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Back to SearchSpider-Man (2002)
Spider-Man is one of the best known comic book superheroes in the world, but his road to the silver screen was a bumpy one. Rights issues, bankruptc…
14 years, 2 months ago
Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge
Despite being green lit for a television series, Spider-Man did not live long on CBS before being squashed under the boot of network executives. But…
14 years, 2 months ago
Spider-Man (1977)
For over a year the hosts of Now Playing have watched and reviewed every movie based off a Marvel Comics series, but now they enter into their last M…
14 years, 2 months ago
Batman & Robin
After Batman Forever exceeded expectations, a sequel was rushed into production. Trouble on the set led to Val Kilmer being replaced by TV superstar …
14 years, 2 months ago
Batman Forever
After Tim Burton's Batman returned to diminishing results, audiences put off by the salacious Penguin and dark tone, Warner Bros. brought in Lost Boy…
14 years, 2 months ago
Batman : Mask of the Phantasm
When Batman was a huge success in 1989 a new Batman animated series was immediately approved, but due to the production time of animation it did not …
14 years, 2 months ago
Batman Returns
When Batman defied expectations to become the top grossing film of 1989 interest in all things Batman exploded. Batman T-shirts were everywhere, and …
14 years, 2 months ago
Batman (1989)
It was a film that couldn't succeed. It was a superhero film starring a comedic actor. It was directed by the quirky, cult Tim Burton. It was a super…
14 years, 3 months ago
Batman (1966)
When it comes to box office superheroes, none looms larger than Batman . He dominated theaters in 1989 with Tim Burton's vision of the caped crusader…
14 years, 3 months ago
The Avengers
Episode 232
THE AVENGERS! Breaking worldwide box office records this super-hero team-up is a film that seems impossible to make, and yet they did! After a year o…
14 years, 3 months ago