Thursday, April 05, 2007

Spidey Gets a Hometown Debut

Spidey Gets a Hometown Debut

This year, Spider-Man will cast his web straight from Europe to Aunt May's doorstep.

The much-hyped third installment of the Sam Raimi-directed Spider-Man franchise will have its U.S. premiere Apr. 30 in Queens--Peter Parker's hometown--as part of the sixth annual Tribeca Film Festival.

Spidey's stateside debut will come after the film touches down in more than 40 foreign cities, starting with Tokyo, where "Spider Man 3's" star-studded world premiere is scheduled for Apr. 16. Tobey Maguire's red-suited alter ego will then swing into select theaters across Asia, the Middle East and Europe before heading home to Gotham.

What promises to be the darkest chapter to date in the superhero saga (and not just because Maguire wears black for a spell) opens at the UA Kaufman Astoria 14 and kicks off the Tribeca fest's "Spider-Man Week in NYC," which will also feature midnight and doubleheader screenings of the first two films in the trilogy.

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