Spider-Man: Homecoming

Started by The Laughing Fish, Wed, 13 Apr 2016, 11:37

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This is the new name of the reboot. I must admit I'm not too crazy over the title.



Marvel are showing a scene already filmed of Tony Stark showing up at Aunt May's house to meet Peter Parker at a presentation in Las Vegas, according to this report below.

Source: http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/13/11419936/spider-man-homecoming-sony-marvel-announce
QuoteJonathan Nolan: He [Batman] has this one rule, as the Joker says in The Dark Knight. But he does wind up breaking it. Does he break it in the third film?

Christopher Nolan: He breaks it in...

Jonathan Nolan: ...the first two.

Source: http://books.google.com.au/books?id=uwV8rddtKRgC&pg=PR8&dq=But+he+does+wind+up+breaking+it.&hl=en&sa=X&ei

looks too cartoony so far.

I'm not keen on the title but I do like the branding.  It's about time Spider-Man went back to his colourful, upbeat, pre-Nolan roots.
Johnny Gobs got ripped and took a walk off a roof, alright? No big loss.


Quote from: Silver Nemesis on Wed, 13 Apr  2016, 22:33
Variety's reporting that Michael Keaton's being eyed to play the villain!  :D

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/michael-keaton-spider-man-villain-homecoming-2-1201752759/
You beat me to the punch.  ;)

It's almost ironic that he may be going back to CBMs after 'Birdman'.

I wonder who he will be playing.  Apart from Norman Osborn I'm not sure which classic Spider-Man villain would best suit his talents. Maybe Mysterio?  A younger-looking, slightly less bald Vulture?
Johnny Gobs got ripped and took a walk off a roof, alright? No big loss.

Quote from: Silver Nemesis on Wed, 13 Apr  2016, 22:33
Variety's reporting that Michael Keaton's being eyed to play the villain!  :D

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/michael-keaton-spider-man-villain-homecoming-2-1201752759/
That's cool. I think the font works...the title will grow on me.

Here's my shortlist of villains which I could see Keaton playing
Vulture: this actually has more merit than you may think. While he's an old man in the comics, it's hard to get an old actor to do such a physical role so if they do the vulture on screen, they'd likely use a younger actor
Tinkerer: Another old man although less physical than the Vulture. Might be too cartoony to bring to live action
Norman Osborn: would be similar to his role in Robocop with the supervillain aspect
Hobgoblin: similar to green goblin
Allistair Smythe: should he not want to play a physical role again.

Quote from: johnnygobbs on Wed, 13 Apr  2016, 23:15
I wonder who he will be playing.  Apart from Norman Osborn I'm not sure which classic Spider-Man villain would best suit his talents. Maybe Mysterio?  A younger-looking, slightly less bald Vulture?

My money's on Quentin Beck/Mysterio.


Vulture's a possibility, but seems a little too obvious with the whole Birdman connection. Mysterio would also relate to Birdman, albeit on a more thematic level – a dispossessed, washed-up Hollywood artist, frustrated with his lack of relevancy in the modern world, going to extreme lengths to reclaim his former glory. It's a role that would allow Keaton to flex both his comedic and dramatic talents, injecting the character with equal doses of humour and pathos. And I think Mysterio would probably fit in better with the more light-hearted approach they're taking for this version of Spider-Man.

He might well be playing Silvermane, Chameleon, Hobgoblin or someone else altogether. But I'm betting it'll be Mysterio.

Variety's now reporting the deal with Keaton may have fallen through. They're also saying Robert Downey Jr will make an appearance.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/robert-downey-jr-to-appear-in-spider-man-homecoming-1201758355/


I wouldn't mind Mysterio. He's probably the one un-used villain in Spidey's rogues gallery that most people want to see finally realized in live action, but at the same time, I wouldn't mind Vulture either. It's just too bad that it won't be John Malkovich, as it was planned to be for the cancelled Spider-Man 4, as that would have been something!

I recently read the graphic novel "Spider-Man: Season One" and I thought Vulture, as a physical adversary, was more than competent. I remember reading somewhere that comic book creator Roger Stern felt that the Vulture should be represented as one of Spider-Man's top villains, due to the idea that Peter Parker represents youth, where the Vulture represents age, and what we are left with is a "Youth vs Age" motif that could be highlighted greatly in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Especially with the film supposedly being very much a high school/John Hughes type Spider-Man movie. Something of which I don't believe we have ever quite got before...


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