences and bad internet reactions (to John Malkovich as Vulture) caused the plug to be pulled December of 2009, early in the prep stage. However, one month later, Sony moved forward with Andrew Garfield reboot...",
6270-399: The character very much and we're trying to work on a story that'll do justice to the character." Raimi, along with Bruce Campbell and Rob Tapert , produced the remake of Raimi's The Evil Dead . First-time feature filmmaker Fede Álvarez wrote and directed, and Diablo Cody was also brought in to revise/rewrite the script. Raimi confirmed plans to write Evil Dead 4 with his brother; it
6380-451: The events of the first film, Peter struggles to balance his superhero and private lives and still pines after Mary Jane Watson , who is now engaged. Harry Osborn continues to believe Spider-Man is responsible for his father Norman Osborn 's death. Spider-Man contends with scientist Otto Octavius ( Alfred Molina ), also known as Doctor Octopus, who initially mentors his alter-ego and has four mechanical tentacles fused to his spine following
6490-514: The expensive Superman IV: The Quest for Peace and Masters of the Universe , the company slashed the proposed Spider-Man budget to under $ 10 million. Director Zito opted out, unwilling to make a compromised Spider-Man . The company commissioned low-budget rewrites from writers Shepard Goldman, Don Michael Paul, and finally Ethan Wiley , and penciled in company workhorse Albert Pyun as director, who also made script alterations. Scott Leva
6600-505: The father of Peter's best friend Harry Osborn ( James Franco ), subjects himself to an experimental performance-enhancing serum, which creates a psychotic and murderous split personality. Donning a military battle suit, Norman becomes a freakish "Green Goblin", who begins to terrorize the city. Peter, as Spider-Man, now must battle with the Goblin, all while dealing with personal situations involving his domestic and his love life. Two years after
6710-523: The film rights remaining with Sony. Talks between the studios then broke down. Instead, Sony had considered having Raimi return to direct a new trilogy. On February 9, 2015, Sony Pictures and Disney announced a licensing agreement that would allow Spider-Man to appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe , with the character appearing in an MCU film and Sony releasing a Spider-Man film co-produced by Feige and Pascal. Sony Pictures would continue to own, finance, distribute, and exercise final creative control over
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#17330857865316820-586: The film was made available for streaming on Marvel's official website in 2009. The low box office performance of 1983's Superman III made feature-film adaptations of comic book properties a low priority in Hollywood until the late 1990s. In 1985, after a brief option on Spider-Man by Roger Corman expired, Marvel Comics optioned the property to Cannon Films . Cannon chiefs Menahem Golan and his cousin Yoram Globus agreed to pay Marvel Comics $ 225,000 over
6930-589: The film was unsuccessful, partly due to unwanted studio intervention. Raimi then returned to the horror genre with the seminal Evil Dead II (which added slapstick humor to the over the top horror, showcasing his love of the Three Stooges ). With his brother Ivan Raimi (and crediting himself as Celia Abrams), Sam Raimi also wrote Easy Wheels (1989), which parodied the Outlaw biker film genre. A long-time comic book buff, he then attempted to adapt " The Shadow " into
7040-530: The film's lineup might differ from the comics. On July 23, 2014, Sony Pictures announced that The Sinister Six was scheduled for release on November 11, 2016. By August 2014, Sony was also looking to release a female-centered spin-off film in 2017, with Lisa Joy writing, and had given the Venom spin-off the potential title of Venom: Carnage . "I mean, yes, definitely open to something if it felt right. Peter and Spider-Man, those characters are all about service, to
7150-409: The film, adding, "We only have envisioned the movie with Spider-Man." By the end of May 2015, Asa Butterfield , Tom Holland, Judah Lewis , Matthew Lintz , Charlie Plummer and Charlie Rowe screen tested for the lead role, against Robert Downey Jr. , who portrays Tony Stark / Iron Man, for chemistry. The six were chosen out of a search of over 1,500 actors to test in front of Feige, Pascal, and
7260-417: The final movie in the Evil Dead trilogy, commercially underperformed, yet on video became a cult classic. In the 1990s, Raimi moved into other genres, directing such films as the western The Quick and the Dead (starring Sharon Stone and Gene Hackman ), the critically acclaimed crime thriller A Simple Plan (1998) (starring Bill Paxton and Billy Bob Thornton ), and the romantic drama For Love of
7370-490: The five-year option period, plus a percentage of any film's revenues. However, the rights would revert to Marvel if a film was not made by April 1990. Tobe Hooper , then preparing both Invaders from Mars and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 , was mooted as director. Golan and Globus misunderstood the concept of the character ("They thought it was like The Wolf Man", said director Joseph Zito ) and instructed writer Leslie Stevens , creator of The Outer Limits , to write
7480-493: The form of Brock, resulting in the creation of Venom and Peter Parker having to battle the villains in the end. In 2007, Spider-Man 4 entered development, with Raimi attached to direct and Maguire, Dunst, and other cast members set to reprise their roles. Both a fourth and a fifth film were planned and at one time the idea of shooting the two sequels concurrently was under consideration. However, Raimi stated in March 2009 that only
7590-454: The fourth film was in development at that time, and that if there were fifth and sixth films, those two films would actually be a continuation of each other. Zodiac screenwriter James Vanderbilt was hired by Sony Pictures in October 2007 to pen the screenplay after initial reports in January that Sony was in contact with David Koepp , who wrote the first Spider-Man film. The script
7700-506: The global box office, with Far From Home becoming the first Spider-Man film to gross over $ 1 billion worldwide followed by No Way Home , which became Sony's highest-grossing film of all time . In 2019, Into the Spider-Verse won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature . Fifteen years prior, the Academy had awarded Spider-Man 2 the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects . In 1977,
7810-461: The greater good and the many. He's a working-class boy from Queens that knows struggle and loss and is deeply empathetic. I would try to borrow Peter Parker's ethical framework in that, if there was an opportunity to step back in and tell more of that story, I would have to feel very sure and certain in myself." Despite the announcement in February 2015 of a new series with Marvel Studios, the Sinister Six , Venom , and female-led spin-off films set in
7920-565: The idea. Raimi also discussed his desire to upgrade Bruce Campbell from a cameo appearance to a significant role, later revealed to be Quentin Beck / Mysterio . It was reported in December 2009 that John Malkovich was in negotiations to play Vulture and that Anne Hathaway would play Felicia Hardy , though she would not have transformed into the Black Cat as in the comics. Instead, Raimi's Felicia
8030-481: The legality, claiming it had the Spider-Man rights via Cannon, 21st Century, and Carolco. In the meantime, MGM/UA chief executive John Calley moved to Columbia Pictures . Intimately familiar with the legal history of producer Kevin McClory 's claim to the rights to both Thunderball and other related James Bond characters and elements, Calley announced that Columbia would produce an alternate 007 series, based on
8140-430: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spider-Man_trilogy&oldid=1187953598 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Spider-Man (2002 film series) Spider-Man in film dates back to 1977,
8250-693: The litigation, contested Cameron's participation, claiming exclusivity on his services as a director under yet another contract. In 1996, Carolco, 21st Century, and Marvel went bankrupt. Via a quitclaim from Carolco dated March 28, 1995, MGM acquired 21st Century's film library and assets, and received "...all rights in and to all drafts and versions of the screenplay(s) for Spider-Man written by James Cameron, Ted Newsom & John Brancato, Menahem Golan, Jon [sic] Michael Paul, Ethan Wiley, Leslie Stevens, Frank Laloggia, Neil Ruttenberg, Barney Cohen, Shepard Goldman and any and all other writers." MGM also sued 21st Century, Viacom, and Marvel Comics, alleging fraud in
8360-566: The low-budget rewrites and attempted to finance an independent production from the original big-budget script, already budgeted, storyboarded and laid out. At Cannes in May 1989, 21st Century announced a September start date, with ads touting the script by "Barney Cohen, Ted Newsom & John Brancato and Joseph Goldman". As standard practice, Golan pre-sold the unmade film to raise production funds, with television rights bought by Viacom and home video rights by Columbia Pictures , which wanted to establish
8470-563: The motion picture rights to the character for cinema and TV, creating two Spider-Man animated TV series , and two film series comprising their own continuities: the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy of films (2002–2007) starring Tobey Maguire as the character , and the Marc Webb Amazing Spider-Man films (2012–2014) starring Andrew Garfield in the role . In February 2015, Disney , Marvel Studios , and Sony made
8580-619: The original Japanese films. According to Entertainment Weekly , Raimi had expressed an interest in directing a film version of The Hobbit , the prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy. In 2008, Guillermo del Toro was selected as the director, with Peter Jackson as the executive producer. Raimi may direct By Any Means Necessary , the next film based on the "Jack Ryan" CIA character created by Tom Clancy for Paramount Pictures . Disney also approached him to direct W.I.T.C.H. : The Movie , based on
8690-445: The original deal between Cannon and Marvel. In 1998, Marvel emerged from bankruptcy with a reorganization plan that merged the company with Toy Biz . The courts determined that the original contract of Marvel's rights to Golan had expired, returning the rights to Marvel, but the matter was still not completely resolved. In 1999, Marvel licensed Spider-Man rights to Columbia , a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment . MGM disputed
8800-465: The planned May 6, 2011 release date while at the same time upholding the film creatively; he admitted that he was "very unhappy" with the way Spider-Man 3 had turned out, and was under pressure to make the fourth film the best that he could. Raimi purportedly went through four iterations of the script with different screenwriters and still "hated it". In June 2021, animatic producer David E. Duncan, who worked on Spider-Man 4 , uploaded an animatic of
8910-414: The planned sequel. On December 11, 2006, the website SuperHero Hype reported that director Sam Raimi and Michael Uslan would co-produce a new film version of The Shadow for Columbia Pictures . On October 16, 2007, Raimi stated that: "I don't have any news on The Shadow at this time, except that the company that I have with Josh Donen, my producing partner, we've got the rights to The Shadow . I love
9020-584: The popular comic. Blizzard Entertainment announced on July 22, 2009, that Raimi would be directing a film adaptation of the Warcraft video game series, but at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con , it was revealed that he would not be the director. On September 23, 2009, he became the producer for the British supernatural thriller Refuge , which is directed by Corin Hardy and published by Mandate Pictures . He will produce
9130-422: The project. In 1989, Pathé , owned by corrupt Italian financier Giancarlo Parretti , acquired the overextended Cannon. The filmmaking cousins parted, Globus remaining associated with Pathé, Golan leaving to run 21st Century Film Corporation , keeping a number of properties (including Spider-Man ) in lieu of a cash buy-out. He also extended his Spider-Man option with Marvel up to January 1992. Golan shelved
9240-490: The remake of the Danish thriller The Substitute , which will be directed by Scott Derrickson under his new label Spooky Pictures. Raimi produced with his company Ghost House Pictures the British thriller flick Burst 3D , directed by Neil Marshall . Raimi directed Oz the Great and Powerful , which was released on March 8, 2013, by Walt Disney Pictures and grossed $ 493 million worldwide. He said he would not be directing
9350-482: The rights belonging to Marvel until 1999, when Sony bought them for $ 7 million. He has been Marvel 's most successful character in the cinema industry ever since. After selling the Spider-Man motion picture rights to Sony, Marvel eventually founded its own studio , developing the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) based on the characters they still held the rights to. This would change in 2016, when Sony and Disney entered an agreement to include Spider-Man in
9460-489: The role in a potential third film. Sony's 1999 exclusive rights, covering all Spider-Man universes (including 900+ characters related to Spider-Man), is perpetual provided that Sony releases a new Spider-Man film at least once every 5.75 years. Sometime in 2014, prior to the release of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 , there had been informal discussions between Amy Pascal and Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige about whether
9570-483: The same story". A tentative production deal was set. Stan Lee said in 1990: "21st Century [is] supposed to do Spider-Man and now they're talking to Columbia and the way it looks now, Columbia may end up buying Spider-Man from 21st Century." 21st Century's Menahem Golan still actively immersed himself mounting "his" Spider-Man , sending the original "Doc Ock" script for production bids. In 1990, he contacted Canadian effects company Light and Motion Corporation regarding
9680-423: The studio. The Venom spinoff eventually became the 2018 film starring the character . In April 2014, it was announced that Goddard would direct the Sinister Six film, and that both spin-offs would be released before a fourth Amazing Spider-Man , with Spider-Man potentially appearing in both spin-offs. Later in the month, Tolmach and Arad revealed the Sinister Six film would be a redemption story, and that
9790-401: The studios", with the possibility to extend the deal to other Spider-Man-related films, an offer Sony rejected and did not counter. Instead, Sony hoped to keep the terms of the previous agreement, where Marvel would receive 5% of the film's initial theatrical gross, with Disney refusing. The Hollywood Reporter added that the lack of a new agreement would see the end of Holland's Spider-Man in
9900-584: The superhero film genre after more than 15 years following Spider-Man 3 in 2007 and his first feature film directorial effort since 2013's Oz the Great and Powerful. In addition to film, Raimi has worked in television, producing such series as Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and its spin-off Xena: Warrior Princess , both featuring his younger brother Ted Raimi and long-time friend Bruce Campbell , American Gothic , Cleopatra 2525 , M.A.N.T.I.S. , 13: Fear Is Real , Young Hercules , and Jack of All Trades . In 2008, Raimi executive produced
10010-425: The third Spider-Man film, he planned on producing two more sequels (although Sony Pictures planned three sequels) but could not find a satisfactory script. In 2022, reflecting on Spider-Man 3 , Raimi told Rolling Stone : "It was a very painful experience for me. I wanted to make a Spider-Man movie to redeem myself for that. [The aborted] Spider-Man 4 — that was really what that was about. I wanted to go out on
10120-572: The trauma knitted the remaining family closer together and "colored everything he's done for the rest of his life". Raimi also mentioned that Sander first introduced him to Spider-Man , igniting his love for comics. Raimi graduated from Groves High School and later went on to attend Michigan State University and later Università Bocconi in Milan , Italy, where he studied English but left after three semesters to film The Evil Dead . Raimi became fascinated with making films when his father brought
10230-410: The viral site Electro Arrives announcing that two films were in development, with Alex Kurtzman , Roberto Orci and Ed Solomon writing a spin-off to The Amazing Spider-Man focused on Venom (with Kurtzman attached to direct) and Drew Goddard writing one focused on the villain team Sinister Six . Hannah Minghella and Rachel O'Connor would oversee the development and production of these films for
10340-562: The visual effects, which in turn offered the stop-motion chores to Steven Archer ( Krull , Clash of the Titans ). Toward the end of shooting True Lies , Variety carried the announcement that Carolco Pictures had received a completed screenplay from James Cameron. This script bore the names of James Cameron, John Brancato, Ted Newsom, Barry [sic] Cohen and "Joseph Goldmari", a typographical scrambling of Golan's pen name ("Joseph Goldman") with Marvel executive Joseph Calamari. The script text
10450-399: The world and characters of The Amazing Spider-Man films (including Andrew Garfield 's version of Spider-Man ) could be retroactively integrated into the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), but discussions came to nothing. Pascal and Avi Arad had attempted to connect the two franchises prior to these discussions, with the pair revealing that they were intending on licensing out the design of
10560-500: The world. Joseph Zito , who had directed Cannon's successful Chuck Norris film Invasion U.S.A. , replaced Tobe Hooper. The new director hired Barney Cohen to rewrite the script. Cohen added action scenes, a non-canonical comic-book sidekick for the villain, gave Doc Ock the catch phrase, "Okey-dokey", and altered his goal from the Fifth Force to a quest for anti-gravity . Producer Golan (using his pen name "Joseph Goldman") then made
10670-540: Was "very specific... with a certain amount of back and forth allowed." Tom Holland , who portrays Peter Parker / Spider-Man in the MCU, revealed in November 2016 that he was signed for "three Spider-Man movies and three solo movies". In June 2017, Holland, Feige, and Jon Watts , director of the MCU Spider-Man films, confirmed that a child (portrayed by Max Favreau) wearing an Iron Man mask whom Tony Stark saves from
10780-533: Was a finite amount of time that we'd be able to do this, and we told the story we wanted to tell, and I'll always be thankful for that." The following month, in response to fan outcry, Disney and Sony reached a new deal, which includes a third Spider-Man film as well as one other film, both set in the MCU. At the time, Watts entered final negotiations to return as director. In November 2021, Pascal revealed in an interview that Sony and Marvel Studios are going to continue collaborating for another trilogy of films set in
10890-427: Was a new James Bond film every two or three years. An alternate 007 series could diminish or even eliminate the power of MGM/UA's long-running Bond series. Likewise, an MGM/UA Spider-Man film could negate Columbia's plans to create an exclusive cash cow. Both sides seemed to have strong arguments for the rights to do such films. The two studios made a trade-off in March 1999; Columbia relinquished its rights to create
11000-406: Was also discussed for the leading role. Zito considered Bob Hoskins as Doc Ock. Stan Lee expressed his desire to play Daily Bugle editor J. Jonah Jameson . Lauren Bacall and Katharine Hepburn were considered for Aunt May , Gregory Peck and Paul Newman as Uncle Ben , Peter Cushing as a sympathetic scientist, and Adolph Caesar as a police detective. With Cannon finances siphoned by
11110-407: Was being rewritten by David Lindsay-Abaire and Gary Ross in November 2008 and October 2009. Sony also engaged Vanderbilt to write scripts for Spider-Man 5 and Spider-Man 6 . In 2007, Raimi expressed interest in depicting the transformation of Dr. Curt Connors into his villainous alter-ego, the Lizard ; the character's actor Dylan Baker and producer Grant Curtis were also enthusiastic about
11220-529: Was considered for Peter Parker/Spider-Man; Maggie Smith as Aunt May; Robyn Lively as Mary Jane Watson; R. Lee Ermey as J. Jonah Jameson; Michael Biehn as Boyd/Sandman; and Lance Henriksen as Carlton Strand/Electro. When James Cameron agreed to make Spider-Man , Carolco lawyers simply used his previous Terminator 2 contract as a template. A clause in this agreement gave Cameron the right to decide on movie and advertising credits. Show business trade articles and advertisements made no mention of Golan, who
11330-481: Was expected to become a new superpowered figure called the Vulturess. Several years later, in 2013, Raimi re-clarified that the Vulturess concept was discarded and Hathaway would've indeed been Black Cat if Spider-Man 4 had been made. Concept art by storyboard artist Jeffrey Henderson revealed in June 2016 showed the inclusion of an opening montage of Spider-Man going up against C and D-list villains, such as Mysterio,
11440-449: Was identical to the one Golan submitted to Columbia the previous year, with the addition of a new 1993 date. Cameron stalwart Arnold Schwarzenegger was frequently linked to the project as the director's choice for Doctor Octopus. Months later, James Cameron submitted an undated 57-page " scriptment " with an alternate story (the copyright registration was dated 1991), part screenplay, part narrative story outline. The "scriptment" told
11550-412: Was later specified that this film would be Army of Darkness 2 . Álvarez revealed that Raimi would direct the sequel to Army of Darkness . However, in a 2014 interview, Bruce Campbell announced that Army of Darkness 2 is not happening, saying "It's all internet b.s. There's no reality whatsoever. These random comments slip out of either my mouth, or Sam Raimi's mouth, next thing you know, we're making
11660-550: Was one of the editors of Evil Dead . The Coens co-wrote Crimewave and The Hudsucker Proxy with Raimi in the mid-1980s (though Hudsucker was not produced for almost a decade). Raimi made cameo appearances in Miller's Crossing , The Hudsucker Proxy , and with Joel Coen in Spies Like Us . The Coen brothers gave Raimi advice on shooting in snow for A Simple Plan , based on their experiences with Fargo . He worked in front of
11770-599: Was released on April 1, 2022, to critical and commercial failure. Kraven the Hunter was written by Richard Wenk and the writing team of Art Marcum and Matt Holloway , and has a set release date of December 13, 2024. Following his appearance in No Way Home , some fans called for Sony to make a third Andrew Garfield Spider-Man film using the hashtag "#MakeTASM3" on Twitter . In an interview with Entertainment Tonight , Garfield expressed interest in reprising his role as his Peter Parker for another Spider-Man film. Tom Holland later expressed support for Garfield to reprise
11880-480: Was set to direct the first in the movie adaptations of Patrick Rothfuss's Kingkiller Chronicle series, The Name of the Wind , with Rothfuss and Lin-Manuel Miranda serving as executive producers. On February 5, 2020, it was announced that Raimi was in talks with Marvel Studios to direct Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness , and Raimi confirmed his involvement in April 2020. This marked Raimi's return to
11990-443: Was still actively assembling the elements for the film. In 1993, Golan complained publicly and finally instigated legal action against Carolco for disavowing his contractual guarantee credit as producer. On the other hand, Cameron had the contractual right to decide on credits. Eventually, Carolco sued Viacom and Columbia to recover broadcast and home video rights, and the two studios countersued. 20th Century Fox , though not part of
12100-448: Was still associated with the character through Marvel (he had appeared in photo covers of the comic), and he read each draft. Leva commented: "Ted Newsom and John Brancato had written the script. It was good, but it needed a little work. Unfortunately, with every subsequent rewrite by other writers, it went from good to bad to terrible." Due to Cannon's assorted financial crises, the project shut down after spending about $ 1.5 million on
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