Spider-Man 3 Spins Its Web; Captures Sideshow Collectibles and Medicom Toy Exciting New Products Line Will Include Statues, Busts, and Sculpted Dioramas

Thousand Oaks, CA (November, 2006) - Sideshow Collectibles, the world’s premier manufacturer of licensed and proprietary collectibles, has acquired rights to produce collectible products based on the upcoming film, Spider-Man 3. Sideshow, which has produced premium format statues, busts, and dioramas based on the popular character, will now apply its creative resources to the film characters in a deal that will produce several vivid, intricate recreations, including busts, statutes, and sculpted dioramas.

Sideshow Collectibles’ Creative Director, Tom Gilliland, has also announced that Sideshow’s distribution arrangement with Medicom Toy Corporation will be expanded to include Spider-Man 3 licensed pieces as well; 12-inch figures in Medicom Toy’s Real Action Hero series, and vinyl collectible doll figures of several characters from the film.

These items will be available online at www.Sideshowcollectibles.com, and through many comics and specialty collectibles retailers.

About Spider-Man 3 In the third installment to the most lucrative comic-based film franchise in motion picture history, Peter Parker (Toby Maguire) has finally struck a balance between his devotion to M.J. (Kirsten Dunst), and his secret life as a superhero. But, as Spider-Man basks in the public's adulation, he is pursued by Gwen Stacy (Bryce Dallas Howard), who rivals M.J. for his affections. Fame goes to Peter’s head, and he starts to neglect the people who care about him most. But both his personal life and his public persona are jeopardized when he faces the battle of his life against two of the most feared villains ever -- Sandman (Thomas Haden Church), and Venom (Topher Grace) -- whose unparalleled power and thirst for retribution threatens Peter and everyone he loves.

About Sony Pictures Entertainment Sony Pictures Entertainment's global operations encompass motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home video acquisition and distribution, operation of studio facilities, development of new entertainment technologies and distribution of filmed entertainment in 67 countries worldwide. In addition to the Spider-Man film franchise, Sony also produces the James Bond film series, The Da Vinci Code, and many popular television series, including Seinfeld, The Shield, and Married With Children. Sony Pictures can be found on the World Wide Web at sonypictures.com

About Marvel Comics: Founded in 1939 as Timely Comics, Marvel Comics is the largest comic book publisher in the United States. The modern age of Marvel started in 1961 with the publication of Fantastic Four #1which changed the face of the comic book and entertainment world. Between 1961 and 1964 the publisher featured the creation of The , , the X- Men, the Avengers and Daredevil. Spider-Man, Stan Lee’s classic comic creation of a young student bitten by a genetically altered spider and spun into a web of superhero adventure had its debut with Amazing Fantasy, issue #15, in August, 1962. Lee’s collaboration with artist Steve Ditko exploded into a pop culture phenomenon, spawning several animated television series, a live-action series, and two hugely successful feature films

About Sideshow Collectibles Sideshow Collectibles, based just north of Los Angeles, CA, is the premier source for highly collectible figures, statues, busts, framed art, prop replicas and figure-study maquettes. Sideshow products are available online at www.sideshowcollectibles.com, as well as through specialty shops, comic book stores and various product catalogues worldwide.

Contact: For additional information, please contact Anastasia Mickelson at [email protected] or (818) 710-7658 or Diane Kamahele at [email protected], or at (909) 946-3243.