2024 will see Sony celebrate the 100th anniversary of Columbia Pictures and, thanks to Cinemark, we've learned that several Spider-Man movies will be re-released in theaters over the next few months.
Spider-Man (2002) opens on April 15, with Spider-Man 2 (2004) following on April 22 before the trilogy closes out with Spider-Man 3 (2007) on April 29. We know many of you won't have seen these in theaters, so if this is your first chance to do so, we'd strongly recommend at least the first two!
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) follows on May 6, with The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) not too far behind on May 13.
Unsurprisingly, Marvel Studios' trilogy is also getting the big screen treatment again with Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) on May 20, Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) on May 27, and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) on June 3.
As far as we're aware there aren't currently any plans for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse to be re-released.
"There is one thing that separates a major studio from all other content producers: history. At Columbia, that history is reflected in the countless cultural talismans created by thousands of people over now 100 years. All of us at Columbia are proud of that legacy and honoured to celebrate it," said Tom Rothman, Chairman & CEO of Sony Pictures’ Motion Picture Group, earlier this year.
Columbia Pictures was founded by brothers Harry and Jack Cohn and best friend Joe Brandt on January 10, 1924. After Frank Capra’s 1934 classic It Happened One Night swept the Oscars, Columbia Pictures established itself as an elite studio, responsible for numerous films from award-winners and timeless classics to pop-culture phenomenon.
Among them are movies like Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Lawrence of Arabia, Taxi Driver, Tootsie, The Karate Kid, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Men In Black, Ghostbusters, Boyz n the Hood, Groundhog Day, The Social Network, Jumanji, Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood, Little Women, Spider-Man, and many more.
"Absolutely, yeah," Tom Holland told us in 2021 when we asked if he was inspired by Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield's Spider-Men. "I think before I started shooting Spider-Man: No Way Home, before the first day, I had rewatched all of their movies. I think I’ve done that for all of my Spider-Man movies."
"Their films are so fantastic and so rich with details that, you know, I’ve missed in the past so I go back and watch them and steal little things here and there that I love. I have definitely revisited their films."
Which of these Spider-Man movies are you excited to watch again?