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Year of Spider-Man was created due to Sony's live-action Spider-Man film being in early pre-production at the time in 2000 and as a way for Marvel Entertainment to drum up excitement for their flagship character's impending big screen debut amongst their investors.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000819070537/http://www.spidermanhype.com/news/may/Mayd00.htm Spider Man Hype News Archive, which mentions the short film.]</ref> | Year of Spider-Man was created due to Sony's live-action Spider-Man film being in early pre-production at the time in 2000 and as a way for Marvel Entertainment to drum up excitement for their flagship character's impending big screen debut amongst their investors.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000819070537/http://www.spidermanhype.com/news/may/Mayd00.htm Spider Man Hype News Archive, which mentions the short film.]</ref> | ||
the short uses a combination of original live-action footage mixed with still images, graphics, and animation.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000915080418/http://www.bigchairproductions.com/direct/marvel/direct_spot_marvel.htm Big Chair Production's web page about the project.]</ref> It also shows a montage of atmospheric scenes depicting Spider-Man stylishly using his powers, as well as glimpses into how he got his powers. | Directed by Rob Cohn, the short uses a combination of original live-action footage mixed with still images, graphics, and animation.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000915080418/http://www.bigchairproductions.com/direct/marvel/direct_spot_marvel.htm Big Chair Production's web page about the project.]</ref> It also shows a montage of atmospheric scenes depicting Spider-Man stylishly using his powers, as well as glimpses into how he got his powers. | ||
==Availability== | ==Availability== | ||
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* [[Spider-Man Safety Series (partially found direct-to-video animated educational series; 1990)]] | * [[Spider-Man Safety Series (partially found direct-to-video animated educational series; 1990)]] | ||
* [[Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro's "Thor" cutscene (lost web-exclusive cutscene from PlayStation action-adventure sequel game; 2001)]] | * [[Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro's "Thor" cutscene (lost web-exclusive cutscene from PlayStation action-adventure sequel game; 2001)]] | ||
* [[Spider-Man: The New Animated Series "Geldhoff" (lost storyboards of cancelled episode of MTV animated series; 2003)]] | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Latest revision as of 20:56, 21 May 2024
Title from the short film.
Status: Lost
In 2000, commercial production company and advertising boutique Big Chair Productions was commissioned by Marvel Entertainment to create a 5 minute short film titled "Year of Spider-Man" meant for presenting to investors in anticipation of the then-upcoming first film from Sony Pictures.
Background
After decades in development and being tossed around to many different studios, Sony Pictures bought the film and TV rights to Spider-Man in 1999. Afterwards development on the Spider-Man movie sped along with an estimated release in 2001; it would eventually release on May 3rd, 2002.
Year of Spider-Man was created due to Sony's live-action Spider-Man film being in early pre-production at the time in 2000 and as a way for Marvel Entertainment to drum up excitement for their flagship character's impending big screen debut amongst their investors.[1]
Directed by Rob Cohn, the short uses a combination of original live-action footage mixed with still images, graphics, and animation.[2] It also shows a montage of atmospheric scenes depicting Spider-Man stylishly using his powers, as well as glimpses into how he got his powers.
Availability
The short was screened privately in a special custom-built surround sound theater and won Telly and Monitor awards. It was never shown to the public and all that currently is available from it are a handful of archived still frames.
Gallery
Still from the short film (1/7).
Still from the short film (2/7).
Still from the short film (3/7).
Still from the short film (4/7).
Still from the short film (5/7).
Still from the short film (6/7).
Still from the short film (7/7).
See Also
- Spider-Man versus Kraven the Hunter (lost short superhero fan film; 1974)
- Spider-Man Safety Series (partially found direct-to-video animated educational series; 1990)
- Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro's "Thor" cutscene (lost web-exclusive cutscene from PlayStation action-adventure sequel game; 2001)
- Spider-Man: The New Animated Series "Geldhoff" (lost storyboards of cancelled episode of MTV animated series; 2003)