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Peter Parker basks in the spotlight with his public success as his superhero alter ego, Spider-Man. Mary Jane Watson and Gwen Stacy pursue Parker for his affections, and Parker begins to grow overconfident, neglecting those who care for him.
As Spider-Man, he battles Sandman and his former friend Harry Osborn. During this time, an unusual symbiote bonds with Spider-Man, influencing his behavior for the worse. As a result, Spider-Man has to fight the villain within, until he finally tears the symbiote from his body.
After parting from Spider-Man, the symbiote finds a new host in Eddie Brock, Jr., who becomes Venom.
In addition to Spider-Man facing the symbiote, Sandman has an unclear role in his contact with Peter's Uncle Ben, before Ben's death in the first film
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Cameos
Stan Lee has a cameo in Spider-Man 3, as he did in the previous Spider-Man films.[13] Unlike his previous Spider-Man cameos, he has dialogue with Peter Parker in his cameo for this film. Lee has referred to it as his "best cameo" in an interview.
Bruce Campbell, who has had cameo roles as a wrestling ring announcer in Spider-Man and as a rude usher in Spider-Man 2, returns in Spider-Man 3 with a cameo as a restaurant maître d' who will be "annoying Spider-Man
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Villains
Harry Osborn
See also: Harry Osborn's film history
Harry Osborn on a gliderFollowing the events of Spider-Man, Harry Osborn blames Spider-Man for the death of his father Norman Osborn. In Spider-Man 2, Harry negotiates with Doctor Octopus to have Spider-Man delivered to him. Upon discovering that his best friend Peter Parker was under Spider-Man's disguise at the end of Spider-Man 2, Osborn recoils in shock and eventually stumbles across his father's hidden lair, in which all his father's Green Goblin gear was kept. Though Harry takes up his father's mantle as the Green Goblin in most comic book adaptations, director Sam Raimi stated at Comic-Con 2006 that Harry Osborn would not be the Green Goblin or the Hobgoblin (as he became in the Ultimate Marvel comics continuity), but instead "somewhere between" the two. Raimi also said that Harry's storyline would conclude with Spider-Man 3. However, before filming Raimi has said before he was unsure of whether or not Harry would truly follow his father's legacy, and the persona may even be called "Night Surfer".
Venom
See also: Venom's film history
Topher Grace as Eddie Brock, Jr.Originally, director Sam Raimi had opposed the inclusion of the villain Venom in Spider-Man 3 due to his "lack of humanity". Marvel producer Avi Arad convinced Raimi to reconsider, informing the director that Venom had a strong fan base. As Raimi included Venom in Spider-Man 3, the director began to appreciate the character that Venom had become, based on Alvin Sargent's script treatment and Topher Grace's performance.
At Comic-Con 2006, Venom was described to be based on "an amalgamation of Venom stories". Eddie Brock, Jr., Venom's human host, serves as a mirror to Peter Parker in having similar employment and romantic interests. Grace's character was revealed to differ from Parker in having a "terrible childhood". In the film, Brock had grown angry at Parker for beating him to photography gigs and drawing the attention of his girlfriend, Gwen Stacy.
The symbiote envelops Eddie inside a churchTopher Grace was first announced in May 2005 to join the cast of Spider-Man 3, though his character was not revealed until later. While the appearance of Topher Grace as Venom in Spider-Man 3 was officially confirmed at Comic-Con 2006, Kirsten Dunst had originally revealed the news at a September 2005 press conference for Elizabethtown. Prior to Dunst's statement, production photos had shown Topher Grace carrying a camera during shooting scenes.
Venom was first showcased at Comic-Con 2006 in San Diego when the studio showed incomplete footage of the film to Spider-Man fans.
Sandman
Thomas Haden Church as Flint Marko / SandmanThomas Haden Church was first revealed to portray Sandman (a.k.a. Flint Marko) by Kirsten Dunst in a September 2005 press conference for Elizabethtown.[21] Church's role as Sandman was later confirmed, first by pictures released by Sony and again by the teaser trailer released for the film. Church revealed in an August 2006 interview that the studio approached him for the role of Sandman after Church's award-winning performance in Sideways. Church also said that the film's Sandman was a villain with more depth than the character from the comics, and that Sandman's issues brought him into conflict with Spider-Man. In the film, Flint Marko is a small-time thug who becomes Sandman after an accident that gives him the ability to change his body into malleable sand. Photos taken during filming show Flint Marko and Uncle Ben in a flashback scene, interacting with the carjacker from the first film.
To portray Sandman, Church worked out for 16 months to improve his physique for the role. For scenes involving visual effects, Church was super-imposed onto the screen, where computer-generated imagery was then applied. In a fight where Spider-Man punches through Sandman's chest, amputee boxer Baxter Humby took Tobey Maguire's place in filming the scene. Humby, who was born without his right hand, helped deliver the intended effect of punching through Sandman's chest.
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Budget
Reportedly, the film's budget is $250 million, which would make it the most expensive film ever made in nominal U.S. dollars, breaking King Kong's budget record of $207 million. It would also be third, in adjusted dollars, to War and Peace's budget of $560 million.
Filming
Columbia Pictures officially announced that the main filming for Spider-Man 3 started on January 2, 2006. Principal photography wrapped up on August 2006 after over a hundred days of filming. Principal photography had begun on January 16, 2006, on Stage 30 at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, CA. The team filmed in Los Angeles until May 19, 2006. In spring 2006, film location manager Peter Martorano brought camera crews to Cleveland to film for Spider-Man 3. Afterward, the team moved to Manhattan, where filming commenced until July 1, 2006.[29] Kirsten Dunst confirmed on October 2, 2006 that principal photography was completed, though there would be additional special effects shots in November for which she would return.
Visual effects
Images from the film and animated seriesVisual effects supervisor John Dykstra, who won the Academy Award for Visual Effects for his work on Spider-Man 2, declined to work on the third film. Scott Stokdyk, who had worked with Dykstra on the previous Spider-Man films, took over as visual effects supervisor. Camera crews spent ten days between November 5, 2005, and November 18, 2005, to film sequences that would involve intense visual effects so Sony Pictures Imageworks could begin work on the shots early in the project. The same steps had been taken for Spider-Man 2 to begin producing visual effects early for sequences involving the villain Doctor Octopus.
Footage
The first teaser trailer for Spider-Man 3 was released on the Internet on June 27, 2006 and also accompanied the theatrical release of Superman Returns. At Comic-Con 2006 in San Diego, the studio showed an incomplete piece of the film that contained temp sound and temp visual effect shots. A full trailer will be released on November 17, 2006.
The first teaser trailer shows Spider-Man waking up, hanging upside down in his now symbiote-coated suit and looking at his non-symbiote suit reflection in a skyscraper window. Apart from the different reflection in the window, this image is reminiscent of an almost identical scene from "The Alien Costume: Part 1", an episode of Spider-Man: The Animated Series. Also shown in that episode is the suit attaching itself to Peter while he is sleeping; the trailer shows the symbiote doing the same, but coating his suit instead of his skin.
Film score
Composer Danny Elfman did not return for the third installment of Spider-Man because of difficulties with director Sam Raimi. Elfman said that he had a "miserable experience" working with Raimi on Spider-Man 2 and could not comfortably adapt his music. Instead of reprising his role as composer for Spider-Man 3, Elfman took on the project of composing for Charlotte's Web. Christopher Young scored Spider-Man 3 in Elfman's vacancy.
Sequel
In an August 2006 interview with MTV, Marvel producer Kevin Feige anticipated more sequels to the Spider-Man films "because of the wealth of stories in the comics." However, Feige stated that Tobey Maguire may not return to portray Spider-Man in the future. In addition, Maguire expressed the sentiment that the film franchise could not continue as strongly in the future. "I'm not sure if there are more stories for this character that are interesting enough to be excited about doing more," said Maguire. Kirsten Dunst said she would only be interested in being back for another sequel if director Sam Raimi returned to the helm. [30] J. K. Simmons said, about future sequels, that Raimi was "certainly open to doing more".
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i agree with tobey a little bit though, one bad sequel coul ruin the series, sort like the superman 3 & 4 stained the first two superfilms. however, if he doesn't come back for a fourth, forget it. he's too perfect and it wouldn't be the same.
