Things are finally going right for Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire), as he swings through the NY skyline. Across town, things could be better for the fugitive Flint Marko (Thomas Haden Church). It's the first ten minutes of Spider-Man 3. Watch the full movie now on Disney+.
Spider-Man 3 is the 2007 live-action Sony Pictures Entertainment feature film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. It is a direct sequel to Spider-Man 2 and the third and final film in the first Spider-Man film series.
The movie represents an unfortunate misfire in the otherwise excellent and game-changing cycle of films by director Sam Raimi.
This one finds Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) struggling with the responsibilities of being a hero, a strange black ooze that forms a new costume, a new revelation that his Uncle Ben's killer is actually still at large as the super-villain Sandman (Thomas Haden Church), a new rival / villain in the form of jealous photographer (and soon-to-be Venom) Eddie Brock (Topher Grace) and a disturbing regression into mental illness for his friend Harry Osborn (James Franco).
It's a lot and the movie couldn't hold up under the strain of so many incongruous plot-lines.
The critical failure of the film all but ended this first series of Spider-Man movies. For a time it seemed that Raimi had succeeded in pressing Sony Pictures Entertainment to give him a chance to make a fourth film to end the series on a high note, but that effort was halted in mid-development, paving the way for a reboot with The Amazing Spider-Man film series.
However, fans did get some closure on this version of the character over a decade later when Tobey revisited the role for Spider-Man: No Way Home.
