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The Spectacular Spider-Man (TV series)
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| The Spectacular Spider-Man | |
|---|---|
| Format | Animated series |
| Created by | Stan Lee Steve Ditko Series: Greg Weisman, Vic Cook |
| Starring | Josh Keaton Peter MacNicol |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | The CW (Kids' WB) |
| Original run | March 1, 2008 – |
The Spectacular Spider-Man (entitled The Spectacular Spider-Man Animated Series) is a planned animated television series that is slated to air in March 1, 2008 on Kids' WB on The CW. The first season will have 26 episodes.[1] The TV series is named after the Marvel Comics series The Spectacular Spider-Man[obvious].
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- The Spectacular Spider-Man was announced by Kids' WB Senior Vice President and General Manager Betsy McGowen and Sony Pictures Television Co-President Zack Van Amburg in March, 2007.
- The new series is being produced by Culver Entertainment. The series will premiere on Kids' WB on The CW. It was announced at Comic-Con that it will premiere in March 1, 2008 and will not be affected by the new agreement with 4Kids Entertainment.
Riding the crest of Sony's anticipated summer blockbuster Spider-Man 3, the new animated series picks up the original web-slinger's mythology at the beginning of his hero's journey, as a 16-year-old entering his junior year of high school. Having spent the summer engaging common criminals with his new-found powers, Peter Parker must conceal his secret identity while engaging a new level of terror - the multi-leveled pressures of teenage life at home and school while combating bigger, badder super-villains in the real world like Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, Venom, and Many more.
- According to writer Greg Weisman the timeline of the original Spider-Man story-arcs, which the series is based on, will be condensed in order to move the series forward and include such classic and important characters as Flash Thompson, Gwen Stacy, Mary Jane Watson, Betty Brant, Harry Osborn, Jean DeWolff, J. Jonah Jameson, Aunt May Parker, Joe 'Robbie' Robertson, and Liz Allan.
- The new series will not follow the same continuity as the Spider-Man film series.
- Concept art by Sean "Cheeks" Galloway presents an interpretation of the series' takes on a number of characters.[2]
- Greg Weisman says that the episodes will have three to four episode arcs for DVD release reasons. The tie-ins will be slight, but present. The first episode arc will feature Vulture, Hammerhead, The Enforcers, and Electro. Weisman wrote the first episode.[3]
- Hasbro will release a toy line of Action figures.[4]
The trailer features Spider-Man stopping a burglary. He watches the cops take the burglars into custody but is ambushed by Dr. Octopus (only his tentacles are seen). He swings away, avoiding Electro's thunderbolts and pumpkin bombs thrown by the Green Goblin. Spider-Man evades The Lizard's tail and The Vulture's shadow passes over him, then Sandman tries to hit him. He misses and breaks a nearby window, making separate reflections which Venom's symbiote oozes on.
Below is tentative information for episodes of the show.
| # | Title | Announced original airdate (US) | Production code |
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| 1 | "Survival of the Fittest[5]" | March 1, 2008 | |
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An elder scientist named Adrian Toomes claims that Oscorp stole his flying technology and plans his revenge on Norman Osborn. Otto Octavius also appears.[6] |
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| 2 | "Interacting Systems[5]" | ||
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The villain will be Electro. |
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| ? | "Natural Selection[7]" | ||
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The villain will be Lizard. |
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- Greg Weisman - Supervising Producer/Story Editor/Writer
- Victor Cook - Producer/Supervising Director
- Kevin Hopps - Writer
- Matt Wayne - Writer
- Andrew Robinson - Writer
- Randy Jandt - Script Coordinator/Writer's Apprentice/Writer
- Sean Galloway - Character Concept Designer
- Jaime Thomason - Voice Director
- Aunt May - Deborah Strang [8]
- Mary Jane Watson - Vanessa Marshall [9]
- Gwen Stacy - Lacey Chabert [10]
- Harry Osborn[11] - James Arnold Taylor[12]
- Liz Allan - Alanna Ubach[13]
- Sally Avril[14]
- Jean DeWolff[15]
- George Stacy[16]
- J. Jonah Jameson[17]
- Betty Brant[18]
- Ned Lee[19]
- Flash Thompson - Joshua LeBar[20]
- Anna Watson [21]
- Martha Connors - Kath Soucie[22]
- Kenny "King" Kong - Andrew Kishino[23]
- Felicia Hardy/Black Cat[24]
- Doc Bromwell[25]
- Dr. Curt Connors/Lizard - Dee Bradley Baker[26]
- Adrian Toomes/Vulture[27]
- Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus - Peter MacNicol[28]
- Norman Osborn/Green Goblin [29]
- Max Dillon/Electro - Crispin Freeman[30]
- Herman Schultz/Shocker[31]
- Eddie Brock/Venom - Ben Diskin[32]
- Hammerhead[33]
- Lonnie Lincoln/Tombstone[34]
- Flint Marko/Sandman [35]
- Enforcers [36]
- Quentin Beck [37]
- Chameleon[38]
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- The Spectacular Spider-Man (TV series) at the Internet Movie Database
- The Spectacular Spider-Man at Marvel.com
- The Spectacular Spider-Man News Site