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The Spider-Man Film Series is an award winning trilogy, following the adventures and lifestyle of the infamous Spider-Man as well as all other characters featured in the Spider-Man universe.

Cast

Name	Portrayer	Appearances
Peter Parker/Spider-Man	Tobey MaGuire	All
Mary-Jane Watson	Kirsten Dunst	All
Stacy Gordon	Bryce Dallas Howard	All
Aunt May	Rosemary Harris	All
Harry Osbourne	James Franco	1, 2, 3, 4

Film series

Spider-Man (2002)

Spider-Man, directed by Sam Raimi, follows Peter Parker as he is bitten by a genetically engineered "super-spider", which causes him to take on the traits of a spider. Following the murder of his uncle, Peter devotes his life to fighting crime. Norman Osborn, in an attempt to save his company, experiments with human performance-enhancing drugs. The drugs cause Norman to go insane, and he dons the mantle of the Green Goblin. When Spider-Man refuses to join the Green Goblin, the two face off against each other in an epic battle.

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

Spider-Man 2 picks up two months after the events of the first film. Peter is struggling with being Spider-Man and keeping the rest of his life in order. Peter's best friend, Harry Osborn, is out for revenge against Spider-Man, and the woman he loves, Mary Jane Watson, has become a stage actress. Selina Kyle, one of Peter's classmates has become a masked vigilante known as the "Black Cat". Dr. Otto Octavius develops four mechanical, artificially intelligent arms to handle a fusion reactor he's creating. The reactor malfunctions, and the mechanical arms are melded to his body. With the arms giving him direction, Octavius sets out to build a bigger, stronger fusion reactor.

Spider-Man 3 (2006)

Spider-Man 3 finds Peter basking in the spotlight as Spider-Man, and finding a balance between being a superhero and being with his loved ones. He and Mary Jane Watson have decided to just be friends. Harry finally decides to take his revenge, and Peter learns the truth about who really killed his uncle. Flint Marko, an escaped convict, falls into a particle accelerator and becomes a shape-shifting sand monster later known as Sandman. Rival photographer, Eddie Brock Jr., threatens to take Peter's place at the Daily Bugle.

Spider-Man 4 (2007)

Spider-Man 4 shows that Peter and Mary Jane have started a relationship together, while he and Harry are now close friends again. Peter's college professor Dr. Curt Connors, decides to use the same nanotechnology that Dr. Octavious used on his metallic arms, instead to use it on himself, mixed with reptillian DNA, in an attempt to heal his broken arm. Everything appears to be great, except when the experiment later transforms him into a lizard-like creature that escapes into the city. Max Dillon, Gwen Stacy's new boyfriend is struck by lightning when he attempts to commit suicide. The lightning strike grants him the power to create, discharge and control electricity in any form, which he decides to use in criminal and revengeful ways under the alias of Electro.

Spider-Man 5 (2007)

Spider-Man 5 follows Peter dealing with his best friend Harry's death. Mary Jane begins to feel threatened when Gwen Stacy begins to spend a lot of time with Peter. Special affects wizard, Quentin Beck tries to prove Spider-Man as a fake by making him complete a deadly obstace course. After Spider-Man completes it, Quentin decides to turn to a life of humiliating Spider-Man and proving him as a fake, by becoming Mysterio, master of magic and illusions. Genetics egineer, Adrian Toomes creates a self-enhanced flying stystem which he uses to commit crimes all over New York.