Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy is due to leave Netflix on 6 August, shortly after the arrival of the new Spider-Man film, Brand New Day, in cinemas. The timing matters because viewers often revisit earlier Spider-Man films when a new instalment is released, leaving Netflix subscribers with limited time to watch Tobey Maguire’s three films again.

The departing titles are 2002’s Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3, which helped establish the modern superhero-film era. The article also notes heightened interest in the character following Prime Video’s Spider-Noir series starring Nicolas Cage and the imminent cinema release of Brand New Day.