2. Mike Nichols' Spider-Man
Sorcha EdwardSpider-man is the definitive Marvel superhero creation of the 1960s and had he appeared cinematically in that decade then the director and star of The Graduate Mike Nichols and Dustin Hoffman would have been the perfect team to bring the webslinger to life. Despite being from vastly different social standings there are a great many parallels between The Graduate's Benjamin Braddock and Peter Parker beyond the alliterative names. They are both negotiating the awkward period between adolescence and adulthood, they both engage in clandestine night time activity that they keep a secret from their loved ones and both found themselves caught in a love-triangle. In a further act of Spidey-fying The Graduate Mr Robinson Murray Hamilton could slot into the role of Norman Osbourne with Hoffman's All The President's Men co-star Robert Redford as Harry Osbourne. One of the most exciting prospects when casting a 1960s Spider-Man movie is the opportunity to bring in Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn as Uncle Ben and Aunt May, both of whom are so similar in appearance to their print counterparts that its possible Steve Ditko used their likenesses as the basis for Peter's guardians.