Spider-Man

…prevented its production, Sony brought Spider-Man to the big screen in May 2002 with Tobey Maguire as the masked hero and Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane. Critics adored the film, and it eventually earned more than \$800 million worldwide. Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007) proved equally successful. Director…

Spider-Man (2002), the story of a wall-crawling crimefighter who derived his superheroic powers from a radioactive spider bite, was a critical and commercial smash. It spawned a pair of sequels, Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007), and the trilogy grossed roughly \$2.5 billion worldwide.…

X-Men (2000) and Spider-Man (2002) launched blockbuster franchises that earned billions of dollars in box-office revenue worldwide. Other Lee creations to receive the Hollywood treatment were Daredevil (2003), Hulk (2003), and Iron Man (2008). Lee was often featured in cameo roles in those films, a tradition

…friend to Peter Parker in Spider-Man (2002), a film adaptation of the comic book, Franco proved himself adept at shaping his talents to the broad sensibilities of the genre. He returned for two further installments of the franchise, Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007). Films including the crime drama…

…role in Sam Raimi’s film Spider-Man (2002). From 2005 to 2009 she had a recurring role on the Sci-Fi Channel’s Battlestar Galactica series. Lawless later starred in the TV series Spartacus (2010–13) and Ash vs Evil Dead (2015–18), both of which aired on the Starz cable channel. She also made…

In Spider-Man (2002) and its sequels (2004 and 2007), he played Peter Parker’s ill-fated Uncle Ben and delivered the famous line “With great power comes great responsibility.” Robertson also served as a spokesperson for the telecommunications company AT&T.

Jonah Jameson in Spider-Man (2002), Spider-Man 2 (2004), Spider-Man 3 (2007), Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019), Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), and the animated Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse; the first three films were directed by Raimi. Simmons appeared in Jason Reitman’s satiric film Thank You for Smoking