| Spider-Man 3 | |
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| Directed by | Sam Raimi |
| Produced by | Avi Arad Laura Ziskin Grant Curtis |
| Screenplay by | Sam Raimi Ivan Raimi Alvin Sargent |
| Story by | Sam Raimi Ivan Raimi |
| Based on | Spider-Man by Stan Lee Steve Ditko |
| Starring | Tobey Maguire Kirsten Dunst James Franco Topher Grace Bryce Dallas Howard James Cromwell Rosemary Harris J. K. Simmons |
| Music by | Christopher Young Danny Elfman (themes) |
| Cinematography | Bill Pope |
| Editing by | Bob Murawski |
| Studio | Marvel Entertainment Laura Ziskin Productions |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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| Running time | 139 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $258 million[1] |
| Box office | $890,871,626[2] |
Spider-Man 3 is a 2007 American superhero film produced by Marvel Entertainment and Laura Ziskin Productions, and distributed by Columbia Pictures based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. It was directed by Sam Raimi and scripted by Sam and Ivan Raimi and Alvin Sargent. It is the third and final film in the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy. The film stars Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rosemary Harris, J.K. Simmons, James Cromwell and Cliff Robertson in his final film appearance.
Set months after the events of Spider-Man 2, while Peter Parker basks in his success as Spider-Man, Mary Jane Watson continues her Broadway career. Harry Osborn still seeks vengeance for his father's death, and an escaped convict, Flint Marko, falls into a particle accelerator and is transformed into a shape-shifting sand manipulator. An extraterrestrial symbiote crashes to Earth and bonds with Peter, influencing his behavior for the worse. When Peter abandons the symbiote, it finds refuge in Eddie Brock, a rival photographer, causing Peter to face his greatest challenge.
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, but at the request of producer Avi Arad, the director added the Venom character 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 900 visual effects shots.
Spider-Man 3 premiered on April 16, 2007 in Tokyo, and released in the United States in both conventional and IMAX theaters on May 4, 2007. Although the film received mixed to positive reviews from critics, in contrast to the highly positive reviews of its predecessor, it stands as the most financially successful film in the series worldwide, Marvel's second most financially successful film after The Avengers, and Sony Pictures Entertainment's highest grossing film to date. After the success of Spider-Man 3, Raimi was scheduled to direct the unproduced Spider-Man 4. However, disagreements between Sony and Raimi forced the director to leave the project, and Sony cancelled the film as a result. The film series was rebooted with The Amazing Spider-Man, directed by Marc Webb and released July 3, 2012.
Plot
Peter Parker plans to propose to Mary Jane Watson, who has just made her Broadway musical debut. Meanwhile, a small meteorite crashes near the two in Central Park, and an extraterrestrial symbiote attaches itself to Peter's moped. Elsewhere, police pursue escaped prisoner Flint Marko. He breaks into the site of an experimental particle accelerator, which fuses his body with the surrounding sand and allows him to shapeshift at will as the Sandman.Peter's best friend, Harry Osborn, who knows Peter is Spider-Man and believes that Peter is responsible for his father Norman Osborn's death, attacks Peter using new weapons based on his father's Green Goblin technology. Harry injures his head on a pipe and suffers from partial amnesia, making him forget his revenge and that Peter is Spider-Man.
During a festival honoring Spider-Man, Marko robs an armored car. NYPD Captain George Stacy, Gwen's father, tells Peter and Aunt May that Marko was Ben Parker's killer, and the deceased Dennis Carradine only an accomplice. While a vengeance-obsessed Peter sleeps, the symbiote bonds with him. Peter wakes up hanging from a skyscraper and discovers his costume has changed and his powers have been enhanced. But the symbiote brings out Peter's dark side. Wearing the new black suit, Spider-Man locates Marko and fights him in a subway tunnel. He discovers water is Marko's weakness and uses a water pipe to reduce the Sandman to mud.
Peter's changed personality alienates Mary Jane, whose career is floundering, and she finds solace with Harry. Harry recovers from his amnesia and, urged on by a hallucination of his dead father, compels Mary Jane to break up with Peter. After Mary Jane tells Peter she loves somebody else, Harry meets with Peter and claims to be "the other guy". Later, Peter, wearing the black suit, confronts Harry and after a brutal fight, spitefully tells him his father never loved him. Harry throws a pumpkin bomb at Peter, who deflects it back, disfiguring Harry's face.
Under the symbiote's influence, Peter exposes Eddie Brock, a rival photographer at the Daily Bugle, for submitting doctored photographs showing Spider-Man as a criminal. Furious at having to print a retraction, J. Jonah Jameson fires Eddie. Meanwhile, the Sandman recovers from his injuries.
To make Mary Jane jealous, Peter brings Gwen to the nightclub where Mary Jane works. Gwen catches on and storms out. Peter gets into a fight with the bouncers and after accidentally hitting Mary Jane, he realizes the symbiote is changing him. Retreating to a church bell tower, he finds he cannot remove the suit. But the alien weakens as the church bells ring. Peter tears the symbiote off and it falls to the lower tower, landing on Brock, who is praying for Peter's death. The symbiote attaches to him and Brock, transformed into Venom, finds the Sandman and offers to join forces.
Brock hijacks Mary Jane's taxi cab and hangs it from a web hundreds of feet above a sand-filled construction site. Peter seeks Harry's help, to no avail. Harry later learns the truth about his father's death and decides to help Peter. Harry temporarily subdues a gigantic incarnation of the Sandman while Brock tries to impale Peter with Harry's glider. Harry jumps in the way and is stabbed instead. Fighting the symbiote, Peter recalls how the church bells weakened it. He grabs pipes and creates a ring around the symbiote, creating a wall of sonic vibrations. The alien releases Brock, and Peter uses his webbing to pull Brock from the creature. However, the symbiote, having gained more than enough power from Peter and Brock, is capable to live on its own without a host. Peter throws a pumpkin bomb at the symbiote, but Brock jumps in to rebond with it, and both are destroyed by the blast.
Marko tells Peter he never intended to kill his uncle, but only wanted his car and shot him by accident when Dennis grabbed his arm. He claims Ben's death has haunted him since. Peter forgives Marko, who dissipates and floats away. Peter and Harry forgive each other, and Harry dies with Mary Jane and Peter at his side. Days later, Peter visits the jazz bar where Mary Jane is singing, and they dance.
Cameos
Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee has a cameo in Spider-Man 3, as he does in many Marvel based films.[3] In the film, he plays a man who, after reading a news bulletin along with Peter, tells him "You know, I guess one person can make a difference," followed by his catch phrase "Nuff said." Actor Bruce Campbell, who had cameo roles as a wrestling ring announcer in Spider-Man and as a rude usher in Spider-Man 2, returns in Spider-Man 3 with a new cameo as a French maître d'. His character helps Peter try to propose to Mary Jane. Composer Christopher Young appears in the film as a pianist at Mary Jane's theater when she is fired, while producer Grant Curtis has a cameo as the driver of an armored car that the Sandman attacks.[4] Comedian Dean Edwards played one of the newspaper readers who badmouth Spider-Man. 75-year-old newscaster Hal Fishman.Production
Development
"The most important thing Peter right now has to learn is that this
whole concept of him as the avenger or him as the hero, he wears this
red and blue outfit, with each criminal he brings to justice he's trying
to pay down this debt of guilt he feels about the death of Uncle Ben.
He considers himself a hero and a sinless person versus these villains
that he nabs. We felt it would be a great thing for him to learn a
little less black and white view of life and that he's not above these
people."
—Sam Raimi[5]
Immediately after Spider-Man 2's release, Ivan Raimi wrote a treatment over two months,[9] with Sam Raimi deciding to use the film to explore Peter learning that he is not a sinless vigilante, and that there also can be humanity in those he considers criminals.[5] Harry Osborn was brought back as Raimi wanted to conclude his storyline.[5] Raimi felt that Harry would not follow his father's legacy, but be instead "somewhere between."[10] Sandman was introduced as an antagonist, as Raimi found him a visually fascinating character.[5] While Sandman is a petty criminal in the comics, the screenwriters created a background of the character being Uncle Ben's killer to increase Peter's guilt over his death[11] and challenge his simplistic perception of the event.[5] Overall, Raimi described the film as being about Peter, Mary Jane, Harry, and the Sandman,[12] with Peter's journey being one of forgiveness.[13]
Raimi wanted another villain, and Ben Kingsley was involved in negotiations to play the Vulture before the character was cut.[9] Producer Avi Arad convinced Raimi to include Venom, a character whose perceived "lack of humanity" had initially been criticized by Sam Raimi.[14] Venom's alter-ego, Eddie Brock, already had a minor role in the script.[15] Arad told the director that Venom had a strong fan base, so Raimi included the character to please them,[12] and even began to appreciate the character himself.[14] The film's version of the character is an amalgamation of Venom stories. Eddie Brock, Jr., the human part of Venom, serves as a mirror to Peter Parker, with both characters having similar jobs and romantic interests.[14] Brock's actions as a journalist in Spider-Man 3 also represent contemporary themes of paparazzi and tabloid journalism.[16] The producers also suggested adding rival love interest Gwen Stacy, filling in an "other girl" type that Raimi already created.[12] With so many additions, Sargent soon found his script so complex that he considered splitting it into two films, but abandoned the idea when he could not create a successful intermediate climax.[9]
Filming
Camera crews spent ten days from November 5, 2005 to November 18, 2005, to film sequences that would involve intense visual effects so Sony Pictures Imageworks could begin work on the shots early in the project. The same steps had been taken for Spider-Man 2 to begin producing visual effects early for sequences involving the villain Doctor Octopus.[17]Principal photography for Spider-Man 3 began on January 16, 2006 and wrapped in July 2006 after over a hundred days of filming. The team filmed in Los Angeles until May 19, 2006.[17] In spring 2006, film location manager Peter Martorano brought camera crews to Cleveland,[18] due to the Greater Cleveland Film Commission offering production space at the city's convention center at no cost.[19] In Cleveland, they shot the battle between Spider-Man and Sandman in the armored car.[9] Afterwards, the team moved to Manhattan, where filming took place at various locations, including One Chase Manhattan Plaza, from May 26, 2006 until July 1, 2006.[17] Shooting placed a strain on Raimi, who often had to move between several units to complete the picture.[9] Shooting was also difficult for cinematographer Bill Pope, as the symbiote Spider-Man, Venom, and the New Goblin were costumed in black during fight scenes taking place at night.[20]
After August, pick-ups were conducted as Raimi sought to film more action scenes.[21] The film then wrapped in October, although in the following month, additional special effects shots were taken to finalize the production.[22] At the start of 2007, there were further pick-up shots regarding the resolution of Sandman's story, amounting to four different versions.[23]
Effects
Whereas the symbiote suit worn in the comics by Spider-Man was a plain black affair with a large white spider on the front and back, the design was changed for the film to become a black version of Spider-Man's traditional costume, complete with webbing motif. As a consequence of this, the suit Topher Grace wore as Venom also bore the webbing motif; as producer Grant Curtis noted, "it’s the Spider-Man suit, but twisted and mangled in its own right."[31] Additionally, the motif gave a sense of life to the symbiote, giving it the appearance of gripping onto the character's body.[32] When animating the symbiote, Raimi did not want it to resemble a spider or an octopus, and to give it a sense of character. The CG model is made of many separate strands.[33] When animating Venom himself, animators observed footage of big cats such as lions and cheetahs for the character's agile movements.[34]
Music
Originally, Danny Elfman, the composer for the previous installments, did not plan to return for the third installment of Spider-Man because of difficulties with director Sam Raimi. Elfman said that he had a "miserable experience" working with Raimi on Spider-Man 2 and could not comfortably adapt his music.[35] Christopher Young was then announced to score Spider-Man 3 in Elfman's absence.[36] In December 2006, however, producer Grant Curtis announced that Elfman had begun collaborating with Christopher Young on the music for Spider-Man 3.[37]Sandman's theme uses "two contrabass saxophones, two contrabass clarinets, two contrabass bassoons and eight very low French horns" to sound "low, aggressive and heavy". Young described Venom's theme as "Vicious, my instructions on that one were that he’s the devil personified. His theme is much more demonic sounding."[38] Venom's theme uses eight French horns.[39] Raimi approved the new themes during their first performance, but rejected the initial music to the birth of Sandman, finding it too monstrous and not tragic enough. Young had to recompose much of his score at a later stage, as the producers felt there weren't enough themes from the previous films.[38] Ultimately, new themes for the love story, Aunt May, and Mary Jane were dropped.
Reception
Spider-Man 3 was commercially released in sixteen territories on May 1, 2007.[44] The film was released in Japan on May 1, 2007, three days prior to the American commercial release, to coincide with Japan's Golden Week.[40] Spider-Man 3 was also released in China on May 3, 2007 to circumvent market growth of pirated copies of the film. The studio's release of a film in China before its domestic release was a first for Sony Pictures Releasing International.[45] By May 6, 2007, Spider-Man 3 opened in 107 countries around the world.[44]
The film was commercially released in the United States on May 4, 2007 in a North American record total of 4,253 theaters,[46] including fifty-three IMAX theaters.[47] The record number of theaters was later beaten by Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, which was released in 4,362 theaters in the United States—109 more than Spider-Man 3.[48] Tracking data a month before the U.S. release reflected over 90% awareness and over 20% first choice among moviegoers, statistics that estimated an opening weekend of over $100 million for Spider-Man 3.[49] Online tickets for Spider-Man 3 were reported on April 23, 2007 to have been purchased at a faster rate—three times at Movietickets.com and four times at Fandango—than online ticket sales for Spider-Man 2.[50] On May 2, 2007, Fandango reported the sales rate as six times greater than the rate for Spider-Man 2. The strong ticket sales caused theaters to add 3:00 AM showings following the May 4, 2007 midnight showing to accommodate the demand.[51]
The FX channel signed a five-year deal for the television rights to Spider-Man 3, which they began airing in 2009. The price was based on the film's box office performance, with an option for three opportunities for Sony to sell the rights to one or more other broadcast networks.
Box office
Spider-Man 3 earned $336,530,303 in North America and $554,341,323 in other territories for a worldwide total of $890,871,626.[2] Worldwide, it is the 25th highest-grossing film, the third highest-grossing 2007 film, the highest-grossing film of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy and the highest-grossing film distributed by Sony/Columbia.[79] The film set a worldwide single-day record ($104 million) on its first Friday and broke its own record again on Saturday ($117.6 million).[80][81] It also set a worldwide opening-weekend record, with $381.7 million,[81] which now ranks as the fifth largest (first surpassed by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince).[82][83] The film's IMAX screenings reached $20 million in 30 days, faster than any other 2D film remastered in the format.[84]In North America, Spider-Man 3 is the twenty-fourth highest grossing film, the third highest-grossing film of the Spider-Man series, the third highest-grossing film distributed by Sony/Columbia and the highest-grossing 2007 film.[85][2][86] It was released in 4,252 theaters (about 10,300 screens) on Friday, May 4, 2007.[87] It set an opening- and single-day record with $59,841,919[80] (both were first surpassed by The Dark Knight). This included $10 million from midnight showings.[88] Spider-Man 3 then set an opening-weekend record with $151,116,516 (first surpassed by The Dark Knight), a record for the weekend per-theater average with $35,540 per theater (first surpassed by Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert),[89] and an IMAX opening-weekend record with $4.8 million (first surpassed by The Dark Knight).[90][91] The film set record Friday[92] and Sunday grosses[93] and achieved the largest cumulative gross through its second, third and fourth day of release (all were first surpassed by The Dark Knight).[94] It also set a record Saturday gross (surpassed by Marvel's The Avengers).[95]
Outside North America, it is the twenty-third highest-grossing film, the highest-grossing film of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy and the second highest-grossing film distributed by Sony/Columbia.[96] On its opening day (Tuesday, May 1, 2007), Spider-Man 3 grossed $29.2 million from 16 territories, an 86% increase from the intake of Spider-Man 2 on its first day of release. In 10 of the 16 territories, Spider-Man 3 set new opening-day records.[44] These territories are Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, the Philippines,[46] France[97] and Italy.[98] In Germany, the film surpassed the opening day gross of Spider-Man 2.[97] During its six-day opening weekend (through its first Sunday), the film earned $230.5 million from 107 markets, finishing #1 in all of them.[81] Spider-Man 3 set opening-weekend records in 29 markets[81] including Italy, China, South Korea (the latter was first surpassed by Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End),[99] India, Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, Indonesia, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Peru. However, many of these records were achieved thanks to its six-day opening, while previous record-holders in some countries opened over the traditional three-day weekend (traditional two-day, four-day or five-day weekend in other countries).[100] Spider-Man 3 was in first place at the box office outside North America for three consecutive weekends.
Home video
Spider-Man 3 was released on Region 4 DVD (anamorphic widescreen) in Australia on September 18, 2007.[103] For Region 2 in the United Kingdom, the film was released on October 15, 2007.[104] Spider-Man 3 was released on DVD in Region 1 territories on October 30, 2007. The film is available in one-disc and two-disc editions, on both standard and Blu-ray formats, as well as packages with the previous films and a PSP release.[105] Sam Raimi, Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Ziskin, Avi Arad, and Grant Curtis are among those who contributed to the audio commentaries.Sony announced plans to create "one of the largest" marketing campaigns in Hollywood for the October 30, 2007 release of the DVD. Beginning with a partnership with Papa Johns, Sony printed close to 8.5 billion impressions for pizza boxes, television, radio, and online ads. Sony also worked with Pringles Potato Crisp, Blu-Tack, Jolly Time Pop Corn, and Nutella. Sony's Vice President of marketing, Jennifer Anderson, stated the studio spend approximately 15% to 25% of its marketing budget on digital ad campaigns; from this, Papa Johns sent text messages to mobile phones with ads. Anderson stated that there would be three sweepstakes held for consumers, where they would be able to win prizes from Sony and its promotional partners.[106]
In the United States, the film grossed more than $124 million on DVD sales.[107] It also grossed more than $43.76 million on DVD/Home Video Rentals in 11 weeks.[108] However, the DVD sales results of this film did not meet industry expectations.[109]
Legacy
Main article: The Amazing Spider-Man (2012 film)
In 2007, Spider-Man 4 entered development, with Raimi attached
to direct and Maguire, Dunst and other cast members set to reprise
their roles. Both a fourth and a fifth movie were planned and at one
time the idea of shooting the two sequels concurrently was under
consideration. However, Raimi stated in March 2009 that only the fourth
film was in development at that time and that if there were fifth and
sixth films, those two films would actually be a continuation of each
other.[110][111][112][113] James Vanderbilt was hired in October 2007 to pen the screenplay after initial reports in early 2007 that Sony Pictures was in contact with David Koepp, who wrote the first Spider-Man film.[114][115] The script was subsequently rewritten by Pulitzer-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire and rewritten again by Gary Ross in October 2009.[116] Sony also engaged Vanderbilt to write scripts for Spider-Man 5 and Spider-Man 6.[115]In 2007, Raimi expressed interest in portraying the transformation of Dr. Curt Connors into his villainous alter-ego, the Lizard; the character's actor Dylan Baker and producer Grant Curtis were also enthusiastic about the idea.[117][118][119] It was reported in December 2009 that John Malkovich was in negotiations to play Vulture and that Anne Hathaway would play Felicia Hardy, though she would not have transformed into the Black Cat as in the comics. Instead, Raimi's Felicia was expected to become a brand-new superpowered figure called the Vulturess.[120]
Sony Pictures announced in January 2010 that plans for Spider-Man 4 had been cancelled due to Raimi's withdrawal from the project. Raimi reportedly ended his participation due to his doubt that he could meet the planned May 6, 2011 release date while at the same time upholding the film creatively. Raimi purportedly went through four iterations of the script with different screenwriters and still "hated it".
The next film in the franchise, a reboot of the series, called The Amazing Spider-Man was released on July 3rd, 2012, with Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker.
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