After being bitten by a radioactive spider on a school field trip, Peter Parker finds himself gaining spider-like qualities. Adopting the name Spider-Man. Peter first uses his new skills to make money, but when the Green Goblin, another altered super-human, kills Peter's uncle, Peter swears to use his "spider skills" to fight evil. Along the way he has to juggle a new job as a local reporter, and a budding romance with a beautiful former classmate, MJ.

Stars Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, Rosemary Harris. Rated PG-13. Based on the Marvel comic book by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Special features: commentaries; branching web-i-sodes; music videos; theatrical trailers; English and French with English, French, and Spanish subtitles.