Sam Raimi's Spider-Man Trilogy
Spider-Man 3
Film · 2007 · 139 minutes · Raimi Trilogy
Peter Parker is thriving as both a celebrated Spider-Man and Mary Jane Watson's boyfriend, but his life unravels as multiple threats converge. Harry Osborn, having discovered Peter is Spider-Man and blaming him for his father Norman's death, dons his father's Goblin technology to avenge him, loses his memory of the vendetta in the ensuing fight and briefly reconciles with Peter, then relapses once his memory returns. Escaped convict Flint Marko is transformed by a particle accelerator accident into the shape-shifting Sandman and is revealed to be his uncle's actual killer. An alien symbiote crash-lands on Earth and bonds with Peter, amplifying his aggression and arrogance, driving him to publicly humiliate Mary Jane by dancing with Gwen Stacy at a jazz club and rupturing their relationship. After Peter rejects the symbiote, it bonds with jealous rival photographer Eddie Brock, who becomes the monstrous Venom. Peter reconciles with Harry, confronts Sandman's role in his uncle's death, and together with Harry defeats Venom and Sandman, though Harry is fatally wounded shielding Peter from Venom and dies in his arms.
Follows on from
- Spider-Man 2direct-sequel — Continues directly from Spider-Man 2: Harry Osborn's discovery that Spider-Man is responsible for his father Norman's death, and his simultaneous discovery that Peter Parker is Spider-Man, directly set up Harry's Goblin-technology vendetta at the start of this film.
Leads to
- Spider-Man: No Way Homecrossover · optional — Tobey Maguire's Peter Parker is pulled in by the broken spell years after Spider-Man 3, and the villains arrive from the Raimi films carrying those films' unfinished stories; his arc of guilt over Harry and Uncle Ben is resolved here.