...ent books.UltimateSpider-Man is the Ultimate line’s first effort, allowing writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Mark Bagley to start fresh. And starting fresh means just that--watching as nerdy high schooler Peter Parker is first bitten by a radioac...
ULTIMATESPIDER-MAN TEAM-UP will go on a month long hiatus this May in favor of the ULTIMATESPIDER-MAN SPECIAL, a project writer Brian Michael Bendis says has been in development for six months and is "an all-new star-studded Spidey story like you've nev...
MASSIVE SPOILER WARNING: There's simply no easy way to review this watershed issue of ULTIMATESPIDER-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...
...Man 2 and UltimateSpider-Man and combines them into one. Spider-Man 3 will ship on multiple systems the day before the movie debuts, but only the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions are similar in content. Incidentally, the PS3 version offers an extra little go...
ULTIMATESPIDER-MAN writer Brian Michael Bendis announced upcoming plans for the title to coincide with the release of the SPIDER-MAN movie in May.First of all, ULTIMATESPIDER-MAN #22 will be double-sized."It will be the return of the Goblin, who just ha...
SOTA Toys presents the ultimateSpider-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...
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...
... telling! ULTIMATESPIDER-MAN #15Cover by Mark BagleyWritten by Brian Michael Bendis; art by Mark Bagley and Art ThibertFor months he lay in a coma in the depths of a government research facility -- but now Dr. Otto Octavius and his automated arms have...
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 ...
...g back in ULTIMATESPIDER-MAN didn't strike me as the best of news. Of course, I should know by now that if Brian Michael Bendis puts his mind to it, he could make me like ice cream and mayonnaise. OK, maybe not...but I do like the new Black Cat, and t...
...ts of the ULTIMATESPIDER-MAN series, this one captures the heart of the original series best. The "real world" Spider-Man almost never considered whether he was too young to do what he did - he simply lived by the credo of "With great power comes grea...
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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 ...
ULTIMATESPIDER-MAN artist Mark Bagley has extended his exclusive contract with Marvel Comics. The artist, who was discovered by the company in a try-out contest, has re-upped with the House of Ideas for an unspecified amount of time."I'm enjoying my work...
I cried when they introduced the black suit. OK, not a girly kind of cry - although my mother still likes to taunt me with the memory - but a wistful tear was indeed shed when I first beheld the solid black costume that Spidey would soon don in place of t...
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 ...
Enter MTV's Spider-Man 3: See It.Play It. Sweepstakes for your chance to win the ultimate super-hero prize package: a trip to NYC for the Spider-Man 3 premiere, a meet and greet with the cast on TRL, a Playstation 3 console, a special edition Spider-Man 3...
IGN.com has posted 6 new Preview Clips for the Nintendo DS console videogame of Spider-Man 3 featuring an introduction, an ultimate challange, Spidey around the game and many more...
Just in time for
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The hugely anticipated action-RPG "Spider-Man 3" 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 "UltimateSpider-Man." Spider-Man 3 follows i...
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...
Plot: The ultimate origin story of how Peter Parker (Maguire) went from nerdy high school photographer to web-spinning crime fighter facing off against the father of his best pal (Franko), otherwise known as the Green Goblin (Defoe). Then there's the litt...
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...
"Elitist Wii owners who refuse to buy any games not developed specifically for Nintendo's console are, with Spider-Man 3, forced to confront a new dilemma. This effort was created by Vicarious Visions (Marvel: Ultimate Alliance) with the Wii in mind and t...
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...
Today at the WizardWorld comic book convention Marvel Comics announced that the next title in their popular Ultimates line will be ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR. The book will be co-written by Mark Millar (THE ULTIMATES) and Brian Michael Bendis (ULTIMATE SPIDE...
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...
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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...
This is quite a weighty week for Spider-fans. Over in the "Ultimate" line, Brian Michael Bendis has dropped a bombshell - see our review of ULTIMATESPIDER-MAN #25 for more on that - and here in SPIDER-GIRL #50, the series we have fought so steadily to sa...
As a Spider-fan from way back, I always have a special fondness for those stories that brought the arachnid adventurer and the Master of the Mystic Arts together. There was something about their joint efforts (no pot jokes, please) that created an extra a...
I don’t know what it is about the word ‘ultimate’ and franchise guides, but there’s no doubt that DK Publishing is one of the best in the business for in-depth and aesthetic guides on your favorite media series. This week Tom De...
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...
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...
Pure joy, no doubt about it. A brave and welcome change of pace from Marvel, this unique team-up pairs the Ultimate version of Spider-Man with a new but still very familiar incarnation of the Fantastic Four. Kudos, by the way, to writer Brian Bendis (as i...
In part one of CINESCAPE's profile on SPIDER-MAN co-star Willem Dafoe, the actor discussed his interest in playing Spidey's archenemy the Green Goblin. In part two he describes the challenge of performing in a full-faced Goblin mask and the film's elabora...
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-Man 3 is going to generate even more than the usual mas...
New stuff in on the Spidey 2 site, including a 'Characters' section (under 'The Movies'). There's a new IPIX of the Daily Bugle offices. You'll find an 'Ultimate Quiz' in 'Fan Central' and a new Tobey wallpaper in the 'Downloads' section. You'll find new ...
Marvel Studios released the long-in-the-making cinematic adaptation of Iron Man this weekend. Thus far, it has garnered both rave reviews and over $100 million in box office grosses. Despite a few minor flaws, the film resets the standard for Ma...
From a press release:
Hasbro, Inc. reveals its exciting new product offerings at New York's annual American International Toy Fair with innovation in a wide range of entertainment categories.
Among the traditional toy and game categories, highlights inc...
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 ...
...s and the UltimateSpider-Man comics. Harry and Norman Osborn are present but what comes as a shocker is that they added Eddie Brock (the future Venom) as Peter’s buddy. Eddie is a science student at Empire State University under the tutelage of ...
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...
User your cell phone to "Veek" answers to question What are you most looking forward to seeing in Spider-Man 3, get a Spider-Man 3 wallpaper frame which surrounds your personal cell phone pictures. Visit the mobile site now to find out more.
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...following UltimateSpider-Man. Just as UltimateSpider-Man has overhauled Peter Parker’s legendary tale and made it fresh for a new generation of readers, Ultimate X-Men simplifies decades of comics history by modernizing and reinventing the team. It s...
Arriving only in specialty stores this week is the newest Marvel Select figure, straight from his recent introduction in ULTIMATESPIDER-MAN, Ultimate Venom. Packaged in a deluxe blister card, the nasty-looking Venom comes with a full-sized Peter Parker f...
...ently on, UltimateSpider-Man. When you first did that Spidey story in the Marvel Try Out book, were your thoughts of getting a chance to draw Spider-Man on a permanent basis? Was he like one of your goals as a comicbook artist?BAGLEY: Spider-Man was a...
With two incredibly successful Spider-Man movies under his belt, Director Sam Raimi comes back better than ever with 'Spider-Man 3'. His cast and the Producing team praise his talent and he has spearheaded a franchise worth billions of dollars. So what ...
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 ...
Spider-Man 3 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-Man 3 in a single weekend than any ...
...matter if UltimateSpider-Man didn't experience the humiliation of being mistaken for a clone, nor does it matter that Ultimate Wolverine hasn't regained his memories yet. At the end of the day, Spider-Man the Icon learned the dangers of selfishness by...
After months of
rumors and hints UltimateSpider-Man writer Brian Michael Bendis
has come clean about his involvement with the upcoming Spider-Man
animated TV show for MTV. Addressing fans on his Jinxworld
message boards Bendis revealed new details ...
As Q once said to Picard, all good things must come to an end (yes, I know it was a quote! Honestly...), and so here we are at the end of ULTIMATE MARVEL TEAM-UP. It's been a lot of fun seeing the new Spidey meeting intriguing alternate versions of some o...
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
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to the UltimateSpider-Man comic book version. The Goblin artwork is much
more reminiscent of the original comic book version than the film. Manser
also worked on the costume for Daredevil, currently filming.
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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 ...
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...
Long-time readers of this column know of my love-hate relationship with Ron Zimmerman's work - that is, if you define a "love-hate relationship" as "I love to hate him." No other comics writer working today has done more to sink the level of discourse in ...
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...
One of the biggest films of 2007, Spider-Man 3, 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...
Spider-Man 3 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...
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...
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...
UltimateSpider-Man writer Brian Michael Bendis has made brief mention of a possible appearance on the Spider-Man DVD.
In response to a post on Bendis' message board, asking if Sony will interview him for DVD bonus material, Bendis had this to say:...
...d go read ULTIMATESPIDER-MAN instead. It's less likely to turn your brain into sushi rice, and you might just enjoy it more.Questions? Comments? Let us know what you think atfeedback@cinescape.com.
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...
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...
SPIDER-MAN,
eh?
Is there anyone
reading this right now that's actually going to make a decision about going
to see the Spidey flick based on what I - or any other reviewer/writer - say?
I mean, seriously. If you're a Spider-Man fan, you'...
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 ...
Somewhere deep in the bowels of Cinescape City, the vast metropolis built in the late 21st century to house all genre entertainment artifacts after the great Pop Culture Wars of 2077, there lies a machine unlike any other. Sitting patiently under a dusty ...
...one with UltimateSpider-Man. This meant that we’d successfully done a version of the character who’d been a hit with the audience. We had been able to keep our Spidey in high school and give readers an alternative to the mainstream Spi...
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 ...
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...
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,...
...n with it!UltimateSpider-Man #83 $2.50Ultimate X-Men Vol 1 HC $29.99Wolverine #33 $2.50Al: Humph. Millar's done here, and so am I.Kurt: You'll just have the comic shop guy give you your copy of Wolverine in the same brown paper bag where he hides your...
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 ...
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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...
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...
The reaction to Activision and Treyarch's Spider-Man 3 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 ...
"Black cats and goblins and broomsticks and ghosts, Covens of witches with all of their hosts, You may think they scare me, you're probably right, Black cats and goblins on Halloween night. Trick-or-treat!"poem as quoted in John Carpenter's HALLOWEENYes, ...
...THOR #49, ULTIMATESPIDER-MAN #22. "The Call" part 1: ALIAS #9, CITIZEN V #4, EXILES #13, FANTASTIC FOUR #55, UNCANNY X-MEN #406. ON SALE MAY 8 "Spider-Man & Jay Leno: One Night Only" part 2: BLACK PANTHER #44, CABLE #105, IRON MAN #55, MORLOCKS #2, SP...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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...
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-Man 3',...
Marvel Comics has sent a preview of ULTIMATESPIDER-MAN #50, their December comic release that debuts the Ultimate universe's version of Black Cat. This costumed cat-burglar was first introduced to Spider-Man readers decades ago, and she eventually became...
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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...
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...
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Ben: It’s really hard to see a new artist on this book.
Kurt: I get this in trade and haven’t grabbed a new one in a while, but Bendis’s writing on this has always been really entertaining.
...
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...
With the success of 'Spider-Man 3', 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...
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...
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-Man 3." "I will miss all the terrific peop...
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...
Nothing too shocking there since he's said it many times since SPIDER-MAN 3 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...
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...
With their work on UltimateSpider-Man, which is nearing its 100th issue, Mark Bagley and Brian Michael Bendis are about to break the record for the creative team who have worked on the most consecutive issues of any given comicbook series. And to think,...
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ULTIMATESPIDER-MAN writer Brian Michael Bendis: "It does capture the essence, which thrilled me to no end. It's such a delicate balance, and Hollywood isn't known for its delicate balances. My hat's off to everyone. And I am very happy that ...
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...
"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...
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...
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...
...ed on the UltimateSpider-Man line of books, and there's a
good chance Norman Osborn and his alter-ego will be back in TV animation.
The line of Ultimate comics
was created in part as a showcase for creators to do stories not mired in
continuity. T...
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...
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...
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...
Spider-Man!
Spider-Man!
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...
... stick to UltimateSpider-Man and Powers or everyone will finally realize how much you can suck.
Kurt: Or, try writing Alias again. That book ruled.
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Ben: Get ready Knight #11, a ...
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,...
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...
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...
'Spider-Man 3' is "a much darker Spider-Man," Kirsten Dunst said during an appearance on NBC's Today on Tuesday morning.
"It's a very dramatic movie, this one," Dunst said. "There's a lot going on. This is a much darker Spider-Man."
Warner Home Vide...
Mageina Tovah is reprising her role from 'Spider-Man 2' and has completed her filming for 'Spider-Man 3'. Tovah, 26, played Mr. Ditkovich's shy daughter, Ursala, in Spider-Man 2.
Universal Studios Home Entertainment will release The Incredible Hulk: T...
"Spider-Man 3" will premiere in China on May 3, the day before it opens in North America, China's top overseas film import official said Thursday. The move is designed to secure a strong opening at the boxoffice before pirated copies have a chance to floo...
With a $150 million movie, one-third often goes to effects. Director Sam Raimi estimates that f/x accounted for "at least 40% of the budget" on Sony's "Spider-Man" films. And some effects extravaganzas can take that figure higher.
"There's just so much...
Daniel Robert Epstein interviews producer Grant Curtis on Spider-man 3, author of The Spider-Man Chronicles: The Art and Making of Spider-Man, which details nearly everything that went into the making of the sure to be summer blockbuster."There's no denyi...
Celebrate the opening of 'Spider-Man 3' with the Bears on May 18. Receive FREE admission at the box office when you wear a Spider-Man costume or apparel. Enjoy a post-game fireworks spectacular and a special appearance by Spider-Man.
Spider-Man fans will get a long-awaited sneak peek at Columbia Pictures' highly anticipated motion picture 'Spider-Man 3' when a new, full-length, two-and-a-half minute trailer debuts in a special unprecedented "road block" across Viacom Inc. 's brands an...
For 'The Spectacular Spider-Man,' Halloween arrives early this year – in the all-new Saturday, May 10 episode – but it still comes with all the traditional goodies, including a goblin, lots of spiders, a very large tombstone and even a black c...
In just three days the battle within begins. Spider-Man faces his darkest hour and his most fearsome opponent yet...himself...in 'Spider-Man 3'.
18 lucky Comics2Film fans and one guest each will get to experience the struggle a day early with a pair of...
Peter Parker and his lovely wife, Mary Jane Watson-Parker, stand at the bedside of Aunt May, as she slowly expires from a sniper’s bullet. The Kingpin sent the sniper to kill Peter, but the hitman accidentally shot May. Now, having dissoci...
This will come as no supprise to anyone, but Marvel's new CEO Kevin Feige recently told MTV that the SPIDER-MAN franchise will be continuing for the foreseeable future."There will be many more Spider-Man films to come. We already have stacks of ideas for ...
Show us your Spider-Man spirit and you could be featured in the new Spider-Man 3 photo mosaic launching on May 4. Simply submit a photo of yourself or your kids showing your enthusiasm for Spider-Man and tune into SpiderMan3Photos.com on the day of releas...
From the Del Rey Internet Newsletter #126:
As Del Rey will be publishing the official novelization for SPIDER-MAN 2, we have signed on acclaimed science fiction writer Peter David. A New York Times bestselling author for his multiple Star Trek: The Next ...
The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes are pleased to announce that SPIDER-MAN will be at Volcanoes Stadium on Friday, July 16. The appearance will be in conjunction with the Volcanoes game versus the Tri City Dust Devils (Colorado Rockies affiliate). Game time is 7:...
Even before post-production is complete on the $200 million production of Spider-Man 2, Marvel Enterprises and Sony are laying concrete plans for Spider-Man 3.
Sony confirms that Spider-Man 3 has been pushed into development, but nothing more. Spiderma...
At this point, Sam Raimi knows some of what will happen in 'Spider-Man 3', which is set to come out in the summer of 2007, but he's not willing to share the information. But he does backtrack on a statement he made while doing publicity for 'Spider-Man 2'...
Spider-Man 2 by Anthony C. Ferrante (Thu 11-04-2004)
He does whatever a spider can, plus he can gross over $821 million worldwide. His name is SPIDER-MAN and after years of legal battles that kept the Marvel comic from coming to the big screen, in 2002 olâ webhead scaled tall buildings with a single co...
Bryce Dallas Howard is in negotiations to play Peter Parker's love interest Gwen Stacy in Columbia Pictures' "Spider-Man 3." Sam Raimi is directing the movie, which is scheduled to roll this month. Gwen is pivotal in Spider-Man lore as Peter's high school...
Activision, Inc. announced today that the company has signed an agreement with Spider-Man Merchandising L.P., a limited partnership between Marvel Entertainment, Inc. and Sony Pictures Consumer Products Inc., to extend its exclusive worldwide publishing r...
Scott Stokdyk and Anthony LaMolinara were both first-time Oscar winners for their visual effects work on 'Spider-Man 2.' The two shared the honor with John Dykstra and John Frazier. The same group had been previously nominated for 'Spider-Man.' Santa Moni...
Bryce Dallas Howard ('The Village') appeared on last night's 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno', where she debuted her new 'Spider-Man 3' hair color. The natural redhead will play Gwen Stacy, Peter Parkers new love interest in 'Spider-Man 3'. In the Spider-...
FX said they will be premiering Spider-Man 2 Jan. 2 at 7PM. Not only will they be showing Spider-Man 2 but a new version with added story and extended scenes. Also during this there will be a new clip of Spider-Man 3 shown.
...- as does ULTIMATESPIDER-MAN #51, featuring the second Ultimates appearance of the Black Cat (who first appeared in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #194. (Yeah, I can just imagine what my editor must be thinking: "First he kills us with 'Six Degrees of Separation ...
The Visual Effects Society (VES) today announced the nominees for the 6th Annual VES Awards ceremony recognizing outstanding visual effects in over a dozen categories of film, television, commercials and video games. Nominees were ...
Nikki Finke writes: "It's very early, still. But I'm told the first round of tracking for Spider-Man 3 is better than the first pulse that was registered for either Spidey 1 or 2 pics in this all-important Sony franchise. Remember: the first two had a com...
Won't Harry Osborn will have to be the villain in 'Spider-Man 3'?
"No," Sam Raimi said. "You'd think it would, but that can go a few different ways with Harry."
After avenging to kill Spider-Man for murdering his father, Norman Osborn, it looked lik...
Yes, that's Wolverine flirting with Mary Jane Parker on the cover of SPIDER-MAN 13. And yes, Wolvie and Spidey fight. But, that's about it. I don't think we'll be seeing any little Logans with red hair running around Stark Tower anytime soon, so don't ...
From the Comics Continuum:
He still could be involved, but Spider-Man 4 is not currently in director Sam Raimi's future.
At the end of a press conference for 30 Days of Night, which Raimi is producing, he was asked what he's doing next.
Raimi r...
Spider-Man 3's reign at the top of the box office ended on Friday as the film dropped to second place.
Spider-Man 3 pulled in an estimated $8 million to place second behind Shrek the Third. Spider-Man 3's domestic total was $261.4 million heading into...
Spider-Man 3 continued to dominate the box office on Friday, pulling in an estimated $17.8 million.
With a domestic total of $199.8 million after Friday, Spider-Man 3 passed the $200-million mark on Saturday.
With nearly $14 million more than runn...
"Spider-Man 3" will swing onto homevideo in six different ways -- including two Blu-ray disc sets -- on Oct. 30. The same day, "Spider-Man 3" will bow on standard-definition DVD as a single disc, a two-disc special edition and in the trilogy compilation.
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With the release of the brilliant SPIDER-MAN feature film, it was a given that Marvel would start flooding the market with Spidey-related stuff in such quantities as we haven't seen since the early ?90s. But just as back then, the quality is variable at b...
You could win a trip to New York Spidey style! One lucky winner and a guest will tour the New York locations where Spider-Man 2™ was filmed and then attend their very own private screening of Spider-Man 2™. Over a hundred other winners will score Spider-M...
Marvel Comics has announced that it is cancelling its SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN comic series as of the March 2005 issue, slated to be issue #27. Jenkins will end his run on the book after a fill-in issue from writer Samm Barnes and penciler Scot Eaton."Paul ...
Spider-Man Week in New York City begins on Monday, and The Continuum has obtained a guide for the festivities.
In other Spider-Man 3 news: Tobey Maguire will be part of Spider-Man Week in New York City, but will hit both coasts for syndicated talk-sho...
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...