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The article reports that film studio Sony held the first of its nine planned premieres for its film "Spider-Man 3" on April 16, 2007 in Tokyo, Japan. Sony has prepared $100 million for multiple global launches of the film, which will start showing worldwide on May 4, 2007. The article says that global premieres and openings are risky and costly, but they create a worldwide event and help combat piracy.

The article discusses the approach taken by director Sam Raimi in making the film adaptations of the popular Spider-Man character from comic books in the U.S. Raimi has been commended by his peers from the motion picture industry for his ability to portray the character's emotion struggles and to inject humor and fun into the Spider-Man films.

The article presents an interview with actor Dane DeHaan. When asked about his move to the Spider-Man franchise, DeHaan replies that he enjoyed four months of preparing and six months of shooting. DeHaan says that his idols in the motion picture industry are actors Philip Seymour Hoffman and Al Pacino. He discusses his move from New York theater scene to Los Angeles, California.

The article reports that director Marc Webb has signed on to direct the relaunch of the "Spider-Man" franchise by Sony, which will bow theatrically in summer 2012.

The article reports that Gary Ross is writing the script of the film "Venom," which is Columbia's spinoff based on one of the villains from the film "Spider-Man 3." Ross already is writing the script for the film "Spider-Man 4," for the studio. In the comics, Venom was an alien parasite that bonded with the character of Peter Parker and later his newsroom rival to become a popular villain.

The article reports on the production of the fourth and fifth installments of Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.'s top grossing franchise film "Spider-Man" in the U.S. The films will be shoot starting in fall 2009, along with Tobey Maguire as the lead character. Sony declined to comment on the villains and other casts of the films.

The article reports on the release of several formats and configurations of the 2007 box office title "Spider-Man 3" on home video in the U.S. These versions are said to include a single-edition DVD, a two-disc special edition DVD, the universal media disc (UMD), a three-pack DVD with "Spider-Man" and "Spider-Man 2" in a collectible slip cover, and a two-disc Blu-ray Disc edition. In addition, the single-disc DVD has come with bloopers, photo galleries, music videos and commentaries.

The article reports that Sony Pictures film "Spider-Man 3" broke international box office records when it was launched in May 2007. The film got a total of $227 million at 16,700 playdates in 105 countries in six days. It set records in 26 foreign markets including Brazil, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia and South Korea. Japan, in which the film was launched to coincide with Golden Week festivities, delivered the top weekend figure of $26.5 million among foreign markets. INSETS: Top o'seas bows for 'Spidey 3';Foreign Top Five.

The article discusses Cingular's decision to work with Freewebs as opposed to MySpace in creating and promoting widgits, which are free web applications. The widgits allow users to create music lyrics that they can place on their social networking profile. MySpace is not allowing Cingular to offer free applications if they contain advertising. MySpace is also blocking slide shows and videos from Photobucket after they produced a "Spider-Man 3" widget.

The article discusses the business opportunities provided by the Spider-Man films to artists who work with director Sam Raimi in creating storyboards for the movies in the U.S. Storyboard artists and animatics specialists worked closely with Raimi in the process of filming scenes for the Spider-Man movies.

The article presents several scenes from the first three Spider-Man films, in which movie director Sam Raimi paid homage to actual images from the Spider-Man comic book. It includes a description of the different movie scenes, as well as the specific comic book issues from which the scenes were imitated.

This article presents information about the transformation of Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, into a New York City street for the recent shooting of the motion picture "Spider-Man 3." A freight-car-size banner is fluttering on the side of the 668 Euclid Avenue building that offers one- to three-bedroom condos costing $3 million to $6.4 million each at the fictional "Wagner Court Lofts." As empty storefronts became art galleries and the vacant Wendy's at East Fourth Street and Euclid was recast by the film crew as Flanigan's pub, the one-time McCrory Building at 410 Euclid gained a movie prop banner of its own that hawks condos offering "affordable luxury in the low $800s."