Editing Doctor Octopus (section)

===Film===
{{Main|Otto Octavius (film character)}}
* In an early script for [[The Cannon Group, Inc.|Cannon]]'s aborted Spider-Man film, written by Ted Newsom and [[John Brancato]], Otto Octavius was rewritten to become a teacher and mentor to a college-aged Peter Parker. The cyclotron accident which "creates" Spider-Man also deforms the scientist into Doctor Octopus and results in his mad pursuit of proof of the Fifth Force. "Doc Ock" reconstructs his cyclotron and causes electromagnetic abnormalities, anti-gravity effects, and bi-location, which threatens to engulf New York City and the world. Additionally, [[Bob Hoskins]] and [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] were considered for the role.<ref name="Leva">{{cite journal| last=Jankiewicz|first=Pat|date=July 2002|title=Scott Leva, the Man Who Was Almost Spider-Man| journal= Starlog/Comics Scene Presents Spider-Man|volume=1|issue=1|pages=62–64}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/02/15/review-of-james-camerons-spider-man-scriptment | title=Review of James Cameron's Spider-Man Scriptment | date=February 15, 2000}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8b4J_Dx6nGQC&dq=james+cameron+spiderman+sandman+boyd&pg=PA5 | title=''Spider-Man'' Films}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.technobuffalo.com/2017/07/15/james-cameron-was-this-close-to-making-a-spider-man-movie/ | title=James Cameron was this close to making a Spider-Man movie | date=July 15, 2017 | access-date=April 2, 2022 | archive-date=June 16, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616204117/https://www.technobuffalo.com/2017/07/15/james-cameron-was-this-close-to-making-a-spider-man-movie/ | url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thescriptsavant.com/pdf/SpiderMan.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126124928/https://thescriptsavant.com/pdf/SpiderMan.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Spider Man|archive-date=November 26, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.businessinsider.com/spider-man-movies-never-made-2014-5 | title=6 Spider-Man Movies That Were Never Made | website=[[Business Insider]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://worldoftopics.com/13270-arnold-schwarzenegger-was-supposed-to-play-doctor-octopus.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416224636/https://worldoftopics.com/13270-arnold-schwarzenegger-was-supposed-to-play-doctor-octopus.html | url-status=usurped | archive-date=April 16, 2022 | title=Arnold Schwarzenegger was supposed to play Doctor Octopus}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.espaciomarvelita.com/2012/12/30/cine/arnold-schwarzenegger-habla-de-spiderman/ | title=Arnold Schwarzenegger habla de Spiderman - Espacio Marvelita | date=December 30, 2012}}</ref>
* Director [[Sam Raimi]] has stated that Doctor Octopus was intended to appear in ''[[Spider-Man (2002 film)|Spider-Man]]'' (2002) and team up with the [[Norman Osborn (2002 film series character)|Green Goblin]], but was not included because Raimi thought it "wouldn't do the movie justice to have a third origin in there".<ref>{{Cite AV media|title = Making The Amazing|type = DVD|publisher = Sony|date = 2004}}</ref>
* Otto Octavius / Doctor Octopus appears in the [[Sony]] film ''[[Spider-Man 2]]'' (2004), portrayed by [[Alfred Molina]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Aurthur|first=Kate|date=April 16, 2021|title=Alfred Molina Details Doc Ock's Return in 'Spider-Man: No Way Home': 'The Tentacles Do All the Work' (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/alfred-molina-spider-man-no-way-home-doc-ock-1234953527/|access-date=April 16, 2021|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref> This version is a sympathetic, but misguided individual, and the husband and lab partner of Rosie Octavius (portrayed by [[Donna Murphy]]). Initially a well-meaning scientist working with [[Oscorp]] to develop a form of self-sustainable energy to benefit mankind, Octavius turns to villainy after his experiment goes wrong, resulting in Rosie's death and Octavius losing control of his tentacle harness' [[artificial intelligence]], which begins to influence his mind and actions and brings him into conflict with [[Peter Parker (2002 film series character)|Spider-Man]]. With the web-slinger's help, Octavius eventually sees the error of his ways and sacrifices himself to sink a fusion reactor he built into the [[East River]], where he drowns.
** Octavius appears in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] (MCU) film ''[[Spider-Man: No Way Home]]'', portrayed again by Alfred Molina.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Kit |first1=Borys |last2=Couch |first2=Aaron |date=December 8, 2020 |title='Spider-Man 3': Alfred Molina Returning as Doctor Octopus |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/spider-man-3-alfred-molina-returning-as-doctor-octopus |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208184542/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/spider-man-3-alfred-molina-returning-as-doctor-octopus |archive-date=December 8, 2020 |access-date=August 31, 2021 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref><ref name="Molina">{{Cite web|last1=Kit|first1=Borys|last2=Couch|first2=Aaron|date=December 8, 2020|title='Spider-Man 3': Alfred Molina Returning as Doctor Octopus|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/spider-man-3-alfred-molina-returning-as-doctor-octopus|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208184542/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/spider-man-3-alfred-molina-returning-as-doctor-octopus|archive-date=December 8, 2020|access-date=December 8, 2020|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> In April 2021, Molina said it was "wonderful" to play the character again. Additionally, he was [[De-aging in film|digitally de-aged]] in the film to resemble how he appeared in 2004, despite his concerns about his fighting style not looking realistic due to his age.<ref name= "OckSurvives">{{Cite web |last=Aurthur |first=Kate |date=April 16, 2021 |title=Alfred Molina Details Doc Ock's Return in 'Spider-Man: No Way Home': 'The Tentacles Do All the Work' (Exclusive) |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/alfred-molina-spider-man-no-way-home-doc-ock-1234953527/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416232314/https://variety.com/2021/film/news/alfred-molina-spider-man-no-way-home-doc-ock-1234953527/ |archive-date=April 16, 2021 |access-date=August 31, 2021 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> Prior to his death, Octavius is transported to an alternate universe due to a magic spell gone wrong and receives a cure from an alternate universe version of [[Peter Parker (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Spider-Man]] before being returned to his native universe.
* {{Anchor|Olivia Octavius}}A female incarnation of Doctor Octopus named '''Dr. Olivia''' "'''Liv'''" '''Octavius''' appears in ''[[Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse]]'', voiced by [[Kathryn Hahn]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/11/30/spider-man-into-the-spider-verse-official-credits-reveal-surprise-voice-actor-cameos|title=Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Official Credits Reveal Surprise Voice Actor Cameos|last=Vejvoda|first=Jim|website=IGN|date=November 29, 2018|access-date=December 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130210649/https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/11/30/spider-man-into-the-spider-verse-official-credits-reveal-surprise-voice-actor-cameos|archive-date=November 30, 2018}}</ref> She is the head scientist of [[Alchemax]] and the [[Kingpin (character)|Kingpin]]'s right-hand woman who sports a large [[Beehive (hairstyle)|beehive hairstyle]], glasses with octagonal lenses, and [[pneumatic]] tentacles tipped with claws. Under the Kingpin's orders, she builds a [[particle accelerator|super-collider]] to access parallel universes. In spite of the initial tests nearly destroying New York City and bringing several [[Alternative versions of Spider-Man|alternate reality versions of Spider-Man]] to their universe, the Kingpin orders Liv to continue working on the collider. She later encounters [[Miles Morales]] and an alternate reality Peter Parker while they are infiltrating Alchemax, but fails to catch them. After confronting the assembled Spider-People at [[Aunt May|May Parker]]'s house alongside the Kingpin and his other henchmen and failing to stop them a second time, Liv tries to stop the heroes at the collider, only to be hit by a truck when the machine goes haywire and melds her universe with aspects of others.
** Additionally, a Doctor Octopus from [[Spider-Woman (Gwen Stacy)|Gwen Stacy]]'s universe makes a non-speaking [[cameo appearance]] in a flashback.{{Citation needed|date=June 2021}}
* Otto Octavius as the Superior Spider-Man and a comic book-accurate Doctor Octopus make non-speaking cameo appearances in ''[[Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse]]'' as prisoners of [[Spider-Man 2099]]'s Spider-Society.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-14 |title=Every Spider-Suit We Spotted in the Across the Spider-Verse Trailer |url=https://gizmodo.com/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-every-suit-identifie-1849890415 |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=Gizmodo |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Luchies |first=Adam |date=May 24, 2023 |title=A Classic 'Spider-Man' Villain Appears in New 'Across the Spider-Verse' TV Spot |url=https://collider.com/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-tv-spot/ |website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] |access-date=May 26, 2023}}</ref> Additionally, Liv Octavius appears via archival footage while archival recordings of Alfred Molina are used for other Octavius variants, who make minor appearances.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}