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...
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...
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 ...
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 has released the first three covers and solicitation information for SPIDER-MAN:BLUE, the Marvel Knights mini-series by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale. "The title's not blue like the color -- it's blue as in sad, as in jazz music, as blue in love,...
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...
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...
...ut there (SPIDER-MAN:BLUE being one of them), there are some real stinkers, too. SPIDER-MAN: QUALITY OF LIFE fits into the latter category.It's not the fault of the script this time, though. Even when Greg Rucka does a mediocre script, it's still pret...
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 ...
...CGI art. SPIDER-MAN:BLUE #4 will arrive in stores on Aug. 21. It is written by Jeph Loeb, with art and cover by Tim Sale. Continuing the Marvel Knights look at Spidey's college years. SPIDER-MAN'S TANGLED WEB #17 will arrive in stors on Aug. 28. It ...
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 ...
This fall the Tonner Doll Company will release the Spider-Man Tonner Character Figure.
The figure will be dressed in his red and blue spider-suit, which has a zipper on the backside for easy dressing and undressing. The body of the figure stands app...
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...
Kirsten Dunst has been talking about acting in the SPIDER-MAN... and how physically involved that work was.While talking to Zap2it.com to promote CRAZY/BEAUTIFUL, Dunst explained, saying, "I was hanging from wires and being dropped and doing all that kind...
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 ...
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...
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...
While Loeb and Sale count themselves lucky that they've been able to do the kinds of projects for Marvel that mean something special to them, like the current SPIDER-MAN:BLUE miniseries, Gwen Stacy was anything but lucky way back in 1973. That was the ye...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
While the notion of putting out yet another Spider-Man comic book in the summer of 2002 would seem like a no-brainer - the film is, after all, making box office history across the country - that certainly wasn't the impetus for SPIDER-MAN:BLUE, the new m...
In a quick interview with the CALGARY SUN, SPIDER-MAN star Toby Maguire and director Sam Raimi thankfully side-stepped the normal boosterism of creatives hyping their next film, and let us in on how directors sometimes mess with the heads of actors to get...
Love is Blue by Arnold T. Blumberg (Thu 07-25-2002)
While the notion of putting out yet another Spider-Man comic book in the summer of 2002 would seem like a no-brainer after all, the film is making box office history across the country that certainly wasn't the impetus for SPIDER-MAN:BLUE, the new mini...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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,...
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...
Do you know Mega Man? Little blue robot dude who shoots bullets out of his arm to bring down the plans of the nefarious scientist Dr Wily? Fights other killer robots? Well, he turns 20 this year.
If you've ever owned any game system of any kind...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The impossible has happened. Marvel has seen several of its major properties adapted in some solidly entertaining motion pictures, and now, after decades of waiting and wondering, we are about to see the flagship hero of the Marvel Universe swinging his w...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
...LOCKS #2, SPIDER-MAN:BLUE #1. "The Call" part 2: CAPTAIN AMERICA #2, MARVEL KNIGHTS: DOUBLE SHOT #2, MARVEL MANGAVERSE #2, THE ORDER #4, X-TREME X-MEN #13. ON SALE MAY 15 "Spider-Man & Jay Leno: One Night Only" part 3: DAREDEVIL #33, MUTIES #4, NEW X-...
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...
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...
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...
It's the end of Peter Parker's first full year as a superhero, and he's doing what any high school kid his age would do: he's wondering whether to ditch the part-time job or to keep it and make it into a career. Understandable, as it's been a tough week. ...
Few writers have emphasized the "man" part of "Spider-Man" quite as well as J. Michael Straczynski has. Off the top of my head, I can only think of two who brought out Peter Parker's human side just as well: Stan Lee and Gerry Conway. The latest issue - a...
Even if they turn out to be not true, rumors have a nasty habit of having a negative effect on a project. One rumor that Tobey Maguire's people are trying to shoot down fast is that the star won't be returning to play Spider-Man in the sequel because of ...
Over the course of his storied 40-year career, Spider-Man has had no greater adventure then that which brings him to local theaters this summer in the form of a live-action, CG-effects spectacular. Need more proof? Then just look at the toll the project h...
It looks like Sony's decision to take a mini-break and not jump immediately back into pre-production for Spider-Man 4 right after the third installment has paid off. Deadline Hollywood Daily is reporting that leading star Tobey Maguire and director Sam Ra...
Variety is reporting that Daniel Gilles has won the role of Mary-Jane Watson's new boyfriend in THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, a.k.a. SPIDER-MAN 2. But for those of us familiar with the litany of Spider-Man's supporting cast members, the name of MJ's new beau w...
I could smell a "cop-out" coming a mile away, and when the other shoe finally dropped, the aroma was pretty rank. Last issue, our hero apparently snapped his neck in a battle with Fusion. Now we've seen Spidey make it through some pretty insane predicamen...
Having signed onto a SPIDER-MAN sequel a few weeks ago (more than a month before the release of the first film in the series), director Sam Raimi is already talking about SPIDER-MAN 2."I've just signed on to do SPIDER-MAN 2 actually," Raimi said. "We have...
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 ...
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 ...
... SHOT #2, SPIDER-MAN:BLUE #1, THUNDERBOLTS #64, ULTIMATE MARVEL TEAM-UP #16.Chapter #3: BLACK WIDOW: PALE LITTLE SPIDER #2, CAGE #4, INCREDIBLE HULK #40, THE ORDER #2, PETER PARKER: SPIDER-MAN #44, TASKMASTER #4.Chapter #4: CAPTAIN MARVEL #32, MARVEL ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
Sam Raimi talked to Chuck the Movie Guy about how the story for SPIDER-MAN 2 came together, and said that he's ready to direct SPIDER-MAN 3. Raimi's decision that Peter Parker needed to lose his powers in the second film was influenced by the comics thems...
With SPIDER-MAN still breaking records even after it's huge weekend, big artists and writers who have worked wonders on the webslinger in the past are being tracked down by reporters for their reactions to Peter Parker's big screen debut.While most of the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONI Hear Dead People: The music for George Romero's DEAD saga was inaugurated in 1968 to the accompaniment of an assemblage of vintage library music with NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (re-released in 1998 in a new version by John A. Rus...
It's official: Aunt May knows her beloved nephew Peter is Spider-Man, the vigilante she's always regarded with fear and loathing. This time, there's no blackouts, no eleventh-hour explanations, nothing that Peter can say that will convince the one family ...
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...
SPIDER-MAN: SWEET CHARITY is a 64-page one-shot, written by Ron Zimmeran, with art by Darick Robertson and Rodney Ramos, cover by J. Scott Campbell and Tim Townsend. Here's how Marvel describes the book: "Thanks to a star-studded celebrity fundraising ...
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 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...
Superherohype.com reports that composer Danny Elfman will follow in the footsteps of John Dykstra (who left SPIDER-MAN 3 earlier this year) and take his leave from the SPIDER-MAN franchise. Elfman has cued up much work for 2007 (the year of SPIDER-MAN 3'S...
Available in comic shops across the continent starting today is the latest in superheroic bookshelf swag: Spider-Man vs. Green Goblin bookends. Recreating the classic fight between the wallcrawler and the Goblin atop the Brooklyn bridge, where a kidnapped...
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 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...
In the third quarter of 2007, Sideshow Collectibles will release their Venom Statue - Spider-man 3.
The polystone figure will stand 16 inches high and weigh approximately ten pounds. It features a menacing looking Venom han...
Sideshow Collectibles has announced they are taking pre-orders one of Medicom's most limited products, the 12-inch RAH Symbiote Spider-Man. In Japan, this figure is a mail order exclusive, but Medicom has graciously allowed Sideshow to import a small numb...
Woohoo! Now we're talkin'! Spidey in pitched battle with not one, but two deadly Doctors Octopus! (And yes, that's correct grammar.) The original Doc Ock is finally - finally - regaining some of his former glory after years of being played for laughs or a...
An earlier collection of episodes of the 1994 SPIDER-MAN animated series was released to cash in on the SPIDER-MAN movie, and this one quite naturally cashes in on the release of DAREDEVIL, although DD only plays an active part in three episodes. The stor...
With Kevin Smith set to appear on NBC'S THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO on June 24 to promote his upcoming Marvel mini-series, SPIDER-MAN/BLACK CAT: THE EVIL THAT MEN DO, more art is coming out from the books. "I'm as proud of my work in comics as I am of...
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...
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN TEAM-UP will go on a month long hiatus this May in favor of the ULTIMATE SPIDER-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...
Don't get me wrong, I love Peter Bagge's work. HATE is without a doubt one of the funniest and best comic books of the last twenty years (and still dearly missed), and Bagge's rubber-band approach to anatomy and severely cynical take on life enlivens any ...
Marvel Comics announced yesterday that their SPIDER-MAN: TANGLED WEB comic book series was being suddenly cancelled. The TANGLED WEB series gave different writers and artists to try eclectic and unusual Spider-Man stories not presented in the character's...
ULTIMATE SPIDER-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, ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #22 will be double-sized."It will be the return of the Goblin, who just ha...
Director Sam Raimi has updated on the progress of both SPIDER-MAN 4 and THE SHADOW. While the "Shadow" rights are fully owned by Raimi, he had nothing to add to the project other then his desire to bring out a new adaptation of the 30's pulp cha...
Columbia Pictures is in talks with Bryce Dallas Howard to play Peter Parker's love interest Gwen Stacy in SPIDER-MAN 3. She joins a cast that already includes Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Topher Grace and Thomas Haden Church. The character ...
Scooper JMJ recently emailed me saying that he had seen a bunch of Spider-Man footage which he believes to be the first 30 or so minutes of Spider-Man 3.Please note, there ARE spoilers here, so proceed at your own peril!JMJ writes:
It’s anyone gues...
Peter is nearly killed during a fight with a peculiar cat burglar (a far more gorgeous one than he's used to dealing with, however), and the whole encounter makes him reconsider the crime-fighting biz. Mary's all in favor of the career change, but she's g...
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...
It looks like history is about to repeat itself: Columbia Pictures reports that the opening day for SPIDER-MAN 2 set a new record for the highest-grossing opening ever for a movie. According to preliminary results issued by the studio, SPIDER-MAN 2 took i...
The highly anticipated feature film version of SPIDER-MAN opened nationwide last Friday and the hordes of fans that packed theaters gave their favorite web-swinger the highest opening box office weekend of all time. After years of legal wrangling, movie-g...
Spider-Man meets Daredevil again in August in the appropriately named SPIDER-MAN/DAREDEVIL, a Marvel Knights one-shot arriving in August that features two creators new to Marvel. The book is written by Brett Matthews, with art by Vatche Mavlian. "Brett ...
Joe Kubert draws Spider-Man for the first time in his more than 60 years as a comics professional in a 10-page story in PS MAGAZINE, THE PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE MONTHLY #592. PS MAGAZINE, a periodical devoted to properly maintaining Army e...
It seems the makers of the SPIDER-MAN soundtrack have torn a page form the STAR WARS EPISODE I DVD and planted on the disc a browser that allows owners of the CD exclusive access to a SPIDER website for the film.Those who listen to the soudntrack on their...
In an interview with SFX magazine, director Sam Raimi talks briefly about his experience in working on The Gift and what he would like to take from it to apply to his latest endeavor of filming Spider-Man. Here is what he had to say:`Spider-Man won`t be ...
Normally, I would have skipped over this latest interview with Raimi because too many sites/interviewers seem to be asking Sam the same question too many times. The director/producer has already stated on numerous occasions that he will not...
The world created by Erik Lensherr Magneto to keep the X-Men and the Avengers from executing Wanda Maximoff his daughter, the Scarlet Witch gives each hero what they want most, all in a world where mutants dominate and humanity dwindles. The fantasy w...
Sideshow Collectibles is taking pre-orders for their Black Suited Spider-man Mini-Bust which will be released in July.
The polystone bust stands eight inches high and is priced at $49.99.
A curious development has happened over the last day. We know, from previous Mania reports, that Sony wants their Spider-Man franchise to continue, even if Sam Raimi may only be a exec producer and not director. Let's not also forget that there is still n...
It seems while the rest of us were doing whatever we were doing last weekend, a few lucky fans were invited to four special screenings of Sam Raimi's SPIDER-MAN.So, according to those who were there, what can we expect a few short weeks from now? Keith Ba...
Sam Raimi has been talking about what he knows regarding the posibility of further SPIDER-MAN movies, though he, as yet, is not involved in them.While talking to Spider-Man Hype, Raimi spoke of what he knew about potential sequels, saying, "I assume and I...
With SPIDER-MAN blasting away through the nation's box office, more news is coming out about MTV's SPIDER-MAN series. Onetime DOOGIE HOWSER Neil Patrick Harris has signed to voice the erstwhile web-slinger, while songstress Lisa Loeb has been confirmed as...
SPIDER-MAN didn't have to do whatever a spider could to get audiences scrambling for copies of his video and DVD release. He merely had to show up on the shelves at your local video store. VARIETY reports that more than $125 million was spent buying and r...
Tobey Maguire has made it known recently that he may be done playing Spider-Man on the big screen.He says, "This might be a good place to stop--I am not tied contractually to anymore Spider-Man movies.Maguire recently became a dad and wants to spend ...
Sam Raimi hinted that he may be ready to return for a fourth Spider-Man film to the movie magazine Premiere. "I love Spider-Man and I love working with Kirsten, Tobey, James," said Raimi, "I have to make sure that when I'm done with this p...
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Marvel Studios is putting the pieces together for a musical on the Great White Way starring the popular superhero, Spider-Man, which will be directed by Tony winner Julie Taymor, with U2's Bono and the Edge creating ne...
One superhero has fallen while the other has risen. The Dark Knight has moved to the 7th spot on the All-Time Domestic Blockbuster list while Spider-Man moves down to 8th place. The feat makes this latest Bats adventure the highest grossing comic adaptati...
OPINION: Wow, talk about varied opinions! After my extended review of SPIDER-MAN 2 a couple of weeks back, I got people agreeing with me, people disagreeing with me, people kinda disagreeing with me, and people strongly disagreeing with me. (I even got on...
According to Spider-Man Hype, sketches drawn by the one and only Alex Ross will be featured during the opening credit sequence for SPIDER-MAN 2. The website states that Ross' illustrations will "rehash the events that happened in SPIDER-MAN", serving as a...
Humberto Ramos, who has been drawing covers for PETER PARKER: SPIDER-MAN, will also be drawing the interiors for four issues."Humberto's going to be working on a special four-issue story that appears from #44 to #47," Peter Parker writer Paul Jenkins says...
Parts one and two of CINESCAPE's profile on SPIDER-MAN director Sam Raimi delved into Raimi's vision for the eagerly anticipated comic book adaptation and the director's choices of Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst to play Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Mary J...
SPIDER-MAN 3 has broken the one-day record for box office gross in North America by pulling in $59 million worth of tickets yesterday. It broke the record previously held by PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST, which had $55.8 million in its f...
Bowen Designs has released images of their upcoming Modern Spider-Man Statue. The statue, sculpted by John Cleary, stands 14" tall. It will be released in December with a price tag of $175.
Sideshow Collectibles and Marvel Comics will soon present the dramatic representation of one of comic's most mismatched battles. First trading blows in the Amazing Spider-Man #14, these two have met many times in their 40 plus year careers. This addition ...
The trippy alternative music trio known as the Blue Man Group have revealed that one of their songs on the forthcoming album THE COMPLEX will be featured over the end credits for TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES.Gavin Rossdale of the rock band Bush sing...
A week after Disney announced the dvd release date of "At World's End" this December, Sony has now revealed that SPIDER-MAN 3 will hit the shelves on October 30, 2007. According to Variety, the trilogy box set will also be available in both form...
A new trailer for Sony's upcoming film Spider-Man 3 has been released online.You can find it over here at IFILM.In Spider-Man 3, a strange black substance bonds with Peter Parker and causes inner turmoil as he contends with new villains, temptations and r...
Looking forward to seeing the SPIDER-MAN movie trailer? If so, you'll be glad to read that the trailer will be hitting the Internet a day earlier than initially planned.According to Comics2Film, the trailer will be launched on the evening of Thursday, Jul...
Spider-Man 3 by Captain Gordon Edward (Wed 03-21-2007)
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Spider-Man 3 allows players to experience the actions of heroic red-suited Spider-Man, and for the first time ever his darker more mysterious black-suited persona. Set in a larger dynamic free-roaming New York City, the game gives players the fr...
Sony has released a new SPIDER-MAN 3 via superherohype.com.The film stars Tobey Maguire (Peter Parker/"Spider-Man"), Kirsten Dunst (Mary-Jane Watson), Bryce Dallas Howard (Gwen Stacy), Topher Grace, Thomas Haden Church and Theresa Russell.It hits theaters...
Here's a story that's causing us (and probably a lot of others) to blink in surprise: according to a just published Latino Review SPIDER-MAN director Sam Raimi is quoted as saying that Sony Pictures Vice Chairman Amy Pascal has told Raimi to wrap things u...
In an exclusive interview with CINESCAPE Managing Editor Michael Tunison, Stan "The Man" Lee, creator of Marvel Comics' most memorable superheroes, let loose his rather favorable opinion on the upcoming live action adaptation of SPIDER-MAN."Boy, it looked...
While the majority of people were taking it easy and enjoying the Easter long weekend, that wasn't the case with Sam Raimi and the cast and crew of SPIDER-MAN 2. The production was filming scenes involving Spider-Man swinging above city streets -- and wi...
As promised by Sony Pictures last week, the teaser trailer for SPIDER-MAN 2 has hit the web. Make your way here and you too can see a preview of Peter's next adventure as the amazing Spider-Man plus what the nasty Doctor Octopus looks like in action!Got a...
In fall 2007, Sideshow Collectibles will release the 12-inch tall SPIDER-MAN 3 - Peter Parker figure. It features Peter Parker in street clothes with the black Spider-man outfit on underneath. Parker will have adjustable arms along with a jacket that actu...
According to an interview with The Courier-Mail, Tobey Maguire might be done with the Spider-Man franchise."To me it seems like this is a natural point for the team to break up because we have a lot of story conclusions that were going along fo...
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 ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #25 for more on that - and here in SPIDER-GIRL #50, the series we have fought so steadily to sa...
Update: Sony has told ComingSoon that there is no truth to the below rumors and that Tobey Maguire is still Spider-Man. Amazing that they can respond to these news reports for our sites but can't put out an official press release on their own, which would...
Bowen Studios has unveiled the next upcoming statue in their increasingly impressive Marvel license. Spider-Man will be getting the special treatment this March with an all new statue by sculptor supreme himself, Randy Bowen.Here is their description of ...
Ah, Valentine's Day, when a young man's mind turns to thoughts of love and...fighting the Vulture in the skies over New York. Scratch that last bit unless you're Peter Parker. Peter's in a jam-not only has he been knocked senseless by his old enemy, he's ...
OPINION: Hope everyone had a good Memorial Day and that, if you weren't out remembering those who have fought and died for our freedom, you were at least enjoying the fruits (and nicely grilled meats) of that freedom at the park or campgrounds of your cho...
Sam Raimi, the director of the Evil Dead and Spider-Man films, has said numerous times over the last year that he will only be aboard more Spidey installments as an executive producer, preferring to take a break into different projects. Since those quotes...
According to the Irish Examiner, the cast of SPIDER-MAN 3 has been called back to do various reshoots after complaints from test audiences."The next thing I'm shooting? Re-shoots on Spider-Man... Probably next month," said James Franco. (Director Sam Rai...
According to ComingSoon, Kirsten Dunst let it slip in a news conference that she felt the Spider-Man franchise needed to take a break."Well, I think [director] Sam [Raimi] has dedicated so much of his life, like more than 10 years, to the Spider-Man ...
OPINION: Last week I turned the floor over to those who mostly agreed with my extended review of SPIDER-MAN 2, so this week it only makes sense to let those on the other side of the carpet have their say...and some of them are quite voluble about it!For e...
Thanks to our friends in the southern hemisphere, we've been given confirmation regarding yesterday's SPIDER-MAN 2 scoop. The Melbourne Telegraph did indeed publish three new photos from SPIDER-MAN 2 as well as report that the stars have signed for three ...
Two independent sources have sent us word that, before the end of next month, SPIDER-MAN 2 will be formatted and be playing on IMAX theaters screens. Both sources have told Coming Attractions that Sony Pictures is about to make an announcement about the I...
After his additional music credit on SPIDER-MAN 2, Christopher Young has been hired to compose the original score for SPIDER-MAN 3, to be released on 7 May, 2007. Shooting began on earlier this month, once again under the direction of Sam Raimi. Tobey Mag...
When the spider changed its mind the monster hunter took its place. Columbia Pictures has announced that the release of its much-anticipated sequel to last year's SPIDER-MAN has been pushed back two months from May 7, 2004, and is now slotted for July 2/...
I stared at the sporadic Uptown traffic on Oak Street through the open, boarded-up door of More Fun Comics that overcast Sunday afternoon. Two months ago Hurricane Katrina decimated the Gulf Coast, leaving hundreds dead and even more homeless, displaced, ...
If you missed part one you can find it here. Now let's get back to the interview with Mark Bagley, one of the most well-known Spider-Man artists in the industry!CINESCAPE: I know you worked on a lot of different characters since you "broke in" to the ind...
The screenwriters of SPIDER-MAN 2, among others, are talking about what fans can expect in the sequel to Marvel Comic's biggest film to date. The writers, replacing SPIDER-MAN's David Koepp who decided not to return for a second outing, are Alfred Gough a...
OPINION: OK, I goofed. Although it's been amended since then, any of you who read this column before Thursday will have noticed that I misattributed the recent words of Warren Ellis to M. Ali Choudhury, who reported them to me. (Amongst those who caught t...
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...
Yes, I do think J. Michael Straczynski is doing a splendid job on AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, and believe me, you don't want to hear what vile thoughts I think whenever I encounter any Spider-Man project written by Ron Zimmerman. These two writers - well, one wri...
On June 30th SPIDER-MAN 2 opened nationwide. SPIDER-MAN 2 is a fun movie, full of action, romance, and adventure; just watching Spidey fly from building to building is awesome. Alfred Molina is a wonderful villain and those metal tentacles make him a...
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...
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #36, the World Trade Center story that arrived in stores on Wednesday, will be reprinted as part of a collection book in December.The issue, along with INCREDIBLE HULK #34 (first issue for writer Bruce Jones), DAREDEVIL #26 (the first i...
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...
Cab driver Charlie Clemmens has a problem. He's just been told he has a barely operable brain tumor, and the highly risky surgery that could remove it costs half a million dollars. At first there seems to be no hope, but Charlie has a secret that many wou...
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...
In September, Diamond Selects will release the twelve-inch statue featuring Spider-Man’s genemy – Venom. This detailed scene was created utilizing SPIDER-MAN 3’s digital production files by Gentle Giant Studios and features th...
The Imax Corporation and Columbia Pictures made it official today and confirmed that SPIDER-MAN 2 will be distributed globally to Imax theaters beginning July 23. The movie is being digitally re-mastered to suit the Imax screen and sound experience.In a p...
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Spider-Man 3 will receive a TV and online blitz Thursday night when Columbia Pictures unveils a new, full-length, 2 1/2-minute trailer at 10 p.m. in a "road block" across Viacom's online brands and CBS' TV ne...
Alvin Sargeant will earn a seven-figure paycheck for writing the screenplay for SPIDER-MAN 3. Columbia Pictures has closed a contract with the writer, who had sole screenwriting credit for SPIDER-MAN 2 and also contributed (but received no on-screen credi...
When last we left Mary Jane Watson, she had been frightened at the prospect of marrying Peter Parker and left New York and our hero's life. While Pete soldiered on and dated some other ladies - including temporary crime-fighting partner and former crimina...
In a press release dated today, video game developer/distributor Activision announced that it has secured an agreement to make and release a game based on