Spider-Man in film
The first live-action film based on Spider-Man was the unauthorized short "Spider-Man" by Donald F. Glut in 1969. This was followed by "Spider-Man", an American made-for-television film that premiered on the CBS network in 1977. It starred Nicholas Hammond and was intended as a backdoor pilot for what became a weekly episodic TV series.
Peter Parker (Spider-Man film series)
Peter Parker (Spider-Man) is a fictional character from the Spider-Man film franchise, adapted from the comic-book character of the same name created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko; portrayed by Tobey Maguire and created by screenwriter David Koepp. This article is about his appearance in the Sam Raimi trilogy "Spider-Man", "Spider-Man 2" and "Spider-Man 3". He is initially depicted as a bright and intellectually-gifted yet outcasted and introverted high school student, who decides to use his spider-like superhuman abilites as a masked vigilante, which he gained after being bitten by a genetically-modified spider in a school field trip. He is driven by the principle that: "with great power comes great responsibility", to help others in his Spider-Man alter-ego, which were his uncle: Benjamin Parker's final words to him, before he was killed by a car-jacker, something for which he was partially responsible and constantly holds himself guilty for. The trilogy's narrative focuses on his eventual transition from high school to college life, his troubled relationship with his best friend: Harry Osborn, his romance with his childhood crush and later girlfriend: Mary Jane Watson, his struggles with his dual life as a student/photographer and a vigilante, along with his battles with various super-human criminals and sociopaths, who threaten the city of New York, such as Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, New Goblin, Sandman and Venom, all of whom are ironically connected to Peter's life, through one way or another.