History Trivia / SpiderManTrilogy

** [[ElizabrthBanks Betty Brant]] is [[Film/TheHungerGames Effie Trinket]].

** [[TheCloser Chief Pope]], [[Series/{{Oz}} Becker]], and [[LawAndOrder Emil Skoda]] is J. Jonah Jameson. Yes, all three. At once.

*** Nika Futterman ([[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Asajj Ventress]], [[WesternAnimation/GIJoeRenegades Lady Jaye]]) is [[GenderFlip Dr. Stillwell]].

** [[Creator/BruceCampbell Ash]] from ''Franchise/EvilDead'' ended up naming Spider-Man, defeating him, and then teaming up with him in each movie.

** Peter's boss at the pizzeria in the second film [[Film/TheLastAirbender discovered the great library that many believed to not exist, and then later killed the moon.]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: AliciaWitt, Tara Reid, and Eliza Dushku all auditioned for the role of Mary Jane. Kate Hudson was the initial choice but she turned down the role.

** Japanese-wise, ToshiyukiMorikawa ([[SuperRobotWars Kyosuke Nanbu]]) as Venom. It's pretty ironic considering that years before, he dubbed Spidey himself in ''SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries''.

*** Sam Raimi also wanted Dr. Curt Connors (who was played by Dylan Baker in the previous two films) to become The Lizard at some point in the film, and the very last scene of the movie was rumored to be a SequelHook for Carnage.

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: The games based on the first and third movie, to varying degrees.
** NoProblemWithLicensedGames: [[VideoGame/SpiderMan2 The game based on the second movie]], however, is considered to be one of the best (if not ''the'' best) licensed superhero games of all time.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Joseph Manganiello (Flash) in 1; Emily Deschanel and Daniel Dae Kim in 2.

*** Creator/SteveBlum repaces JohnDiMaggio as the Rhino.
*** Bob Joles ([[Anime/TransformersRobotsInDisguise X-Brawn]], [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Frostbite]]) the Kingpin.

** Peter's boss at the pizzeria in the second film [[Film/TheLastAirbender discover the great library that many believed to not exist, and then later killed the moon.]]

** BruceCampbell narrated all three games.

** For the third Games

*** Michael Beattie ([[WesternAnimation/ConanTheAdventurer Needle]], [[Film/CatsAndDogs Angus MacDougall]] is the Shocker.

*** Neil Kaplan [[Anime/TransformersRobotsInDisguise Optimus Prime]], [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Tobi]], [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Diabolico]]) [[TheOtherDarrin takes over]] from Peter Lurie as Kraven.

*** Bob Joles [[Animae/TransformersRobotsInDisguise X-Brawn]], [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Frostbite]]) the Kingpin.

*** Neil Kaplan [[Anime/TransformersRobotsInDisguise Optimus Prime]], [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Tobi]], [[Series/PowerRangers LightspeedRescue Diabolico]]) [[TheOtherDarrin takes over]] from Peter Lurie as Kraven.
*** Creator/VanessaMarshall is Jean DeWolff.
*** Creator/DeeBradleyBaker [[TheOtherDarrin replaces]] Mike McColl as the Scorpion.

*** Nika Futterman ([[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneSaga Asajj Ventress]], [[WesternAnimation/GIJoeRenegades Lady Jaye]]) is [[GenderFlip Dr. Stillwell]].

*** JamesFranco, JKSimmons, ThomasHadenChruch, and Topher Grace reprise their repsective roles as Harry Osborn/New Goblin, J. Jonah Jameson, Sandman, and Venom.

** Doctor Octopus was going to appear in the first film as a secondary villain to the Green Goblin. Raimi felt that having three origin stories would make the movie too cluttered and so Doc Ock was saved for the sequel.

** [[BruceCampbell Ash]] from ''Franchise/EvilDead'' ended up naming Spider-Man, defeating him, and then teaming up with him in each movie.

** Maximilian Fargas is portrayed by Gerry Becker, also known as [[ManOnTheMoon Andy Kaufman's dad]] and [[Series/{{Angel}} Wolfram and Hart's Nathan Reed.]]
** It's a good thing that Peter never had his head cut off in the middle of the desert by [[FearAndLoathingInLasVegas drug crazed journalists]], otherwise he'd never be able to stop [[BoondockSaints Special Agent Smecker]] from killing [[InterviewWithTheVampire Claudia]], who apparently finally grew up.
** [[TheSoup Joel McHale]] as the bank teller, and Donnell Rawlings ([[ChappellesShow Ashy Larry]]) as the witness of the pizza "heist" (the source of this film's MemeticMutation, by the way). Apparently, Dave Chappelle himself was supposed to be the guy in the elevator, but for whatever reason he was replaced by Hal Sparks of ''QueerAsFolk/Best Week Ever'' fame.
** Joel would reference his cameo three years later in an episode of ''TheSoup'' with a spoof trailer of ''Spider-Man 3'', where his bank-teller character becomes a MagnificentBastard.
** Why is {{Bones}} working as a receptionist?
** [[Series/TheDailyShow Daily Show's]] [[Film/TheLastAirbender Senior Fire Nation Correspondent Zhao]] as Mr. Aziz.

** Raymond, Doc Ock's lab assistant in Spider-Man 2, is [[{{Lost}} Jin-Soo Kwon]]

** And [[UmJammerLammy Lammy]] is a police officer at the scene of Uncle Ben's murder.
** [[TheHelp Octavia L. Spencer]] signed up Peter to fight Bonesaw.
** One of Mr. Ditkovich's buddies playing poker with him is [[Series/TwentyFour Edgar Stiles]].
** [[TheVampireDiaries Elijah]] is John Jameson.
** Looks like Wrestling/RandySavage has been trying his hand at the independent circuits as Bonesaw. Wonder how it's treating him?

* ExecutiveMeddling: ''Spider-Man 3'': The reason Venom and Gwen are in it (though ''Eddie Brock'' was always planned, just not his alter-ego).

** Looks like RandySavage has been trying his hand at the independent circuits as Bonesaw. Wonder how it's treating him?

* NovelizationFirst: In ''Spider-Man 3''.

** Jake Gyllenhaal would've taken over the role of Peter Parker if Maguire's back problems became too much.
*** Which makes a lot of sense; they resemble each other so much, they actually played brothers in the film of the same name.

** ''Spider-Man 3'': The Vulture (who would've been played by Ben Kingsley) was originally going to be one of the main villains. Neither Venom nor Gwen Stacy were present in the original planning packet, with a random woman serving the role Gwen later took.
*** Also, ''Gwen'' was originally going to be kidnapped for the final battle, not Mary Jane; Mary Jane would have talked sense into Harry instead of Harry's butler. A line Mary Jane said for this scene was actually used in the trailer: "We've all done terrible things to each other, but we have to learn to forgive each other or else everything we ever were will have meant nothing."
*** Reportedly, the scene where Marko meets Eddie was quite different from the "90's Batman" villain team-up that was shown. After seeing Flint pretending to be sand in a playground for his little girl to play on, Eddie comes up and talks to him, and convinces him that his girl may be cured yet, and he will help him get the cash if Flint helps him take on Spider-Man. This, followed by him learning from his daughter that she is irrevocably sick and just wants to die with her dad a good man, makes his HeelFaceTurn at the end, and Peter forgiving him, much more credible and poignant.
*** These Marko scenes most likely ''were'' considered, at least somewhere along the line - they were, after all, used in the PeterDavid novelisation in lieu of what the movie actually gave us. Though YMMV - the novelisation presents Peter and Flint making amends partway through the battle, while the film shows it ''after'' Venom is defeated, and it's really up to the audience to decide which is better. Both exist in some form, at least.
*** It is also rumored that John Jameson was originally to have an appearance, unknowingly bringing the symbiote back from his astronaut mission.

** Doctor Octopus was going to appear in the first film as a secondary villain to the Green Goblin. SamRaimi felt that having three origin stories would make the movie too cluttered and so Doc Ock was saved for the sequel.

*** Reportedly, the scene where Marko meets Eddie was quite different from the "90´s Batman" villain team-up that was shown. After seeing Flint pretending to be sand in a playground for his little girl to play on, Eddie comes up and talks to him, and convinces him that his girl may be cured yet, and he will help him get the cash if Flint helps him take on Spider-Man. This, followed by him learning from his daughter that she is irrevocably sick and just wants to die with her dad a good man, makes his HeelFaceTurn at the end, and Peter forgiving him, much more credible and poignant.

** [[TheVampireDiaries Elijah]] is John Jameson.

** NoProblemWithLicensedGames: The game based on the second movie, however, is considered to be one of the best (if not ''the'' best) licensed superhero games of all time.

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: The games based on the first and third movie, to varying degrees. ''Spider-Man 2'', however, averts this trope: it is lauded being one of, if not '''''THE''''' best game ever released that was based on a movie.

** [[BruceCampbell Ash]] from EvilDead ended up naming Spider-Man, defeating him, and then teaming up with him in each movie.

** [[TheDailyShow Daily Show's]] [[Film/TheLastAirbender Senior Fire Nation Correspondent Zhao]] as Mr. Aziz.

** One of Mr. Ditkovich's buddies playing poker with him is [[TwentyFour Edgar Stiles]].