Following Spider-Man 3 (and studio interference during pre-production of Spider-Man 4), Raimi withdrew from the franchise, prompting the studio to reboot the character with Garfield.įor the most part, Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man and Garfield’s performance satisfied fans and critics alike.
Sony helped to kick-off an era of big-screen adaptations with Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy starring Tobey Maguire. Of all the superheroes depicted on the silver screen over the last two decades, the metamorphosis of Peter Parker AKA Spider-Man has been the most interesting. Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe in a new Secret Wars fan poster.