Spider-Man 4 (2023 film)

"Lately things have been going my way. I have this bad feeling like."

- Peter Parker

Spider-Man 4 is a 2023 superhero film, based on the Marvel Comics superhero of the same name. It is the fourth installment in the Spider-Man film franchise. It was commercially released in multiple countries on May 2, 2023, and released in the United States in both conventional and IMAX theaters on May 5, 2023 by Sony Pictures Releasing. Although the film received generally mixed reviews from critics, in contrast to the previous three films' highly positive reviews, it broke most of the opening weekend records, both in the United States and in foreign markets, including records held in IMAX theaters. It went on to gross $801 million worldwide, making it the 4th highest grossing film of 2023 and the highest grossing film in the Spider-Man series. Additionally, having earned $495 million domestically, it was the highest grossing film of 2023 in the U.S.. However, The DVD sales results of this film didn't meet industry expectations. The film is directed by Sam Raimi and stars Tobey Maguire, Anne Hathaway, John Malkovich, Kirsten Dunst, Dylan Baker, Rosemary Harris, James Cromwell and Bryce Dallas Howard.

Synopsis
Four years after Spider-Man: No Way Home, Spider-Man must face his greatest battle when he takes on The Vulture.

Plot
Peter Parker puts on the suit in order to take out his former professor Curt Conners, who’s turned himself into a freakish giant lizard.

Confirmed Cast

 * Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker/Spider-Man/Peter Two
 * Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane Watson
 * John Malkovich as Adrian Toomes/Vulture
 * Anne Hathaway as Felicia Hardy/Black Cat
 * Dylan Baker as Dr. Curt Connors/The Lizard
 * J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson
 * as Betty Brant
 * as Ted Hoffman
 * as Quentin Beck/Mysterio
 * as May Parker
 * Julian Hilliard as Benjamin Parker Jr (Peter & MJ's Son)
 * Julia Butters as Hope Parker (Peter & MJ's Daughter)
 * Sophia Lillis as Mayday Parker (Peter & MJ's Daughter)
 * Bryce Dallas Howard as Gwen Stacy
 * Caleb Mclaughlin as Miles Morales
 * as Geroge Stacy
 * as Cletus Kasady/Carnage
 * as Mr. Ditkovich
 * as Ursula Ditkovich

Rumored Cast

 * as Norman Osborn (Flashback after NWH)
 * as Otto Octavius (Flashback after NWH)
 * Thomas Haden Church as Flint Marko (Flashback after NWH)
 * James Franco as Harry Osborn (Flashback)

Locations

 * New York City, New York
 * Empire State Building

Events

 * Battle of New York

Items

 * Spider-Man Suit
 * Vulture's Exo-Suit
 * Black Cat Suit

Vehicles
To be added

Organizations

 * New York City Police Department

Filming
By 2009, pre-production had begun on the film. Character designs and redesigns were underway. Filming took place in Los Angeles from February 13th to March 17th to film the winter scenes. The film then moved to SoundStage 9 in Hollywood for special effects scenes. The idea for the film to be set around Christmas time was taken from Batman Returns, which had some influence on the film's production. At San Diego Comic-Con International 2010, Marvel confirmed the castings of Malkovich, Hall, Ridley, Hathaway and Baker, while revealing Hall, Ridley, and Hamm's roles as Valeria Toomes, Liz and Wilson Allan, respectively, and announcing the casting of Nikolaj Lie Kaas as Richard Parker.

Designs
Unlike previous entries into the series, two different Spider-Man costumes were made for different scenes in the film. The costume seen throughout the majority of the film is the costume previously used in Spider-Man 3. The costume used in the final battle is the original Spider-Man costume from Spider-Man. The Vulture's costume was surprisingly complex to do. The initial design was based on that of the comic book design, what with feathers being placed on the body costume and wings, but this idea was scrapped. James Acheson returned the character costume designs, along with Scott Stewart, who was passionate about the characters' appearances. Although he was passionate about the comic book designs, they also took consistency into consideration. In keeping with the overall tone and look of Sam Raimi's world for Spider-Man, James reimagined the Vulture wearing a short-sleeved, green body vest with finger-less gloves, thus revealing his arms. The lower body portions of the suit were designed to resemble that of the Green Goblin from the first film, but to a lesser degree. Finally, the wings were redesigned to resemble more of an angel's that that of an actual vulture's. James said that the reason for this was because an angel's wings were smaller and more compact, as well as to reflect of Toomes' religious nature in the film. The only thing kept from the comic book design as a homage was the white "mane" around the neck area. The Black Cat's design was relatively simplistic. James had taken inspiration from Michelle Pfieffer's Catwoman from Batman Returns (1992), and the comic book designs, primarily from her first appearance from the 1970s. The idea behind this was to give the essence of "an amateur, but experienced, cat burglar".

Release
Spider-Man 4 had it's red carpet premiere in Tokyo on April 17th, 2023, The film held its UK premiere on April 17, 2023 at the Odeon Leicester Square, and the U.S. premiere took place at the Tribeca Film Festival in Queens on May 1, 2023. Spider-Man 4 was commercially released in sixteen territories on May 2, 2023. The film was released in Japan on May 2, 2023, three days prior to the American commercial release, to coincide with Japan's Golden Week. Spider-Man 4 was also released in China on May 4, 2023 to circumvent market growth of unlicensed copies of the film. The studio's release of a film in China before its domestic release was a first for Sony Pictures Releasing International. By May 7, 2023 Spider-Man 4  opened in 107 countries around the world The film was commercially released in the United States on May 5, 2023 in a North American record total of 10,000 theaters for it's first week of release, including fifty-three IMAX theaters.

Box Office
Spider-Man 4 earned $262 million in North America and $495.9 million in other countries, for a worldwide total of $801.9 million. It is the 58th highest-grossing film, the seventh-highest-grossing 2023 film, the 13th highest-grossing superhero film, the third-grossing Spider-Man film, the sixth-highest-grossing film distributed by Sony/Columbia.

Reception
Spider-Man 4 received mixed to positive reviews from critics and fans everywhere. Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a "certified fresh" rating of 80%. IGN gave the film a 7/10 score. The New York Times called it "the best Spidey film since Spider-Man 2" and "Spider-Man 4 takes every stereotype about action films and makes them great". The Boston Herald called the film "everything that Spider-Man 3 should have been." Roger Ebert stated that the film "took everything that made Spider-Man 3 terrible and made it fantastic." On that same note, Spider-Man 4 was the last superhero film Roger Ebert ever reviewed before his death.

Videos

 * https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ow2sFpNebCc
 * https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz9Z5fLQXHc
 * https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wyrjW6-E0Dc