YAHOO UNVEILS EXCLUSIVE HD SPOT

Yahoo! Movies has posted an exclusive sixty-second HD TV spot featuring new footage from Spider-Man 3.

FINAL SPIDER-MAN 3 TRAILER TO DEBUT ON COMCAST

Cable giant Comcast will debut the third and final trailer of the upcoming Spider-Man 3 on March 23rd through their various outlets including video-on-demand for its digital cable clients, Comcast.net for its internet customers and on spiderman3oncomcast.com, a special website designed especially for the film.  Additional material will be made available each week up until the film is released on May 4th.  In addition to the final trailer, Comcast has a special behind-the-scenes look at the origin of the black symbiote suit Spider-Man wears in the upcoming film.

SPIDER-MAN 3 TOYS SET TO LAUNCH DURING ‘WEBSLINGER WEEKEND"

Hasbro will release a number of Spider-Man 3 toys this weekend in what they have dubbed “Webslinger Weekend.”  Similar to the launch of Star Wars toys prior to the relase of those films, Hasbro is attempting to make the release of Spider-Man toys an event to help build excitement for the toys and the upcoming film.

The toys will include Spider-Spud, a Mr. Potato Head figure that will transform into Peter Parker or Spider-Man, WebBlaster that will shoot water or special “webbing” and a Spi-Dog that will allow users to hook up to an MP3 player to play music with accompanying movement and lights.  Some retailers, including Target, Wal-Mart and Toys-R-Us will be selling exclusive figures from the film.

SPIDER-MAN 3 JAPANESE PRESS CONFERENCE

Check out footage from the Spider-Man 3 press conference in Japan.  The panel included stars Tobey Maguire and James Franco and producer Avi Arad:

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SPIDER-MAN DISCOVERS A WHOLE NEW WORLD IN ACTIVISION’S NEW GAME (VIDEO)

Spider-Man has a whole new terrain to conquer as he makes his way underground in the upcoming Spider-Man 3 game.  That’s right, not only will you get to take control of Spider-Man throughout the city of New York, but also take him where he hasn’t gone before - into the subway and sewer systems of the Big Apple.  Check out new footage from the upcoming Activision game:

HASBRO LAUNCHES OFFICIAL SPIDER-MAN 3 SITE

KIRSTEN DUNST DISCUSSES SPIDER-MAN FOLLOWING SHOWEST HONOR

As for the question on everyone’s mind - what does the future hold for Spider-Man? ”Well, I think Sam [Raimi] has dedicated so much of his life, like more than ten years, to the Spider-Man franchise with so much passion and love, the man is burnt out at this time,” Dunst told reporters. ”I think he needs a long vacation to put his creativity towards something else and then maybe we’ll revisit it.  I told Sam that we should do a Spider-Man 4 that’s completely low budget - Evil Dead style - where Mary Jane has eight children with very little special effects and then we’ll get a whole new audience. We’d make a lot of money, because it wouldn’t cost as much and everyone would go see it.” And what of the rumor Sony Pictures may move forward on another Spider-Man film without director Sam Raimi at the helm? ”Do they want to give Sam Raimi a heart attack?  That’s evil.  Sorry, that’s not happening any time soon.  I would just say no for Sam’s sake so that he can have a break.  We would all do it together because Sam, Tobey and I are a team now, but there’s no way it’s going to happen very soon.  I just can’t imagine that.  We don’t have the story to tell right now.”

SPIDER-MAN 3 SOUNDTRACK SHAPING UP

Frontman Gary Lightbody of Irish rock band Snow Patrol has confirmed that their single “Signal Fire” will be included in the upcoming Spider-Man 3.  “Signal Fire will be featured in the trailers and the movie itself,” says Lightbody.  “It may only appear over the end credits, but hey, it’s Spidey!”

In addition to Snow Patrol, Australian rockers Wolfmother may also supply a track for the soundtrack according to frontman Andrew Stockdale. 

KIRSTEN DUNST TO BE HONORED AT SHOWEST

Spider-Man 3 star Kirsten Dunst will be honored at this year’s ShoWest as female star of the year.  ShoWest is the annual convention held in Las Vegas which allows studios to show off their upcoming slate of films to exhibitors.

“Since her big-screen debut at the age of seven, Kirsten Dunst has delivered a remarkable array of captivating performances throughout her career,” said Mitch Neuhauser, co-managing director of ShoWest.  “After bursting onto the scene with her breakout role in Interview With the Vampire, Dunst has gone on to critical and blockbuster success with movies such as Little Women, Bring It On, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Elizabethtown, Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2.”

Dunst will be presented with the honor during the March 15th closing-night ceremonies.

TOBEY MAGUIRE WOULD CONSIDER FOURTH SPIDER-MAN FILM

Spider-Man 3 star Tobey Maguire recently spoke with iFMagazine about bringing a darker tone to the character of Peter Parker/Spider-Man for the third film.  “This is something [director] Sam [Raimi] and I worked a lot on, because we don’t want to lose the audience caring for the character, but we do want to push it,” says Maguire.  ”We don’t want to make it too scary, we want it to be dark, but still have some humor and some fun with it.  So we’re constantly working on the exact tone of it.  I had a lot of fun doing it as an actor.  There’s a different side of Peter Parker…I had a good time doing that.  It was more of an internal battle.  Building his story arc was fun in terms of the villains outside of myself, I think they are all so different and I appreciate them for what they are.  Sandman was a villain from the comic books that I always wanted to see in a Spider-Man movie.  I was really excited about that.  I think we tied him into Peter’s story line very well.  Harry Osborn - that was the cliffhanger from the second movie.  That one was probably the most emotional.”

As for the possibility of a fourth film, Maguire says, “I’ve had a great time doing them, I’ve enjoyed it and I’m glad I’ve done all three movies.  We may make more of them or a fourth one, if there’s a story worth telling and a right team of actors and Sam is on board, then I would consider doing a fourth one.”