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Sony's canceled Spider-Man 4 movie — directed by Sam Raimi and starring Tobey Maguire — receives a new fan poster that brings the known elements of the movie back. Raimi and Maguire's Spider-Man 3 was not originally meant to be their final movie, but Sony canceled the planned Spider-Man 4 and effectively ended that version of the franchise. However, Maguire's return as his version of the hero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Spider-Man: No Way Home has brought back the demand for the actor to lead his own standalone Spider-Man 4. This fan art makes a compelling case for it to happen.

Artist Artoftimetravel shared on Instagram a fan poster of Tobey Maguire and Raimi's Spider-Man 4, and it featured a few interesting characters. Spider-Man is known for having one of the most distinctive rogues galleries in Marvel Comics, and this fan poster shows off some of his best offerings.

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On the JoBlo Movies YouTube channel, we will be posting one full movie every day of the week, giving viewers the chance to watch them entirely free of charge. The Free Movie of the Day we have for you today is the drama All the Good Ones Are Married, starring Daryl Hannah. You can watch it over on the YouTube channel linked above, or you can just watch it in the embed at the top of this article

Based on a book by Marion Zola, All the Good Ones Are Married was directed by Terry Ingram from a screenplay by Maria Nation and Edithe Swensen. The film has the following synopsis: Ben Gold gets the break of his life as aspiring author, but must stay home with his kids, Luke and Madison, to make his 5 months deadline. His feminist wife, workaholic fashion executive Alex, selfishly decides to take in promising rebel designer Zoe Miller,...

Spoilers for Mary Jane & Black Cat #1 by Marvel ComicsMary Jane Watson is getting her own powers in the Marvel Universe. A new glimpse at her upcoming adventures with Black Cat teases the iconic character getting mysterious new abilities. In the preview for Mary Jane & Black Cat #1, Felicia Hardy is shocked to see Mary Jane unleash superpowers. While it's not explained how Mj got the powers, it could be a precursor for her to become a superhero herself.

In Mary Jane & Black Cat #1 by Jef MacKay, Vincenzo Carratu, Brian Reber, and Vc's Ariana Maher from Marvel Comics, Black Cat finds herself battling the demons attacking New York as part of the Dark Web storyline. Amidst the chaos, Felicia Hardy is looking for Mary Jane Watson. When she locates her longtime rival and friend, she is stunned to see her using superpowers while defending her boyfriend and his children.

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Earlier this year we broke down The Best & The Worst Of "The Amazing Spider-Man 2," and needless to say, there was a lot more of the latter than the former. And as with any big budget tentpole, particularly one racing to get into theaters two years after the first entry, a lot of decisions had to be made about which new characters to introduce, and which others were worth saving for down the road. One of the decisions that grabbed the most headlines was dropping Shailene Woodley's brief appearance as Mary Jane Watson altogether. But as it turns out, there were lots more little things that got shaved away as the movie was written and shot. Badass Digest breaks down some of the big and small changes made in the script along the way. Among the most interesting nuggets is that J. Jonah Jameson was in early drafts (and...

Reaction to Sony's "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" was quite varied, with the ending in particular a big point of contention amongst not just fans of the comic but the film series as well.

This week, Bad Ass Digest received an early draft of Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman's script for the film and has revealed a number of surprising changes made to the final product - most notably an alternate ending.

Major Spoilers Ahead

The final film features a video of Gwen Stacy's commencement speech serving as the motivation for Peter Parker to get out of his post-Stacy death funk and become Spider-Man again after months away from the job. In the Orci and Kurtzman draft, the motivator is a surprise twist:

"The same thing happens here! But instead of finding a tape of Gwen's super on-the-nose graduation speech, Peter is approached by... his dad! Yes, Richard Parker shows...

When The Amazing Spider-Man 2 kicked off the summer movie season back in May, it was derided by fans and critics alike, despite making over $200 million at the domestic box office and just over $700 million worldwide. Last week, we reported that screenwriter Roberto Orci has pulled out of The Amazing Spider-Man 3, and that Sony isn't quite sure how to move this franchise forward at this time.

Badass Digest received an early draft of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 script by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, which reveal a number of changes made from this draft to the final product, including a rather surprising alternate ending. Of course, if you haven't seen The Amazing Spider-Man 2 yet, there will be spoilers below, so read on at your own risk.

In the movie, Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) retires as a superhero, following the death of Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone), only to come...

I really did enjoy Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man 2, but there was a lot of room for improvement. Thanks to Badass Digest, we have a list of ten things from the original script of the film that were, for one reason or another, cut out of the final product. Some of the points revealed include info on Mary Jane, J. Jonah Jameson, Peter's blood, a slightly different take on Gwen's death, and a different twist to the ending. I've included five of the ten points below so make sure to head on over to Badass Digest to see the rest! 

Mary Jane. As we all know Shailene Woodley was cast as Mary Jane Watson, shot some days and then was cut from the movie. The original script includes all of the Mj scenes, and she's introduced as the Parker's new next door neighbor. Her dad is an abusive...

Badass Digest have seemingly got their hands on an earlier version of The Amazing Spider-Man 2's screenplay as they've listed 10 of the biggest alterations between that and the movie, shedding some light on what could have been and why so many scenes felt out of place or simply didn't make sense. Perhaps the biggest shock and "Wtf?" moment here is the fact that Richard Parker was originally set to make a return at the end of the movie. Unfortunately, there's no mention of that deleted after-credits scene with Norman Osborn's decapitated head, so who knows what that was all about! As you may have heard, The Amazing Spider-Man franchise is currently in limbo, so we'll have to wait and see if any of what is mentioned below is used further down the line... Mary Jane. As we all know Shailene Woodley was cast as Mary Jane Watson, shot some...

Tobey Maguire packs a perfect Peter Parker as the friendly neighbourhood geek who is transformed into a web-slinging crimefighter after being bitten by a genetically altered spider. Completely aware that with great power comes great responsibility, director Sam Raimi does Stan Lee's comic-book hero true justice with a yarn which is both visually stunning and emotionally engrossing. Willem Dafoe provides Spidey's first nemesis as the maniacal Green Goblin while Kirsten Dunst puckers up a treat as girl-next-door Mary Jane Watson.

Spider-Man & Venom Model: Sthefane Lomeu * Photographer: Janio Carvalho Body Paint: Madison Araujo * Makeup: Thayna Brito Spider-man 3 - Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) finally has the girl of his dreams, Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst), and New York City is in the throes of Spider-mania! But when a strange alien symbiote turns Spider-Man's suit black, his darkest demons come to light changing Spider-Man inside as well as out. Spider-Man is in for the fight of his life against a lethal mix of villains - the deadly Sandman (Thomas Haden Church), Venom (Topher Grace), and the New Goblin (James Franco) - as well as the enemy within himself. Cast: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Topher Grace, Thomas Haden Church, James Franco Director: Sam Raimi * Writers: Sam Raimi, Alvin Sargent & Ivan Raimi...

Recently, TV Line delivered their latest spoiler chat session, and dished out a new character teaser spoiler for the upcoming "Arrow" season 3. It turns out that we're going to see a new, very cunning female drug kingpin chick, named Allison, show up to give Jane Watson a run for her money in a game of cat and mouse. Allison has inherited a narcotics cartel from her late husband, and is just loving staying one tiny step ahead of Jane, and more. In their spoiler chat report, they stated: "The Oct. 30 season premiere, titled “Enough Nemesis To Go Around,” will find Watson playing cat-and-mouse with a cunning (and female) drug kingpin. The character, Allison, inherited control of a narcotics cartel from her dead hubby and is really relishing staying one tiny step ahead of Jw. (Something tells me the tables are about to turn.)" Season 3 is due to premiere on Thursday night,...

At just 22 years old, Shailene Woodley is fast becoming a household name. The actress may be regularly compared to Jennifer Lawrence - the pair are both currently starring in two of the biggest Ya franchises and also seem to share little filter when it comes to interviews - but now Woodley has now confirmed her own rightful place within young Hollywood.

Entering the industry at the age of 8, Woodley was relatively unknown until her Golden Globe-nominated performance in The Descendants. Since then, Hollywood has taken notice of the young star, as she landed starring roles in two film adaptations of popular books, Divergent and The Fault in Our Stars.

To celebrate The Fault in Our Stars topping the box office on its opening weekend, we've dug out 10 facts you may not have known about the young star.

1. Shailene Diane Woodley was born in Simi Valley, California on November 15, 1991. Her mother is a school counsellor.

• Because of her last encounter with Spider-Man, Felicia Hardy lost everything. Now the Black Cat is back, and she doesn’t want any apologies or excuses... just Revenge. • Plus: Spidey teams up with a real hero, fireman Pedro Olivera... who just happens to be the current boyfriend to one Mary Jane Watson. • And... more on you-know-who from the opening scene back in Asm #1. You know who we’re talking about. Yeah, that’s right. You better not miss this one! Amazing Spider-man #3 Written by Dan Slott Pencils & Cover by Humberto Ramos Variant Cover by Tim Sale...

Amazing Spider-man #3 Dan Slott (writer) Humberto Ramos (art/cover) Tim Sale (variant) On Sale: 06/25/2014 Price: $3.99 • Because of her last encounter with Spider-Man, Felicia Hardy lost everything. Now the Black Cat is back, and she doesn’t want any apologies or excuses... just Revenge. • Plus: Spidey teams up with a real hero, fireman Pedro Olivera... who just happens to be the current boyfriend to one Mary Jane Watson. • And... more on you-know-who from the opening scene back in Asm #1. You know who we’re talking about. Yeah, that’s right. You better not miss this one!

While The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was available for presale as early as late April, a few days before the film's release in theaters, we are just now getting word on all the exciting special features that this release has to offer. Sony is bringing the sequel home on digital HD starting August 5 followed by the Blu-ray and DVD release on August 19. Check out the cover art and everything that the release contains, then pre-order your own copy: clickHere

While the release does not include the Marc Webb director's cut that fans petitioned long and hard for, there are a number of deleted scenes that will allow viewers more insight into what was cut from the film. There will be 13 deleted scenes in all, with one titled 'Peter Meets his Father'. Does this mean Parker's father is still alive? Or is this another flashback or dream sequence? We'll have to wait...

Shailene Woodley has admitted that she doubted her acting skills after being cut from The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

The actress played the part of Mary Jane Watson in the sequel, but her scenes were not included in the final cut of the film.

Woodley told Vanity Fair how she felt after she heard the news.

She said: "For a few hours it was literally like, 'Oh, my God, was I awful? Why did they cut me? What are people going to think?'"

But the 22-year-old explained that she felt better about it the next day: "I woke up the next morning and I was like, 'Okay, it makes total sense'.

"I'm a pretty spiritual person, so I can just sit back and trust that everything happens for a reason, even if my ego doesn't like it."

Woodley is starring as Hazel Grace Lancaster in The Fault in our Stars.

Shailene Woodley has admitted that she doubted her acting skills after being cut from The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

The actress played the part of Mary Jane Watson in the sequel, but her scenes were not included in the final cut of the film.

Woodley told Vanity Fair how she felt after she heard the news.

She said: "For a few hours it was literally like, 'Oh, my God, was I awful? Why did they cut me? What are people going to think?'"

But the 22-year-old explained that she felt better about it the next day: "I woke up the next morning and I was like, 'Okay, it makes total sense'.

"I'm a pretty spiritual person, so I can just sit back and trust that everything happens for a reason, even if my ego doesn't like it."

Woodley is starring as Hazel Grace Lancaster in The Fault in our Stars.

After starring in two of the year's biggest films, The Fault in Our Stars andDivergent, there's no doubt 2014 is Shailene Woodley's year. But it's easy to forget the actress was also supposed to appear in another blockbuster smash,The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

Woodley filmed scenes as Mary Jane Watson, but was ultimately cut from the film. So how did she handle the bad news?

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Shailene Woodley had starring roles in two of the year's biggest movies, Divergent and The Fault in Our Stars, but her supporting scenes were actually cut from another blockbuster: The Amazing Spider-Man 2. How did she handle the news that her role as Mary Jane Watson was no longer deemed necessary? "For a few hours it was literally like, 'Oh, my God, was I awful? Why did they cut me? What are people going to think?'" she tells Vanity Fair. Woodley didn't throw herself a pity party, however. "I woke up the next morning and I was like, 'O.K., it makes total sense,'" she recalls. "I'm a pretty spiritual person, so I can just sit back and trust that everything happens for a reason,...

Shailene Woodley tells Vanity Fair senior West Coast editor Krista Smith she nearly quit acting after her supporting role in The Descendants earned her laurels from Hollywood and sudden success. “Somebody came to me and said, ‘I can’t wait to see what you do next.’ I took that as pressure, that I had to live up to somebody else’s expectations,” she recalls. “There were a few months where I was like, ‘I don’t want to act anymore.’ And then I got over it and realized it’s none of my business what other people think of me.” The headstrong young actress adds that George Clooney, her co-star in The Descendants, has helped reaffirm her beliefs amid the distractions of Hollywood. “He has been an angel in my life for many reasons,” she tells Smith. “He knew everyone’s name on set,” she says. “He treated everyone as...

Shailene Woodley is a talented, up-and-coming actress who is best known for her roles in The Descendants, Divergent, The Fault in Our Stars, and maybe even more famously for a role she never got to show the world: Mary Jane Watson in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. It is widely known that after filming a few scenes, her role was cut from the the Marc Webb-directed film in post-production. Webb has said in the past that the decision was made in order to focus more on the Peter-Gwen relationship, which makes sense, rather than introduce Spidey's true lady love. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Woodley, who also graces the cover, shared her initial reaction to the news: “For a few hours it was literally like, ‘Oh, my God, was I awful? Why did they cut me? What are people going to think?’ I woke up the next morning and I was like,...

DC Comics - Harley Quinn Cosplayer: Joanna Mari Cosplay * Photographer: Ryan Louis Photography ........................................................................ Marvel - Mary Jane Watson Cosplayer: Joanna Mari Cosplay * Photographer: Ryan Louis Photography ........................................................................ Terminator 2: Judgement Day - T-800 Cosplayer: Joanna Mari Cosplay Photographers: Ryan Louis Photography & Sefgray Arnold Schwarzenegger is back as the cyborg from the future in one of the most successful sequels of all time. Almost ten years have passed since Sarah Connor's ordeal began, and her son John, the future leader of the resistence, is now a healthy young boy. However, the nightmare begins again when a new, more deadly Terminator is sent back in time, it's orders - to strike at John Conner while he is still a child. Sarah and John, however, don't face this terrifying Terminator alone. The human resistance has sent back another warrior from the future, its orders - to protect...

Young star Shailene Woodley came out of nowhere to turn heads in Alexander Payne's "The Descendants" and she hasn't slowed down since.

Woodley's critically-acclaimed performance opposite George Clooney in 2011's most talked about indie has propelled the actress to stardom and plenty of starring roles, such as in "The Spectacular Now" (2013) and "White Bird in a Blizzard" (2014). The films proved she could carry a movie and, in turn, have led Woodley to become the face of the popular "Divergent" franchise. This summer, the actress plays a cancer patient in love in the acclaimed weep-fest "The Fault in Our Stars."

From her unusual toothpaste substitute to her iconic (yet deleted) superhero role, here are 17 things you probably don't know about Shailene Woodley.

1. Woodley was born on November 15, 1991, in Simi Valley, California to Lori and Lonnie Woodley.

2. Lonnie is a school principal, while Lori is a middle school counselor.

3. When Woodley was four,...

Spider-Man - Mary Jane Watson Cosplayer: Kayla Erin ........................................................................ Pokémon - Misty Cosplayer: Kayla Erin Misty's first appearance was in the very first episode of the anime series, Pokémon - I Choose You! In this episode, she first meets Ash after fishing him out of the water when he was trying to get away from Spearow. Ash then takes Misty's bike from her in order to escape the Spearow, which is then wrecked by Pikachu's Thunder Shock. Misty then tracks down Ash and follows him around on his adventures until he can pay her back. She eventually forgets about the bike and becomes one of Ash's bestest friends. She is also the Cerulean City Gym Leader. In the series, Misty first is seen wearing a yellow tank top with red suspenders and light blue denim shorts. Her shoes were colored red and...

A few months before The Amazing Spider-Man 2 hit theaters, it was announced that scenes featuring Shailene Woodley as Peter Parker’s future love interest, Mary Jane Watson, had been left on the cutting room floor. At the time, director Marc Webb assured fans that it wasn’t because of Woodley’s performance, but due to time constraints and to allow more of the film to focus on the relationship between Peter and Gwen Stacy.

Producers Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach have refused to include the deleted scenes on the home video release of the film, but we finally have a few details on what those scenes involved, thanks to concept artist Gregory Hill, who recently spoke with Film Sketchr. Here’s what he had to say:

“In the script Mj and her father have recently moved in next door to Peter and his Aunt… He’s run into her a few times,...

My Spidey senses tell me that history repeats itself, sometimes pretty fast. Ten years ago Spider-Man 2 opened up and crushed box office records. It was also very well received; it has a 94 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, and when people name their favorite superhero movie of all time, it joins the conversation with The Dark Knight, The Avengers, The Incredibles and Howard the Duck. Ok, one of those isn't normally mentioned. So, can The Amazing Spider-Man 2 match up with Spider-Man 2? Let's find out in this week's Film Face-off.   Peter Parker Spider-Man 2 Tobey Maguire plays Peter Parker. As Peter he's a plucky sort who's trying to remain upbeat even though Mary Jane Watson...

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Be warned, if you haven't seen The Amazing Spider-Man 2 there will be massive spoilers throughout this article. Read on at your own risk.

Fans who saw The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in theaters this past weekend got brief glimpses of the franchise's upcoming expanded universe, with a look at some of the villains to be included in The Sinister Six spin-off. Director Marc Webb reveals in a new interview with Grantland that he spoke to The Sinister Six writer-director Drew Goddard about where the story will go from here, while hinting at specific plans for Doctor Octopus and Vulture.

"I had to talk to Drew Goddard (The Sinister Six writer/director) and make sure these things were going to be played out in the future universe. There are some very specific plans, for example, for [Doc] Ock and for Vulture. Or the man in the hat at the end of the first movie.

Even though "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" topped the box office the weekend, the Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and CinemaScore grades for the film were all down from the first entry in the new series. This afternoon, we broke down all the ways Marc Webb's film went wrong (and few things it got right), but one fan is taking his displeasure a bit further. Some guy in India named Muhesh Spaleesh has started a petition at Change.org calling for a director's cut of "The Amazing Spider-Man 2," one that is based on the presumption of completed scenes existing that were cut from the movie. Well, we do know that Shailene Woodley's brief scenes as Mary Jane Watson were axed very early on, and curiously, of the scenes Spaleesh is requesting, that's not one of them. Instead he wants more dubstep action, more Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone (because who...

You never forget your first love. Which helps explain why Spider-Man fans . the ones who started reading the hero.s comics early on . never really got over the deep crush Peter Parker had on his initial girlfriend, Gwen Stacy. Marc Webb.s decision to go with Gwen over Mary Jane Watson in his rebooted Spidey story, The Amazing Spider-Man, led to rampant speculation that we one day might be able to see Gwen.s saga played out on the big screen. Of course, that hope also led to all sorts of problems. So many of those issues fell to poor Emma Stone, cast in the roll of Gwen Stacy in Marc Webb.s first Spider-Man film and now its sequel, The Amazing Spider-Man 2. How do you speak, in depth, about the character you have been hired to play when almost anything you say about her can be considered a spoiler?...

Feel that buzzing in the back of your head? Your spoiler-sense is tingling! Read no further unless you've either (a) already seen Amazing Spider-Man 2, (b) are enough of a geek to have predicted the obvious thing that was going to happen to one of the leads in the movie, or (c) don’t care about being spoilered. Still here?Then let’s talk about one of the most morbid, nitpicky, and longstanding debates in comics history. A debate that’s somehow raged for more than 40 years. A debate that’s reignited due to the climactic death in Amazing Spider-Man 2. The question at hand: Did Gwen Stacy die of whiplash? Our story of geek arguments and behind-the-scenes backstabbing begins in 1972. Spider-Man creators had invented the blonde and sweet Gwen in late 1965 as a new love interest for Peter Parker, one to rival wild redhead Mary Jane Watson. For nearly 100 issues,...

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Warning, this article is full of spoilers for the new Amazing Spider-man movie. If you haven't seen it yet, click away now...

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Last chance.....

Right, if you're still here, let's go.

Though it seems I may be in the minority here, I can honestly say that as a long term Spider-man fan I think the new film is certainly the best Spidey flick I've ever seen and is quite possibly one of the greatest comic book movies I've ever had the pleasure of watching.

But what about the Avengers flick, I hear you cry, or X-Men First Class? They're great, nay, awesome films, no question, but though it's not without its flaws The Amazing Spider-man 2 just about nails everything that makes the reading of comic books such a joy. Well it does for me,...

Real name:

Peter Benjamin Parker

First Appearance:

Ultimate Spider-Man #1, 2000

Status:

Deceased

Powers and Abilities:

Spider-Man possesses superhuman strength, agility, reflexes, equilibrium, the ability to cling to surfaces, and a sixth sense that warns him of impending danger. However, his Spider-Sense is not as accurate as 616 Spider-Man, as he cannot pinpoint the locations of attacks whereas the 616 version is able to. Peter is an accomplished scientist for his age, with a stated Iq of 145. Spider-Man is also immune to vampirism, a fact Morbius indicates in issue #96, in which Morbius states, after Spider-Man is bitten by a vampire, “You’ve done something to your blood… Your blood cannot feed a night crawler the way normal humans’ blood can.”

Weaknesses:

Despite his strength and agility, the Ultimate Spider-Man’s biggest weakness is his age. While he is still the downtrodden Parker we know from the 616 Universe, Ultimate Spider-Man must deal with adolescence and...

It’s pretty much impossible to leave a film set in the Marvel universe without having something to talk about, whether it’s a notable character, a plot development, or a storyline that you really enjoyed. Mostly, though, when you leave a superhero film, your focus isn’t on the present — it’s on the future. We want to know where this franchise is going. We want to know now. Thus, we speculate. And speculate and speculate and speculate…and sometimes we dissect just enough to keep us busy until more detailed intel comes out.

There’s always something to...

If you don’t want to know the nitty-gritty plot details from The Amazing Spider-Man 2, close this tab now because this article is chock full of spoilers, but if you’ve seen the movie and want a spot to discuss the good and the bad and the weirdly campy, this is the place for you. Let’s get down to it.

I generally liked the movie, but there was a Lot going on in this sequel, and the movie suffered for it. The overabundance of villains was a problem, and they ended up detracting from the narrative. It ultimately felt like the movie existed solely to put the pieces in place for Sinister Six, and that really annoys me. Jamie Foxx’s Electro had a promising start, but was dispatched with pretty quickly and shunted off to the horrible Ravencroft Institute, which was the worst. (What movie did Martin Csokas,...

From the moment that radioactive spider decided to chomp down on Peter Parker, the most average boy in Manhattan’s life was never the same again. But despite becoming the flying, web-slinging defender of New York City, at his core Peter was still a teenager struggling to figure out his place in the world. Each and every one of Peter’s moves upon becoming Spider-Man depended on three crucial factors: Mary Jane Watson, Gwen Stacy and Aunt May. The three main women in his life. Though their timelines and characters have changed over the years from their depictions from comic books to film, their relevance to Peter Parker’s story remains the same. Without Mj, Gwen or May, he wouldn’t have had much to care about or many personal reasons to keep fighting. Mary Jane Watson She’s the redheaded girl of many a comic book reader’s dreams, and...

Real Name

Peter Parker

First Appearance

Amazing Fantasy #15, Aug. 1962

Nicknames and Aliases

Spidey, Webslinger, Scarlet Spider, Ben Reilly, Ricochet, Prodigy, Dusk, Hornet.

Powers and Abilities

Spider-Man has the proportionate strength, speed, agility, and reflexes of a spider. He can climb walls/most surfaces and possesses a “spider sense” that instinctively warns him of immediate danger. He also possesses superhuman endurance and healing abilities. At times, he’s also been capable of naturally generating adhesive webbing and extend a poisoned “stinger” from his wrists. Spider-Man is also a genius, with a knack for science and invention, and over the years has a developed a kinetic, chaotic fighting style that takes advantage of his superhuman abilities. He is also an accomplished photographer.

Weaknesses and Achilles’ Heels

The ol’ Parker luck, a condition which prevents too much from ever going right for Spidey, geriatric aunts with a propensity for health issues, allegations of cloning,...

Early on, one of the major casting reveals for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was that Shailene Woodley would be playing Mary Jane Watson. Woodley got as far as shooting her scenes for the movie, only to be cut from the final edit. But now director Marc Webb reveals how she would have fit into the […]

The post ‘Amazing Spider-Man 2′: Mary Jane’s Deleted Scene Revealed appeared first on /Film.

We have known for quite a while that Shailene Woodley's role as Mary Jane Watson had been cut by director Marc Webb from The Amazing Spider-man 2. Without revealing any plot elements at the time, Webb explained that he wanted to keep the Gwen Stacy/Peter Parker dynamic as the central focus of the superhero sequel. In recent months, we have all discussed the overload of villains and characters added to the movie and the question became whether cutting Woodley was due to bad casting or truly...

This article contains mild spoilers for The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Both Emma Stone and Jamie Foxx had some interesting comments this weekend when discussing their characters in Amazing Spider-Man 2, that I thought was worth sharing with the comic book faithful.

Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy

First off, you've probably heard that Shailine Woodley (of Divergent) was cast as Mary Jane Watson, the red-headed girlfriend first associated with Spider-Man and Peter Parker in the Sam Raimi trilogy and eventually - in the comics - Peter's wife. The scenes ended up being cut from the film, and Stone told us where that scene would take place.

Did it feel weird to at one time know they had Mary Jane lined up as your successor?

Emma Stone: No, it didn’t feel weird at all. I shot scenes with Shailene, who I adore. She was amazing. I think the storyline, as you see,...

Spider-man 3 - Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) finally has the girl of his dreams, Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst), and New York City is in the throes of Spider-mania! But when a strange alien symbiote turns Spider-Man's suit black, his darkest demons come to light changing Spider-Man inside as well as out. Spider-Man is in for the fight of his life against a lethal mix of villains - the deadly Sandman (Thomas Haden Church), Venom (Topher Grace), and the New Goblin (James Franco) - as well as the enemy within himself. Cast: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Topher Grace, Thomas Haden Church, James Franco Director: Sam Raimi * Writers: Sam Raimi, Alvin Sargent & Ivan Raimi...

It's Thursday, which means it's time for Digital Spy's patented TV Q&A, where we find out what the dillio is with your favourite shows.

Feast your eyes on our text-based treasure chest of telly loot, this week featuring goss on True Blood, Orphan Black and more...

When is Orphan Black returning to BBC Three?

Remember when we had to wait six months - Six Months! - to see Orphan Black in the UK? Well, the good news is that BBC Three have paid attention to our grumblings and Tatiana Maslany's clone saga will return to our screens sooner than you might expect!

Season two kicked off on Saturday (April 19) in the Us and will make its UK debut on Wednesday, April 30 at 10pm - just 11 days later!

Oh, and if you're yet to cotton on to the bonkers brilliance that is Orphan Black, there's good news for you...

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Whatever you think of Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy – from its overall quality, to its faithfulness to the comic book on which it was based, to the casting of Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst as Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson – there was one integral element that was undeniably perfect in every way. So much so, in fact, that it’s near on impossible to imagine anybody else ever doing said aspect justice. We’re talking about J.K. Simmons as Daily Bugle editor-in-chief and long-time Spidey hater J. Jonah Jameson, of course, in a part he was clearly born to play.

Whether you thought Maguire sucked, or Dunst was boring, or James Franco was just downright weird, there’s arguably nobody on Earth who sat down to any movie in the original Spider-Man trilogy and said: “J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson? What terrible casting!” Watching Simmons in...

One of the major differences between Spider-Man in the main Marvel universe and the Ultimate Marvel universe is the centrality of his relationship with Mary Jane Watson. In the mainstream universe, Peter Parker had been in serious relationships with Daily Bugle secretary Betty Brant and Gwen Stacy before he started dating Mary Jane. However, in the Ultimate universe, Mary-Jane is Peter’s first love. They were good friends before they started dating. And even after Peter dated Kitty Pryde, Gwen Stacy, and smooched Black Cat, and Mary Jane went out with Mark Raxton, the frontman of the band Molten Man, they either remained friends or got back together after their respective breakups. But Mary-Jane definitely has her own life outside of Spider-Man or Peter Parker. She is friends with Liz Allen and helps her come to terms with being a mutant and eventually warms up to Gwen Stacy just before...

Orphaned at an early age, Peter Parker (Maguire) lives in Queens, New York with his beloved Aunt May (Harris) and Uncle Ben (Robertson). Peter leads the life of a normal student, working as a photographer at the school paper, pining after the beautiful Mary Jane Watson (Dunst) and hanging out with buddy Harry Osborn (Franco).On a school trip, during which Peter and his classmates are given a science demonstration on arachnids, Peter is bitten by a genetically-altered spider. Soon after, he discovers that he has unusual powers: he is endowed with the strength and agility of a spider along with a keen, Esp-like "spider-sense." Peter first uses his powers to make money, but in the face of a tragedy that hits close to home, he vows to dedicate his life to fighting crime, taking to heart the words of his beloved Uncle Ben: "With great power comes great responsibility.

Warning: The above video contains major Amazing Spider-Man 2 spoilers

It's no bad thing that Shailene Woodley's scenes as Mary Jane Watson were cut from The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – between Dane DeHaan's unstable Harry Osborn, Jamie Foxx's nerd-turned-supervillain Electro and the expanded mythology surrounding the Parker family, Marc Webb's sequel already felt overstuffed.

But Mary Jane is still in line to play a major role in the third film, and Woodley has more or less confirmed that her schedule on the Divergent sequels will make her return very unlikely.

With that in mind, we've rounded up 10 more actresses with whom Andrew Garfield's Peter could hit the jackpot.

1. Juno Temple

Last year's BAFTA Rising Star award winner already has a few high-profile roles lined up, alongside Angelina Jolie in Maleficent and Ray Liotta in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. But she's yet to star in a franchise,...

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Spider-Man is arguably the most popular superhero of all-time – there’s something inherently attractive about the idea of being imbued with his web-swinging abilities, not to mention the fact that he’s totally nerdy and yet still manages to keep ahold of the voluptuous, gorgeous Mary Jane Watson. It’s the sort of life that many of us might long for, although the constant onslaught of villains makes it a little less desirable (but only a little). Yes, it’s true to say that Spider-Man encompasses everything required to make a great superhero: his popularity is justified.

Spider-Man first made it to film 13 years ago, when director Sam Raimi – best known at the time for the likes of his Evil Dead movies – gave us what is still perhaps one of the best and my faithful comic book adaptations to have ever hit our screens. With Toby Maguire leading...

In Spider-Man’s origin story in Amazing Fantasy #15, we don’t get to spend much time with Uncle Ben. We get to see that he cares for his nephew Peter and gets him a science set. He also gets to say a quote that has become synonymous with Spider-Man, “With great power, there must also come great responsibility.” And then he dies, and the story focuses on Peter Parker becoming Spider-Man. However, in Ultimate Spider-Man, writer Brian Michael Bendis takes his time and fleshes out Uncle Ben as a character. He uses the oft-maligned comics writing device of decompression to explore the relationship between Peter and Uncle Ben to make his death have more emotional gravity as well digging deep into what makes Peter Parker decide to become the hero Spider-Man.

Before his tragic death, readers get to spend four whole issues with Uncle Ben. His characterization is especially strong...

Thanks to Marvel_Spider for coming across this cool image of an unused Venom costume, designed by the talented crew at Frontline Design. In 2004, Frontline Design collaborated with three-time Academy Award winning Costume Designer, James Acheson, on Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 3. They created Spider-Man's suit, prosthetics for Sandman and even a fully functional Venom animatronic puppet. Thanks to the heads up from Marvel_Spider. Spider-man 3 - Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) finally has the girl of his dreams, Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst), and New York City is in the throes of Spider-mania! But when a strange alien symbiote turns Spider-Man's suit black, his darkest demons come to light changing Spider-Man inside as well as out. Spider-Man is in for the fight of his life against a lethal mix of villains - the deadly Sandman (Thomas Haden Church), Venom (Topher Grace), and the New Goblin (James Franco...

The Amazing Spider-Man 2's UK release date has been moved forward by two days.

Sony Pictures' superhero sequel will be released on Wednesday, April 16, ahead of the previously planned April 18 release.

Director Marc Webb has returned for the sequel with stars Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield.

It will see Peter Parker (Garfield) delve further into the mystery of his parents' disappearance, while going toe-to-toe with Electro (Jamie Foxx), Green Goblin (Dane DeHaan) and Rhino (Paul Giamatti).

Drew Goddard has been confirmed as the director of upcoming spinoff Sinister Six.

Shailene Woodley - who was cast as Mary Jane Watson before being cut from the film - has said that she does not expect to return for Sony's later films.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 will be released on May 2 in the Us. Watch a trailer for the film below:...

Ultimate Spider-Man #200

Written by Brian Michael Bendis

Art by Dave Marquez, David Lafuente, Sara Pichelli, Mark Brooks, and Mark Bagley

Colors by Justin Ponsor

Published by Marvel Comics

Fourteen years ago, Marvel hired an indie crime comics writer named Brian Michael Bendis to reimagine Spider-Man for the 21st century. Eleven years later, he killed off Peter Parker and replaced him with a completely new character as Spider-Man. After the events of Cataclysm, some fans may have decided to stop reading books in the Ultimate Universe. However, Ultimate Spider-Man #200 may persuade them to stick around. It’s a very simple comic. The whole plot is Aunt May throwing a party for Peter Parker’s various friends and allies in celebration of his life. The beginning of the issue has a lot of Bendis banter and a few awkward moments along with plenty of hugs and a few tears. When the “party” starts to die down,...