Editing Spider-Man (2002 film) (section)

== Production ==

===Development===
{{Further|Spider-Man in film#Development}}
Beginning in 1975, Marvel Comics made plans to bring its characters to the big screen. In the early 1980s, following the critical and commercial success of ''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]'' (1978), which in turn was based on rival [[DC Comics]]’ flagship character [[Superman]], Marvel was in negotiations with film producers to bring their flagship character Spider-Man to the big screen.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}} Producer [[Roger Corman]] was the first to hold an option on the Spider-Man property and began to develop the film at [[Orion Pictures]]. Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee was brought on to write a screenplay which featured [[Cold War]] themes and [[Doctor Octopus]] as the primary antagonist. The project did not come into fruition following budgetary disputes between Corman and Lee, as well as the critical and commercial failure of ''[[Superman III]]'' (1983) making film adaptations of comic books a low priority.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sagers |first=Aaron |date=August 7, 2015 |title='We Made a Good Little Film': Roger Corman's Oral History of His Fantastic Four |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/we-made-good-little-film-roger-cormans-oral-history-his-fantastic-four |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206140658/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/we-made-good-little-film-roger-cormans-oral-history-his-fantastic-four |archive-date=February 6, 2021 |access-date=December 23, 2020 |work=[[Syfy Wire]]}}</ref> 

The film rights were then acquired by [[Menahem Golan]] and [[Yoram Globus]] of [[The Cannon Group]] for $225,000 in 1985.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Grover |first=Ronald |date=April 15, 2002 |title=Unraveling Spider-Man's Tangled Web |work=[[Business Week]] |url=http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/apr2002/nf20020415_7441.htm |access-date=January 22, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510064647/http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/apr2002/nf20020415_7441.htm |archive-date=May 10, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Anders |first=Charlie Jane |date=September 22, 2011 |title=The Secret History of Spider-Man Movies |url=https://gizmodo.com/the-secret-history-of-spider-man-movies-5843007 |access-date=July 8, 2024 |website=Gizmodo}}</ref> The two were not familiar with the character's background and mistook Spider-Man for a [[werewolf]]-like character. [[Leslie Stevens]], creator of ''[[The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]'', was hired to write a screenplay based on this concept. Stevens' script depicted Peter Parker as a photographer who is subjected to a mad scientist's experiment, which transforms him into a human [[tarantula]]. [[Tobe Hooper]], who was preparing to shoot ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2]]'' and ''[[Invaders from Mars (1986 film)|Invaders from Mars]]'' for Cannon, signed on to direct.<ref name="Gross 2002">{{Cite book |last=Gross |first=Edward |title=Spider-Man Confidential |publisher=[[Hyperion (publisher)|Hyperion]] |year=2002}}</ref> Lee hated the horror route the studio was taking with the character and demanded that a new script be written that was closer to the source material.<ref>{{cite web |last=Callaghan |first=Kristen |date=2022-01-25 |title=Spider-Man's First Live-Action Outing Was Almost a Horror Film |url=https://www.cbr.com/spider-mans-first-live-action-film-almost-horror/ |access-date=2022-02-14 |website=[[Comic Book Resources]] |language=en-US |archive-date=February 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214223429/https://www.cbr.com/spider-mans-first-live-action-film-almost-horror/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kendall |first=G. |date=2019-09-01 |title=Is the '80s Spider-Man Film a Lost Classic? |url=https://www.cbr.com/cannon-films-spider-man-lost-classic/ |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=[[Comic Book Resources]] |language=en}}</ref>

By 1985, a new script was being written by Ted Newsom and [[John Brancato]]. In this version, Peter Parker receives his spider-like abilities from a [[cyclotron]] experiment. Doctor Octopus served as the antagonist and was written as Parker's mentor turned enemy. Barney Cohen was brought in to do a rewrite which added humor, additional action scenes, and a supporting villain.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wilson |first=William S. |date=June 28, 2010 |title=The "Never Got Made" File #19: Look Out! Here comes the SPIDER-MAN movie...or maybe not! |work=Video Junkie |url=http://originalvidjunkie.blogspot.com/2010/06/never-got-made-file-19-look-out-here.html |access-date=October 23, 2013 |archive-date=November 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102081824/http://originalvidjunkie.blogspot.com/2010/06/never-got-made-file-19-look-out-here.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Newsom and Brancato had [[John Cusack]] in mind for the part of Peter Parker.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://screenrant.com/john-cusack-spiderman-movie-details-story-reveals/ | title=John Cusack's Canceled Spider-Man Movie Details Revealed by Its Writer | website=[[Screen Rant]] | date=November 16, 2022 }}</ref> 

Cannon hired [[Joseph Zito]] to direct the film having previously directed the commercially successful ''[[Invasion U.S.A. (1985 film)|Invasion U.S.A.]]'' for the studio. For the role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man, the studio considered [[Tom Cruise]] while Zito was interested in casting actor and stuntman [[Scott Leva]] who had previously done promotional appearances as Spider-Man for Marvel.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jankiewicz |first=Pat |date=July 2002 |title=Scott Leva, the Man Who Was Almost Spider-Man |journal=Starlog/Comics Scene Presents Spider-Man |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=62–64}}</ref> [[Bob Hoskins]] was considered for Doctor Octopus while [[Lauren Bacall]] and [[Katharine Hepburn]] were considered for [[Aunt May]]. The role of [[Uncle Ben]] was considered for [[Gregory Peck]] and [[Paul Newman]]. Lee expressed his desire to make a cameo appearance as [[J. Jonah Jameson]] in the film. The project was tentatively titled ''Spider-Man: The Movie'' and was budgeted between $15–20 million. Following the critical and financial failure of ''[[Superman IV: The Quest for Peace]]'' and ''[[Masters of the Universe (1987 film)|Masters of the Universe]]'', both of which were produced by Cannon, the budget for ''Spider-Man: The Movie'' was cut to $7 million. Joseph Zito was unwilling to compromise and stepped down as director. He was replaced by [[Albert Pyun]] who was willing to make the film at a lower budget. The project was cancelled following Cannon's acquisition by [[Pathé]] and Golan's departure from the studio.<ref name="Gross 2002" />

Golan extended his option on Spider-Man during his tenure as CEO of [[21st Century Film Corporation]]. By 1989, Golan attempted to revive the project using the original script, budget, and storyboards developed at Cannon. In order to receive production funds, Golan sold the television rights to [[Viacom (1952-2006)|Viacom]], home video rights to [[Columbia Pictures]], and theatrical rights to [[Carolco Pictures]]<ref>David Hughes. ''The Greatest Sci-Fi Movies Never Made'' {{ISBN|1-55652-449-8}}</ref> where [[James Cameron]] became attached to write and direct the film. Cameron had previously met with Stan Lee to discuss a possible [[X-Men]] film until Lee convinced Cameron that he would be a good choice to direct a Spider-Man film.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bernardin |first=Marc |date=December 16, 2012 |title=How Stan Lee's Loose Lips Derailed a James Cameron X-Men Movie |work=[[Syfy Wire]] |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/how_stan_lees_loose_lips |access-date=December 23, 2020 |archive-date=February 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206153247/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/how_stan_lees_loose_lips |url-status=live }}</ref> Cameron said superheroes were always fanciful to him.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://screencrush.com/james-cameron-spider-man-movie/ | title=James Cameron Reveals His Vision for His Unmade Spider-Man Film | date=December 6, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.polygon.com/22820458/spider-man-movie-james-cameron | title=Spider-Man was the 'greatest movie' James Cameron never made | website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] | date=December 6, 2021 }}</ref> 

James Cameron submitted a treatment to Carolco in 1993,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Moerk |first=Christian |date=September 1, 1993 |title=Cameron Delivers Spider-Man Script |page=3 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/1993/film/news/cameron-delivers-spider-man-script-110100/ |access-date=November 7, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228064746/http://www.variety.com/article/VR110100.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&query=cameron+spider-man |archive-date=February 28, 2009}}</ref> which served as a darker, more mature take on the character's mythos. In addition to featuring Spider-Man's origin story, it also included reimagined versions of the villains [[Electro (comics)|Electro]] and [[Sandman (Marvel Comics)|Sandman]]; the former was portrayed as a megalomaniacal businessman named Carlton Strand, while the latter was written as Strand's personal bodyguard named Boyd. Cameron's treatment also featured heavy profanity, and even a sex scene between Spider-Man and [[Mary Jane Watson]] atop the [[Brooklyn Bridge]]. Carolco set a $50 million budget for ''Spider-Man'', but progress stalled when Golan sued Carolco for attempting to make the film without his involvement.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chitwood |first=Scott |date=February 15, 2000 |title=Review of James Cameron's Spider-Man Scriptment |publisher=[[IGN]] |url=http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/034/034412p1.html |url-status=dead |access-date=April 28, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831202555/http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/034/034412p1.html |archive-date=August 31, 2011 |df=mdy}}</ref> At the time, Cameron had recently completed ''[[True Lies]]'' for [[20th Century Fox]] as part of a production deal with the studio. Fox attempted to acquire the film rights to Spider-Man for Cameron but this proved unsuccessful. At this point, James Cameron had abandoned the project and began work on ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' and other things.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shaw-Williams |first=Hannah |date=February 20, 2020 |title=What James Cameron's Spider-Man Movie Would've Looked Like |work=[[Screen Rant]] |url=https://screenrant.com/spider-man-james-cameron-undermade-marvel-movie-story-details/ |access-date=December 24, 2020 |archive-date=December 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222004243/https://screenrant.com/spider-man-james-cameron-undermade-marvel-movie-story-details/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://collider.com/james-cameron-terminator-genesis-spider-man/ | title=James Cameron Talks TERMINATOR: GENESIS and SPIDER-MAN | website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] | date=June 2014 }}</ref> He would reveal in a 1997 interview on ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]'' that he had ''Titanic'' star [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] in mind for the lead role.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Flanders |first=Ned |date=October 24, 2019 |title=Big Brain Development: James Cameron's SPIDER-MAN |work=FilmGoblin |url=https://filmgoblin.com/geek-dive/big-brain-development-camerons-spider-man/ |access-date=December 24, 2020 |archive-date=October 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026103540/https://filmgoblin.com/geek-dive/big-brain-development-camerons-spider-man/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 

In 1995, [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] (MGM) acquired 21st Century Film Corporation's rights to produce the film, which had given them access to the previous Spider-Man scripts. MGM then sued Viacom, Sony Pictures, and Marvel, who they accused of fraud in the original deal with Cannon. The following year, 21st Century, Carolco, and Marvel would all file for bankruptcy.<ref name="legal">{{Cite news |last=Shprintz |first=Janet |date=August 19, 1998 |title=Spider-Man's legal web may finally be unraveled |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=print_story&articleid=VR1117479641&categoryid=13 |access-date=January 22, 2007 |archive-date=October 11, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011185902/http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=print_story&articleid=VR1117479641&categoryid=13 |url-status=live }}</ref>

No film studio showed interest in a Spider-Man movie following the disastrous reception of ''[[Batman & Robin (film)|Batman & Robin]]'' in 1997, after which film studios no longer took the [[Superhero (genre)|superhero genre]] seriously and had the perception that "comic books were for kids". However, the release of ''[[Blade (1998 film)|Blade]]'' by [[New Line Cinema]] in 1998 and the development of ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]'' by 20th Century Fox convinced some studios that a Marvel character "could carry on" a movie.<ref name="Oral History">{{cite web |last=B. Vary |first=Adam |date=April 28, 2022 |title='Spider-Man' at 20: How Sam Raimi and Sony Pictures Rescued the Superhero Genre and Changed Hollywood Forever |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/features/spider-man-2002-oral-history-sam-raimi-sony-pictures-1235240553/ |access-date=April 28, 2022 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |archive-date=April 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428040616/https://variety.com/2022/film/features/spider-man-2002-oral-history-sam-raimi-sony-pictures-1235240553/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Marvel emerged from bankruptcy in 1998 and declared that Menahem Golan's option had expired and that the rights had reverted to them. Marvel then sold the film rights to [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]], Columbia Pictures' parent company for $7 million.<ref>{{cite web |date=June 2012 |title=Marvel's Superhero Licensing |url=http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2012/03/article_0005.html |access-date=August 23, 2012 |publisher=World Intellectual Property Organization |archive-date=May 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529071950/http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2012/03/article_0005.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The deal came into effect in March 1999.<ref>{{cite web |date=1999-03-02 |title=Studio Rights to Spider-Man Are Untangled |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-mar-02-fi-13115-story.html |access-date=2021-09-07 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=September 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907005618/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-mar-02-fi-13115-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In April 1999, although Sony Pictures optioned from MGM all preceding script versions of a ''Spider-Man'' film, it only exercised the options on "the Cameron material", which contractually included a multi-author screenplay and a forty-five-page "[[scriptment]]" credited only to [[James Cameron]]. The studio announced they were not hiring Cameron himself to direct the film nor would they be using his script.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Frankel |first=Daniel |date=April 5, 1999 |title=Cameron Spun Out of Spider-Man Movie |publisher=[[E!]] |url=http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b37970_Cameron_Spun_Out_of_Spider-Man_Movie.html |url-status=dead |access-date=November 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019163050/http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b37970_Cameron_Spun_Out_of_Spider-Man_Movie.html |archive-date=October 19, 2012}}</ref> 

The studio lined up several potential directors, including [[Roland Emmerich]], [[Jan de Bont]], [[Chris Columbus (filmmaker)|Chris Columbus]], [[Barry Sonnenfeld]], [[Tim Burton]], [[Michael Bay]], [[Ang Lee]], [[David Fincher]], [[Tony Scott]] and [[M. Night Shyamalan]].<ref>{{cite web |date=February 5, 2009 |title=David Fincher's Spider-Man That Never Was |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/502374/david-finchers-spider-man-that-never-was/ |access-date=December 1, 2021 |archive-date=December 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201122120/https://www.slashfilm.com/502374/david-finchers-spider-man-that-never-was/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Baranowski |first=Jordan |date=January 16, 2020 |title=The History Of Every Canceled Spider-Man Movie |url=https://www.looper.com/183980/the-history-of-every-canceled-spider-man-movie/ |access-date=February 4, 2022 |website=Looper.com |archive-date=December 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201123905/https://www.looper.com/183980/the-history-of-every-canceled-spider-man-movie/ |url-status=live }}</ref> However, most of the directors approached were less interested in the job than in the story itself.<ref name="Oral History" /> Fincher did not want to depict the [[origin story]] as he felt it was "dumb", [[Pitch (filmmaking)|pitching]] the film as being based on ''[[The Night Gwen Stacy Died]]'' storyline, but the studio weren't interested.<ref name="hughes">{{Cite book |last=Hughes |first=David |title=Comic Book Movies |publisher=[[Virgin Books]] |year=2003 |isbn=0-7535-0767-6 |location=London |pages=233–241}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://gizmodo.com/david-fincher-reveals-the-operatic-title-sequence-for-h-5869055 | title=David Fincher reveals the operatic title sequence for his Spider-Man movie that never was | date=December 19, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/feb/03/david-fincher-interview-transcript | title=David Fincher | newspaper=The Guardian | date=January 18, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/oct/27/david-fincher-on-hitmen-incels-and-spider-mans-dumb-origin-story | title='Who doesn't think they're an outsider?' David Fincher on hitmen, 'incels' and Spider-Man's 'dumb' origin story | newspaper=The Guardian | date=October 27, 2023 | last1=Rose | first1=Steve }}</ref> Columbus would later turn down the project to direct ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone]]'' instead.<ref>{{cite web |date=November 4, 2021 |title=Chris Columbus Is Glad He Chose To Direct Harry Potter Over Spider-Man |url=https://screenrant.com/harry-potter-spiderman-choice-director-chris-columbus-response/ |access-date=February 4, 2022 |website=[[Screen Rant]] |archive-date=December 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219203243/https://screenrant.com/harry-potter-spiderman-choice-director-chris-columbus-response/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Burton expressed a lack of interest by remarking that he was "just a [[DC Comics|DC]] guy", given his previous work on ''[[Batman (1989 film)|Batman]]'' and ''[[Batman Returns]]'', as well as the ill-fated ''[[Superman in film#Superman Lives|Superman Lives]]''.<ref name="Oral History" /> [[Amy Pascal]]'s choice for director was [[Sam Raimi]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Anderton |first=Ethan |date=July 30, 2015 |title=We Almost Got a Chris Columbus Spider-Man in 2001 |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/539094/chris-columbus-spider-man/ |access-date=February 4, 2022 |website=[[/Film]] |archive-date=March 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310000433/https://www.slashfilm.com/539094/chris-columbus-spider-man/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Raimi was attached to direct in January 2000,<ref name="ahead">{{Cite news |last=Robert K. Elder |date=July 16, 2000 |title=What's ahead for comics fans |work=[[The Dallas Morning News]]}}</ref> for a summer 2001 release.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 31, 2000 |title=Entertainment briefs |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]}}</ref> He had been a fan of the comic book during his youth, and his passion for ''Spider-Man'' earned him the job.<ref name="HBO">{{Cite AV media |title=HBO Making-Of Spider-Man |type=DVD |publisher=Sony |year=2002}}</ref> Raimi's agent Josh Donen warned him that he was not Sony's preferred choice for the job, leading Raimi to cite all his reasons for which he would be the ideal director for the project during a meeting with Pascal, producer [[Laura Ziskin]], Calley, [[Marvel Studios]] chief [[Avi Arad]] and film executive [[Matt Tolmach]] before abruptly ending his pitch after one hour, not wanting to overstay if Sony's executives did not want him.<ref name="Oral History" /> 
[[File:Sam Raimi by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg|thumb|upright|Sam Raimi in 2014]]

[[David Koepp]] was brought aboard to write the screenplay and Cameron's work became the basis of his first draft screenplay, often word for word.<ref name="Hiltzik">{{Cite news |last=Hiltzik |first=Michael A. |date=March 24, 2002 |title=Untangling the Web |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-mar-24-tm-34460-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100601/http://articles.latimes.com/2002/mar/24/magazine/tm-34460 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |quote=Of the four writers Columbia lists as contributors to the final 'Spider-Man' script, three – Cameron, Scott Rosenberg and Alvin Sargent – voluntarily ceded sole credit to the fourth, Koepp.}}</ref> Koepp said that Cameron's script was "influential".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ign.com/articles/spider-man-movie-james-cameron-organic-web-shooters | title=James Cameron Was Responsible for This One Big Change to Spider-Man | date=June 18, 2020 }}</ref> Koepp pitched the idea of having Peter Parker not getting his Spider-Man suit until after the film's first forty five minutes so they could stretch out the origin story and that Peter and Mary Jane would not get together at the end, feeling that them ending apart was romantic.<ref name="Oral History" /> Cameron's versions of the Marvel villains Electro and Sandman remained the antagonists. 

Koepp's rewrite substituted the [[Green Goblin]] as the main antagonist and added [[Doctor Octopus]] as the secondary antagonist.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gross |first=Edward |title=Spider-Man Confidential |date=May 2002 |publisher=[[Hyperion (publisher)|Hyperion]] |isbn=0-7868-8722-2 |pages=208–209}}</ref> Raimi felt the Green Goblin and the surrogate father-son theme between Norman Osborn and Peter Parker would be more interesting, thus, he dropped Doctor Octopus from the film.<ref name="trivia track">{{Cite AV media |title=Subtitled Factoids: Weaving the Web |type=DVD |publisher=Sony |year=2002}}</ref> In June, Columbia hired [[Scott Rosenberg]] to rewrite Koepp's material. Remaining a constant in all the rewrites was the "organic webshooter" idea from the Cameron "scriptment".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gross |first=Edward |title=Spider-Man Confidential |date=May 2002 |publisher=[[Hyperion (publisher)|Hyperion]] |isbn=0-7868-8722-2 |pages=206–208}}</ref> Raimi felt he would stretch the audience's [[suspension of disbelief]] too far to have Parker invent mechanical webshooters.<ref name="friday" /> This decision was controversial with long-time fans.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cbr.com/spider-man-peter-parker-organic-web-shooters/ | title=Spider-Man: What Happened to Peter Parker's Organic Web-Shooters? | date=February 20, 2021 }}</ref>

Rosenberg removed Doctor Octopus and created several new action sequences.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brodesser |first=Claude |date=June 16, 2000 |title='Spider-Man' snares scribe |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2000/film/news/inside-moves-203-1117782713/ |access-date=January 22, 2007 |archive-date=March 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302170006/http://variety.com/2000/film/news/inside-moves-203-1117782713/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Raimi felt adding a third origin story would make the film too complex. Sequences removed from the final film had Spider-Man protecting Maximilian Fargas, the wheelchair-using Oscorp executive, from the Goblin, and Spider-Man defusing a hostage situation on a train.<ref name="hughes" /> As production neared, Ziskin hired award-winning writer [[Alvin Sargent]], to polish the dialogue, primarily between Parker and Mary Jane.<ref name="greg">{{cite web |last=[[Greg Dean Schmitz]] |title=Greg's Preview – Spider-Man |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hp&cf=prev&id=1808406011&gpt=ch |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070429050554/http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hp&cf=prev&id=1808406011&gpt=ch |archive-date=April 29, 2007 |access-date=August 9, 2008 |publisher=[[Yahoo!]]}}</ref> Columbia gave the [[Writers Guild of America]] a list of four writers as contributors to the final ''Spider-Man'' script: Rosenberg, Sargent and James Cameron, all three of whom voluntarily relinquished credit to the fourth, Koepp.<ref name="Hiltzik" />

=== Casting ===
For the role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man, the filmmakers sought an actor who was not excessively tall or handsome, but who had the "heart and soul" for the audience to identify with.<ref name="Oral History" /> The studio expressed interest in [[Leonardo DiCaprio]], [[Freddie Prinze Jr.]], [[Chris O'Donnell]], [[Jude Law]], [[Chris Klein (actor)|Chris Klein]], [[Ewan McGregor]], [[Wes Bentley]], and [[Heath Ledger]]. DiCaprio had been considered for the role in 1995 by [[James Cameron]].{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<br><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ellis |first=Philip |date=2022-12-10 |title=Why 'Yellowstone' Star Wes Bentley Turned Down the Role of Spider-Man |url=https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a42205980/yellowstone-wes-bentley-turned-down-spider-man/ |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Men's Health |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/aug/01/news1 |access-date=2024-07-03| title=Columbia name their Spiderman | newspaper=The Guardian | date=August 1, 2000 }}</ref><ref name="hughes" /><ref name="unraveling">{{Cite magazine |last=Grover |first=Ronald |date=April 15, 2002 |title=Unraveling Spider-Man's Tangled Web |url=http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/apr2002/nf20020415_7441.htm |magazine=[[Bloomberg Businessweek|Business Week]] |access-date=January 22, 2007 |archive-date=May 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510064647/http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/apr2002/nf20020415_7441.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="ew.com">{{Cite magazine |last=Flynn |first=Gillian |date=February 11, 2000 |title=Web Casting |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2000/02/11/web-casting |url-status=live |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=September 16, 2021 |archive-date=August 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807005018/https://ew.com/article/2000/02/11/web-casting/ }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hochman |first=David |date=April 28, 2002 |title=The Comic-Book Fans Said, No, No, Not Him |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/28/movies/the-comic-book-fans-said-no-no-not-him.html |access-date=February 4, 2022 |archive-date=December 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223003714/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/28/movies/the-comic-book-fans-said-no-no-not-him.html |url-status=live }}</ref>}} [[Scott Speedman]], Jay Rodan and James Franco were also involved in screen tests for the part.<ref>{{cite web |date=June 19, 2000 |title=More From the ''Spider-Man'' Casting Front |url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/034/034454p1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017225105/http://movies.ign.com/articles/034/034454p1.html |archive-date=October 17, 2007 |access-date=January 23, 2007 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=October 6, 2000 |title=''Spider-Man'' – Do We Have the Son of the Green Goblin Here? |url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/034/034462p1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071019020113/http://movies.ign.com/articles/034/034462p1.html |archive-date=October 19, 2007 |access-date=January 23, 2007 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref> [[Joe Manganiello]] auditioned, but was cast as the bully Flash instead.<ref name="Weiskind">{{Cite news |last=Weiskind |first=Ron |date=July 27, 2001 |title=Mt. Lebanon Native lands role in 'Spider-Man' |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5VgzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=c3ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6596,4394788 |access-date=June 25, 2010 |archive-date=April 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416115421/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5VgzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=c3ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6596,4394788 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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Tobey Maguire was cast as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in July 2000,<ref name="spins">{{Cite magazine |last1=Michael Fleming |last2=Claude Brodesser |date=July 31, 2000 |title=Maguire spins 'Spider-Man' |url=https://variety.com/2000/film/news/maguire-spins-spider-man-1117784384/ |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012002038/https://variety.com/article/VR1117784384.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&query=spider-man |archive-date=October 12, 2007 |url-status=live |access-date=January 22, 2007}}</ref> having been Raimi's first choice for the role after he saw Maguire in ''[[The Cider House Rules (film)|The Cider House Rules]]''.<ref name="empire">{{Cite magazine |last=Chris Hewitt, Simon Braund |date=July 2002 |title=Spider-Man |magazine=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |pages=58–62}}</ref> The studio was initially hesitant to cast someone who did not seem to fit the ranks of "adrenaline-pumping, tail-kicking titans",<ref name="spins" /> but Maguire managed to impress studio executives with his audition. The actor signed a deal in the range of $3 to $4{{spaces}}million with higher salary options for two sequels.<ref name="spins" /> To prepare for the role, Maguire improved his physique over several months by training with a physical trainer, a yoga instructor, a martial arts expert, and a climbing expert.<ref name="friday">{{Cite AV media |title=[[Friday Night with Jonathan Ross]] |date=April 27, 2007 |type=TV |publisher=[[BBC One]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2002/05/09/sam_raimi_spiderman_interview.shtml|title=BBC – Films – interview – Sam Raimi|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> He studied spiders and learned how to perform arachnid-like movements.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 5, 2000 |title=Raimi Talks Up ''Spider-Man'', But Still No Goblin |url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/034/034461p1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018023152/http://movies.ign.com/articles/034/034461p1.html |archive-date=October 18, 2007 |access-date=January 22, 2007 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref>

[[Nicolas Cage]], [[Jason Isaacs]], [[John Malkovich]] and [[Billy Bob Thornton]] were considered for the role of Norman Osborn/Green Goblin, but turned it down.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<br><ref>{{Cite news |last=Ethan Aames |date=September 18, 2004 |title=Interview: Nicolas Cage on National Treasure |publisher=Cinema Confidential |url=http://www.cinecon.com/news.php?id=0411181 |access-date=October 10, 2007 |archive-date=May 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516140506/http://www.cinecon.com/news.php?id=0411181 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=November 6, 2000 |title=Malkovich Says No To Spidey |publisher=[[Syfy|Sci Fi Wire]] |url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2000-11/06/10.00.film |url-status=live |access-date=January 23, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012144659/http://scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2000-11%2F06%2F10.00.film |archive-date=October 12, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=July 13, 2017 |title=Jason Isaacs Auditioned for Green Goblin in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/jason-isaacs-auditioned-for-green-goblin-in-sam-raimis-spider-man/ |access-date=April 16, 2022 |archive-date=April 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416080610/https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/jason-isaacs-auditioned-for-green-goblin-in-sam-raimis-spider-man/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mtv.com/news/lqbrfn/billy-bob-thornton-says-he-turned-down-spidey-wont-wear-funny-hats | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929233655/https://www.mtv.com/news/lqbrfn/billy-bob-thornton-says-he-turned-down-spidey-wont-wear-funny-hats | url-status=dead | archive-date=September 29, 2023 | title=Billy Bob Thornton Says He Turned Down Spidey; Won't Wear Funny Hats | website=[[MTV]] }}</ref>}} Willem Dafoe was selected for the part in November 2000.<ref>{{cite web |date=November 17, 2000 |title=More ''Spider-Man'' Casting News: Dafoe Is Green Goblin |url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/034/034471p1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018202909/http://movies.ign.com/articles/034/034471p1.html |archive-date=October 18, 2007 |access-date=January 23, 2007 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref> He was intrigued by the prospect of working with Raimi and by the idea of a film based on comic books.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<br><ref name="Oral History" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mottram |first=James |title=Willem Dafoe |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2002/05/09/willem_dafoe_spiderman_interview.shtml |access-date=July 4, 2024 |website=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Rentilly |first=J. |date=June 8, 2002 |title=Webbed feat |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/interview/interviewpages/0,6737,729240,00.html |access-date=July 4, 2024 |website=The Guardian}}</ref>}} He insisted on wearing the Green Goblin costume himself, as he felt that a [[Stunt performer|stuntman]] would not convey the character's necessary body language. The 580-piece suit took half an hour to put on.<ref name="hughes" />

[[Kate Bosworth]], [[Eliza Dushku]], [[Jaime King]] and [[Mena Suvari]] unsuccessfully auditioned for the role of Mary Jane Watson.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<br><ref>{{cite web |title=Eliza Dushku |url=https://www.notstarring.com/actors/dushku-eliza |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624195940/https://www.notstarring.com/actors/dushku-eliza |archive-date=June 24, 2021 |access-date=September 16, 2021 |website=notstarring.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=December 4, 2000 |title=Your Spider-Man Casting Update |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/12/04/your-spider-man-casting-update |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517021423/https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/12/04/your-spider-man-casting-update |archive-date=May 17, 2021 |access-date=May 17, 2021 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Quinn |first=David |date=September 13, 2019 |title=Kate Bosworth Reveals She 'Tanked' Her Audition for 2002's Spider-Man: 'I Was Really Nervous' |url=https://people.com/movies/kate-bosworth-auditioned-for-spider-man/ |magazine=People |access-date=January 1, 2021 |archive-date=January 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116040937/https://people.com/movies/kate-bosworth-auditioned-for-spider-man/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}} [[Kate Hudson]] was offered the part but turned it down.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Patterson |first=John |date=July 12, 2003 |title=Daughter act |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/jul/12/features.johnpatterson |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911145600/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/jul/12/features.johnpatterson |archive-date=September 11, 2014 |access-date=May 17, 2021 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> Elizabeth Banks auditioned, but was told she was too old; she was cast as Jameson's secretary Betty Brant instead.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Miller |first=Julie |date=June 22, 2016 |title=Elizabeth Banks Reveals Which Superhero-Movie Role She Was "Too Old" For |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/06/elizabeth-banks-superhero-too-old/ |url-status=live |magazine=Vanity Fair |access-date=September 16, 2021 |archive-date=June 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623155851/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/06/elizabeth-banks-superhero-too-old }}</ref> Raimi also considered [[Alicia Witt]] for the role.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ascher-Walsh |first=Rebecca |date=October 16, 2000 |title=''Spider-Man'''s director has a few tricks up his sleeve |url=https://ew.com/article/2000/10/16/spider-mans-director-has-few-tricks-his-sleeve/ |access-date=2024-07-03 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en}}</ref> Kirsten Dunst auditioned and earned the role a month before filming began.<ref name="hughes" /> To create Mary Jane's red hair, Dunst's hair was dyed in the front and she wore a half-wig.<ref>{{cite web |last=Quinn O'Neill |first=Catherine |date=April 22, 2014 |title=The Secrets Behind Kirsten Dunst's Changing Hair Looks |url=https://www.allure.com/story/kirsten-dunst-changing-hair-look-spiderman-marie-antoinette/ |access-date=July 3, 2024 |website=Allure}}</ref> The producers wanted Dunst to get her teeth straightened, but she refused.<ref>{{cite web |last=Pollard |first=Alexandra |date=November 13, 2021 |title=Kirsten Dunst: 'The pay disparity between me and Spider-Man was very extreme' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/kirsten-dunst-interview-power-of-the-dog-b1955698.html |access-date=July 3, 2024 |website=Independent}}</ref>

Stan Lee was interested in playing J. Jonah Jameson, but the filmmakers felt he was too old to convincingly play the part. Lee was supportive of the eventual casting of J.K. Simmons, feeling that Simmons gave a better performance than he could have achieved.<ref>Zakarin, Scott (2002). ''[[Stan Lee's Mutants, Monsters & Marvels]].'' Creative Light Entertainment.</ref> [[Hugh Jackman]] was supposed to have a cameo as the [[X-Men (film series)|X-Men]] character [[Logan (film character)|Wolverine]], but the appearance was scrapped after the production team realized they did not have the character's costume.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Callaghan |first=Kristen |date=2022-09-17 |title=Sam Raimi's Spider-Man Almost Featured an Iconic X-Men Cameo |url=https://www.cbr.com/sam-raimi-spider-man-almost-featured-wolverine-cameo-marvel/ |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=[[Comic Book Resources]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Ryan |first=Mike |date=September 10, 2013 |title=Hugh Jackman, 'Prisoners' Star, On His Everlasting Love for Wolverine |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hugh-jackman-prisoners_n_3896582 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202211954/https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/hugh-jackman-prisoners_n_3896582 |archive-date=December 2, 2021 |access-date=December 2, 2021 |website=HuffPost}}</ref>

===Design===
[[File:Green Goblin animatronic make-up for Spider-Man (2002 film).jpg|thumb|The original animatronic headgear for the Green Goblin was created by Amalgamated Dynamics.]]
The Green Goblin's original headgear was an animatronic mask created by [[Amalgamated Dynamics]].<ref>{{cite web |date=July 8, 2017 |title='Spider-Man': Willem Dafoe's Original Green Goblin Mask Was Amazing |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/spider-man-willem-dafoes-original-green-goblin-mask-was-amazing-1019532/ |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> Dafoe described it as a "Halloween mask" and "kind of silly-looking". The designers then created a helmet that Dafoe termed "very angular, very modern ... more like an armor."<ref name="Oral History" /> Dafoe also wanted the costume to be flexible enough to allow him to do splits.<ref>{{cite web |date=May 3, 2002 |title=Dafoe's Role as Green Goblin Isn't the Stretch It Might Seem |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-may-03-et-dretzka3-story.html |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>

To create Spider-Man's costume, Maguire was fitted for the skintight suit, being covered with layers of substance to create the suit's shape.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Tyrangiel |first=Josh |date=August 14, 2000 |title=He has radioactive blood, now about those pecs |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,997713,00.html?promoid=googlep |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930180825/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,997713,00.html?promoid=googlep |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |access-date=January 22, 2007 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref> One concept costume designer [[James Acheson]] became fond of was the idea of having a red emblem over a black costume. Another, which would eventually lead to the final product, featured an enlarged logo on the chest and red stripes going down the sides of the legs.<ref name="hughes" /> In early development, Acheson experimented with a potential helmet-like design for the suit, which was then scrapped. It was designed as a single piece, including the mask. A hard shell was worn underneath the mask to make the shape of the head look better and to keep the mask tight while keeping the wearer comfortable. For scenes in which Spider-Man would take his mask off, there was an alternate suit where the mask was a separate piece. The webbing, which accented the costume, was cut by computer. The mask eye lenses were designed to have a mirror look.<ref>{{cite web |last=KJB |date=January 13, 2001 |title=Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Update |url=http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/034/034485p1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311105354/http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/034/034485p1.html |archive-date=March 11, 2012 |access-date=April 28, 2007 |website=[[IGN]] |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

For the spider that gives Peter his abilities, Raimi selected the [[Steatoda grossa]], which was painted with red and blue makeup.<ref>{{cite web |last=Trivedi |first=Bijal P. |date=May 2, 2002 |title=The Spider Man Behind Spider-man |url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/05/0502_020502_TVspiderman_2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060521091441/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/05/0502_020502_TVspiderman_2.html |archive-date=May 21, 2006 |website=National Geographic}}</ref>

===Filming===
With ''Spider-Man'' cast, filming was set to begin in November 2000 in New York City and on Sony [[soundstage]]s. The film's release was scheduled for November 2, 2001,<ref name="spins" /> but was postponed to May 3, 2002, due to an extended post-production schedule.<ref>{{cite web |date=September 14, 2000 |title=''Spider-Man'' Crawls into 2002 |url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/034/034459p1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820015235/http://movies.ign.com/articles/034/034459p1.html |archive-date=August 20, 2012 |access-date=January 22, 2007 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref>

[[Principal photography]] officially began on January 8, 2001, in Culver City, California.<ref name="greg" /> The project's cinematographer, [[Don Burgess (cinematographer)|Don Burgess]], shot the film with [[Panavision]] Platinum and Millennium XL cameras with Primo Lenes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Spider's Stratagem: Spider-Man |url=https://theasc.com/articles/spiders-stratagem-spider-man |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=The American Society of Cinematographers |language=en}}</ref> After the [[September 11 attacks]], certain sequences were re-filmed, and a shot of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|Twin Towers]] was removed from the film.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<br><ref>{{cite web |title=Spider Man Twin Tower Trailers Scrapped |url=http://culture.com/news/item/5226/spider-man-twin-tower-trailers-scrapped.phtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224111634/http://culture.com/news/item/5226/spider-man-twin-tower-trailers-scrapped.phtml |archive-date=February 24, 2013 |access-date=October 6, 2014 |website=Culture}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=September 13, 2001 |title=W.T.C. to be Digitally Removed From SPIDER-MAN |url=https://www.aintitcool.com/node/10170 |access-date=October 6, 2014 |website=Ain't It Cool News |archive-date=October 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022105309/http://legacy.aintitcool.com/node/10170 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mashberg |first1=Tom |date=September 10, 2019 |title=The Twin Towers in Film and TV: A Tribute or a Painful Reminder? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/10/movies/9-11-twin-towers-tv-movies.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910141002/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/10/movies/9-11-twin-towers-tv-movies.html |archive-date=September 10, 2019 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref>}} Sequences in Peter's home and in the wrestling arena were filmed on soundstages, as was the [[Times Square]] sequence where Spider-Man and the Green Goblin battle for the first time. For this scene, a three-story set with a breakaway balcony piece was built. The scene also required shooting in Downey, California.<ref name="booklet">DVD Booklet (2002), p.2–3</ref> In March, a construction worker named Tim Holcombe was killed when a forklift modified as a construction crane crashed into the construction basket he was in.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 21, 2001 |title=Wife sues over Spider-Man death |publisher=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1555976.stm |access-date=May 29, 2009 |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006192431/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1555976.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> The following court case led the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health to fine Sony $58,805.<ref>{{cite web |date=August 27, 2001 |title=Columbia Fined For Safety Violation That Led To Death |url=https://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2001-08-27#film2 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040815190551/http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2001-08-27#film2 |archive-date=August 15, 2004 |access-date=April 29, 2007 |publisher=[[IMDb]]}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=July 2024}}

In one scene in the film, Mary Jane kisses Peter while he is hanging upside down in the rain. To prepare for the scene, Dunst was handed the book of famous kisses. During filming, water was pouring into Maguire's nose, which made it difficult for him to breathe.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<br><ref>{{cite web |last=Kring-Schreifels |first=Jake |date=May 3, 2022 |title=When Mary Jane Kissed Spider-Man |url=https://www.theringer.com/movies/2022/5/3/23053906/spider-man-kiss-tobey-maguire-kirsten-dunst |access-date=July 4, 2024 |website=The Ringer}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Hirschberg |first=Lynn |date=January 12, 2022 |title=Kirsten Dunst is in Control |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/kirsten-dunst-power-of-the-dog-interview-2022/ |access-date=July 4, 2024 |website=[[W (magazine)|W]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Bergren |first=Joe |date=May 3, 2022 |title=Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst Break Down 'Spider-Man's Iconic Upside-Down Kiss in the Rain (Flashback) |url=https://www.etonline.com/tobey-maguire-and-kirsten-dunst-break-down-spider-mans-iconic-upside-down-kiss-in-the-rain |access-date=July 4, 2024 |website=[[Entertainment Tonight]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=May 5, 2002 |title=Kissing upside down not a turn-on for Spider-Man |url=https://www.deseret.com/2002/5/5/19653248/kissing-upside-down-not-a-turn-on-for-spider-man |access-date=July 4, 2024 |website=[[Deseret News]]}}</ref><ref>https://variety.com/2024/film/news/kirsten-dunst-spider-man-kiss-miserable-1235955587/</ref>}} Randy Savage insisted on doing his own stunts, one of which resulted in injury.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenberg |first=Keith Elliot |date=May 19, 2013 |title=The Final Days of Randy 'Macho Man' Savage |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1643969-the-final-days-of-randy-macho-man-savage |access-date=July 4, 2024 |website=[[Bleacher Report]]}}</ref> The shot in which Peter catches Mary Jane's food tray was achieved without visual effects and with Maguire's hand glued to the tray. The shot took 156 takes and 16 hours to accomplish.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hooton |first=Christopher |date=January 11, 2018 |title=This Spider-Man scene wasn't CGI, took Tobey Maguire 156 takes |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/that-spiderman-tray-scene-wasn-t-cgi-took-tobey-maguire-156-takes-a7358816.html |access-date=July 4, 2024 |website=[[The Independent]]}}</ref>

In Los Angeles, filming locations included the [[Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County|Natural History Museum]] (for the [[Columbia University]] laboratory where Parker is bitten), the Pacific Electricity Building (the ''Daily Bugle'' offices) and [[Greystone Mansion]] (for the interiors of Norman's home).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/29-things-we-learned-from-the-spider-man-commentary-2af4fd6f8008/ | title=29 Things We Learned from the 'Spider-Man' Commentary | date=July 5, 2012 }}</ref> On April 4, Spider-Man costumes were stolen, and Sony put up a $25,000 reward for their return.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 5, 2001 |title=They Took Spidey's Clothes! |url=https://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2001-04-05#film3 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050221061907/http://imdb.com/news/sb/2001-04-05#film3 |archive-date=February 21, 2005 |access-date=April 29, 2007 |publisher=[[IMDb]]}}</ref> They were recovered after 18 months; a former studio security guard and an accomplice were arrested.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=June 16, 2010 |title=7 Bizarre Stories of Stolen Movie Props |url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/24937/7-bizarre-stories-stolen-movie-props |magazine=[[Mental Floss]] |access-date=May 21, 2013 |archive-date=August 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817211818/http://mentalfloss.com/article/24937/7-bizarre-stories-stolen-movie-props |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2256048.stm | title=Missing superhero suits recovered | date=September 13, 2002 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-nov-30-me-movie30-story.html | title=A Tangled Web of Movie Prop Thievery | website=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=November 30, 2002 }}</ref> Production moved to New York City for two weeks, taking in locations such as the [[Queensboro Bridge]], the exteriors of Columbia University's [[Low Memorial Library]] and the [[New York Public Library Main Branch|New York Public Library]], [[Sunnyside, Queens]] and a rooftop garden in the [[Rockefeller Center]].<ref name="booklet" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-06-17 |title=Spider-Man Hype! - News Archive |url=http://spidermanhype.com/cgi-bin/archive/fullnews.cgi?newsid988165755,77196, |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010617012357/http://spidermanhype.com/cgi-bin/archive/fullnews.cgi?newsid988165755,77196, |url-status=dead |archive-date=2001-06-17 |access-date=2024-12-24 }}</ref> The crew returned to Los Angeles where production continued, and filming wrapped in June 2001.<ref name="greg" /> The [[Flatiron Building]] was used for the ''Daily Bugle''.<ref name="greg" />

===Visual effects===
[[John Dykstra]] was hired as the film's visual effects supervisor in May 2000.<ref>{{cite web |last=Chitwood |first=Scott |date=May 10, 2000 |title=Dykstra to animate Spider-Man |url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/034/034448p1.html |access-date=January 22, 2007 |website=[[IGN]] |archive-date=January 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119175529/http://movies.ign.com/articles/034/034448p1.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/sam-raimi-multiverse-of-madness-doctor-strange-interview-spider-man-1344342/ | title=From 'Spider-Man' to 'Doctor Strange': How Sam Raimi Conquered the Superhero Multiverse (Again) | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | date=April 30, 2022 }}</ref> He convinced Raimi to use [[computer-generated imagery]] (CGI) for many of the stunts that were physically impossible. Raimi had used more traditional special effects in his previous films.<ref name="HBO" /> Raimi worked hard to plan all the sequences of Spider-Man swinging from buildings, which he described as, "ballet in the sky." The complexity of such sequences meant the budget rose from an initially planned $70{{spaces}}million to around $100{{spaces}}million.<ref name="empire" /> Shots were made more complicated because of the main characters' individual color schemes, so Spider-Man and the Green Goblin had to be shot separately for effects shots: Spider-Man was shot in front of a [[greenscreen]], while the Goblin was shot against bluescreen. Shooting them together would have resulted in one character being erased from a shot.<ref name="hughes" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Susman |first=Gary |date=May 2, 2017 |title=24 Things You Never Knew About Sam Raimi's 'Spider-Man' |url=https://www.moviefone.com/news/spider-man-sam-raimi-tobey-maguire-facts/ |access-date=July 12, 2024 |website=Moviefone}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/73988/why-are-green-screens-green | title=Why Are Green Screens Green? | date=January 21, 2016 }}</ref>

Dykstra said the biggest difficulty of creating Spider-Man was that as the character was masked, it immediately lost a lot of characterization. Without the context of eyes or mouth, a lot of body language had to be put in so that there would be emotional content. Raimi wanted to convey the essence of Spider-Man as being, "the transition that occurs between him being a young man going through puberty and being a superhero." Dykstra said his crew of animators had never reached such a level of sophistication to give subtle hints of still making Spider-Man feel like a human being.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Zonkel |first=Phillip |date=March 20, 2003 |title=Spinning 'Spider-Man's' Visual Effects Web – Former CSULB Student John Dykstra Is Credited with a Great Deal of Computer-Generated Movie Magic |work=[[Press-Telegram (Long Beach)|Press-Telegram]] |location=Long Beach, California}}</ref> When two studio executives were shown shots of the computer generated character, they believed it was actually Maguire performing stunts.<ref name="hughes" /> In addition, Dykstra's crew had to composite areas of New York City and replaced every car in shots with digital models. Raimi did not want it to feel entirely like animation, so none of the shots were 100% computer-generated.<ref>{{cite web |last=Worley |first=Rob |date=March 6, 2002 |title=Comics 2 Film |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?column=comics2film&article=1259 |access-date=April 29, 2007 |website=[[Comic Book Resources]] |archive-date=October 12, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012135923/http://comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?column=comics2film&article=1259 |url-status=live }}</ref>