Spider-Man 3 is a 2007 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Marvel Studios and Laura Ziskin Productions, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it was directed by Sam Raimi from a screenplay he co-wrote with his brother Ivan and Alvin Sargent. It is the third film in Raimi's Spider-Man Quadrilogy (2002–2011). The film stars Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, alongside Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, John Malkovich, Bryce Dallas Howard, James Cromwell, Rosemary Harris, and J.K. Simmons. Set a year after the events of Spider-Man 2, the film follows Peter as he prepares for his future with his girlfriend Mary Jane Watson, while facing the Sand-Man, The Vulture and his vengeful friend Harry Osborn/The Green Goblin.
