   
Spider-Man was first introduced in the Marvel comic Amazing Fantasy #15
(August 1962). Peter Parker, a Senior at Midtown High School, receives his
powers when bitten by a radioactive spider in a science demonstration. This
bite endowed him with the proportional strength and agility of a spider
along with a keen "spider sense". After discovering these powers Peter hires
an agent and tries to make some money in television. One night he had the
chance to catch a burglar fleeing from the T.V. studio, but he refused
because he didn't think he should try and be a hero. A few days later the
aforementioned burglar kills Peter's Uncle Ben. That night, as Spider-Man,
Peter apprehends the murderer of his beloved uncle but is plagued with
guilt, thinking that if he had stopped the burglar when he first saw
him, his Uncle Ben would still be alive.
During his time of turmoil Peter remembers something Uncle Ben once told
him, "With great power, comes great responsibility." Peter took this to
heart and decided he should use his extraordinary powers for good instead of
for selfish reasons. Hence the ongoing theme of our favourite Spidey
stories, a regular guy with amazing powers and enormous responsibilities.
Directed by acclaimed director Sam Raimi, a self-confessed Spider-man
fanatic, who most recently directed the box-office hit For Love of the Game
and the critically acclaimed A Simple Plan, Raimi boasts an impressive list
of credits as a director (The Quick and the Dead, Army of Darkness and
Darkman in addition to For Love of the Game, A Simple Plan and The Gift),
writer (The Hudsucker Proxy, Army of Darkness, Darkman), producer (Hard
Target, Darkman II and III, several notable TV series) and actor (Miller's
Crossing, The Flintstones, The Hudsucker Proxy, TV's "The Stand", and "The
Shining").
Screenwriter David Koepp, who has written such blockbuster films as Jurassic
Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park and such thrillers as Snake Eyes and
Stir of Echoes, joined forces with Spider-Man creator Stan Lee to draft the
screenplay.
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