Q 01/05

Which Jurassic Park screenwriter received sole writing credit on the 2002 Spider-Man film?

A) David Koepp

B) Alvin Sargent

C) Akiva Goldsman

D) Scott Rosenberg

Answer · why

A) David Koepp

David Koepp kept the only writing credit because Scott Rosenberg and Alvin Sargent, who both reworked his script, voluntarily gave up their claims to ...

Q 02/05

Which B-movie producer optioned Spider-Man in the early 1980s and developed it at Orion Pictures with Stan Lee?

A) Menahem Golan

B) Joel Silver

C) Dino De Laurentiis

D) Roger Corman

Answer · why

D) Roger Corman

Roger Corman worked from a Stan Lee treatment with a Cold War subplot, but Orion let the rights lapse, and Cannon Films bought them in 1985.

Q 03/05

Cannon Films bought Spider-Man's film rights in 1985 thinking the hero was like which horror character?

A) The Wolf Man

B) Dracula

C) The Mummy

D) Frankenstein's monster

Answer · why

A) The Wolf Man

The Wolf Man was the comparison, director Joseph Zito recalled, and Cannon's first script duly had Peter Parker turn into a giant eight-legged tarantu...

Q 04/05

Which actor says he discussed playing Peter Parker in a 1990s Spider-Man film that was never made?

A) Leonardo DiCaprio

B) Johnny Depp

C) Keanu Reeves

D) Christian Slater

Answer · why

A) Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio said James Cameron was semi-serious about casting him, but the film died when the studio Carolco went bankrupt and the rights sank i...

Q 05/05

For how much did Marvel sell the Spider-Man film rights to Sony in 1999?

A) $1 million

B) $100 million

C) $25 million

D) $7 million

Answer · why

D) $7 million

Marvel had just emerged from bankruptcy and declared Golan's option expired; Sony only exercised its option on the Cameron material.