Hello fellow Maniacs. Normally, I’m restricted to the weekend content but since it’s the summer, I’ll be trying to update everyone on current activities and updates of the industry. My weekly box office report is sometimes not accurate a...
Spider-Man 2 by Corona's Coming Attractions (Thu 07-01-2004)
Genre:Action/Superhero/Comic Book Adaptation/Sequel.Studio:Columbia Pictures.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:In the Can.Who's In It:Tobey Maguire (Peter Parker/"Spider-Man"); Kirsten Dunst (Mary Jane Watson); Alfred Molina (Dr. Otto Octavius/"Doc...
Spidey cast his web and captured more box office cash this weekend with a 60.0 million box office take here in the States. I’d have to say though there was no doubt whom I would be writing about this weekend. No, it was never a question of if Spider...
Amazing Spider-Man #546, the first issue of Marvel’s controversial Brand New Day has finally landed. You likely know the story by now – Peter Parker reset his world and sacrificed his marriage to save dear Aunt May, with whom he now lives...
According to the Hollywood Reporter, 'Spider-Man3' did the expected phenomenal numbers during its home video debut, topping both the sales and rental charts.
The film bested 'Transformers' on most charts, pushing that one to number 2.
Even the expensiv...
Sitting in Stage 27 on the Sony lot, a webshoot away from the actors and filmmakers of the upcoming Spider-Man film, I`ve been continually humming to myself that jazzy song from the 1967-1970 animated TV series Spider-Man. `Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does w...
Just three original episodes remain for the first season of 'The Spectacular Spider-Man' ... starting this Saturday, May 31 with the blockbuster gathering of The Sinister Six in an all-new episode entitled "Group Therapy."
Ratings for the ser...
Spider-Man 2" spun the final touches on his international web in spectacular style during the weekend. It opened big in Italy, taking in about $9.6 million (including previews) from a huge release on 800 screens, marking the biggest release ever in both p...
The review contains some minor spoilers.
I should start by saying that I'm a huge fan of the first two 'Spider-Man' movies. I should also add that I've been a big fan of Sam Raimi's ever since I saw "Evil Dead" at the Roseville Theater the first summer...
"With 'Spider-Man' having done the numbers that it did, I don't know that we're out to beat that," says Geoffrey Ammer, president of worldwide marketing at the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group. "That would be a very ambitious goal for anybody." More....
Spider-Man by Branislav "Bane" Babovic (Fri 10-26-2001)
One of the main Marvel superheroes, the Spiderman has several times (unsuccessfully) been used in films and in TV series. This hero still continues to live in comics and computer games, and while we39;re waiting for the new Hollywood blockbuster, we can...
I don't make toys for a living, but even I can tell you that it's pretty damned hard to make an action figure in a little sewn polyester costume look like a superhero in a skintight supersuit. This has been a given ever since Mego launched a line of 8" su...
Marvel Comics will be the first to admit that comics have hit on hard times in recent years. Some of the company`s key titles have lost their once impenetrable foothold in the marketplace, and marquee characters such as Spider-Man have lost their stature ...
Whenever there are big budget blockbuster films coming out you can bet that there will be an avalanche of media tie-in material from toys and clothing to calendars and books…A film like Spider-Man3 is going to generate even more than the usual mas...
Last time, we examined Spider-Man's universal appeal through the eyes of his many creators. Now the really fun part - we ask these talented guys to pick their favorite Spidey issues ever! Every Spider-fan has his or her own list of their favorite moments ...
None of us ever had the character to ourselves - not really. From early in his illustrious crime-fighting career, there was a steadily increasing number of avid fans thrilling to his tragedy-tinged adventures. But sometimes, sitting alone with a stack of ...
Since this is Memorial Day Weekend and the industry considers Monday’s numbers to be part of the weekend numbers, this isn’t the actual weekend box office report. The actualnumbers for the 4 day weekend (including Monday) will be released on ...
In case you work on Saturday mornings, don’t watch the CW or don’t have kids you might not have known that Spider-Man has returned, in the Spectacular Spider-Man cartoon. Sony has released a full length animated adventure called Spectacular Sp...
Spider-Man3 opened on Friday to mixed, yet mostly positive reviews. It also opened to record-breaking box office receipts, making it the biggest opening weekend in history. Effectively, more people saw Spider-Man3 in a single weekend than any ...
If there's one thing actors in comic book movies get asked a lot, it's if they're a "fan" of comics. Actor Willem Dafoe, currently impressing comic book aficionados and casual moviegoers alike as the Green Goblin in this summer's eagerly anticipated big-s...
With two incredibly successful Spider-Man movies under his belt, Director Sam Raimi comes back better than ever with 'Spider-Man3'. His cast and the Producing team praise his talent and he has spearheaded a franchise worth billions of dollars. So what ...
User your cell phone to "Veek" answers to question What are you most looking forward to seeing in Spider-Man3, get a Spider-Man3 wallpaper frame which surrounds your personal cell phone pictures. Visit the mobile site now to find out more.
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OPINION: A brief warning before we start: I had so many varied and intelligent responses to the question of how you'd characterize the main differences between Marvel and DC that I'm having to make this column extra-long. Do not try to adjust your televis...
As I said I would, I’m updating the box office numbers with the latest estimates. The actual totals will be added tomorrow night for this Memorial Day Weekend but it seems safe right now to list those numbers as they lie.
Here’s how t...
Be sure to check out these Spider-Man cast appearances this week:
Monday
- Kirsten Dunst on The Late Show with David Letterman
Tuesday
- Entire cast on MTV TRL
- Tobey Maguire on Live with Regis and Kelly
More...
We already knew this week would already be all about Spider-Man3. With the anticipation so high, the presales from Fandango.com and Movietickets.com being in the upper stratosphere and news everywhere on Spider-Man3 the past few weeks, the question wasn...
Last week, I asked everyone to send me their thoughts on story pacing decompression versus compact and the "talking heads" trend versus balls out action. Sometimes things just come together, because I got a lot of compliments on the column and some real...
It seems Hollywood insiders are anticipating and tracking the coming of SPIDER-MAN with as much interest as the fans who have been waiting almost 40 years for it.According to a report in THE NEW YORK TIMES, an "envious producer of a rival summer film [say...
It was never going to get an "A" from me. I'm way too close to it. I have too much emotional investment in the character from my childhood to be completely won over by anything they could have put on screen, not with the compromises that would inevitably ...
Columbia Pictures has announced a release date for SPIDER-MAN 2 while basking in the record setting glow of the first film’s release.Jeff Blake, President of Columbia TriStar worldwide marketing and distribution, crowed to the HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, “It took...
For those not old enough to have experienced the series of Spider-Man Saturday morning cartoons that debuted in the fall of 1967, or even the syndicated reruns that came later, all the fuss over the release of this DVD collection may be perplexing. After ...
Note: This review is entirely free of major spoilers, though some very minor story details may be mentioned.
It seemed nearly impossible that Sam Raimi would be able to outdo the first Spider-Man film, a summer blockbuster that outdid every other mov...
In the recent media blitz Spider-Man has turned up almost everywhere, and in
light of the financial ramifications, the business trades have been no
exception. This week, BusinessWeek.com
ran a story about the winding and tangled path Spidey has taken ...
Due out this November from the Marvel Comics Spider-Man line: SPIDER-GIRL #40Cover by Pat Olliffe and Al WilliamsonWritten by Tom Defalco; art by pat Olliffe and Al WilliamsonIt's time for "A Death in the Family," as a member of our colorful cast ends up ...
Steve Johnson, the anaimatronic designer working on the Doctor Octopus tentacles in THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, told Sci-Fi Wire the reasons why the Doctor's mechanical arms will be real and not pixels."Sam's [Raimi, the director] a fan [of animatronics], and...
One of the biggest films of 2007, Spider-Man3, hits DVD this Tuesday so it’s time to take a second look at the film, and the wide range of extras on the two disc special edition. Have you noticed how the directors of superhero films cannot res...
It looks like our earlier scoop about supposed reshoots to a climactic bridge scene for SPIDER-MAN 2 spurred another anonymous scooper to send forth their side of the story. Here's what that person had to say to us:"Just wanted to fill you in that the 're...
Spider-Man3 by Captain Gordon Edward (Mon 05-07-2007)
Well another Spider-man release indicates that we have another Spider-man game on the shelves to eat up like candy. In the third movie we see Spider-man dealing with Venom, Harry Osborn / Green Goblin 2, and Sandman. Since this is a game base on the movie...
Evan Almighty flooded into 3,604 theaters this weekend clocking in at 1 hour and 30 minutes in length. The Universal comedy, starring Steve Carell and Morgan Freeman, ended up drowning out its competition in the process. It pulled in 32.1 million in recei...
Last Updated: July 17, 2006Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, ThrillerProduction Company: Columbia Pictures, Marvel Enterprises, Laura Ziskin ProductionsDistributors: Sony PicturesProject Phase: Post-ProductionBudget: 300,000,000 [IMDB]Who's In It...
Every great hero has that one villain who stands above all the rest, that archenemy who isn’t a cartoonish `bad guy,` but a dark, disturbingly close reflection of the hero himself. Batman has the Joker, Wolverine has Sabretooth and Reed Richards has Docto...
When Kirstin Dunst walks into a room you notice. It's not merely the dimpled cheeks or her blonde tresses, but what makes Dunst stand out is her grace and smile. When she greets you, as she enters the room, she is genuinely happy you are there to speak ...
Inside a makeshift, Wrestle-Mania, steel death cage, a giant `Spider-Man` banner dangles above 9 empty chairs. On the hardwood floor, lies the insignia `NYWL,` surrounded by a single thread of tattooed barbed wire. The anxious, pastry-totting media rep...
When it came time for Marvel to issue a "definitive statement" set within the Marvel Universe addressing the terrorist attacks on the United States that took place on September 11, 2001, the choice of title should have been fairly obvious to any fan, and ...
Sitting on a United Airlines flight on the way back from an Activision event, I'm watching/listening to the new Dashboard Confessional music video, Vidnicated, the big song to come out of the new feature film, SPIDER-MAN 2. The event in San Francisco gave...
From a press release
CULVER CITY, CALIF. (June 30, 2008) – The web-slinging super hero returns in an all-new-to-DVD, full length animated adventure 'The Spectacular Spider-Man: Attack of the Lizard'!, arriving on DVD September 9 from Sony Pictures ...
Updated November 22nd
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It’s an announcement sure to send a shiver up the spine of Spider-Man fans everywhere and set their spider-sense a-tingling. Stan "The Man" Lee, one of the living legends of the medium and the mind behind Peter Parker and his arachnid alter ego, will hims...
The Spider-Man handbook won’t give you super powers or make you a hero, but it is a fun, quirky read (appropriate since it is from Quirk Books) that does have several bits of practical information for the hero wannabe. The book is part fantasy,...
I've just spent an entire day sitting in a room with pizza, chips, brownies, Mountain Dew and a copy of SPIDER-MAN 2 for the Xbox. While it's somewhat disappointing to have spoiled the movie story for myself, the gameplay may be the closest any game has e...
OPINION: Before getting onto the topic of this week's column, I'd like to thank everyone who wrote in expressing their condolences on the death of my cat and who gave me their vote of confidence regarding the way I handled the mean-spirited e-mail from a ...
25-year-old Jeevan Kang is living one of his dreams: he gets to create a new spin on one of his beloved childhood characters, Spider-Man. Kang is the writer/artist working on SPIDER-MAN INDIA, the Indian counterpart to Marvel's Manhattan-based wall-crawle...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another exciting adventure into the dark soul of American comic books! This week, I’ll expound upon a recent and controversial announcement by Diamond Comic Distributors. For those of you that may not kno...
If you're a comic book fan, videogame fan, or movie buff you know that the third Spider-Man movie is coming to theaters this May. Along with it is Activision and Treyarch's "third" Spider-Man game (technically it's the sixth Activision Spider-Man game), S...
For decades, Spider-Man fans have waited not-so-patiently to see a movie based on their beloved webhead's adventures waited through lawsuits, bankruptcy, endless script development and director switches, until it seemed the project was doomed never to ha...
There are few things that have come out of the Marvel line of comics that are more useless than the Marvel Mangaverse idea. (MARVILLE still takes the prize for "most useless comic concept ever spawned," naturally.) Don't get me wrong: I'm all for doing ne...
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Greetings, COMICSCAPE faithful, and welcome to another week of watching your credit card bill skyrocket like the national deficit. Yes, I'm hooked, too. So, don't feel bad. You've only got your wife to answer to. This week features the second (and much lo...
The CGI SPIDER-MAN TV series coming to MTV has landed the writer many SPIDER fans have been hoping for: Brian Michael Bendis. According to a report on the Comics2Film website, Bendis is high on the series, keyed to make its premiere a few months after thi...
The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films handed out their 31st Annual Saturn Awards on May 3 and two films dominated the accolades for the evening: SPIDER-MAN 2 and KILL BILL: VOL. 2 SPIDER-MAN 2 walked away with a total of five Saturn ...
Straczynski knows how to tell a story, but then we already knew that. With a few short issues of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, he's managed to reinvent the character by returning him to his determined roots as a fighter who refuses to quit even when the odds are no...
Comic Continuum reports that Toy Biz has announced plans to release a second series of Spider-Man Classic action figures this spring, around March. The figure list for the second series this time around includes Classic Spider-Man, Battle Ravaged Spider-M...
Just when I thought Ron Zimmerman's writing couldn't get any more obnoxious, repulsive, or dumb, SPIDER-MAN: SWEET CHARITY comes along and shows that, given enough ballast, even the lowest can sink even lower. Rarely have I come across such a complete cro...
Updated November 20th
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While promoting '30 Days of Night', producer and 'Spider-Man' director Sam Raimi fielded questions about the fate of the 'Spider-Man' franchise. Collider.com has the scoop:
[Raimi said they] have had a number of screenwriters coming in and pitching ide...
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Being the daughter of Ron Howard, Bryce Dallas Howard could be considered Hollywood royalty, but you would never know it. In person she is probably one of the most down to earth people you could ever meet. Howard, who plays Gwen Stacy in 'Spider-Man3',...
The folks at Ad Age report that HSX Research is projecting high numbers for the upcoming
Spider-Man film: approximately $213 million for the first four weeks in box office receipts.
Ad Age says that Sony is targeting the over-25, female market wit...
Writer Randy Jandt makes his 'The Spectacular Spider-Man' debut with a tight, exciting, frequently funny script that offers Doctor Octopus entrée into the series this Saturday, May 3 in the all-new episode, "Reaction." The episode, dire...
With the success of 'Spider-Man3', Sony Pictures is certainly looking for more movie sequels. Production hasn't started yet on those films, so now is the perfect time for producer Grant Curtis to catch his breath. Curtis served as co-producer on the firs...
Last December, the Marvel Universe went silent throughout many of its mainstream superhero titles, but AMAZING SPIDER-MAN did not. Due to the schedule-shifting that occurred when AMAZING scribe J. Michael Straczynski decided to make #36 a tribute to the m...
The hugely anticipated action-RPG "Spider-Man3" follows other Activision video game titles based on Marvel comics including "Marvel: Ultimate Alliance" and previous Spider-Man games such as "Spider-Man 2" and "Ultimate Spider-Man." Spider-Man3 follows i...
Comic book fans are experiencing a windfall of Spider-Man exposure from the
film, and the wallcrawler's ancillary multimedia presence is enough to leave
them spinning. Along with Sony's first rate Spider-Man: The Movie website,
big and small screens a...
Just in time for
the Daredevil movie, Buena Vista Home Entertainment is releasing Daredevil
Vs. Spider-Man, the latest release in their series of DVDs collecting
episodes of various Spider-Man cartoons.
This new DVD
collects episodes of the Spider-...
Sometimes you need comfort food. After all the Mangaverse this and Ultimate that and upcoming film version the other, it?s nice to get back to the Spider-Man we remember from our old fogey youth. You know, the original ? the one who stars in the core titl...
Robert Englund expands his legacy of creating engaging, iconic characters within the fanboy realm as the voice of Vulture, Spider-Man’s initial super foe in the premiere episode of “The Spectacular Spider-Man.”
An all-new animated tel...
"Spider Man: The High Definition Trilogy is a mixed blessing. It's fantastic that we've got the entire Spider-Man series in 1080p high definition, but the first movie has terrible picture and subpar sound, and neither of the first two films have any extra...
OK, so we all know the wall-crawler's big screen debut was a monster smash, yadda yadda yadda. Thanks to the efforts of director Sam Raimi, stars Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe and the many men and women behind the scenes of this summer's firs...
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Does whatever a spider can!
Who can forget the opening refrain from the classic 'Spider-Man' TV show of the 1960s? Well, that indelible bit of TV music magic is about to get a challenge from an updated hipster song that ope...
Nothing too shocking there since he's said it many times since SPIDER-MAN3 hit theaters. Still, Sam Raimi gave his take on the development of SPIDER-MAN 4 while talking to our good friends over at Wizard Entertainment. He confirms that developing the fir...
Spinning out of the mega-success of Sam Raimi’s SPIDER-MAN movie came a new collaboration from MTV, Sony Pictures and Mainframe Entertainment: a new 3D SPIDER-MAN animated series with a look that hasn’t been seen before. While the use of computer graphics...
Hot off his Oscar win for the visual effects in "Spider-Man 2," John Dykstra is suiting up for a ride on Columbia Pictures' "Hot Wheels" as visual effects designer for director McG rather than sign on for "Spider-Man3." "I will miss all the terrific peop...
There's never been a more potent, more dazzling moment in the memory of Spider-fans than that first amazing meeting between Peter Parker and Mary-Jane Watson. When John Romita's curvy creation crooked her hand and uttered the immortal words, "Face it Tige...
An all-new animated television series, 'The Spectacular Spider-Man' premieres Saturday, March 8 with back-to-back episodes airing at 10:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. (ET/PT) on Kids' WB! on The CW.
The series picks up the original web-slinger's mythology at t...
Danny Elfman’s score is just about the only thing that hasn’t been unanimously praised about Sam Raimi’s SPIDER-MAN movie. Early reviews on the Internet slammed it as “tuneless” with one reviewer going so far as to state, “There is literally NO THEME!” We...
In case you haven’t heard, the hit movie SPIDER-MAN has been released on home video and DVD, shipping a record 40 million copies in its first week. Columbia TriStar gets extra points right off the bat by putting their widescreen and fullscreen editions (b...
Marvel Comics and Gotham Entertainment Group have announced plans to release a new comic book series that takes one of America's most-recognized crimefighters and transplants him to become an Indian superhero.SPIDER-MAN INDIA will be released to stores to...
The release of the long-awaited Spider-Man movie may still be months away, but Sony Pictures Entertainment isn`t waiting until 2002 to get the PR bandwagon rolling. The studio invited dozens of journalists, including Cinescape`s own Steve Hockensmith, to ...
The reaction to Activision and Treyarch's Spider-Man3 game trailer has been less than stellar. "It's Spider-Man 2 with better graphics," fanboys have screamed across the Internet, but after a day in the Activision offices and some hands-on time with the ...
It's quite a year for special effects. And while author Salman Rushdie's observation that most movies are, strictly speaking, "cartoons" now - i.e., they have as much, or more, animation (even if digital) in them than live action elements - this year,...
SPIDER-MAN 2 is one of those happy sequels (for the audience the characters are as angst-ridden as ever) that builds on rather than merely repeats the original. 2002's SPIDER-MAN was a very good and spiritually faithful adaptation of the Marvel comic boo...
Acclaimed animation writer Kevin Hopps offers his third script of the 'The Spectacular Spider-Man' season in "The Uncertainty Principle," an all-new episode premiering Saturday, May 10 at 10:00 a.m. ET/PT on Kids' WB!/The CW.
Hopps has worked...
As a general rule, movie-based action figures blow. Maybe they're rushed, designed before the film's even started or the budget was just exhausted on licensing. Who knows? But for whatever the reason, movie toys are usually boring, cookie-cutter designs w...
Kevin Leung, Comics2Film's roving animation reporter recently talked with Greg Wiseman about the upcoming Sony Pictures Television/Kids' WB series 'The Spectacular Spider-Man'.
Kevin Leung for Comics2Film (C2F): Did any particular story arcs from the...
Remember that CGI animated 'Spider-Man' series that aired on MTV a while back. I started some time after the first movie came out.
Well, now you can relive the glory of that show as it's set to broadcast via Kabillion, the multi-platform kids' entertainm...
You all get an "F-" for the week. Well, not all of you just everyone other than the five of you that actually wrote in about your comic shop. I guess everyone's shopping online now or going to Barnes and Noble or something. That, or everyone was glued...
SOTA Toys presents the ultimate Spider-Man collectible, the Spider-Man Deluxe Pewter Chess Set. This dynamic, original chess set features 16 different characters (plus 8 Spider Tracers and 8 Spider Killers) and a sculpted chess board that recreates a roof...
Spider-Man nuts around the world still have two long months to wait before their favorite wall-crawler officially arrives on the big screen in May, but one famous fan of ol' Webhead is already giving director Sam Raimi's take on the character the thumbs-u...
In these troubled times (it's a cliché, but sometimes it's the best way to express an idea), we all find ourselves looking for a hero. Those of us who grew up reading comic books have an even stronger connection to the fantasies of our youth, but at times...
Will summer 2002 be remembered as the Summer of the Spider? SPIDER-MAN was well-positioned to bust box-office records as the official start of the summer movie season, but even as the Spidey juggernaut was positioning itself another spider was waiting in ...
The ABC Family Channel has come up with one of the cooler SPIDER-MAN tie-in events with a three-day marathon of the best episodes of the four animated SPIDER-MAN cartoon series. The series, which at various times have run from the 1960s all the way until ...
Raimi on SPIDER-MAN 2 by Christopher Allan Smith and Arnold T. Blumberg (Wed 05-01-2002)
Sam Raimi is talking about both SPIDER-MAN and SPIDER-MAN 2 in an exclusive interview with CINESCAPE, carried in two parts on our website today.He confirmed for us he's beginning work on the sequel, even though the first film in the series centering on Ma...
Bendis - what more can I say? The series that finally won me, the old Spider-phile, completely over in the last year, keeps going from strength to strength, and most recently has been focusing on a mysterious second Spider-Man who has been exploiting the ...
Peter gets suspicious when Congressman Bradley Miles, a recent victim of an octopus attack that left him an amputee, throws all his support behind a company called Biotechnix, the firm responsible for his replacement arm. But when that suspicion is couple...
Tomorrow's episode of 'Spectacular Spider-Man' features the greatest Spidey villain of all time: Green Goblin. Comics2Film has an exclusive image from the episode.
And then, 'Spectacular Spider-Man' breaks wide for the month of may with five Saturdays ...
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The comic book website Newsarama reports that an ongoing fourth Spider-Man comic book series will launch next spring from the creative team of writer Mark Millar and artist Terry Dodson. Millar and Dodson last collaborated on the first title released by M...
OK, so we all agree that Straczynski's arrival on AMAZING SPIDER-MAN was indisputably one of the highlights of the comics year 2001. His scripting revitalized a character most of us never expected would languish as much as he did. With a fresh and clever ...
I grew up loving movies and loving comics, but never expecting the two to mesh satisfactorily. The Superman and Hulk TV shows had their own charms, but were not a truthful interpretation from the comics any more than a Star Wars comic-book could give you ...
Michael Keaton. Christian Bale. Val Kilmer. George Clooney. Even, yes, Adam West (he did a Batman film during the TV show's run). All of them have donned the bat-ears, the billowy cape, and the pointy gloves for one movie or another, to varying levels of ...
Columbia Pictures has sold off the
TV rights to Spider-Man in a whopper of a deal, The Hollywood Reporter announced today. Fox Broadcasting Co. has partnered with Turner Broadcasting to share the rights to Spidey for a deal worth $60-65 million. The ...
Last week's column on the industry's reliance on old characters and the need for new blood garnered a lot of mail. Some weeks COMICSCAPE really resonates with people and my inbox groans under the weight of responses, criticism, praise, and the occasional ...
Actor Bruce Campbell joined co-star, Christopher Howe and director Ron Teachworth and other members of the cast and crew of the movie "Going Back" for a DVD Release party with fans and otehr filmmakers.
During the panel discussion, a member of the audi...
M.J. tells Peter who fathered the two super-powered, fully-grown children who are trying to kill him, and who think he killed their mother, Gwen Stacy. And...well, that's all that happens this issue. But oh, what an issue...Those of you who have not read ...
With apologies to Walt Kelly, Spider-man has met the enemy and not only is he wearing his costume, he might just be our hero. Such is the theme of "Intervention," an all-new episode of 'The Spectacular Spider-Man' premiering this Saturday, Jun...
Odds are that the latest offering from the Marvel Collector's Club is tying in with the excitement generated by SPIDER-MAN 2; still, it's still one nifty treat for fans of Marvel's web-head. The company is now taking orders for a 1/6th scale cold cast sta...
SPIDER-MAN 2 is a hit. That surprise to no one was obvious from the weekend box office ticket receipts; Sony's $200 million dollar budgeted sequel ignited theater screens and took in an impressive $115 M over the Friday to Monday Independence Day long wee...
Did you think Disturbia winning 1st place last week with only 13 mil in receipts was something hardly worth talking about? Well, it’s worse this week. The winner, Disturbia, doesn’t even in pull in 10 mil. Yep, you heard me. In a box office...
To gear up for Spider-Man3 and show their appreciation for the heroic efforts of their friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, the city of New York has declared this Spider-Man Week in NYC. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival today, and they're pla...
None of us ever had the character to ourselves not really. From early in his illustrious crime-fighting career, there was a steadily increasing number of avid fans thrilling to his tragedy-tinged adventures. But sometimes, sitting alone with a stack of S...
Straight from a smash summer run at the box office (where it still remains in the top ten), Columbia TriStar Home Video has announced a November 30 release date for SPIDER-MAN 2 on VHS and a two-disc DVD -- but you'll have to choose from five different D...
MASSIVE SPOILER WARNING: There's simply no easy way to review this watershed issue of ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN without discussing the last few pages, so if you don't want to know the events of this installment, STOP READING NOW!All right then. We've waxed eloq...
Peter uses his Spider-Man persona (and a little bit of help from his friends) to ease the pain of a young girl who's dying of cancer. Then he combats Slyde, an old enemy who's gotten a new origin, new costume, and new modus operandi - none of which helps ...
Marvel Comics has released the covers to three SPIDER-MAN books shipping in August. ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #25 will arrive in stores on Aug. 7. The issue is written by Brian Michael Bendis, with art by Mark Bagley and Art Thibert, and pit Spider-Man versus ...
Aunt May has been kidnapped by one of Peter's old foes who knows his identity. His barely masked face has been plastered all over the BUGLE with a reward posted for his name. Peter himself has been pummeled half to death by Electro and the Vulture. The Bl...
After the deaths of his parents, Pavitr Prabhakar has moved in with his Uncle Bhim and Aunt Maya and begun attending school at the expensive Heritage International. Problem is, his traditional (and poor) clothing doesn't fit in the rest of the Westernized...
As most readers know by now, this particular issue of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN is not the original installment planned for this week. Following the tragic events of September 11, writer J. Michael Straczynski was charged with a seemingly impossible task sum up...
A black feline, black space goo and a potential dark shift in a super hero's attire spotlight several new challenges for 'The Spectacular Spider-Man' in an all-new episode entitled "Persona" premiering this Saturday, May 17 at 10 a.m. ET/PT on K...
"Spider-Man3 is the third Spidey DS game from Vicarious Visions (last year's Spider-Man: Battle for New York was a Torus production), and the team went all-out with a 100% stylus controlled action game. It's a drastic move that might seem a little too ou...
A new promotional spot for Spider-Man3 will target younger movie-goers and features the most prominent look to date at Bryce Dallas Howard's Gwen Stacy.
The commercial shows Peter Parker interacting with a bunch of kids before a video screen featurin...
Columbia Tristar have stated that they will be releasing two new editions of the "Spider-Man" movie as well a releasing the new "Spider-Man" animated series.
May 24th will see the release of a mysterious "Spider-Man DE" 3-Disc collection and a "Spider...
Ever wonder what it was like to be Spider-Man? Did you ever wonder what it feels like to swing around New York City as Spider-Man? Well, Activision has made those dreams come true with their new game title Spider-Man 2: The Game available on all platforms...
As much as I enjoy some aspects of Kevin Smith's fanboy-inspired humor, I have to say that his excessively juvenile attitude can occasionally rub me the wrong way. It becomes especially grating when it seems to demean characters and events that deserve a ...
One day, Sam Raimi, the director of both Spider-Man movies, called Michael Chabon and asked him if he would like to write a screenplay for Spider-Man 2. Chabon had no idea such an opportunity was coming his way...
Columbia TriStar is preparing a Spider-Man 2 DVD that will keep Spidey fans stuck to their sofas for days. The two-disc DVD set ($29.96, out Nov. 30) has more than six hours of special features about the characters and the filmmaking process. A $49.95 del...
Goodbye Aunt May. Spider-Man has a new home. He now lives at Madame Tussauds. An interactive Spider-Man was unveiled at London's Madame Tussauds on Thursday, July 15. More...
"More is more — and we're not talking about Michael Moore, for once — with 'Spider-Man 2.' The web-slinging sequences are bigger-better-brighter-faster than the already spectacular ones in 2002's 'Spider-Man,' and at the same time, the film's smaller emot...
"'Spider-Man 2' is not only a brilliant sequel, but an outstanding film in its own right. Whether you're into action, drama, thrills, sci-fi, comedy, or romance, 'Spider-Man 2' is certain to please."
Enter the Spider-Man Adventure Sweepstakes for your chance to win one of two amazing family adventures for 4 at Universal Orlando Resort. You'll get 4 roundtrip tickets to Orlando, 4 days/3 nights hotel accommodations, a VIP tour to Universal Studios Flor...
Kerry McFadden, who conquered a fear of spiders in I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!, will introduce an invite-only preview screening of Spider-Man 2 tomorrow night.
The screening will take place at the Savoy Cinema on Dublin's O'Connell St at 8pm....
New York has become the latest state to ban mercury-powered novelty items, including those promoting the new Spider-Man movie. Gov. George Pataki signed a bill Monday that he hopes will persuade Kellogg's to remove hundreds of thousands of cereal boxes co...
Sony kicked off the TV-on-UMD genre with April's announcement of Spider-Man: The New Animated Series, which released just a few weeks ago. Now they have announced a follow-up UMD for release on Sept. 13th: Spider-Man: The New Animated Series - High Voltag...
FOX has revealed that the hit movies "X-Men" and "Spider-Man" will play a big role in their upcoming May sweeps schedule. "Spider-Man," starring Tobey Maguire, will air on April 29th at 8pm (ET), and "X-Men," starring Hugh Jackman, will air on May 13th at...
On Saturday, June 26, from 10 a.m. to noon, children entering any Wal-Mart store will receive an exclusive Spider-Man 2 activity and comic book.
This exclusive event will air on Monday, June 28, at 7 p.m. on Wal-Mart TV. The 12-minute "behind-the-scenes"...
'Crossing Jordan's' Steve Valentine is making a busman's holiday of this hiatus period -- he's reporting to the 'Spider-Man3' set to play a fashion photographer in the third Spidey flick to star Tobey Maguire. He wouldn't have missed it: "As a kid, I was...
3dyanimacion have and in-depth chat with Dan Abrams on his training, his beginnings in the world of the VFX, his experience in movies like 'Spider-Man' and 'Spider-Man 2', 'Aviator ' and its amazing effects and his next project (Superman Returns).
After setting all kinds of box offices records, and later selling big in the DVD market, Marvel and Sony's 'Spider-Man' finally hit a market it could not conquer: Broadcast television. 'Spider-Man' scaled only moderate Nielsen heights for Fox on Thanksgiv...
"Spider-Man" franchise director Sam Raimi talked to the Costco Connection, the magazine for the store, about Spider-Man3 and a possible fourth film. Here are some clips from the interview...
While promoting the new movie 'Boogeyman' Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert also talked about 'Spider-Man3'.
Noting that Raimi is in good spirits about the whole rumor issue, another journalist suggests that Raimi simply give a little wink if Venom will be the...
Not only is 'Spider-Man' one of the coolest superheroes out there, but he's clearly the one comic book character that gets the best videogames. His unique superhuman abilities, most notably his wall crawling and web swinging capabilities, tailor extremely...
'The Spectacular Spider-Man' adds yet another villain to its growing rogues gallery with the introduction of Shocker in an episode entitled "Market Forces" -- premiering this Saturday, March 22 at 10:00 a.m. ET/PT on Kids' WB! on The CW.
The ...
In a recent article by EW.com, a few juicy quotes surfaced from Sam Raimi regarding The Hobbit, as well as from various others regarding Spider-Man 4."Peter Jackson might be the best filmmaker on the planet right now," said Raimi when asked abou...
No, thats not a personal jab towards the series from me. That's just the current news coming from Sam Raimi after meeting with Sony. A few weeks ago, it was announced that Raimi, producers and Sony would be sitting down for a meeting to discuss the next i...
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Prize-winning author Michael Chabon has been tapped for a rewrite on Spider-Man
2, now referred to as The Amazing Spider-Man, according to
today's Variety. Chabon is well-known as
the author of the comic-themed, Pulitzer-Prize winning novel...
Superherohype.com reports that composer Danny Elfman will follow in the footsteps of John Dykstra (who left SPIDER-MAN3 earlier this year) and take his leave from the SPIDER-MAN franchise. Elfman has cued up much work for 2007 (the year of SPIDER-MAN3'S...
Video game publisher Activision announced today that the company has shipped more than two million units of its latest console and computer game, SPIDER-MAN 2, to retail stores nationwide. It's a staggering number considering that the game just went on sa...
As a mysterious interrogator continues to question Peter and Logan about their recent activities, they reveal the reasons behind their globe-trotting escapade. Nick Fury has explained to them that a S.H.I.E.L.D scientist named Brecker and his Stuff of Leg...
The world is in danger, and Spider-Man is the only one who can save it. Problem is, he's stuck in his own past, and with Doctor Strange's help, he must move forward through his own personal history to the moment at which the decision which saves or destro...
After help to create one of the most critically acclaimed and successful animated series in decades (namely BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES), and getting to tell stories using the superhero legends of the DC Comics universe, writer/producer Paul Dini is devel...
The biggest' movie of the year. Spider-Man3', is now available on DVD, Blu-Ray and PSP. It's packed with over six hours of all-new bonus materials including bloopers and more than 10 featurettes!
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment have provided Comics2Fil...
The Lizard makes his first villainous appearance in the Saturday, March 15 episode of 'The Spectacular Spider-Man.' The episode, entitled "Natural Selection," premieres at 10:00 a.m. ET/PT on Kids' WB! on The CW.
In "Natural Selection,&q...