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The Definitive 2000s Superhero Trilogy Crashes Onto a New Streamer
Later this year, everyone’s favorite big-screen web-slinger will return for his latest blockbuster in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. With production having come to an end back in December 2025, Tom Holland‘s time to suit up again and save the world gets closer and closer. Following the events of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Brand New Day is the next stop before the Avengers come face-to-face with their Doomsday later in the year, as possibly the most ambitious movie in the record-breaking franchise yet debuts in theaters on December 18.
Whilst you wait for Spider-Man’s new movie, a trilogy many would call the best in superhero movie history is about to swing onto a new streamer. Helmed by horror icon Sam Raimi, who recently returned to the horror directing chair after 17 years with the box office smash Send Help, the early Noughties Spider-Man trilogy saw Tobey Maguire don the iconic mask and suit as he looked to save his city from a selection of comic book villains.
Followed by an excellent second installment and a less-impressive third, there were initial plans for a fourth movie starring Maguire, which had been dated for a 2011 release and would’ve reportedly boasted the talents of John Malkovich and Anne Hathaway. Alas, after Raimi walked away following disputes over the scripts, the film never materialized. This month, you’ll get the chance to relive Raimi and Maguire’s Spider-Man trilogy as it officially becomes available to stream on HBO Max.
A Fourth in the Trilogy Just Got a Terrible Update
Thanks to the success of Maguire’s Spidey returning in Spider-Man: No Way Home, the thought of a fourth movie in the series finally materializing started to feel like it could become a reality. Alas, in a recent interview, Raimi squashed those dreams, saying it wouldn’t “be right for me to go back and try and resurrect my version of this story,” and adding:
“Stan Lee’s great character — that a bullpen of writers in New York at Marvel had come up with stories for — he created the character, but so many people contributed, so many artists, that for a brief time I was handed the torch to carry on after 40 years of Spider-Man comics. And then after my three movies, I handed the torch off to someone else. And I think they’ve got to keep running with the storyline and the audience that is now following the torchbearer.”
The Spider-Man trilogy is available to stream this month on HBO Max.
- Release Date
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May 1, 2002
- Runtime
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121 minutes
- Director
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Sam Raimi