Source: Marvel Special one-hour premiere event signals launch of Spidey's new animated series March 8, 2008 sees the return of Spider Man to TV when "The Spectacular Spider-Man" swings onto the CW's Kids WB! at 10:00AM EST. The show will be a mix of action and adventure. "Spectacular Spider-Man" follows the famous web-thrower journey from [...]
The Spectacular Spider-Man Debuts March 8 on Kids WB!
February 13, 2008 By Leave a Comment
A New Venom Movie on the Horizon?
February 5, 2008 By 6 Comments
Fans who were disappointed by the low-amount of Venom screen-time in last summer's "Spider-Man 3" will be happy to hear that the famous Spidey-foe could get his own feature film. IESB reports that talks are underway to get the popular comic book character his own spin-off film and that "the studio" has met with several [...]
Parker and Watson Call It Quits
January 11, 2008 By 9 Comments
After 21 years of marriage Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson have split up. However, the break-up of their happy union is not due to irreconcilable differences and there will be no divorce lawyers involved. They were still very much in love with one another but in order to save Auny May, they had to [...]
SCI-FI to SCI-FACT: A Working "Spider Man" Suit
August 29, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Submitted by: Tim Low (SoSF Fan Contributor) Source: BBC News 'Spider-man' suit secret revealed A "Spider-man" suit that enables its wearer to scale vertical walls like the comic and movie superhero could one day be a reality, according to a study. Natural technology used by spiders and geckos could help a human climb the side [...]
Creating the Sandman
May 14, 2007 By 1 Comment
A few weeks ago, we reported about the acting process behind Thomas Hayden Church's transformation into the villianious Sandman in "Spider-Man 3." Recently, "USA Today" had an article that examines the revolutionary special effects process used to create the Sandman and other effects in the box-office hit film. "In general, everything was a little bit [...]
"Spider Man 3" -- A FilmCritic Review
May 11, 2007 By 12 Comments
Did Batman & Robin teach us nothing? Universally considered the worst superhero sequel ever, Joel Schumacher's bloated monstrosity temporarily derailed Warner's lucrative Dark Knight franchise when it tried in vain to fill gaping plot holes with a multitude of C-list villains and unnecessarily whiny sidekicks. Spider-Man 3 never balloons to B&R proportions, though director Sam [...]
Top Ten Comic Book films
May 8, 2007 By 5 Comments
Movie reviews web-site "Rotten Tomates" (www.rottentomatoes.com) has compiled their list of the best and worst big-screen adaptations of all-time. The top ten are as follows: 1. Spider-Man 2 2. American Splendor 3. Ghost World 4. Spider-Man 5. X2: X-Men United 6. A History of Violence 7. Men in Black 8. Batman Begins 9. Superman: The [...]
"Spidey 3" shatters box office records
May 7, 2007 By 1 Comment
"Spider-Man 3" continued to shatter box-office records over the weekend. After having the largest opening day in markets across the world, the third installment of the Marvel blockbuster franchise shattered the opening-day and opening-weekend box-office records domestically. The third "Spider-Man" film took in $59 million dollars Friday on its way to a record-setting $148 million [...]
"Spider Man 3" -- A Movie Pulse Review
May 7, 2007 By 4 Comments
It’s as if a rule exists in Hollywood that as a franchise progresses, subsequent sequels must lose the luster that attracted audiences to its initial installments. While there are a few exceptions along the way, many franchises like Batman, Superman, The Matrix and The X-Men movies slowly but surely degrade by the third and fourth [...]
Spider-Man 3 has record-setting opening day
May 3, 2007 By 3 Comments
"Spider-Man 3" hasn't even opened yet in the United States and it's already shattering records. To combat piracy of the film, Sony has rolled a world-wide release for the expected blockbuster. The film opened Tuesday is 16 overseas markets and brought in $29.15 million on its opening day. The movie had the best-ever opening in [...]
Howard defends Gwen Stacy
May 1, 2007 By 3 Comments
Fans of the "Spider-Man" comic books know that Gwen Stacy, not Mary-Jane Watson was the first love of Peter Parker's life. However, for the popular movie franchise, director Sam Raimi reversed how Peter met two of the most significant women in his life, introducing audiences to Mary Jane Watson first. (Raimi even toyed with fans, [...]
Counterfeiters Spin Spider-Man Web of Deceit
April 26, 2007 By 1 Comment
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese counterfeiters, determined to cash in on the hype of "Spider-Man 3", have taken piracy one step further, releasing faked copies of different movies in Spider-Man sleeves. Sony Pictures Entertainment said on Tuesday DVDs in China reported to be pirated copies of widely anticipated "Spider-Man 3" were in fact copies of its [...]
"Spider Man 3" Tickets Spin Fast On the Web
April 25, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Sales of the movie tickets have out paced sales of 'Spider-Man 2' tickets at three times the rate LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -- Moviegoers are buying online tickets to "Spider-Man 3" at a faster clip than they did for its blockbuster predecessor almost two weeks before that film hit theaters, top online ticket sellers said Monday. [...]
Spider Man 3 Poster Giveaway at K-Mart
April 21, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Exclusive Collector's Edition Poster #1 available NOW through April 28th Exclusive Collector's Edition Poster #2 available April 29th to May 5th Meet Spider-Man at Kmart on May 5th. Bring your camera to get a photo taken with the web-slinging hero and get your Spider-Man 3 poster autographed. Time: 10am - Noon and 2 - 4pm [...]
Spidey-Toon
March 2, 2007 By 2 Comments
The CW Network, home of "Smallville" and "Supernatural," has ordered up a new series of cartoons that will highlight the Man of Web. That's right Spider-Man is returning to animation and coming to television as early as the spring of 2008. CW Network execs have indicated that the new Spidey-Toons will be an important part [...]
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