There have already been four franchises, with Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, Tom Holland and Shameik Moore each as a different version of the swinging superhero, and that’s before they started showing up in each other’s films. Even before the Marvel MCU movies introduced the concept of the multiverse, disputes between major studios on ownership rights to the character, disagreements between directors, and other dealings have made it so that Spider-Man has had a few iterations over the decades since the first film. With comics chronology having always been a bit timey-wimey (with universe resets, retcons, and multiple versions of the character existing at once), it makes sense that the Spider-Man movies are no stranger to the same timeline weirdness. Since then, Spider-Man has become one of the flagship characters of Marvel, with thousands of comics, plenty of merchandise, and 10 films that have taken the box office by storm every time. What a tangled multiverse web we weave! Director Sam Raimi helped bring the friendly neighborhood Spidey to life with 2002’s Spider-Man before the MCU was even a glint in Disney’s eye. If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission.

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