Spider-Man 2
Spider- Man 2 is a 2004 American superhero film directed by Sam Raimi and written by Alvin Sargent from a story by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar and Michael Chabon.
A sequel to the 2002 film" Spider- Man", it is the second installment in the" Spider- Man" trilogy based on the fictional Marvel Comics character of the same name.
Tobey Maguire stars as Peter Parker/ Spider- Man, alongside Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina, Rosemary Harris, and Donna Murphy.
Set two years after the events of" Spider- Man", the film finds Peter Parker struggling to manage both his personal life and his duties as Spider- Man, which affects his civilian life dramatically.
Meanwhile, Dr. Otto Octavius becomes a diabolical villain after a failed experiment kills his wife and leaves him neurologically fused to mechanical tentacles.
Spider- Man must stop him from successfully recreating the experiment, which threatens to blow up the city, while dealing with a subconscious desire to stop being Spider- Man that is stripping him of his powers.
Principal photography began in April 2003 in New York City and also took place in Los Angeles.
" Spider- Man 2" was released in both conventional and IMAX theaters on June 30, 2004 and grossed$ 783 million worldwide, becoming the third highest- grossing film of the year.
It won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and was also nominated for Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing; it also received five awards at the Saturn Awards, including Best Fantasy Film and Best Director for Raimi.
It is considered as one of the most influential and best superhero films of all- time.
Its success led to" Spider- Man 3"( 2007).
Scott Stokdyk
Scott Stokdyk( born October 16, 1969) is a visual effects artist who is most known for his work on" Spider- Man" and" Spider- Man 2".
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
The Amazing Spider- Man 2( internationally marketed as The Amazing Spider- Man 2: Rise of Electro) is a 2014 superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics character Spider- Man.
The film was directed by Marc Webb and produced by Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach.
It is the fifth theatrical" Spider- Man" film produced by Columbia Pictures and Marvel Entertainment, the sequel to 2012's" The Amazing Spider- Man" and the second and final film in" The Amazing Spider- Man" duology.
The studio hired James Vanderbilt to write the screenplay and Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci to rewrite it.
The film stars Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/ Spider- Man, alongside Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan, Campbell Scott, Embeth Davidtz, Colm Feore, Paul Giamatti, and Sally Field.
When New York is put under siege by Oscorp, it is up to Spider- Man to save the city he swore to protect as well as his loved ones.
Development of" The Amazing Spider- Man 2" began after the success of" The Amazing Spider- Man".
DeHaan, Giamatti, Jones, and Cooper were cast between December 2012 and February 2013.
Filming took place in New York City from February to June 2013.
The film was released in 2D, 3D, and IMAX 3D on May 2, 2014, in the United States with two international premieres being held between March 31 and April 10 of that year.
It received mixed reviews from critics and audiences and grossed$ 709 million worldwide, making it the ninth- highest- grossing film of 2014, but the second- lowest- grossing Spider- Man film to date.
" The Amazing Spider- Man 2" was originally envisioned as the beginning of a shared fictional universe, which would have continued with two sequels and several spin- offs, most notably films centered on Venom and the Sinister Six.
Due to performing below expectations, all subsequent installments were cancelled and a new iteration of the character, portrayed by Tom Holland in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, began with the 2016 film.
The planned spin- offs were re-purposed for a timeline separate from" The Amazing Spider- Man" continuity and the MCU, beginning with 2018's" Venom".
Spider-Man (1978 film)
, also referred to as Japanese Spider- Man, is a 1978 film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider- Man and also a spin- off from the Japanese Spider- Man television series.
The film was released theatrically in Japan.
Viva Spider-Man
Viva Spider- Man is a student film and Spider- Man fan film created in 1980 based on the animated series" Spider- Man" from 1967.
It is based on the episodes" King Pinned" and" Criminals in the Clouds".
The film's creator, Jim Kreig would later go on to be a writer for.
Spider-Man in film
The fictional character Spider- Man, a comic book superhero created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko and featured in Marvel Comics publications, has appeared in eleven live- action films since his inception, not including fan made shorts and guest appearances in other Marvel Cinematic Universe( MCU) films.
Spider- Man is the alter- ego of Peter Parker, a talented young freelance photographer and aspiring scientist imbued with superhuman abilities after being bitten by a radioactive/ genetically- altered spider.
The first live- action film based on Spider- Man was the unauthorized short" Spider- Man" by Donald F. Glut in 1969.
This was followed by" Spider- Man", an American made- for- television film that premiered on the CBS network in 1977.
It starred Nicholas Hammond and was intended as a backdoor pilot for what became a weekly episodic TV series.
The rights to further films featuring the character were purchased in 1985, and moved through various production companies and studios before being secured by Sony Pictures Entertainment( Columbia Pictures) for$ 10 million( plus 5% of any movies' gross revenue and half the revenue from consumer products), who hired Sam Raimi to direct" Spider- Man"( 2002)," Spider- Man 2"( 2004), and" Spider- Man 3"( 2007) starring Tobey Maguire.
The first two films were met with positive reviews from critics, while the third film received a more mixed response.
In 2010, Sony announced that the franchise would be rebooted.
Marc Webb was hired to direct, with Andrew Garfield starring, and" The Amazing Spider- Man"( 2012) was released to positive reviews.
" The Amazing Spider- Man 2"( 2014) saw mixed reviews.
In February 2015, Disney, Marvel Studios and Sony announced a deal to share the Spider- Man film rights, leading to a new iteration of Spider- Man being introduced and integrated into the MCU.
The deal allowed Sony to distribute and have final creative control over MCU films where Spider- Man is the main character, while Disney distributed the ones where he is not.
Tom Holland portrays this younger version of Spider- Man, appearing in( 2016),( 2017),( 2018) and( 2019), as well as the sequel to" Homecoming"( 2019).
All of Spider- Man's MCU appearances received positive reviews.
In August 2019, Disney and Sony could not reach a new agreement regarding Spider- Man films, with Marvel Studios and Feige said to no longer have any involvement in future films.
The following month, a new agreement was reached, with a set for release in July 2021.
Plans for an animated Spider- Man film were officially announced by Sony in April 2015.( 2018) combines Sony Pictures Imageworks' computer animation pipeline with traditional hand- drawn comic book techniques, inspired by the work of Miles Morales's co-creator Sara Pichelli.
Completing the animation required up to 140 animators, the largest crew ever used by Sony Pictures Animation for a film.
" Into the Spider- Verse" received universal acclaim, won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, and became the highest- rated film in the Spider- Man franchise, surpassing" Spider- Man 2".
Raimi's trilogy grossed$ 2.5 billion worldwide on a$ 597 million budget, while Webb's films grossed over$ 1.4 billion on a$ 480 million budget.
Spider- Man's MCU films(" Homecoming" and" Far From Home") grossed over$ 2 billion on a$ 335 million budget and" Into the Spider- Verse" grossed$ 375 million on a$ 90 million budget.
The" Spider- Man" films have grossed over$ 6.3 billion collectively at the global box office.
This includes" Far From Home", which became the first" Spider- Man" film to gross over$ 1 billion worldwide as well as Sony's highest- grossing film ever.
Fire Trap
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Spider-Man 3
Spider-Man 3 is a 2007 American superhero film based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Spider-Man.
It was directed by Sam Raimi from a screenplay by Raimi, his older brother Ivan and Alvin Sargent.
It is the final installment in Raimi's "Spider-Man" trilogy.
The film stars Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker / Spider-Man, alongside Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace, Bryce Dallas Howard, James Cromwell, Rosemary Harris and J. K. Simmons.
Set shortly after the events of "Spider-Man 2", as Peter Parker prepares his future with Mary Jane Watson, he bonds with an extraterrestrial symbiote, bringing out his anger while facing three villains: Uncle Ben's true killer, Flint Marko, who becomes the Sandman after a freak accident; Harry Osborn, who seeks to avenge his father; and Eddie Brock, a rival photographer who becomes Venom after acquiring Peter's symbiote.
Development of "Spider-Man 3" began immediately after the release of "Spider-Man 2" for a 2007 release.
During pre-production, Raimi originally wanted another villain to be included along with Sandman.
At the request of producer Avi Arad, he added Venom and the producers also requested the addition of Gwen Stacy.
Principal photography for the film began in January 2006, and took place in Los Angeles and Cleveland before moving to New York City from May until July 2006.
Additional pick-up shots were made after August and the film wrapped in October 2006.
During post-production, Sony Pictures Imageworks created over 900 visual effects shots.
With an estimated production budget of $258 million, it was the most expensive film ever made at the time of its release.
"Spider-Man 3" premiered on April 16, 2007 in Tokyo, and was released in the United States in both conventional and IMAX theaters on May 4, 2007.
The film grossed $890.9 million worldwide, making it the most successful film of the trilogy, the third-highest-grossing film of 2007 and was the highest-grossing "Spider-Man" film until it was surpassed by  in 2019.
Unlike the previous installments, "Spider-Man 3" received a mixed reception from critics, who praised the performances, visual effects and action sequences, but criticized the overloaded storylines and subplots, alongside the unrefined pacing and overabundance of villains including the portrayal of Venom.
The majority of these issues were later attributed to studio interferences and creative differences between Sony, Raimi and Arad.
A fourth installment, titled "Spider-Man 4", was set to be released on May 6, 2011, followed by a "Venom" spin-off film, but both were cancelled due to Raimi's withdrawal over creative differences with the writers and producers.
The "Spider-Man" film series was rebooted twice; first with "The Amazing Spider-Man" (2012) by Marc Webb and starring Andrew Garfield; and later a new film series set within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, directed by Jon Watts and starring Tom Holland, beginning with  (2017).
The "Venom" spin-off was revived in 2016 by Sony and was finally released in 2018 with "Venom", set within Sony's Marvel Universe directed by Ruben Fleischer.
The Fire Trap
The Fire Trap is a 1935 American drama film directed by Burt P. Lynwood and starring Norman Foster, Evalyn Knapp and Sidney Blackmer.
An insurance investigator goes on the trail of a gang of arsonists.
List of accolades received by the 2002–2007 Spider-Man film series
The 2002–2007" Spider- Man" film series, also called the Sam Raimi trilogy or the Tobey Maguire trilogy, is a superhero film series consisting of three Spider- Man films with the same director and main actor:" Spider- Man"( 2002)," Spider- Man 2"( 2004) and" Spider- Man 3"( 2007).
Based on the Marvel comic book series about the fictional character of the same name, all three films were directed by Sam Raimi and distributed by Columbia Pictures.
Tobey Maguire plays the titular role, with Kirsten Dunst portraying his love interest, Mary Jane Watson, and James Franco concluding the principal cast with his role as Harry Osborn, Spider- Man's frenemy.
Throughout the series, the" Spider- Man" releases featured villains such as Green Goblin( Willem Dafoe), Doctor Octopus( Alfred Molina), Sandman( Thomas Haden Church) and Venom( Topher Grace).
Other characters who appeared in the series are Betty Brant( Elizabeth Banks), J. Jonah Jameson( J. K. Simmons) and Gwen Stacy( Bryce Dallas Howard).
Every" Spider- Man" film was a financial success and achieved blockbuster status.
Each installment was the third top- grossing film of their respective release years.
In 2002, and" Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" performed better than" Spider- Man".
For 2004," Shrek 2" and" Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" had grossed more than" Spider- Man 2" and and" Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" outdid" Spider- Man 3" s revenue.
With a box office total of nearly$ 900 million," Spider- Man 3" stands as the highest- earning in the series and is the 31st highest- grossing film worldwide.
The previous two entries sit at 41st and 48th in worldwide totals.
The franchise made around$ 2.5 billion at the box office in ticket sales.
Overall, the film series received positive to polarized reception from critics.
" Spider- Man" was released to largely positive reviews from the media, scoring an 89% rating based on a sample of 192 reviews on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes with an average of 7.6/10.
The second entry performed even better with critics, garnering an approval rating of 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 8.2 out of 10.
With 241 reviews accounted for, Rotten Tomatoes reported that" Spider- Man 3" had an approval rating of 63% and a score of 6.2/10.
Metacritic lists the third installment as having a 59% rating on its site.
" Spider- Man 2" was named the third best superhero film of all- time by IGN and" Time" magazine.
Raimi's" Spider- Man" series won various awards and gathered five Academy Award nominations: two for" Spider- Man" and three for" Spider- Man 2", with one win for Best Visual Effects in 2005 for" Spider- Man 2".
The series won two MTV Movie Awards out of ten nominations and five Saturn Awards out of thirteen nominations.
The films were nominated for one Annie Award, five British Academy Film Awards, two Grammy Awards, seven Teen Choice Awards and ten Satellite Awards.
Other honors came from the Visual Effects Society Awards, which gave the franchise ten nominations and three wins, as well as the Taurus World Stunt Awards, which nominated the films for three of their accolades.
The American Film Institute named" Spider- Man 2" one of the Best Movie Productions of 2004.

Question: Did the movies The Fire Trap and Spider-Man 3, originate from the same country?
Answer: yes