The INSIDER Summary
- The Spider-Man character was introduced in the early 1960's. Since then, the webslinger has had to deal with a lot of legal wrangling and studio reboots.
- The first Spider-Man feature film spent two decades in development before finally being released in 2002. It was a gigantic hit. Since then, the franchise has had a lot of highs and lows.
- Tobey Maguire first played Spider-Man. The role was recast with Andrew Garfield for the 2012 reboot. It was recast again in 2016 with Tom Holland.
- Even though he's a Marvel character, Sony has owned the rights for years. Marvel and Sony struck a deal to allow the character to appear in Marvel films, and for some of the Marvel characters to appear in Sony's Spider-Man films, as well.
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