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A little on "Spider-Man"'s web shooters
POSTED ON 02/12/01

E! Online reports that longtime fans of "Spider-Man" have expressed disproval of the rumored "organic webshooters" that Spider-Man is supposed to have in the movie.

Well, fans can rest assured, cause that will not be the case. Although Spider-Man will end up spinning webs organically from his wrists, Tobey Maguire's teen Parker will initially be unable to control his superhero powers and will have to manufacture shooters in order to aim and direct his spinnerets. In fact, Parker will test those web shooters in a scene featuring a big product placement opportunity: Maguire (who pumps up with a barbell before every scene) flings his web juice on a Pepsi can and snaps it back to his hand.