Only Avengers: Infinity War, The Dark Knight, Black Panther, The Avengers and Avengers: Endgame have sold more tickets than Spider-Man. Filmmakers Tobe Hooper, James Cameron, and Joseph Zito were all attached to direct the film at one point. [18] Bruce Campbell, a long-time colleague of director Sam Raimi, cameoed as the announcer at the wrestling ring Parker takes part in. Goblin says "we're gonna have [an interesting] time" as opposed to a "hell of a time"). The most prominent place Tobey Maguire can appear after Spider-Man: No Way Home is Avengers: Secret Wars.Hope that he could return through the multiverse for the epic event has been around since even before Marvel Studios officially announced plans for Avengers: Secret Wars as the final MCU Phase 6 movie. I think that meant I was able to show up fully and be really present and have a good time. [50] The studio had expressed interest in actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Freddie Prinze Jr., Chris O'Donnell, Jude Law, Chris Klein, Ewan McGregor, Wes Bentley, and Heath Ledger. it would appear here. His other major films include Pleasantville, Ride with the Devil, The Cider House Rules, Wonder Boys, Seabiscuit, The Good German, Brothers, and The Great Gatsby. Later in the film, he designs his own costume and makes it himself. "[204] USA Today critic Mike Clark believed the casting rivaled that of Christopher Reeve as 1978's Superman. Moments later, he discovers Ben was carjacked and killed. The project did not come into fruition following budgetary disputes between Corman and Lee. Following comparable debuts of Deep Impact in 1998 and The Mummy in 1999, the frame was taken to the next level in 2001 with the release of The Mummy Returns. By July 2006, the PlayStation 2 version of Spider-Man had sold 2.1million copies and earned $74million in the United States. Facebook. [104][105][106] Sony's Stage 29 was used for Parker's Forest Hills home, and Stage 27 was used for the wrestling sequence where Parker takes on Bonesaw McGraw (Randy Savage). You can get as sneak peek of the book here with this exclusive excerpt of interviews with Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield about making Spider-Man: No Way Home! Agatha Harkness Conjures Up a 'Contest of Chaos' in 'Scarlet Witch Annual' #1, 'Guardians of the Galaxy' #1 Promises No One Is Safe from Grootfall, Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania How Baskin-Robbins Scott Lang Made It into the Quantum Realm, Spider-Gwen: A Dance on the Dark Side with 'Shadow Clones', 'Marvel's Voices' Swings into the Spider-Verse with New Heroes, Returning Stars, and More. How did it feel to put on the Spider-Man suit again? [59] Columbus would later pass on the project to direct Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone instead. Directors Roland Emmerich, Ang Lee, Chris Columbus, Barry Sonnenfeld, Tim Burton, Michael Bay, Jan de Bont, M. Night Shyamalan, Tony Scott, and David Fincher were considered to direct the project before Raimi was hired as director in 2000. Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, and Tom Holland set to return as 'Spider-Man in upcoming 'Avengers' movie with Multiverse. "Maguire, winning as he is, never quite gets the chance to bring the two sides of Spideythe boy and the man, the romantic and the avengertogether. Prints are now available to purchase online and at upcoming conventions. The film also grossed $418,002,176 from its international markets, bringing its worldwide total to $825,025,036[184] making it 2002's third-highest-grossing film behind The Two Towers and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and the 58th-highest-grossing film of all time, worldwide. Kathryn Newton joins us live from the premiere of Marvel Studios' Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, to discuss taking on the role of Cassie Lang, filming with Paul Rudd, and exploring the Quantum Realm. "[214] The film was nominated for Favorite Movie at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, but lost to Austin Powers in Goldmember. You might not remember that the 2002 Spider-Man opens with voice-over narration from Tobey Maguire. The visuals here could have given an impression of the enormous weights and tensions involved, but instead the scene seems more like a bloodless storyboard of the idea. [65], For the titular role, the filmmakers wanted someone who wasn't "extraordinarily tall or handsome as Christopher Reeve", but who could have the "heart and soul" for the audience to identify with. Spider-Man: Directed by Sam Raimi. [59] As production neared, Ziskin hired award-winning writer Alvin Sargent, to polish the dialogue, primarily between Parker and Mary Jane. Spider-Man: No Way Home, Tobey Maguire, Tom Holland; Comments. One of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood Maguire has also tried his hand at production for a few movies. I love these films and I love all of the different series. As for the second disc, the special features are an HBO special called The Making of Spider-Man, The Evolution of Spider-Man, outtakes, screen tests, an E! [98] The crew wanted her to straighten her teeth but she refused. So I decided to screen test and throw my hat in the ring. Endowed with the proportionate powers and abilities of a spider, he used them to become the crime-fighting . 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He . [138] Another Spider-Man trailer premiered online on March 27, 2002 and in theaters with the releases of Panic Room and The Rookie just two days later on March 29. [46] Cameron had recently completed True Lies for 20th Century Fox as part of a production deal with the studio. Spider-Man has become one of the most coveted superhero roles in film and television with actors such as Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland stepping into Peter Parker's shoes. Fox attempted to acquire the film rights to Spider-Man for Cameron but this proved unsuccessful. [97] Dunst earned the role a month before shooting in an audition in Berlin. [27] Shots were made more complicated because of the main characters' individual color schemes, so Spider-Man and the Green Goblin had to be shot separately for effects shots: Spider-Man was shot in front of a greenscreen, while the Green Goblin was shot against bluescreen. When was Peter Parker born? I was able to trick my ego to be occupied in a corner. At Norman's funeral, Harry swears vengeance on Spider-Man, whom he holds responsible for his father's death. In addition, Spider-Man had the largest opening of any film in the UK with a BBFC certificate higher than a "PG" rating, staying ahead of Independence Day and Hannibal. When it comes to Tobey Maguire's thoughts on possibly returning to don the . About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright . Maguire . [165] The film also broke X-Men's record for having the highest opening weekend for a superhero film. Studio lot for the set to use to film the upside down kiss scene. Tobey Maguire is an American actor who is best known for his role as 'Spider-Man' in the 'Spider-Man' film trilogy (2002 - 2007). Cant-miss news and updates from across the Marvel Universe! By Josh Rosenberg Published: Jan 27, 2023. The complexity of such sequences meant the budget rose from an initially planned $70million to around $100million. [139], To promote the release of the film, Sony partnered with CKE Restaurants to release kids meal toys at Hardee's and Carl's Jr. restaurants. Upon graduating, Peter begins using his abilities to fight injustice, donning a spandex costume and the masked persona of Spider-Man. [175], The film dropped to the second position in its third weekend, behind Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones, but still made $45,036,912, dropping only 37%, averaging $12,458 per theater, and bringing the 17-day tally to $285,573,668. The studio announced they were not hiring Cameron himself to direct the film nor would they be using his script. They asked me to do a screen test, and I suddenly thought, This could happen. [115], In Los Angeles, locations included the Natural History Museum (for the Columbia University lab where Parker is bitten and receives his powers), the Pacific Electricity Building (the Daily Bugle offices) and Greystone Mansion (for the interiors of Norman Osborn's home), the latter of which was the set that was used for Batman. With the coming of Tobey Maguire's Peter Parker in the first Spider-Man movie in 2002 . Beginning in April 2002, the locations offered customers three different Spider-Man collector's cups and patrons could purchase a Spider-Man figure to attach to their car radio antenna. It was tough. Tobey Maguire is a leading Hollywood film actor whose range of work has included 'The Cider House Rules,' 'Seabiscuit,' 'The Great Gatsby' and the 'Spider-Man' series. Tobey Maguire on identifying with Peter Parker. Tobey Maguire may have had, ahem, no way home in the third entry of Tom Holland's Spider-Man trilogy, but the fantastical Spidey team-up . Spider-Man (2002) Sony Pictures. 0. Development on a live-action Spider-Man film began in the 1980s. Is there any precedent for the upside-down kiss? Back in 2012, The Amazing Spider-Man saw Andrew Garfield don the costume in an energetic reboot, which was followed by a sequel in 2014. [193] Additionally, it set the highest opening gross in Spain. With a STRONG Stark/iron man influence. [Spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home obviously follow.] The thief flees but dies after falling out a window. All uses of ass, hell, and damn were scrubbed from the movie (i.e. [21], Octavia Spencer appears as a staff member at Parker's wrestling match. Perhaps the actor people are speculating about the most is Tobey Maguire. A hard shell was worn underneath the mask to make the shape of the head look better and to keep the mask tight while keeping the wearer comfortable. I'm Spider-man. 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[154] As of 2006, the film has grossed a total revenue of $1.5billion from box office and home video (sales and rentals), in addition a further $880 million from television (pay-per-view, broadcast TV and cable TV). In late August, the BBFC relaxed its policy to "12A", leading Sony to re-release the film. [127] When two studio executives were shown shots of the computer generated character, they believed it was actually Maguire performing stunts. [96] Dunst decided to audition after learning Maguire had been cast, feeling the film would have a more independent feel. [65] Koepp said that Cameron's script was "influential". Tobey was hamming it up more here than the other two Spiderman movies. However, the film does not further focuses on the issues with his costume. [162], The film also set a record for crossing the $100 million milestone in three days, at the time being the fastest any film had reached the mark. Peter, however, feels he must protect her from the unwanted attention of his enemies, so he hides his true feelings and tells Mary Jane that they can only be friends. [162][163] The gross surpassed the previous record holder's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone $90.3 million opening; on this, Rick Lyman of The New York Times wrote "while industry executives had expected a strong opening for the film because there was little competition in the marketplace and prerelease polling indicated intense interest from all age groups, no one predicted that Spider-Man would surpass the Harry Potter record. What did Tobey Maguire make for the Spider-Man movies. That's the biggest spoiler in Marvel's MCU . [29] Sara Ramirez appears as a police officer at Uncle Ben's death scene. He enters an underground wrestling event to win the money for it and wins his first match, but the promoter cheats him out of his earnings. In an interview with Marvel.com published on Thursday, 'Spider-Man' actor Tobey Maguire said he would continue to appear as Peter Parker in future Marvel movies if he is asked to reprise the role . Maguire starred as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in three Spider-Man movies directed by Sam Raimi: 2002's Spider-Man, 2004's Spider-Man 2 and . [50] Dafoe also wanted the costume to be flexible enough to allow him to do splits. That's what happened to J.K. Simmons. [164] It surpassed The Lost World: Jurassic Park for having the largest May opening weekend. [157] Just three years later, it was released as a separate Blu-ray on November 16, 2010. Tobey Maguire played the web-slinger in Raimi's set of three, at that point Andrew Garfield took on the part in the disastrous Amazing Spider-Man reboot arrangement, and the job is as of now filled by Tom Holland in the rambling Marvel Cinematic . [162] Spider-Man also set an all-time record for the highest earnings in a single day with $43,622,264 on its second day of release,[162][171] a record later surpassed by Shrek 2 in 2004. He experiments on himself with an unstable performance-enhancing chemical and goes insane, killing his assistant. With Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco. 3 min read. Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania: Dive into the Mind of M.O.D.O.K. Thinking the only way to defeat Peter is to attack those special to him, Norman later attacks May, forcing her to be hospitalized. Following the critical and financial failure of Superman IV: The Quest for Peace and Masters of the Universe which were produced by Cannon, the budget for Spider-Man: The Movie was cut to $7 million. The actor thought he was finished with the role until he heard the wild pitch for No Way Home. Joseph Zito was unwilling to compromise and stepped down as director. Peter Parker: [voiceover] Whatever life holds in store for me, I will never forget these words: "With great power comes great responsibility." [36][37], By 1985, a new script was being written by Ted Newsom and John Brancato. 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. After being bitten by a genetically-modified spider, a shy teenager gains spider-like abilities that he uses to fight injustice as a masked superhero and face a vengeful enemy.After being bitten by a genetically-modified spider, a shy teenager gains spider-like abilities that he uses to fight injustice as a masked superhero and face a vengeful enemy.After being bitten by a genetically-modified spider, a shy teenager gains spider-like abilities that he uses to fight injustice as a masked superhero and face a vengeful enemy. [185] Additionally, it was the highest-grossing Sony film of all time, beating out Men in Black. Tig Notaro was offered the role by Raimi and auditioned, but lost it to Spencer. Maguire, who played Spider-Man in three films from 2002-07, wanted to keep things quite minimal when it came to revelations about his character post- Spider-Man 3. Their names are Ruby Sweetheart and Otis Tobias Maguire. Shortly after the release of Spider-Man 3 in 2007, Raimi and . Spider-Man in film. Jonathan Majors is Kang the Conquerer, the biggest challenge for the Super Heroes of the MCU. The following court case led to the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health to fine Sony $58,805. Despite lunch matches, it still led the weekend box office to a bigger 110% week-to-week increase and a 130% year-on-year increase when Pearl Harbor led the chart during its third week. There is also an alternate angle of Norman getting impaled that is less violent. In this version, Peter Parker receives his spider-like abilities from a cyclotron experiment. [140] KFC would then follow suit, releasing their own Spider-Man kids meal toys at their locations in the United Kingdom. [166] This opening weekend haul had an average of $31,769 per theater, which at the time, Box Office Mojo reported as being "the highest per theater average ever for an ultra-wide release. Norman holds Mary Jane and a Roosevelt Island Tram car full of children hostage alongside the Queensboro Bridge. 2. In my experience there are plenty of terrific films and performers who take it seriously. Watch Who Was Almost Cast in the Spider-Man Films? [189][190][191], Internationally, Spider-Man opened in 17 territories in its first week, earning a total of $13.3 million. Stevens' script featured Peter Parker as an ID-badge photographer who becomes subject to a mad scientist's experiment which transforms him into a human tarantula. With a box office gross of over $825 million worldwide, it was the third highest-grossing film of 2002, the highest-grossing superhero film and the sixth highest-grossing film overall at the time of its release. The Koepp script was rewritten by Scott Rosenberg during pre-production and received a dialogue polish from Alvin Sargent during production. You begin to feel it more and embody it more You start to feel pretty at home pretty swiftly. [22] R&B/soul singer Macy Gray appears as herself performing at the World Unity Fair. Not only does the multiverse plot of the film provide a natural opportunity for Maguire . Tobey Maguire "Spider-Man" AUTOGRAPH Signed Custom Framed 11x14 Display Ad vertisement by TopPixAutographs. Maguire always intended to return for a fourth Spider-Man movie after 2007's . [154] Related gross toy sales were $109million. Everbeck was intended to play Eddie Brock, but his scenes were unreleased; Brock eventually appeared in Spider-Man 3, portrayed by Topher Grace. [69] Raimi felt he would stretch the audience's suspension of disbelief too far to have Parker invent mechanical webshooters. If Tobey's Spider-Man and Hollands Spider-Man fought each other. [174] On the Sunday during its opening weekend, the film earned an additional $31,814,980,[171] the highest gross a film took in on a Sunday, at the time. Hugh Jackman, who played Logan / Wolverine in Fox's X-Men film series was planned to have a cameo appearance as the character, with Jackman even arriving in New York to shoot the scene, only for it to be scrapped after the production team realized they did not have the character's suit. [73][59][74][75][76] DiCaprio had been considered by James Cameron for the role in 1995,[77] while Raimi joked that Prinze "won't even be allowed to buy a ticket to see this film". [49], No film studio showed interest in a Spider-Man movie following the disastrous reception of Batman & Robin in 1997, which made film studios to not take the superhero genre seriously and have the perception that "comic books were for kids". For me as a kid, I was watching Super Hero movies. The film won several awards ranging from Teen Choice Awards to the Saturn Awards, and was also nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects and Best Sound (Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Ed Novick), but lost to The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and Chicago, respectively.