Spider-Man is a 2002 superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man which follows the origins of Superhero and his battle with Green Goblin. The film is the first in the Spider-Man film series. It was followed up by two sequels, Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3. In the film, after being bitten from a radioactive spider that gives him superpowers, Peter Parker chooses to defend New York and its citizens against a the Green Goblin.