However, the project would languish in development hell due to licensing and financial issues. Filmmakers Tobe Hooper, James Cameron, and Joseph Zito were all attached to direct the film at one point. After being bitten by a genetically-altered spider, outcast teenager Peter Parker develops spider-like superhuman abilities and adopts a masked superhero identity to fight crime and injustice in New York City, facing the sinister Green Goblin (Dafoe) in the process.ĭevelopment on a live-action Spider-Man film began in the 1980s. The film chronicles Spider-Man's origin story and early superhero career. Directed by Sam Raimi from a screenplay by David Koepp, it is the first installment in Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, and stars Tobey Maguire as the titular character, alongside Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, and Rosemary Harris. — Anna DimondCatch more of Sam Raimi's magic with our Online Video Guide.Spider-Man is a 2002 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero of the same title.

Could this new series match the action of Spider-Man? Only time (and some awesome special effects) will tell how Raimi's imagination translates to the small screen. Production on the show starts this month in New Zealand, of course — the only country fit for magic and wizards.

Cypher joins the mysterious Kahlan (played by Regan) to try to put the kibosh on a tyrannical leader's who ostensibly ruining everyone's lives. Horner, who hails from Australia, will play Richard Cypher, a man who becomes a magical leader. Relative newcomers Craig Horner and Bridget Regan will star in the series, which is based on the eponymous book by Terry Goodkind, says the Reporter. Sam Raimi, the mastermind behind the Spider-Man trilogy, has found the leads for his upcoming weekly fantasy series, Wizard's First Rule.

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