Spider-Man in film dates back to 1977, the rights belonging to Marvel until 1999, when Sony bought them for $7 million. He has been Marvel's most successful character in the cinema industry ever since. After selling the Spider-Man See more

Cannon Films
The low box office performance of 1983's Superman III made feature-film adaptations of comic book properties a low priority in Hollywood until the late 1990s. In 1985, after a brief option on Spider-Man by See more

Following the cancelation of Spider-Man 4, Sony announced that the franchise would be rebooted with a new director and new cast. Marc Webb directed both of the Amazing Spider-Man … See more

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
In April 2015, Sony announced that Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were writing and producing a … See more

The Amazing Spider-Man series
Spider-Man (1977)
In 1977, the pilot episode of The Amazing Spider-Man television series was released by Columbia Pictures as Spider-Man outside of the United States. It was directed by See more

Spider-Man (2002)
Spider-Man follows Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire), an orphaned high schooler who pines after popular girl-next-door Mary Jane Watson See more

Sony's 1999 exclusive rights, covering all Spider-Man universes (including 900+ characters related to Spider-Man), is perpetual provided … See more