Get your webbing ready, because you’re going to want to swing by your local theater this fall to see Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy when it returns for a limited weekend showing courtesy of Fathom Entertainment.
The engagement begins on September 26 with Spider-Man, but the next day has a special treat. On September 27, theaters will screen Spider-Man 2 — but in a new 4K edition of the extended cut, newly retitled Spider-Man 2.1. This is the first time that the cut, which includes deleted and extended scenes, will be screened theatrically. Finally, the trilogy will conclude on September 28 with screenings of Spider-Man 3.
“The success of Spider-Man in 2002 helped launch the modern era of superhero films. To this day, Tobey Maguire’s take on Spider-Man resonates across generations,” Chief Executive Officer of Fathom Entertainment Ray Nutt said in a statement issued to Variety.
“At Fathom Entertainment, we celebrate fandom and I am delighted that ‘Spider-Man 2.1’ in 4K will make its theatrical debut, a true gift for longtime fans and a thrilling discovery for new ones.”
The engagement will have encore screenings the following weekend, October 3-5, just in case you miss the original weekend or need to get in for a second marathon.
Fathom has been doing a lot of cool theatrical rereleases engagements lately — and it has even more on the horizon. It rereleased Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in June and has Clueless coming up after that. Additionally, it plans to show Rocky IV, The Sound of Music, Sunset Boulevard, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest in the near future.
Tickets for the Spider-Man trilogy engagement go on sale on July 25.
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Lex Briscuso is a film and television critic and a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @nikonamerica.
