Icons Unearthed: Spider-Man

Making his journey from comics, to cartoons, to TV, all the way to the hands of Sam Raimi, bringing Spider-man to life posed a major challenge. The fight to unite the rights leaves James Cameron in its wake, but will Sam be allowed to follow his heart?

The push for action leaves the team scrambling to come up with new ways of doing things. But just when the team is ready to kick off the superhero genre, a tragedy derails their plans.

The pressure is on to deliver a sequel to Spider-man, without a finished script. The clock is ticking in the battle between CGI and puppets, but will the chaos derail the train?

Despite his success, Sam Raimi loses his creative freedom as Marvel and Sony's tug of war begins to affect the story. Spider-man 3 conquers the box office but loses the fans, as Sam decides whether to carry on or walk away.

Sony reboots the franchise with a new director and a new Spider-man, but can this new version compete with the rise of the MCU? When hackers attack Sony, their plans for the webslinger come undone and an unprecedented deal is struck.

Spider-man comes home to Marvel, but can Marvel and Sony get along enough to keep him there? The franchise comes full circle, bringing everyone back together in a time of crisis.