The writers strike has taken a bite out of Blade.
Marvel Studios is shutting down pre-production on its vampire thriller starring Mahershala Ali, which was set to begin filming next month in Atlanta. The feature project, which has already been paused once before, becomes the first tentpole movie impacted by the strike.
Cast and crew members are being notified this afternoon.
Blade had recently hired True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto to work on the script, but, according to an insider, “time simply ran out.” The studio will restart the production once the strike is over.
Since the strike action began Tuesday, the biggest impact has been on late night talk shows and Saturday Night Live. One drama series, Showtime’s Billions, halted production Thursday due to picketing.
While some studios have one or two movies going into production, Marvel is seemingly propping up the industry by planning on having three...
Marvel Studios is shutting down pre-production on its vampire thriller starring Mahershala Ali, which was set to begin filming next month in Atlanta. The feature project, which has already been paused once before, becomes the first tentpole movie impacted by the strike.
Cast and crew members are being notified this afternoon.
Blade had recently hired True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto to work on the script, but, according to an insider, “time simply ran out.” The studio will restart the production once the strike is over.
Since the strike action began Tuesday, the biggest impact has been on late night talk shows and Saturday Night Live. One drama series, Showtime’s Billions, halted production Thursday due to picketing.
While some studios have one or two movies going into production, Marvel is seemingly propping up the industry by planning on having three...
- 5/5/2023
- by Borys Kit and Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Willem Dafoe is open to reprising his role again as one of the most iconic villains in the Spider-Man franchise.
During an interview with Inverse promoting his new thriller Inside, published online Wednesday, the actor said he would return as Norman Osborn/the Green Goblin for a third film “if everything was right, sure.”
Dafoe’s performance in Sam Raimi’s 2002 Spider-Man, starring Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst, continues to be one of his most notable projects. He then returned as the infamous character in Jon Watts’s 2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home, starring Tom Holland and Zendaya.
“I mean, that’s a great role,” he added. “I liked the fact that it’s a double role both times. Twenty years ago, and fairly recently, both times [were] very different experiences, but I had a good time on both.”
But Dafoe wasn’t the only character who made a return in the...
During an interview with Inverse promoting his new thriller Inside, published online Wednesday, the actor said he would return as Norman Osborn/the Green Goblin for a third film “if everything was right, sure.”
Dafoe’s performance in Sam Raimi’s 2002 Spider-Man, starring Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst, continues to be one of his most notable projects. He then returned as the infamous character in Jon Watts’s 2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home, starring Tom Holland and Zendaya.
“I mean, that’s a great role,” he added. “I liked the fact that it’s a double role both times. Twenty years ago, and fairly recently, both times [were] very different experiences, but I had a good time on both.”
But Dafoe wasn’t the only character who made a return in the...
- 3/18/2023
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This article includes spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Spider-Man: No Way Home certainly had an issue with protecting its secrets before it was finally released last year. Behind the scenes images found their way online and were under immense scrutiny from excited visual detectives, and the highly anticipated trailer for the film first leaked on TikTok in a format that didn’t do the film any justice, spreading like wildfire to eager Marvel fans who had been waiting to see what was next for Peter Parker and friends in the MCU’s Phase 4.
What turned out to be legit pictures from the movie then popped up and spoiled some of its surprises in the weeks leading up to its December debut. They included a scene where Peter (Tom Holland), Aunt May (Marisa Tomei), and Happy Hogan (Jon Favreau) are sitting around a table talking with their lawyer Matt Murdock aka Daredevil.
Spider-Man: No Way Home certainly had an issue with protecting its secrets before it was finally released last year. Behind the scenes images found their way online and were under immense scrutiny from excited visual detectives, and the highly anticipated trailer for the film first leaked on TikTok in a format that didn’t do the film any justice, spreading like wildfire to eager Marvel fans who had been waiting to see what was next for Peter Parker and friends in the MCU’s Phase 4.
What turned out to be legit pictures from the movie then popped up and spoiled some of its surprises in the weeks leading up to its December debut. They included a scene where Peter (Tom Holland), Aunt May (Marisa Tomei), and Happy Hogan (Jon Favreau) are sitting around a table talking with their lawyer Matt Murdock aka Daredevil.
- 1/31/2022
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
There’s been quite a bit of chatter about “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and its chances at Oscar gold given its excellent reviews and box office dominance that has defied a pandemic. But if the film really is a serious contender for Best Picture, why not its performance? There’s no denying that there are actors in the movie who are doing great work, whether or not you see it as “just” a superhero movie. [The Rest Of This Article Contains Spoilers]
First and foremost, you have to look at that performance by Tom Holland, which is probably some of the best work done by the 25-year-old in his young career thus far. There are seriously emotional moments in “No Way Home” that wouldn’t work if Holland weren’t able to sell them, especially the death of his Aunt May (Marisa Tomei) and the decision to make everyone forget that Peter Parker existed. The first of...
First and foremost, you have to look at that performance by Tom Holland, which is probably some of the best work done by the 25-year-old in his young career thus far. There are seriously emotional moments in “No Way Home” that wouldn’t work if Holland weren’t able to sell them, especially the death of his Aunt May (Marisa Tomei) and the decision to make everyone forget that Peter Parker existed. The first of...
- 1/26/2022
- by Edward Douglas
- Gold Derby
Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race. Spoiler Alert: This story contains major plot details of Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Spider-Man: No Way Home opened December 17 and shattered box office records for the pandemic era and beyond. In case there is anyone out there left who still hasn’t seen the movie, this article will touch on some spoilers from the Sony/Marvel film — and the screenplay certainly will.
In the script by franchise veterans Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, everyone knows that Peter Parker (Tom Holland) is Spider-Man now that J. Jonah Jameson (J.K. Simmons) outed him on his webcast. Far From Home villain Mysterio even framed him as a murderer, but the worst part about it is Peter, M.J. (Zendaya) and Ned (Jacob Batalon) all get...
Spider-Man: No Way Home opened December 17 and shattered box office records for the pandemic era and beyond. In case there is anyone out there left who still hasn’t seen the movie, this article will touch on some spoilers from the Sony/Marvel film — and the screenplay certainly will.
In the script by franchise veterans Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, everyone knows that Peter Parker (Tom Holland) is Spider-Man now that J. Jonah Jameson (J.K. Simmons) outed him on his webcast. Far From Home villain Mysterio even framed him as a murderer, but the worst part about it is Peter, M.J. (Zendaya) and Ned (Jacob Batalon) all get...
- 1/25/2022
- by Fred Topel
- Deadline Film + TV
Warning: Spoilers Below About This Film.
“It has been just a thrill, it’s a dream come true,” screenwriter Erik Sommers declares about his involvement in the “Spider-Man” pop culture phenomenon, returning alongside co-writer Chris McKenna on “Spider-Man: No Way Home” after penning the first two films in the trilogy.
“I used to have Spider-Man toys when I was a kid,” he smiles when thinking about how his childhood is reflected back at him now that he has his own children. “I still have some old Spider-Man comics from when I was the age that my kids are now. When it really hits you is when I hear my kids and their friends talking about it. Just to hear them talking about Spider-Man and the movies, I mean it’s just a thrill, it’s an absolute thrill,” Watch our exclusive video interview with Sommers and McKenna above.
See...
“It has been just a thrill, it’s a dream come true,” screenwriter Erik Sommers declares about his involvement in the “Spider-Man” pop culture phenomenon, returning alongside co-writer Chris McKenna on “Spider-Man: No Way Home” after penning the first two films in the trilogy.
“I used to have Spider-Man toys when I was a kid,” he smiles when thinking about how his childhood is reflected back at him now that he has his own children. “I still have some old Spider-Man comics from when I was the age that my kids are now. When it really hits you is when I hear my kids and their friends talking about it. Just to hear them talking about Spider-Man and the movies, I mean it’s just a thrill, it’s an absolute thrill,” Watch our exclusive video interview with Sommers and McKenna above.
See...
- 1/21/2022
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
[Editor’s note: The following story contains spoilers for “Spider-Man: No Way Home.”]
There’s a moment in “Spider Man: No Way Home” when the three of the most recent Spideys bro out upon being brought together for the first time. Andrew Garfield (from the “Amazing Spider-Man” series), Tobey Maguire (from the Sam Raimi films), and Tom Holland (from the three most recent films) are all brought together after a spell issued by Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange goes awry.
After denying his return to the franchise for months, Garfield’s return was finally revealed when the film released in December, and he has finally spoken about the cameo appearance in a new interview with Variety. And it turns out, Garfield improvised one of the film’s sweetest moments.
“There’s a line I improvised in the movie, looking at [Maguire and Holland] and I tell them I love them. That was just me loving them,” he said. The heartfelt moment went...
There’s a moment in “Spider Man: No Way Home” when the three of the most recent Spideys bro out upon being brought together for the first time. Andrew Garfield (from the “Amazing Spider-Man” series), Tobey Maguire (from the Sam Raimi films), and Tom Holland (from the three most recent films) are all brought together after a spell issued by Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange goes awry.
After denying his return to the franchise for months, Garfield’s return was finally revealed when the film released in December, and he has finally spoken about the cameo appearance in a new interview with Variety. And it turns out, Garfield improvised one of the film’s sweetest moments.
“There’s a line I improvised in the movie, looking at [Maguire and Holland] and I tell them I love them. That was just me loving them,” he said. The heartfelt moment went...
- 1/7/2022
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
“Spider-Man: No Way Home” is currently rocketing up the box office charts, but in an alternate universe audiences only got a taste of what ended up being the primary plot of the film.
A major draw of the Tom Holland Spider-Man sequel was the return of iconic villains from past Spider-Man franchises like Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin from 2002’s “Spider-Man” and Jamie Foxx’s Electro from 2014’s “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.” But in a recent interview with TheWrap, the film’s writers, Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, said that the villains were initially only supposed to come back at the very end of the film, in the post-credits tag scene.
McKenna told TheWrap that once Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios struck a deal to reunite on a third “Spider-Man” movie, the only major story idea they had in place was that they were picking up after the events of “Spider-Man: Far From Home,...
A major draw of the Tom Holland Spider-Man sequel was the return of iconic villains from past Spider-Man franchises like Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin from 2002’s “Spider-Man” and Jamie Foxx’s Electro from 2014’s “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.” But in a recent interview with TheWrap, the film’s writers, Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, said that the villains were initially only supposed to come back at the very end of the film, in the post-credits tag scene.
McKenna told TheWrap that once Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios struck a deal to reunite on a third “Spider-Man” movie, the only major story idea they had in place was that they were picking up after the events of “Spider-Man: Far From Home,...
- 1/3/2022
- by Adam Chitwood and Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Spoiler Warning: This story discusses many major plot developments in “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” currently playing in theaters. Please do not read if you have not seen the film.
Of the many multiversal pleasures of “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” one of the most satisfying has been how every single person involved — from director Jon Watts to producers Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal to stars Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Benedict Cumberbatch and Marisa Tomei — managed to keep the movie’s biggest secret: Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield were both reprising their roles as Peter Parker, a.k.a. Spider-Man.
What makes that feat so much more impressive is that everyone expected it to happen. Ever since news leaked that actors like Jamie Foxx and Alfred Molina were reprising their roles as various Spider-Man villains — news Molina happily confirmed to Variety back in April — fans across the globe have flooded the...
Of the many multiversal pleasures of “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” one of the most satisfying has been how every single person involved — from director Jon Watts to producers Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal to stars Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Benedict Cumberbatch and Marisa Tomei — managed to keep the movie’s biggest secret: Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield were both reprising their roles as Peter Parker, a.k.a. Spider-Man.
What makes that feat so much more impressive is that everyone expected it to happen. Ever since news leaked that actors like Jamie Foxx and Alfred Molina were reprising their roles as various Spider-Man villains — news Molina happily confirmed to Variety back in April — fans across the globe have flooded the...
- 12/30/2021
- by Adam B. Vary
- Variety Film + TV
This article includes frank discussion of spoilers from "Spider-Man: No Way Home")
"Spider-Man" fans have had an emotional few weeks. "Spider-Man: No Way Home" is a painful, bittersweet end to Tom Holland's first Peter Parker trilogy, but it also brings unexpected catharsis for past Peter Parkers as well. Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield both strapped on their web slingers for the new film, and their Peter Parkers came into the MCU with complex backstories and baggage of their own.
According to an interview co-writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers did with The Hollywood Reporter, the two actors were integral to...
The post Spider-Man: No Way Home's Special Guest Stars Contributed a Great Deal to Their Characters appeared first on /Film.
"Spider-Man" fans have had an emotional few weeks. "Spider-Man: No Way Home" is a painful, bittersweet end to Tom Holland's first Peter Parker trilogy, but it also brings unexpected catharsis for past Peter Parkers as well. Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield both strapped on their web slingers for the new film, and their Peter Parkers came into the MCU with complex backstories and baggage of their own.
According to an interview co-writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers did with The Hollywood Reporter, the two actors were integral to...
The post Spider-Man: No Way Home's Special Guest Stars Contributed a Great Deal to Their Characters appeared first on /Film.
- 12/30/2021
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
It’s time to have a serious conversation about “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and what it can achieve at the Oscars this year.
Looking at the Oscars shortlists announced on Tuesday, the third chapter in the Tom Holland universe showed up in two categories — sound and visual effects — despite its late release.
Unlike most superhero pics, critical and audience opinion are aligned about the film. “No Way Home” also joined an elite club of only 91 movies to ever earn an A+ CinemaScore, and became the fourth live-action superhero movie to do so, after “The Avengers” (2012), “Black Panther” (2018) and “Avengers: Endgame” (2019).
I’ve never been a pundit who believes in “follow the money” to predict best picture nominees. But, especially in these last two years amid the pandemic, box office “failures” (whatever that means now) are even less of a hindrance for awards campaigns. Still, as exhibited by our favorite web-slinger,...
Looking at the Oscars shortlists announced on Tuesday, the third chapter in the Tom Holland universe showed up in two categories — sound and visual effects — despite its late release.
Unlike most superhero pics, critical and audience opinion are aligned about the film. “No Way Home” also joined an elite club of only 91 movies to ever earn an A+ CinemaScore, and became the fourth live-action superhero movie to do so, after “The Avengers” (2012), “Black Panther” (2018) and “Avengers: Endgame” (2019).
I’ve never been a pundit who believes in “follow the money” to predict best picture nominees. But, especially in these last two years amid the pandemic, box office “failures” (whatever that means now) are even less of a hindrance for awards campaigns. Still, as exhibited by our favorite web-slinger,...
- 12/23/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Now that Spider-Man: No Way Home has swung its way to theaters armed with an array of revelations, it’s practically unfathomable that collaborative companies Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios envisioned anything short of its stupendous scope. However, it appears that slimmer, multiverse-deprived ideas were originally planned for the threequel during a brief period of panic in which Spider-Man seemed destined to leave the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Spider-Man: No Way Home successfully promoted its returning villainous ghosts of Spider-Man iterations past, and implicitly teased even more universe-shattering surprises, on which it delivered—we’ll just leave it at that. However, the conception of the health-crisis-era release’s fantastical plot occurred at the height of a different kind of crisis, in summer 2019, during which a spat over shared profits saw character licensee Sony withdraw Tom Holland’s Spider-Man from the MCU. While said crisis was resolved a month later, screenwriters Chris McKenna...
Spider-Man: No Way Home successfully promoted its returning villainous ghosts of Spider-Man iterations past, and implicitly teased even more universe-shattering surprises, on which it delivered—we’ll just leave it at that. However, the conception of the health-crisis-era release’s fantastical plot occurred at the height of a different kind of crisis, in summer 2019, during which a spat over shared profits saw character licensee Sony withdraw Tom Holland’s Spider-Man from the MCU. While said crisis was resolved a month later, screenwriters Chris McKenna...
- 12/17/2021
- by Joseph Baxter
- Den of Geek
Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on Wbgr-fm on December 16th, 2021, reviewing the much anticipated Marvel Studios film, of “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” in theaters on December 17th, 2021.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Tom Holland is Spider-Man in his third solo film outing, along with his pal Ned (Jacob Batalon) and girlfriend M.J.(Zendaya). Peter Parker/Spider-Man is dealing with the exposure of his secret identity, causing the tabloid press to bother him constantly. He’s also applying to colleges, and his hopes that him and his pals are all accepted in MIT. To modify the situation, he enlists the power of Dr. Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) to cast a spell on the world to get back his secret identity. But the spell goes awry, and opens up a portal to the multi-universes. Spidey has one of the greatest challenges in his young career.
“Spider-Man: No Way Home...
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Tom Holland is Spider-Man in his third solo film outing, along with his pal Ned (Jacob Batalon) and girlfriend M.J.(Zendaya). Peter Parker/Spider-Man is dealing with the exposure of his secret identity, causing the tabloid press to bother him constantly. He’s also applying to colleges, and his hopes that him and his pals are all accepted in MIT. To modify the situation, he enlists the power of Dr. Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) to cast a spell on the world to get back his secret identity. But the spell goes awry, and opens up a portal to the multi-universes. Spidey has one of the greatest challenges in his young career.
“Spider-Man: No Way Home...
- 12/17/2021
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Mj (Zendaya) prepares to freefall with Spider-man in Columbia Pictures’ Spider-man: No Way Home.
Who’s ready for a holiday road trip? Oh, the destination? It’s Christmas time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe! Yes, I know we’ve been there three times before in the last six months or so, from Black Widow to Shang-chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings, and most recently The Eternals, but this is more than a bit unique. First, it’s another co-production with Sony, one that somewhat completes a trilogy. And though it is a journey forward with our favorite “wall-crawler” it also takes a side turn down “memory lane”. In that way, it’s a bit of a celebration since he swung into the comic book world sixty years ago next August, and this coming May it’ll be his twentieth-year “thwipping” through the big screen. But for all that time,...
Who’s ready for a holiday road trip? Oh, the destination? It’s Christmas time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe! Yes, I know we’ve been there three times before in the last six months or so, from Black Widow to Shang-chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings, and most recently The Eternals, but this is more than a bit unique. First, it’s another co-production with Sony, one that somewhat completes a trilogy. And though it is a journey forward with our favorite “wall-crawler” it also takes a side turn down “memory lane”. In that way, it’s a bit of a celebration since he swung into the comic book world sixty years ago next August, and this coming May it’ll be his twentieth-year “thwipping” through the big screen. But for all that time,...
- 12/17/2021
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Two years ago, when Martin Scorsese called the Marvel Cinematic Universe something akin to a theme park, the comic book community—both its filmmakers and fans—became incensed. Despite the legendary director’s nuanced, even complimentary assessment, proprietary corners of the Internet gawked at his characterization and casual dismissal of them as non-cinematic blockbusters. But how else do you describe Marvel’s latest spandex attraction Spider-Man: No Way Home, a movie filled to the brim with a near half-dozen villains, multiple universes, and two decades of nostalgia? Much like some of the studio’s previous installments, this is a movie engineered to resemble a thrill ride, a greatest-hits carousel powered by fan service and corporate recycling. It practically embraces Marty’s designation—and that’s Ok. Despite their noted limitations, theme parks like this still offer plenty of fun.
There’s already an inherent rollercoaster energy to Spider-Man, the way...
There’s already an inherent rollercoaster energy to Spider-Man, the way...
- 12/16/2021
- by Jake Kring-Schreifels
- The Film Stage
Stars: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau, Jamie Foxx, Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina, Benedict Wong, Tony Revolori, Marisa Tomei | Written by Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers | Directed by Jon Watts
Tom Holland returns for his third solo outing as everyone’s favourite web-slinger in the latest superhero adventure from Marvel Studios. It’s directed by Jon Watts, who also helmed the previous two MCU Spider-Man movies in the “Home” trilogy, Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019). It’s safe to say that Watts’ time in the director’s chair has been well spent, because this third film is an incredible achievement, pulling off narrative feats and action beats that are both amazing and spectacular.
Scripted by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers (who wrote Far From Home), Spider-Man: No Way Home gets off to a great start by delivering on the cliffhanger of the previous movie, with J. Jonah Jameson...
Tom Holland returns for his third solo outing as everyone’s favourite web-slinger in the latest superhero adventure from Marvel Studios. It’s directed by Jon Watts, who also helmed the previous two MCU Spider-Man movies in the “Home” trilogy, Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019). It’s safe to say that Watts’ time in the director’s chair has been well spent, because this third film is an incredible achievement, pulling off narrative feats and action beats that are both amazing and spectacular.
Scripted by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers (who wrote Far From Home), Spider-Man: No Way Home gets off to a great start by delivering on the cliffhanger of the previous movie, with J. Jonah Jameson...
- 12/16/2021
- by Matthew Turner
- Nerdly
Multiverses can get messy, not just for superheroes but for filmmakers who dabble with them. Fortunately, writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers keep a firm grip on all their various plot webs as young Peter Parker (Tom Holland) - in the spotlight after his true identity has been revealed to the world - tries to cope with the everyday pressures of trying to get into the college of his choice.
A bid to 'reset' the world with a spot of magic goes awry - but not before Benedict Cumberbatch gets plenty of good one-liners as Doctor Strange - and an assortment of super-villains slip through into Peter's world.
Although superhero films hinge a lot on doubling - the two...
A bid to 'reset' the world with a spot of magic goes awry - but not before Benedict Cumberbatch gets plenty of good one-liners as Doctor Strange - and an assortment of super-villains slip through into Peter's world.
Although superhero films hinge a lot on doubling - the two...
- 12/16/2021
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The latest entry into the Marvel canon, Spider-Man: No Way Home, succeeds in regaining some of the traction for the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) that was lost by Eternals. Leave it to the ever-dependable web crawler to right the ship and guide the MCU back on course.
Spider-Man’s latest adventure begins moments after Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) revealed Spidey’s true identity to the world at the end of Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019). This shatters Peter Parker’s world in more ways than simply making it impossible for him to be an effective hero; it continually puts his loved ones in peril. Seeking a redress of sorts, Peter approaches Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and asks for his help. Strange goes about casting a spell to make people forget that Peter Parker and Spider-Man are one and the same. However, Peter inadvertently corrupts the spell when he questions whether “everyone” needs...
Spider-Man’s latest adventure begins moments after Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) revealed Spidey’s true identity to the world at the end of Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019). This shatters Peter Parker’s world in more ways than simply making it impossible for him to be an effective hero; it continually puts his loved ones in peril. Seeking a redress of sorts, Peter approaches Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and asks for his help. Strange goes about casting a spell to make people forget that Peter Parker and Spider-Man are one and the same. However, Peter inadvertently corrupts the spell when he questions whether “everyone” needs...
- 12/16/2021
- by Mike Tyrkus
- CinemaNerdz
Like so many, Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers grew up loving Spider-Man — from the animated TV series to the action figures to, as they became adults, Sam Raimi’s live-action movies starring Tobey Maguire. But when the screenwriting team were recruited to work on 2017’s “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” starring Tom Holland, roughly six weeks before production, their attention wasn’t on the web-slinger. It was on the film’s villain, Adrian Toomes (Michael Keaton).
“I think everyone knew that the villain needed some help,” says Sommers. “We definitely worked on that quite a bit.”
Thankfully, McKenna and Sommers’ efforts on “Homecoming” ended up becoming a five-year odyssey with the friendly neighborhood web-slinger. They’re the sole credited screenwriters on 2019’s “Spider-Man: Far From Home” and the hotly anticipated “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which opens worldwide Dec. 17 and aims to bring at least this chapter of Peter’s journey to a close.
“I think everyone knew that the villain needed some help,” says Sommers. “We definitely worked on that quite a bit.”
Thankfully, McKenna and Sommers’ efforts on “Homecoming” ended up becoming a five-year odyssey with the friendly neighborhood web-slinger. They’re the sole credited screenwriters on 2019’s “Spider-Man: Far From Home” and the hotly anticipated “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which opens worldwide Dec. 17 and aims to bring at least this chapter of Peter’s journey to a close.
- 12/15/2021
- by Adam B. Vary
- Variety Film + TV
This is Spider-Man: The Greatest Hits. A twenty-year franchise has been hanged, drawn and quartered and chucked into a huge celestial cauldron, reuniting friends, foes and audiences, who seem to absolutely love it.
I’ve heard that Americans like to clap and cheer at the cinema screen. Well, the British character isn’t quite so prone to excitement, or so I thought until the screening last night. I’ve heard gasps, seen walkouts and even clapped a little in the past, but never have I experienced some five rounds of applause and veritable choruses of whoops and cheers.
There’s no denying that Marvel films are events. Their success reflects a unique relationship between studio and audience. But what is driving the billowy narratives of the so-called Marvel Industrial Complex? As the name suggests, this is the domain not of auteurs but executives, hype merchants and intellectual property.
Of course,...
I’ve heard that Americans like to clap and cheer at the cinema screen. Well, the British character isn’t quite so prone to excitement, or so I thought until the screening last night. I’ve heard gasps, seen walkouts and even clapped a little in the past, but never have I experienced some five rounds of applause and veritable choruses of whoops and cheers.
There’s no denying that Marvel films are events. Their success reflects a unique relationship between studio and audience. But what is driving the billowy narratives of the so-called Marvel Industrial Complex? As the name suggests, this is the domain not of auteurs but executives, hype merchants and intellectual property.
Of course,...
- 12/15/2021
- by Jack Hawkins
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Spoiler Alert: The following review contains spoilers.
What do you call the opposite of a reboot? The “system overload” of Spider-Man movies, Sony’s ninth (and almost certainly not last) feature-length riff on the friendly neighborhood superhero, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” seeks to connect Tom Holland’s spin on the web-slinger with the previous live-action versions of the character by first reassembling a rogue’s gallery of all the villains Peter Parker has vanquished to date. Returning director Jon Watts — whose bright, slightly dorky touch lends a welcome continuity to this latest trilogy — wrangles the unwieldy premise into a consistently entertaining superhero entry, tying up two decades’ of loose ends in the process.
The mind-bending plot hinges on a convenient comic-book device called the “multiverse,” which allows infinite iterations of Spider-Man/Mineral/Vegetable to exist in their own parallel dimensions. That’s a radically different strategy from the one Sony has been peddling till now,...
What do you call the opposite of a reboot? The “system overload” of Spider-Man movies, Sony’s ninth (and almost certainly not last) feature-length riff on the friendly neighborhood superhero, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” seeks to connect Tom Holland’s spin on the web-slinger with the previous live-action versions of the character by first reassembling a rogue’s gallery of all the villains Peter Parker has vanquished to date. Returning director Jon Watts — whose bright, slightly dorky touch lends a welcome continuity to this latest trilogy — wrangles the unwieldy premise into a consistently entertaining superhero entry, tying up two decades’ of loose ends in the process.
The mind-bending plot hinges on a convenient comic-book device called the “multiverse,” which allows infinite iterations of Spider-Man/Mineral/Vegetable to exist in their own parallel dimensions. That’s a radically different strategy from the one Sony has been peddling till now,...
- 12/14/2021
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
At the beginning of Spider-Man: No Way Home — at least at the packed press screening I attended today — the three stars of the movie, as well as returning villain Jamie Foxx urged the audience to keep any spoilers to themselves and not spill the beans on any of surprises, and there are Alot of them. Such revelations would be terribly unfair to moviegoers, Marvel fans, and especially fans of this series, which has been going strong in various iterations for decades now.
This film is supposedly the culmination of the whole series, especially the arc that takes us back to the teenaged Spidey in the form of Tom Holland. He lends a fresh-faced appeal and real style to the role previously played by Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield.
It would be critical malpractice to give anything away other than basic plot points. Given that, here we go: For the first...
This film is supposedly the culmination of the whole series, especially the arc that takes us back to the teenaged Spidey in the form of Tom Holland. He lends a fresh-faced appeal and real style to the role previously played by Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield.
It would be critical malpractice to give anything away other than basic plot points. Given that, here we go: For the first...
- 12/14/2021
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
For months now, the hype surrounding Spider-Man: No Way Home has been inescapable. Ever since the massive cliffhanger ending of 2019’s Spider-Man: Far From Home, in which the MCU version of J. Jonah Jameson both framed Spider-Man for the death of Mysterio and simultaneously revealed his secret identity, fans have been wondering how Peter Parker (Tom Holland) would confront the worst possibility he could imagine. How would he survive no longer being anonymous?
Also, just who is this version of Jameson and why is he played by J.K. Simmons again after 14 years away from the role?
It’s no spoiler to say–it’s in the trailers, for Pete’s sake–that those questions are answered fairly quickly during the first act of No Way Home. With Peter wanted by the police and his cover blown, his world is now turned upside down. Aunt May (Marisa Tomei), his best friend...
Also, just who is this version of Jameson and why is he played by J.K. Simmons again after 14 years away from the role?
It’s no spoiler to say–it’s in the trailers, for Pete’s sake–that those questions are answered fairly quickly during the first act of No Way Home. With Peter wanted by the police and his cover blown, his world is now turned upside down. Aunt May (Marisa Tomei), his best friend...
- 12/14/2021
- by Don Kaye
- Den of Geek
Well, Thanksgiving is almost upon us and that means that the holiday movie season is about to kick off. While it may not be as plentiful as it has been in years past, we are going to see a few high profile properties return to theaters. One of those is everyone’s favorite web slinger. Spider-Man returns in his latest adventure Spider-Man: No Way Home this December and the official trailer has just been released. Let’s take a look!
Premise: For the first time in the cinematic history of Spider-Man, our friendly neighborhood hero is unmasked and is no longer able to keep his normal life separate from the high-stakes of being a Super Hero. When he asks Doctor Strange for help, the stakes become even more dangerous, forcing him to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man.
Our take: I am tempted to simply write “Wow!” here...
Premise: For the first time in the cinematic history of Spider-Man, our friendly neighborhood hero is unmasked and is no longer able to keep his normal life separate from the high-stakes of being a Super Hero. When he asks Doctor Strange for help, the stakes become even more dangerous, forcing him to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man.
Our take: I am tempted to simply write “Wow!” here...
- 11/23/2021
- by Mike Tyrkus
- CinemaNerdz
Much like every other McU movie before it, Spider-Man: Far From Home is packed to the rafters with Easter eggs and blink-and-you’ll-miss-them references to Marvel Comics.
It’s a genuine love letter to New York’s web-slinger, and credit must go to Jon Watts and screenwriters Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, who together introduced a post-Endgame McU with one or two twists along the way. They also honored the McU’s legacy with scores of callbacks and references to previous installments – to say more would be verging on spoiler territory – and it seems they maintained that mindset behind the lens, too.
Case in point: the casting of Dawn Michelle King as E.D.I.T.H., Tony Stark’s AI-powered assistant that’s left in the possession of Peter Parker himself. The moniker itself takes on a whole new meaning thanks to Far From Home‘s first post-credits scene,...
It’s a genuine love letter to New York’s web-slinger, and credit must go to Jon Watts and screenwriters Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, who together introduced a post-Endgame McU with one or two twists along the way. They also honored the McU’s legacy with scores of callbacks and references to previous installments – to say more would be verging on spoiler territory – and it seems they maintained that mindset behind the lens, too.
Case in point: the casting of Dawn Michelle King as E.D.I.T.H., Tony Stark’s AI-powered assistant that’s left in the possession of Peter Parker himself. The moniker itself takes on a whole new meaning thanks to Far From Home‘s first post-credits scene,...
- 7/17/2019
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Despite bearing little similarity to the various adaptations of Mary Jane Watson that came before, Zendaya’s take on the McU’s Mj is just as refreshing as she is charming. The awkward, serial killer obsessed teenager hides her vulnerability through sarcasm and pessimism, a far cry from the party-going supermodel of the earliest days of the Spider-Man comics. Yet, Spider-Man: Homecoming almost delved deeper into her backstory, one familiar to most fans, but it all wound up on the cutting room floor.
While promoting Spider-Man: Far From Home, writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers revealed that the earlier 2017 flick almost peaked into Mj’s home life, including a scene that was shot yet excised from the theatrical release and Blu-ray:
“There was a moment when they come back from Washington in Homecoming — I don’t think it made it into the movie — where you get the sense where she...
While promoting Spider-Man: Far From Home, writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers revealed that the earlier 2017 flick almost peaked into Mj’s home life, including a scene that was shot yet excised from the theatrical release and Blu-ray:
“There was a moment when they come back from Washington in Homecoming — I don’t think it made it into the movie — where you get the sense where she...
- 7/17/2019
- by Mike Lee
- We Got This Covered
[Editor’s note: The following post contains spoilers for “Spider-Man: Far From Home.”]
One of the big twists in “Spider-Man: Far From Home” is the revelation that Jake Gyllenhaal’s Quentin Beck/Mysterio is lying about the Multiverse. The character does not hail from an alternate earth and is actually a former employee of Stark Industries who has stolen some illusion technology to create the Elementals. The twist turns Mysterio into the “Far From Home” big bad, but originally the film included a double twist. Screenwriter Chris McKenna recently told Collider an early version of the McU tentpole revealed Mysterio was a Skrull alien invader.
“There were some early, early versions of this movie where Mysterio was a Skrull,” McKenna said. “There were a lot of Skrull versions of the story early on. When you’re doing a con artist movie, what we finally landed on—we sat down and talked about how do we keep on fooling the audience,...
One of the big twists in “Spider-Man: Far From Home” is the revelation that Jake Gyllenhaal’s Quentin Beck/Mysterio is lying about the Multiverse. The character does not hail from an alternate earth and is actually a former employee of Stark Industries who has stolen some illusion technology to create the Elementals. The twist turns Mysterio into the “Far From Home” big bad, but originally the film included a double twist. Screenwriter Chris McKenna recently told Collider an early version of the McU tentpole revealed Mysterio was a Skrull alien invader.
“There were some early, early versions of this movie where Mysterio was a Skrull,” McKenna said. “There were a lot of Skrull versions of the story early on. When you’re doing a con artist movie, what we finally landed on—we sat down and talked about how do we keep on fooling the audience,...
- 7/16/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Spider-Man: Far From Home was such a great and fun film! The story was fun, and the ending (post-credits) was so freaking crazy! It really makes me excited for how things are going to go in the next Spider-Man movie. Of course, the creators of the film didn’t just land on this one concept and storyline and run with it, though. Moviemaking is a constantly changing process that takes lots of ideas, and lots of editing.
Screenwriters for the film Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers recently sat down with THR and talked about some of the preliminary ideas for Far From Home that ultimately didn’t make the cut. One idea was to have a cameo from Donald Glover in a scene, where he would have reprised his role from Spider-Man: Homecoming of the character Aaron Davis, a criminal from the comic book as well as Sony's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,...
Screenwriters for the film Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers recently sat down with THR and talked about some of the preliminary ideas for Far From Home that ultimately didn’t make the cut. One idea was to have a cameo from Donald Glover in a scene, where he would have reprised his role from Spider-Man: Homecoming of the character Aaron Davis, a criminal from the comic book as well as Sony's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,...
- 7/16/2019
- by Jessica Fisher
- GeekTyrant
Mysterio was one of the last major Spidey villains not to get the live action treatment, finally getting his day in Spider-Man: Far From Home. Most fans of the character seem to love the spin the film put on him, keeping the basics of his origin story (disgruntled special effects technician wants revenge) and updating it in a way that neatly slotted the character into existing McU continuity.
His holographic illusions made for some of the best moments of the movie, too, with a highlight being the terrifying ‘mental maze’ within which he trapped Spidey. Throughout the sequel, he was continually pulling the wool over the other characters’ eyes, but now it appears that there was one last twist the writers discarded.
Collider recently interviewed Far From Home scribes Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers about the movie, where Sommers revealed that:
“There were some early, early versions of this movie where Mysterio was a Skrull…...
His holographic illusions made for some of the best moments of the movie, too, with a highlight being the terrifying ‘mental maze’ within which he trapped Spidey. Throughout the sequel, he was continually pulling the wool over the other characters’ eyes, but now it appears that there was one last twist the writers discarded.
Collider recently interviewed Far From Home scribes Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers about the movie, where Sommers revealed that:
“There were some early, early versions of this movie where Mysterio was a Skrull…...
- 7/15/2019
- by David James
- We Got This Covered
After Avengers: Endgame conquered the world this year at the movies, it is now a strange time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe because we all are left to ask, “what happens now”? Well, before Phase Three of the McU is over and out, there is one more movie that may just give us a few suggestions, in Spider-Man: Far From Home. Twenty-three films in and bringing “The Infinity Saga” to an official close, Far From Home is also a sequel to 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming and the supposed last film (though it will surely continue) that has Sony working with Marvel Studios allowing them use of the Spider-Man character. Needless to say, despite the high stakes of Endgame, Far From Home has a lot to prove in being the unexpected choice to close out this era of Marvel and to suggest to audiences there is a bright future to this universe.
- 7/14/2019
- by Jack Bottomley
- The Cultural Post
During a recent chat with Variety, the writers behind Spider-Man: Far From Home, Chris McKenna and Eric Sommers opened up about the biggest decisions they had to make regarding the film’s narrative and the direction in which it would take the larger McU.
To begin with, the writing duo say they were told by Marvel about the events of Avengers: Endgame, that large parts of their movie would be a reaction to what happened in that film, and that they needed to keep things light after all of the gut-wrenching moments in the Infinity War sequel.
The two also spoke about how having Mysterio as the villain allowed them to explore the nature of fake media and the lies and half-truths that characters in the sequel were telling each other, particularly Peter himself, regarding his secret identity and his reluctance to take on the mantle of Tony Stark (although...
To begin with, the writing duo say they were told by Marvel about the events of Avengers: Endgame, that large parts of their movie would be a reaction to what happened in that film, and that they needed to keep things light after all of the gut-wrenching moments in the Infinity War sequel.
The two also spoke about how having Mysterio as the villain allowed them to explore the nature of fake media and the lies and half-truths that characters in the sequel were telling each other, particularly Peter himself, regarding his secret identity and his reluctance to take on the mantle of Tony Stark (although...
- 7/14/2019
- by Neeraj Chand
- We Got This Covered
This will surely evoke mixed emotions among fans, but we almost had a Tony Stark cameo in Spider-Man: Far From Home. Granted, it would have likely only been his voice, but it would have been new, instead of recycled footage or audio bits.
In a recent talk with the guys over at THR, Ffh screenwriters Chris McKenna and Erik Sommars spoke about a number of Spidey-related things, including the possibility of getting a Stark cameo in the latest Spider-Man adventure.
“I think if anything, it was always going to be re-used footage,” they said. “We had talked about possibly hearing Tony’s voice through Edith at one point, but I think a little goes a long way and we didn’t want to lean too hard.”
As a huge Iron Man fan, I’m a little torn on that one. One on hand, you get to see the guy again.
In a recent talk with the guys over at THR, Ffh screenwriters Chris McKenna and Erik Sommars spoke about a number of Spidey-related things, including the possibility of getting a Stark cameo in the latest Spider-Man adventure.
“I think if anything, it was always going to be re-used footage,” they said. “We had talked about possibly hearing Tony’s voice through Edith at one point, but I think a little goes a long way and we didn’t want to lean too hard.”
As a huge Iron Man fan, I’m a little torn on that one. One on hand, you get to see the guy again.
- 7/14/2019
- by Sam Plank
- We Got This Covered
Spider-Man: Far From Home was replete with fun little surprise references for longtime fans of the webbed superhero. One of the most delightful surprises though was the appearance of J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson during the end credits, dropping a truth bomb on the McU and turning audience expectations upside down by revealing to the whole world that Peter Parker is Spider-Man.
Fans were delighted to see Simmons reprise his role as Jameson, a character he’d originally played to great acclaim in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy, starring Tobey Maguire. Now, Raimi himself has provided his reaction to one of his most popular characters from the original Spidey films officially joining the McU. And he could not be more thrilled.
According to Raimi, Simmons had called to tell him that the people at Marvel were talking to him about reprising his role for Far From Home, and the...
Fans were delighted to see Simmons reprise his role as Jameson, a character he’d originally played to great acclaim in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy, starring Tobey Maguire. Now, Raimi himself has provided his reaction to one of his most popular characters from the original Spidey films officially joining the McU. And he could not be more thrilled.
According to Raimi, Simmons had called to tell him that the people at Marvel were talking to him about reprising his role for Far From Home, and the...
- 7/13/2019
- by Neeraj Chand
- We Got This Covered
The recent Spider-Man: Far From Home subjected both Peter Parker and the audience to a series of escalating twists and fake-outs, and arguably the film’s biggest reveal was saved for after the credits had finished rolling.
We are, of course, referring to the bombshell that Nick Fury and Maria Hill had actually been Skrulls for the entirety of Peter’s latest solo outing. Director Jon Watts recently clarified that this post-credits twist was included as a means of explaining how the famously cynical Fury could be completely fooled by Mysterio’s superhero act, but all things considered, the sequence feels more like a tease of future Marvel movies than a continuation of Far From Home’s story.
In a newly published interview with Variety, however, co-writer Chris McKenna claimed that the team initially considered involving the shape-shifting alien race in Peter’s clash with Quentin Beck:
“It’s funny,...
We are, of course, referring to the bombshell that Nick Fury and Maria Hill had actually been Skrulls for the entirety of Peter’s latest solo outing. Director Jon Watts recently clarified that this post-credits twist was included as a means of explaining how the famously cynical Fury could be completely fooled by Mysterio’s superhero act, but all things considered, the sequence feels more like a tease of future Marvel movies than a continuation of Far From Home’s story.
In a newly published interview with Variety, however, co-writer Chris McKenna claimed that the team initially considered involving the shape-shifting alien race in Peter’s clash with Quentin Beck:
“It’s funny,...
- 7/13/2019
- by David Pountain
- We Got This Covered
[This story contains spoilers for Spider-Man: Far From Home.]
The Spider-Man: Far From Home creative team spent months dreaming up scenarios that would become the hit movie that has surpassed $621.9 million globally. Screenwriters Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers note that among the possibilities that didn't pan out was a scene featuring Donald Glover as Aaron Davis, a criminal who comic book fans (and viewers of Sony's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) will recognize as the uncle of the Miles Morales version of Spider-Man.
Glover appeared briefly in 2017's Spider-Man: Homecoming as the character, and the idea was ...
The Spider-Man: Far From Home creative team spent months dreaming up scenarios that would become the hit movie that has surpassed $621.9 million globally. Screenwriters Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers note that among the possibilities that didn't pan out was a scene featuring Donald Glover as Aaron Davis, a criminal who comic book fans (and viewers of Sony's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) will recognize as the uncle of the Miles Morales version of Spider-Man.
Glover appeared briefly in 2017's Spider-Man: Homecoming as the character, and the idea was ...
- 7/13/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
[This story contains spoilers for Spider-Man: Far From Home.]
The Spider-Man: Far From Home creative team spent months dreaming up scenarios that would become the hit movie that has surpassed $621.9 million globally. Screenwriters Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers note that among the possibilities that didn't pan out was a scene featuring Donald Glover as Aaron Davis, a criminal who comic book fans (and viewers of Sony's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) will recognize as the uncle of the Miles Morales version of Spider-Man.
Glover appeared briefly in 2017's Spider-Man: Homecoming as the character, and the idea was ...
The Spider-Man: Far From Home creative team spent months dreaming up scenarios that would become the hit movie that has surpassed $621.9 million globally. Screenwriters Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers note that among the possibilities that didn't pan out was a scene featuring Donald Glover as Aaron Davis, a criminal who comic book fans (and viewers of Sony's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) will recognize as the uncle of the Miles Morales version of Spider-Man.
Glover appeared briefly in 2017's Spider-Man: Homecoming as the character, and the idea was ...
- 7/13/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
When Captain Marvel introduced the Skrulls into the Marvel Cinematic Universe this past March, it may have been a bigger milestone for the overall franchise than the casual moviegoer would think. For those familiar with comic books, these extraterrestrial shapeshifters have served as antagonists in some of the biggest crossover stories of all time. Granted, the concept was watered down for the big screen, but there’s much potential there.
That said, those who stuck around after the credits for Spider-Man: Far From Home learned that the Nick Fury we saw in that particular movie was, in fact, a Skrull named Talos allowing for the real super spy to take a vacation of sorts. It was cool, sure, but we’ll have to wait and see if the switcheroo had any real ramifications.
According to screenwriters Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, it’s entirely possible that other McU characters are also Skrulls,...
That said, those who stuck around after the credits for Spider-Man: Far From Home learned that the Nick Fury we saw in that particular movie was, in fact, a Skrull named Talos allowing for the real super spy to take a vacation of sorts. It was cool, sure, but we’ll have to wait and see if the switcheroo had any real ramifications.
According to screenwriters Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, it’s entirely possible that other McU characters are also Skrulls,...
- 7/12/2019
- by Eric Joseph
- We Got This Covered
(Spoiler Alert: Do not read ahead if you haven’t seen “Spider-Man: Far From Home.”)
What happened to the bees during the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s galaxy-shattering snapture?
“Spider-Man: Far From Home” writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers brought those kind of important questions straight to Marvel Studios for the most recent Spidey installment. Oh, and they also had to shoulder the weight of Tony Stark’s death, and the repercussions from that end-of-days moment from “Endgame” — and then channel all that through the lens of high school students. So how did they do it? Variety had a very spoiler-y chat with the writing team, and while neither of them will confirm what Nick Fury was doing in space or if they’re even signed on for a third Spider-Man flick, we did uncover some of the more pressing issues about Jake Gyllenhaal’s beard.
What are some of the...
What happened to the bees during the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s galaxy-shattering snapture?
“Spider-Man: Far From Home” writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers brought those kind of important questions straight to Marvel Studios for the most recent Spidey installment. Oh, and they also had to shoulder the weight of Tony Stark’s death, and the repercussions from that end-of-days moment from “Endgame” — and then channel all that through the lens of high school students. So how did they do it? Variety had a very spoiler-y chat with the writing team, and while neither of them will confirm what Nick Fury was doing in space or if they’re even signed on for a third Spider-Man flick, we did uncover some of the more pressing issues about Jake Gyllenhaal’s beard.
What are some of the...
- 7/12/2019
- by Meredith Woerner
- Variety Film + TV
[This story contains spoilers for Spider-Man: Far From Home.]
The dust is beginning to settle on the big revelations in Spider-Man: Far From Home, with fans having spent the past week debating those post-credits scenes and beyond. Now screenwriters Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers are prepared to face the tough questions head-on. (You know, such as "where did Peter Tingle come from?")
To start, let's look at Far From Home's most dissected line: "I thought the Kree sleeper cells were supposed to be a secret."
It came when Spider-Man (Tom Holland) caught Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and ...
The dust is beginning to settle on the big revelations in Spider-Man: Far From Home, with fans having spent the past week debating those post-credits scenes and beyond. Now screenwriters Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers are prepared to face the tough questions head-on. (You know, such as "where did Peter Tingle come from?")
To start, let's look at Far From Home's most dissected line: "I thought the Kree sleeper cells were supposed to be a secret."
It came when Spider-Man (Tom Holland) caught Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and ...
- 7/12/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[This story contains spoilers for Spider-Man: Far From Home.]
The dust is beginning to settle on the big revelations in Spider-Man: Far From Home, with fans having spent the past week debating those post-credits scenes and beyond. Now screenwriters Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers are prepared to face the tough questions head-on. (You know, such as "where did Peter Tingle come from?")
To start, let's look at Far From Home's most dissected line: "I thought the Kree sleeper cells were supposed to be a secret."
It came when Spider-Man (Tom Holland) caught Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and ...
The dust is beginning to settle on the big revelations in Spider-Man: Far From Home, with fans having spent the past week debating those post-credits scenes and beyond. Now screenwriters Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers are prepared to face the tough questions head-on. (You know, such as "where did Peter Tingle come from?")
To start, let's look at Far From Home's most dissected line: "I thought the Kree sleeper cells were supposed to be a secret."
It came when Spider-Man (Tom Holland) caught Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and ...
- 7/12/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Spider-Man: Far From Home is kicking ass at the box office and Marvel fans have been loving the movie. For those of you interested on learning more about the film and knowing the thoughts of the writers who wrote it, in a recent interview with The New York Times, they share and discuss all kinds of interesting details!
They reveal an original alternate ending for Spider-Man and also talk about all of the big twists in the film. Some of the things addressed include the Multiverse, the choices they made with Nick Fury, Tony Stark being the new Uncle Ben, how they will move forward with Spider-Man after the big shocking ending, and more.
Obviously, if you haven’t seen the movie yet, then you might want to wait to read what Chris McKenna and Eric Sommers have to day about their movie.
There was a version of the story...
They reveal an original alternate ending for Spider-Man and also talk about all of the big twists in the film. Some of the things addressed include the Multiverse, the choices they made with Nick Fury, Tony Stark being the new Uncle Ben, how they will move forward with Spider-Man after the big shocking ending, and more.
Obviously, if you haven’t seen the movie yet, then you might want to wait to read what Chris McKenna and Eric Sommers have to day about their movie.
There was a version of the story...
- 7/12/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Spider-Man: Far From Home‘s mid-credits scene dropped a major bombshell that Peter Parker will surely struggle to deal with when we next see him. After defeating Mysterio and sharing a swing through the city with M.J., our friendly neighborhood hero is stunned to find out that the villain has shared a posthumous video online framing him for the attack on London. What’s more, his secret identity is now revealed to the world.
This is such a massive twist that it’s interesting to find out that it went through a few different versions before the way things play out in the movie was settled on. While speaking with The New York Times, screenwriters Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers revealed that they knew they wanted Peter’s identity to be outed but they weren’t sure at first how to do that. Initially, it happened during the film’s climax.
This is such a massive twist that it’s interesting to find out that it went through a few different versions before the way things play out in the movie was settled on. While speaking with The New York Times, screenwriters Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers revealed that they knew they wanted Peter’s identity to be outed but they weren’t sure at first how to do that. Initially, it happened during the film’s climax.
- 7/11/2019
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
(Note: Spoilers ahead for the themes and plots of Sony’s Marvel film “Spider-Man: Far From Home.”)
At the center of “Spider-Man: Far From Home” is Jake Gyllenhaal’s charming, theatrical and unstable Mysterio, who at first appears to be a costumed crusader fighting to save Earth from dangerous otherworldly monsters. But in reality — if you can call it that — he’s the leader of a crew of slighted high tech con artists using advanced combat drones equipped with a new type of “illusion” technology capable of projecting complex images into the physical world that seem real. Thus the monsters are fake, and so is his ridiculous backstory and his apparent superpowers.
It’s a great plot device, essentially weaponizing deepfakes, but just how plausible is the technology? According to Brian David Johnson, futurist in residence at Arizona State University’s Center for Science and the Imagination, something at least...
At the center of “Spider-Man: Far From Home” is Jake Gyllenhaal’s charming, theatrical and unstable Mysterio, who at first appears to be a costumed crusader fighting to save Earth from dangerous otherworldly monsters. But in reality — if you can call it that — he’s the leader of a crew of slighted high tech con artists using advanced combat drones equipped with a new type of “illusion” technology capable of projecting complex images into the physical world that seem real. Thus the monsters are fake, and so is his ridiculous backstory and his apparent superpowers.
It’s a great plot device, essentially weaponizing deepfakes, but just how plausible is the technology? According to Brian David Johnson, futurist in residence at Arizona State University’s Center for Science and the Imagination, something at least...
- 7/8/2019
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
(This post contains major Spoilers for “Spider-Man: Far From Home”)
You can’t always believe what you see. That’s the mantra of the villain from “Spider-Man: Far From Home,” who plays with illusions and toys with Peter Parker’s anxieties as a way of advancing his own agenda and ego.
He’s the ultimate con man, so it stands to reason that in the first of the two bonus scenes — one during the credits and one after — for “Far From Home,” Marvel might be pulling one more fast one on us.
However, screenwriters Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers spoke to TheWrap about the mid-credits and post-credits sequences and helped clarify a little about what we just saw.
Also Read: 'Spider-Man: Far From Home' Writers Explain Why Hero's 'Spider Sense' Is Now the 'Peter Tingle'
(Seriously, leave now if you don’t want the mid and post-credits scenes...
You can’t always believe what you see. That’s the mantra of the villain from “Spider-Man: Far From Home,” who plays with illusions and toys with Peter Parker’s anxieties as a way of advancing his own agenda and ego.
He’s the ultimate con man, so it stands to reason that in the first of the two bonus scenes — one during the credits and one after — for “Far From Home,” Marvel might be pulling one more fast one on us.
However, screenwriters Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers spoke to TheWrap about the mid-credits and post-credits sequences and helped clarify a little about what we just saw.
Also Read: 'Spider-Man: Far From Home' Writers Explain Why Hero's 'Spider Sense' Is Now the 'Peter Tingle'
(Seriously, leave now if you don’t want the mid and post-credits scenes...
- 7/8/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
[Editor’s note: The following post contains spoilers for “Spider-Man: Far From Home.”]
It certainly seemed like too big of a plot twist to just toss into a trailer, but Marvel brass has always enjoyed a bit of misdirection when it comes to its biggest stories. So why not include a major plot point — like that there are “other” Earths and Thanos’ snap has shaken at least one of their inhabitants onto our Earth, played by no less than Jake Gyllenhaal — in an early trailer and let the world run wild thinking about it?
It worked. After the first trailer for “Spider-Man: Far From Home” arrived in early May, fans were set alight with the apparent knowledge — oh-so-casually conveyed by Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury — that a new superhero had arrived on Earth, all the better to battle the oversized monster villains that had destroyed his home and were now bent on taking out Peter Parker’s (Tom Holland) planet.
It certainly seemed like too big of a plot twist to just toss into a trailer, but Marvel brass has always enjoyed a bit of misdirection when it comes to its biggest stories. So why not include a major plot point — like that there are “other” Earths and Thanos’ snap has shaken at least one of their inhabitants onto our Earth, played by no less than Jake Gyllenhaal — in an early trailer and let the world run wild thinking about it?
It worked. After the first trailer for “Spider-Man: Far From Home” arrived in early May, fans were set alight with the apparent knowledge — oh-so-casually conveyed by Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury — that a new superhero had arrived on Earth, all the better to battle the oversized monster villains that had destroyed his home and were now bent on taking out Peter Parker’s (Tom Holland) planet.
- 7/8/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Were it not for a certain Caped Crusader, Marvel’s Spider-Man would have the richest and most diverse rogues gallery in all of comics.
From Vulture to Green Goblin, Mysterio to Doctor Octopus, everyone’s friendly neighborhood Web-Head has come up against a great many baddies in his lifetime, and at least based on Deadline’s latest casting scoop (h/t McU Cosmic), Spider-Man: Far From Home may place Peter Parker on a collision course with Chameleon, a supervillain depicted in the early issues of Marvel’s famous comic.
Turkish-born actor Numan Acar has climbed aboard as Dimitri, which may or may not signal the involvement of Dmitri Anatoly Nikolayevich Smerdyakov, the Marvel baddie better known as Chameleon. If true, he’d be joining Mysterio, Vulture and potentially Hydro-Man for Far From Home come 2019. But again, this is merely a rumor extrapolated from Marvel’s latest casting coup, and should be treated as such.
From Vulture to Green Goblin, Mysterio to Doctor Octopus, everyone’s friendly neighborhood Web-Head has come up against a great many baddies in his lifetime, and at least based on Deadline’s latest casting scoop (h/t McU Cosmic), Spider-Man: Far From Home may place Peter Parker on a collision course with Chameleon, a supervillain depicted in the early issues of Marvel’s famous comic.
Turkish-born actor Numan Acar has climbed aboard as Dimitri, which may or may not signal the involvement of Dmitri Anatoly Nikolayevich Smerdyakov, the Marvel baddie better known as Chameleon. If true, he’d be joining Mysterio, Vulture and potentially Hydro-Man for Far From Home come 2019. But again, this is merely a rumor extrapolated from Marvel’s latest casting coup, and should be treated as such.
- 7/17/2018
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Exclusive: Turkish-born actor Numan Acar has come aboard Spider-Man: Far From Home, Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man sequel, that has Tom Holland reprising his role as the teenage webslinger. Not much is known about Acar’s role, other than his character’s name is Dimitri. Sony isn’t commenting, but in the comics there is a Dmitri Smerdyakov, aka Chameleon, a supervillain depicted in early Spider-Man issues.
He joins new castmember J.B. Smoove and potentially Jake Gyllenhaal, who is in talks to play the big baddie Mysterio.
Michael Keaton, Zendaya and Marisa Tomei also are expected to return. Jon Watts is directing again, from a script by Erik Sommers and Chris McKenna. Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal are producing the pic, which is set for release on July 5, 2019.
This is the second big-budget feature that Acar has landed after being cast in Disney’s live-action Aladdin adaptation, also due out next year.
He joins new castmember J.B. Smoove and potentially Jake Gyllenhaal, who is in talks to play the big baddie Mysterio.
Michael Keaton, Zendaya and Marisa Tomei also are expected to return. Jon Watts is directing again, from a script by Erik Sommers and Chris McKenna. Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal are producing the pic, which is set for release on July 5, 2019.
This is the second big-budget feature that Acar has landed after being cast in Disney’s live-action Aladdin adaptation, also due out next year.
- 7/17/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
There is real magic in this world.
Growing up in Spata, a small town outside of Athens, Greece, I never imagined Marvel would one day give me the opportunity to introduce them to an even stranger, more mind-bending version of the alternate dimension where Janet van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer) finds herself trapped for 30 years — and from which her daughter Hope (Evangeline Lilly) fights bravely to bring her home.
Still, I wish the characters in “Ant-Man and the Wasp” were a bit more curious about the mysteries of the Quantum Realm. Wouldn’t you want to know if there was a Starbucks down there? Anything quantum is transcendent, a spiritual awakening of the mind, one that not even Nespresso can provide. So let me tell you about the Quantum Realm. I named it, after all.
Also Read: Here's How We Think 'Ant-Man and the Wasp' Links 'Infinity War' to 'Avengers...
Growing up in Spata, a small town outside of Athens, Greece, I never imagined Marvel would one day give me the opportunity to introduce them to an even stranger, more mind-bending version of the alternate dimension where Janet van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer) finds herself trapped for 30 years — and from which her daughter Hope (Evangeline Lilly) fights bravely to bring her home.
Still, I wish the characters in “Ant-Man and the Wasp” were a bit more curious about the mysteries of the Quantum Realm. Wouldn’t you want to know if there was a Starbucks down there? Anything quantum is transcendent, a spiritual awakening of the mind, one that not even Nespresso can provide. So let me tell you about the Quantum Realm. I named it, after all.
Also Read: Here's How We Think 'Ant-Man and the Wasp' Links 'Infinity War' to 'Avengers...
- 7/6/2018
- by Spyridon "Spiros" Michalakis
- The Wrap
Stars: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Pena, Walton Goggins, Bobby Cannavale, Judy Greer, Tip ‘T.I.’ Harris, David Dastmalchian, Hannah John-Kamen, Abby Ryder Fortson, Randall Park, Michelle Pfeiffer, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Douglas | Written by Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers | Directed by Peyton Reed
The original Ant-Man may not have been a blockbuster film like previous Marvel films but it did add a new formula to the superhero genre, a heist theme. The original film introduced audiences to Scott Lang (Paul Rudd), a snarky thief with a heart of gold when it comes to raising his daughter, Cassie (Abby Ryder Fortson), and his journey in becoming the size-shifting superhero Ant-Man, as a result of a costume designed by genius Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) and his daughter Hope (Evangeline Lilly).
Ant-Man and the Wasp is not the heist movie like its predecessor but instead revolves around Pym’s mission to save Hope...
The original Ant-Man may not have been a blockbuster film like previous Marvel films but it did add a new formula to the superhero genre, a heist theme. The original film introduced audiences to Scott Lang (Paul Rudd), a snarky thief with a heart of gold when it comes to raising his daughter, Cassie (Abby Ryder Fortson), and his journey in becoming the size-shifting superhero Ant-Man, as a result of a costume designed by genius Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) and his daughter Hope (Evangeline Lilly).
Ant-Man and the Wasp is not the heist movie like its predecessor but instead revolves around Pym’s mission to save Hope...
- 7/6/2018
- by Jason Brigger
- Nerdly
Chicago – Gag writers, it’s time to head to Marvel Studios. Apparently the direction their superhero franchises are going for is laughs. “Ant-Man and the Wasp” is a prime example… the second film in the “Ant-Man” series amps up the humor, priming a hero that can go super small or massive. Go ask Alice, I think she’ll know.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Paul Rudd returns as the Ant-Man, and his sardonic air fits the hero like his tight costume. It’s a bit of an extension of an origin story, as Antie is involved in with his creator Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), and Pym’s experiments into the sub atomic realm. It’s not as good as the first film, only to the degree that it repeats a lot of its rhythms. And the surprise of Antie being able to go small and go massive has already been established, and what they...
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Paul Rudd returns as the Ant-Man, and his sardonic air fits the hero like his tight costume. It’s a bit of an extension of an origin story, as Antie is involved in with his creator Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), and Pym’s experiments into the sub atomic realm. It’s not as good as the first film, only to the degree that it repeats a lot of its rhythms. And the surprise of Antie being able to go small and go massive has already been established, and what they...
- 7/5/2018
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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