Spider-Man in Film
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Modern Spider-Man live-action feature film actors: (from left to right) Tobey Maguire in the Sam Raimi trilogy; Andrew Garfield in the Marc Webb duology; Tom Holland in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. |
The fictional character Spider-Man, a comic book superhero created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and featured in Marvel Comics publications, has currently appeared in ten live-action films since his inception, not including fan made shorts and guest appearances in other Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films. Spider-Man is the alter-ego of Peter Parker, a talented young freelance photographer and aspiring scientist imbued with superhuman abilities after being bitten by a radioactive/genetically-altered spider.
The first live-action film based on Spider-Man was the unauthorized short Spider-Man by Donald F. Glut in 1969. This was followed by Spider-Man, an American made-for-television film that premiered on the CBS network in 1977. It starred Nicholas Hammond and was intended as a backdoor pilot for what became a weekly episodic TV series.
The rights to further films featuring the character were purchased in 1985, and moved through various production companies and studios before being secured by Sony Pictures Entertainment (Columbia Pictures) for $10 million (plus 5% of any movies' gross revenue and half the revenue from consumer products), who hired Sam Raimi to direct Spider-Man (2002), Spider-Man 2 (2004), and Spider-Man 3 (2007) starring Tobey Maguire. The first two films were met with positive reviews from critics, while the third film received a more mixed response. In 2010, Sony announced that the franchise would be rebooted. Marc Webb was hired to direct, with Andrew Garfield starring, and The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) was released to positive reviews. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) saw mixed reviews.
In February 2015, Disney, Marvel Studios and Sony announced a deal to share the Spider-Man film rights, leading to a new iteration of Spider-Man being introduced and integrated into the MCU. The deal allows Sony to distribute and have final creative control over MCU films where Spider-Man is the main character, while Disney distributes the ones where he is not. Tom Holland portrays this younger version of Spider-Man, appearing in Captain America: Civil War (2016), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019), as well as a sequel to Homecoming, Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019). All of Spider-Man's MCU appearances have received positive reviews thus far.
Plans for an animated Spider-Man film were officially announced by Sony in April 2015. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) combines Sony Pictures Imageworks' computer animation pipeline with traditional hand-drawn comic book techniques, inspired by the work of Miles Morales's co-creator Sara Pichelli. Completing the animation required up to 140 animators, the largest crew ever used by Sony Pictures Animation for a film. Into the Spider-Verse received universal acclaim, winning the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and becoming the highest-rated film in the Spider-Man franchise, surpassing Spider-Man 2.
Raimi's trilogy grossed $2.5 billion worldwide on a $597 million budget, while Webb's films grossed nearly $1.5 billion on a $480 million budget. Spider-Man's MCU films (Homecoming and Far From Home) have grossed over $1.4 billion on a $335 million budget and Into the Spider-Verse grossed $375 million on a $90 million budget. The Spider-Man films have grossed over $5.8 billion collectively at the global box office.
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Early films
The Amazing Spider-Man series (1977–1981)
| Film | Release date | Director | Screenwriter | Producers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spider-Man | September 14, 1977 | E. W. Swackhamer | Alvin Boretz | Charles W. Fries, Daniel R. Goodman and Edward J. Montagne |
| Spider-Man Strikes Back | May 8, 1978 | Ron Statlof | Robert Janes | |
| Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge | May 9, 1981 | Lionel E. Siegel | ||
Spider-Man (1977)
- Main article: |Spider-Man (1977 film)
Spider-Man Strikes Back (1978)
- Main arctile: Spider-Man Strikes Back
Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge (1981)
- Main artcile: Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge
Spider-Man (1978)
- Main artcile: Spider-Man (1978 film)
| Film | Release date | Director | Screenplay by | Story by | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spider-Man | July 22, 1978 | Kōichi Takemoto | Susumu Takaku | Saburo Yatsude | Susumu Yoshikawa |
Development
Cannon Films
Carolco Pictures / MGM
James Cameron "scriptment"
Litigation
Columbia Pictures
- Further information: Spider-Man (2002 film) § Development
Sam Raimi trilogy
- Main article: Spider-Man (Sam Raimi film series)
| Film | Release date | Director | Screenplay by | Story by | Producers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spider-Man | May 3, 2002 | Sam Raimi | David Koepp | Laura Ziskin and Ian Bryce | |
| Spider-Man 2 | June 30, 2004 | Alvin Sargent | Alfred Gough, Miles Millar and Michael Chabon | Laura Ziskin and Avi Arad | |
| Spider-Man 3 | May 4, 2007 | Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi and Alvin Sargent | Sam Raimi and Ivan Raimi | Laura Ziskin, Avi Arad and Grant Curtis | |
Spider-Man (2002)
- Main article: Spider-Man
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
- Main article: Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
- Main article: Spider-Man 3
Marc Webb films
| Film | Release date | Director | Screenplay by | Story by | Producers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Amazing Spider-Man | July 3, 2012 | Marc Webb | James Vanderbilt, Alvin Sargent and Steve Kloves | James Vanderbilt | Laura Ziskin, Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach |
| The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | May 2, 2014 | Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Jeff Pinkner | Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Jeff Pinkner and James Vanderbilt | Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach |
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
- Main artcile: The Amazing Spider-Man (2012 film)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
- Main article: The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Licensing agreement with Marvel Studios
Further information: List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films
| Film | Release date | Director | Screenplay by | Story by | Producers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spider-Man: Homecoming | July 7, 2017 | Jon Watts | John Francis Daley & Jonathan M. Goldstein and Jon Watts & Christopher Ford and Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers | John Francis Daley & Jonathan M. Goldstein | Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal |
| Spider-Man: Far From Home | July 2, 2019 | Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers | |||
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
- Main article: Captain America: Civil War
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
- Main article: Spider-Man: Homecoming
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
- Main article: Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
- Main article: Avengers: Endgame
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
- Main article: Spider-Man: Far From Home
Animated Spider-Verse
| Film | Release date | Director(s) | Screenwriter(s) | Producers | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | December 14, 2018 | Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman | Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman | Avi Arad, Amy Pascal, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Christina Steinberg | Released |
| Untitled Spider-Verse sequel | TBA | Joaquim Dos Santos | David Callaham | TBA | In development |
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
- Main article: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Spider-Ham: Caught in a Ham (2019)
Untitled Into the Spider-Verse sequel
Untitled female-centered spin-off
Potential projects
Other films
Marvel Super Heroes 4D (2010)
- Main article: Marvel Super Heroes 4D
Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel (2013)
- Main article: Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel
Recurring cast and characters
| Character | Made-for-TV films (1977–1981) | Spider-Man (1978) | Sam Raimi films (2002–2007) | Marc Webb films (2012–2014) | Marvel Cinematic Universe (2016–present) | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) |
|---|
Crew
| Films | Live-action | Animated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spider-Man | Spider-Man 2 | Spider-Man 3 | The Amazing Spider-Man | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | Spider-Man: Homecoming | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | |
| 2002 | 2004 | 2007 | 2012 | 2014 | 2017 | 2019 | 2018 | |
Home media
Reception
Box office
| Film | Release date | Box office gross | Box office ranking | Budget | Ref(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North America | Other territories | North America | Other territories | Worldwide | All time North America | All time worldwide | |||
| Sam Raimi films | |||||||||
| Marc Webb films | |||||||||
| Marvel Cinematic Universe | |||||||||
| Animated Spider-Verse | |||||||||
Critical and public response
| Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore | ||||||
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| Sam Raimi films | |||||||||
| Marc Webb films | |||||||||
| Marvel Cinematic Universe | |||||||||
| Animated Spider-Verse | |||||||||
Cancelled films
Sam Raimi trilogy
Spider-Man 4
Venom
Marc Webb films
Sequels
Spin-offs
See also
- List of accolades received by Sam Raimi's Spider-Man film trilogy
- List of films based on Marvel Comics
- Spider-Man in television
- Spider-Man in novels
References
External links
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