Talk about a major promotion for a summer blockbuster dovetailing into Free Comic Book Day, the city of New York is gearing up for a five-borough celebration marking the opening of Spider-Man 3, a week-long series of events running from April 30-May 6, according to the New York Daily News.
More than two-dozen live events, screenings, parties and exhibits are planned to celebrate the comics legend created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko an amazing 45 years ago! Among the events scheduled:
- The S3 cast appearing Apr. 30 on the Today show at “Peter Parker Place,” disguised today as Rockefeller Plaza.
- The New York Public Library will display copies of the original Spider-Man comics at its Humanities and Social Sciences Library.
- Spider Week at the American Museum of Natural History starting April 30.
Check out the entire list, including screenings of Spidey 1 and 2 during the Tribeca Film Festival.
April 2nd, 2007 at 8:30 pm
Wait a minute! I see events in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, but where the hell are any events scheduled for Queens?! You know, the borough Peter Parker calls HOME. Where they shot exteriors for SM 1 and 2.
Once again, Queens gets the shaft, no doubt because it’s not a “cool” enough borough. Guess we’re only good for week-long Consolidated Edison blackouts.
April 2nd, 2007 at 10:25 pm
“Once again, Queens gets the shaft, no doubt because it’s not a “cool” enough borough. Guess we’re only good for week-long Consolidated Edison blackouts.”
I would assume there are more to be listed, as it specifically states it’s a five borough celebration.
April 3rd, 2007 at 8:55 am
“I would assume there are more to be listed, as it specifically states it’s a five borough celebration.”
I doubt it, considering the amount of coordination that had to have gone into setting everything up. Sure, the list mentions events in the “five boroughs,” but I doubt Queens and Staten Island residents would consider hair-dying at Supercuts, Crunch gym memberships, or looking for spiders in City parks “events.”
If there’d been a showing of the Spidey films scheduled at Astoria’s Museum of the Moving Image (next to Kaufman Astoria Studios), it would’ve at least been a nod to the borough.
April 3rd, 2007 at 12:13 pm
Who did Joe Q have to kill to make that happen?
April 3rd, 2007 at 12:58 pm
What are the odds we’ll get to see Al Roker in a Spidey costume? I’m thinkin’ pretty good.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:14 pm
“If there’d been a showing of the Spidey films scheduled at Astoria’s Museum of the Moving Image (next to Kaufman Astoria Studios), it would’ve at least been a nod to the borough.”
At this point I think it would be jumping the gun to think there won’t be.
April 3rd, 2007 at 3:10 pm
Here’s hoping the movie is as good as the hype.
April 5th, 2007 at 12:37 am
Here’s hoping the movie is better than the comic book there putting out.
April 5th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Hey guys. Um, the actual official movie premiere is taking place in Queens. I’d say that’s giving the borough it’s due.