After progress on the film stalled for nearly 25 years, it was licensed for a worldwide release by Columbia Pictures in 1999 after it acquired options from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) on all previous scripts developed by Cannon Films, Carolco, and New Cannon. However, the project would languish in development hell due to licensing and financial issues. Filmmakers Tobe Hooper, James Cameron, and Joseph Zito were all attached to direct the film at one point. After being bitten by a genetically altered spider, outcast teenager Peter Parker develops spider-like superhuman abilities and adopts a masked superhero identity to fight crime and injustice in New York City, facing the sinister Green Goblin (Dafoe) in the process.ĭevelopment on a live-action Spider-Man film began in 1975. The film chronicles Spider-Man's origin story and early superhero career. Directed by Sam Raimi from a screenplay by David Koepp, it is the first installment in Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, and stars Tobey Maguire as the titular character, alongside Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, and Rosemary Harris. Spider-Man is a 2002 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero of the same name.

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