Spider-Man (franchise)

The ***Spider-Man* film series** is a media franchise created by Marvel Entertainment, set primarily in a shared universe designated as the reality **Earth-96283** within Marvel's multiverse system.

Starting with *Spider-Man*, the franchise is comprised mainly of films independently made by Marvel Entertainment, that are primarily set within this same universe, much like Marvel has done with their comics.

Other contents include a series of tie-in comics, novels, and video games, released as promotional material to the films and series and therefore part of the franchise, even if some of them are set on these branching realities.

The franchise had a sequel to *Spider-Man 3* that was unfortunately cancelled, and so were the ideas for *Spider-Man 5* and *6*.

Although there was seemingly no future for the series, *Spider-Man: No Way Home*, a Marvel Cinematic Universe film, reincluded past villains such as Doctor Octopus in the cast.

## Movies

### Original Series

1. *Spider-Man* (2002)
2. *Spider-Man 2* (2004)
3. *Spider-Man 3* (2007)

### Undeveloped Movies

* *Main article: List of Cancelled media*
	+ *Spider-Man 4*
	+ *Spider-Man 5*
	+ *Spider-Man 6*

### Other Movies

1. *Spider-Man: No Way Home* (2021) (unreleased/post-production)

## TV Series

### Sony Pictures Television Series

#### MTV Series

* *Spider-Man: The New Animated Series*
	+ *Season One* (2003)

## Video Games

### Original Games

* *Spider-Man* (2002)
* *Spider-Man 2* (2004)
* *Spider-Man 2 Activity Center* (2004)
* *Spider-Man 2 3D: NY Rooftops* (2004)
* *Spider-Man 2 3D: NY Subway* (2005)
* *Spider-Man 2: The Hero Returns* (2005)
* *Spider-Man 3* (2007)
* *Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock*

### Undeveloped Games

* *Main article: List of Cancelled media*
	+ *Spider-Man 4*

## Comics

* *Spider-Man: Sticker Collection* (2002)
* *Spider-Man: The Official Movie Adaptation* (2002)
* *Spider-Man 2: The Movie* (2004)
* *Spider-Man 2: Sticker Album* (2004)
* *Spider-Man 3: Movie Prequel* (2007)
* *Spider-Man 3: Sticker Album* (2007)
* *Spider-Man 3: The Black* (2007)

## Novels

* *Spider-Man*
* *Spider-Man 2*
* *Spider-Man 3*
* *Spider-Man Saves the Day*
* *Spider-Man Versus Sandman*
* *Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man*

## Trivia

* If all three films' box office numbers are combined, it grosses 2,500,000,000.00 dollars.
* Doctor Octopus, Green Goblin and Sandman all return for Marvel Cinematic Universe film *Spider-Man: No Way Home* alongside *The Amazing Spider-Man* film series characters Electro and Lizard.
	+ With the theme being villains from older cinematic universes returning to defeat the protagonist via multiversal interruptions, it is heavily rumored that Tobey Maguire will reprise his role as Spider-Man once again as well, and so is the same for Andrew Garfield's Peter Parker. This remains unconfirmed and will probably continue to be so.
* Marvel Studios is the company behind the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and not the *Spider-Man* film franchise.
	+ During *Spider-Man* and *Spider-Man 2*'s release, Marvel Entertainment was titled as Marvel Enterprises.
* The *Spider-Man* films were rebooted following *Spider-Man 3* with the release of *The Amazing Spider-Man* in 2012.
* *Spider-Man 2* is critically acclaimed to be one of the best (superhero) movies of all time.
	+ But, in terms of box office success, *Spider-Man 3* scores.
* Both *Spider-Man: The New Animated Series* and *Spider-Man: Friend or Foe* are set in alternate realities, named Earth-760207 and Earth-71002 respectively according to Marvel's multiverse labeling system.
* As recalled in 2021 film *Spider-Man: No Way Home*, this universe seems to have no other heroes other than Spider-Man, having no Avengers unlike the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
	+ Doctor Strange is however referenced in 2004's *Spider-Man 2*, in a situation where Ted Hoffman presents names for Otto Octavius' evil alter-ego to J. Jonah Jameson. The name was 'already taken', however.

## References

1. ↑ Earth-96283 on Marvel Database
2. ↑ Earth-760207 on Marvel Database
3. ↑ Earth-71002 on Marvel Database
4. ↑ *Spider-Man: No Way Home*
5. ↑ *Spider-Man 2*

## External links

* *Spider-Man* film series on Wikipedia
* Earth-96283 on Marvel Database