In 1985, amid lagging studio interest in superhero movies (at the time the only major franchise was Superman, and his series was lagging), cult film powerhouse Cannon Films acquired the movie rights to the character from Marvel for $250,000.Īfter several script attempts, Cannon folded, and producer Menahem Golan moved the rights to his successor company, 21 st Century Films. It took 17 years to get Spider-Man made.īefore superhero mania took over Hollywood, it was a 17-year journey just to get the character onto the big screen the first time. The original film, which saw Tobey Maguire in the title role, was a massive cinematic endeavor that required 17 years, multiple screenplays, a costume theft, and a very convincing CGI performance to complete. Today it seems like we’ll never stop seeing Spider-Man at the movies, but back in 2002-when Sam Raimi's Spider-Man was released-it seemed amazing that we ever saw him there in the first place.

Later this year, Tom Holland will don his spidey suit for the sixth time when Spider-Man: No Way Home arrives in theaters.

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