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1977's Spider-Man managed to gross $9 million worldwide, which equates to around $45 million when adjusted for inflation.ġ977's Spider-Man is seriously dated and definitely doesn't hold up against modern interpretations of the web-slinger. Hammond reprised the role of Peter Parker in both sequels, which saw Spider-Man go up against gangsters and corporate criminals instead of his usual rogues gallery. The film acted as the pilot for 1978's The Amazing Spider-Man series and produced two sequels of its own: Spider-Man Strikes Back in 1978, and Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge in 1981. Even so, Italian Spiderman remains one of the most creative and hilarious interpretations of Spider-Man to date, and it's possible the character could appear in a future multiversal Spider-Man adventure.Īlmost thirty years before Tobey Maguire debuted as Peter Parker in 2002's Spider-Man, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood actor Nicholas Hammond made his breakthrough as Peter Parker in the 1977 direct-to-TV film Spider-Man. Driving a motorcycle, wielding shotguns, and chain-smoking cigarettes are hardly qualities many expect from Spider-Man, and Italian Spiderman doesn't sport anything similar to the iconic Spider-Man costume. David Ashby's (credited as Franco Franchetti) interpretation of the alter-ego free Italian Spiderman has nothing to do with Marvel Comics' Peter Parker, which is part of where the film's charms lie.

Marketed as a lost Spider-Man movie, Italian Spiderman was deliberately filmed as if it were a film from the 1960s or '70s. Various creators at Marvel have taken kindly to the parody, even though the film was never an official Marvel project, including Phil Lord and Chris Miller, and even Stan Lee himself was impressed, stating 'Spider-Man with a mustache, maybe we should have done him this way.' (via Youtube). Created by filmmaker Dario Russo, and released in 2007, Italian Spiderman was one of the earliest independent movies to achieve viral status online, parodying the exploitation movies of the 1970s and '80s.

Despite being unlicensed by Marvel, and acting as a parody of the titular Marvel Comics character, Australian film Italian Spiderman still has an important place in Spider-Man's cinematic history.

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