Welcome Home Spidey!

Spider-Man is officially back home at Marvel according to an announcement made late Monday night stating that Sony and Marvel had struck a deal that would put our favorite web slinger into the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)!!

Throughout today, some details over the deal have surfaced.  Instead of posting them one at a time, I've collected them and will address all at once.  Let's swing on in (see what I did there?).

First question that came to my mind was; "What movie would Spider-Man make his first appearance?"  There is nothing official about where Spidey will make his debut, but during the announcment it was stated that he would appear in another MCU film before getting his own solo movie.  In accordance with the comic books, it would make most sense for Spidey's first appearance to be in Captain America: Civil War.  In the comics (and also rumored for the film) there is legislation put through Congress that would force all super powered beings to reveal their secret identities to the government in order for them to regulate all of the super power activity.  The Super Human Registration Act is supported by Tony Stark (Iron Man) and creates a rift between him and Captain America.  Our heroes are split down the middle with hero vs. hero.  Spider-Man would be the first (and only) hero in the MCU that has and cares to have a secret identity, so it might not be necessary for him to be a part of Cap 3.  However, with production for Civil War set to start in April, it is quite possible that new scenes have been kept secretly ready in case this deal happened.

Marvel went on to announce that they would be pushing back 3 of their titles in order to add a new Spider-Man solo film. “Thor: Ragnarok” will hit theaters November 3, 2017. The following year,  “Black Panther” will make its way to theaters on July 6, 2018, and “Captain Marvel” on November 2, 2018. Finally, “Inhumans” will now debut in theaters July 12, 2019.

 

Variety reports that Andrew Garfield will no longer play Spider-Man and that Marvel is looking for a "much younger" actor.  This could mean a full reboot of the character or they could go in a different direction and introduce a different version of Spidey.  This other version would be from the Ultimates Universe of Marvel Comics.  In this Universe, the characters are very similar to the primary universe with only slight differences like costumes or a few character traits.  This wouldn't be the first time Marvel did this, a lot of the story and costumes of The Avengers is based off of the Ultimate Universe.  Marvel could do something like this again. Instead of Peter Parker, we would see a young man named Miles Morales, who took over as Spider-Man after Peter Parker was killed.  If that is in fact the route they're going, then you'll get a blog post about Miles.  Let's get there first.  In the mean time, we can start discussing who should be the new Spider-Man!

Also reported by Variety is that Sony will still move forward with the Spider-Man spinoff movies; Venom, the Sinister Six and a female Spider-Man character.  Although it is speculated that Marvel's involvement would end with solo films and any MCU shared movie like Captain America 3 or Avengers 3 & 4.  Any spinoff films would be produced and distributed by Sony alone.  That may prove difficult as those spinoffs would still take place within the MCU and I'm sure Marvel would want some control over another studio's use of their created universe.  So that's something to keep an eye on.

SO that's the news!  There might be more details released over the next few days/weeks and I will happily let you know if anything is news worthy!