Just got word from a trusted source of mine over at Disney that sometime within the last week or so, Sony Japan and Sony Pictures renegotiated a deal with Marvel Studios. Nothing has been made 100% official yet, and the final decision is still set to be made in January at Sony's "Spidey Summit", but all of the plans are now in place. If Sony agrees to the deal, Marvel will then hold creative control over future Spidey films while Sony gets a share of the profits he makes, with marketing and distribution rights for all standalone films.
Spider-Man would be joining the MCU in a small but important cameo in Cap 3, with the first movie of a new franchise already being prepped for a 2018 release date. Marvel plans on skipping the origin story altogether for the first film and will jump right into Spider-Man being a hero for a few years, likely in college or just afterwards.
Marvel has already begun development on the script, and has begun looking at potential directors for the Spider-Man reboot. Marvel will not be bringing Andrew Garfield onboard, but has talked to him separately about possibly joining Marvel for another role in a future film of theirs.
Marvel already has a shortlist of actors in mind for the Peter Parker role that includes: Anton Yelchin, Dylan O'Brien, Freddie Highmore, Thomas Mann, Logan Lerman, Michael Angarano, Douglas Booth, Nat Wolff, and Skandar Keynes.
Announcement from Sony & Marvel coming sometime in late January/February, assuming the deal becomes official.
Spider-Man would be joining the MCU in a small but important cameo in Cap 3, with the first movie of a new franchise already being prepped for a 2018 release date. Marvel plans on skipping the origin story altogether for the first film and will jump right into Spider-Man being a hero for a few years, likely in college or just afterwards.
Marvel has already begun development on the script, and has begun looking at potential directors for the Spider-Man reboot. Marvel will not be bringing Andrew Garfield onboard, but has talked to him separately about possibly joining Marvel for another role in a future film of theirs.
Marvel already has a shortlist of actors in mind for the Peter Parker role that includes: Anton Yelchin, Dylan O'Brien, Freddie Highmore, Thomas Mann, Logan Lerman, Michael Angarano, Douglas Booth, Nat Wolff, and Skandar Keynes.
Announcement from Sony & Marvel coming sometime in late January/February, assuming the deal becomes official.
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So I got a little bit more details out of my Disney guy. Nothing is concrete yet, but I may know what villain Marvel wants for their first Spidey movie. The two being seriously considered are Mysterio and/or Shocker. Not clear on if it's both or just one, but I've been told Marvel is aiming to avoid any mistakes made in previous Spider-Man films, which I assume would include multiple villains, so I'm fairly sure they're deciding between one of the two. There's also talk of possibly bringing in Vincent D'Onofrio from their upcoming Daredevil show as Kingpin for the villain as well.
One more thing my source gave me is that one of the names he's heard being tossed around as a possible director is Sylvain White. However, there are dozens of other directors being looked at as well, so this could end up being meaningless.
One more thing my source gave me is that one of the names he's heard being tossed around as a possible director is Sylvain White. However, there are dozens of other directors being looked at as well, so this could end up being meaningless.
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