With '' Spider-Man '' cast , filming was set to begin the following November in New York City and on Sony soundstages . The film was set for release a year later , but when the film was postponed to be released on May 3 , 2002 , filming officially began on January 8 , 2001 in Culver City , California . After the terrorist attacks on September 11 , 2001 , certain sequences were re-filmed , and certain images of the Twin Towers were digitally erased from the film . Sony 's Stage 29 was used for Parker 's Forest Hills home , and Stage 27 was used for the wrestling sequence where Parker takes on Bonesaw McGraw ( Randy Savage ) . Stage 27 was also used for the complex Times Square sequence where Spider-Man and the Goblin battle for the first time , where a three-story set with a breakaway balcony piece was built . The scene also required shooting in Downey , California . On March 6 , 45-year-old construction worker Tim Holcombe was killed when a forklift modified as a construction crane crashed into a construction basket that he was in . The following court case led to the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health to fine Sony $ 58,805
terrorist attacks on September 11 , 2001
September 11 attacks
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