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Stan Lee has filmed four more cameos for Marvel movies, and now it’s learned they were directed by Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn. James Gunn confirmed the news of directing the Stan Lee Marvel cameos on Facebook, which looks to be for Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Thor: […]
Wait! There’s a possibility Spider-Man won’t be appearing in The Avengers: Infinity War? It all started a couple of weeks ago when Tom Holland wouldn’t confirm he is a part of the movie, which also led to speculation that Marvel and Sony aren’t all hunky-dory. “It’s all up in the air. I believe some sort
Outgoing Spider-Man, Andrew Garfield, suits up at the Wall Crawler one last time for Jimmy Kimmel. Andrew Garfield appeared on Kimmel to promote his latest movie, the Mel Gibson-directed Hacksaw Ridge, and participated in a skit dressed like Spider-Man. Andrew Garfield is in a Spider-Man costume and takes a selfie with an unsuspecting fan on
With Spider-Man: Homecoming having finished filming, Tom Holland talks what’s next for the Wall Crawler, which may include a sequel as well as appearances in the Avengers: Infinity War movies. Regarding a sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming, Tom Holland tells WWD it’s being talked about. “My next project, I can’t tell you about, but we’ve just
Check out the Avengers meets Call of Duty! ProductionCrage Originals on YouTube posted the video of the Avengers battling it out in first person action! Hawkeye vs Captain America! Wolverine vs. Spider-Man! And more! Actually, at one time a first-person Avengers video game was in development. You can watch the video of the game here.
It’s confirmed that Sony is developing Spider-Man movie spinoffs. Collider caught up with the chariman of Sony Pictures, Tom Rothman, who offered the following update: “We’re working on a lot of that stuff,” Rothman said. “There’s a concerted effort, so I think there will be real news as opposed to speculated news before too long.”
NEW MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN ANIMATED SERIES ANNOUNCED AT NEW YORK COMIC CON Marvel Collaborates with Funko For New Animated Shorts! (New York, NY) October 8, 2016 – Marvel Animation announced today at New York Comic Con, an all-new animated series called Marvel’s Spider-Man will be premiering on Disney XD in 2017. Marvel’s Ultimate Spider-Man will
Following the Atlanta shoot, Spider-Man: Homecoming filmed for a few days in NYC, and now filming on the movie has wrapped. Tom Holland, director Jon Watts and Tony Revolori all took to Instagram to post about Spider-Man: Homecoming wrapping. “Our last day on [Spider-Man: Homecoming] and this how we are feeling but we got this,”
Following the recent remake of The Jungle Book, Disney has now announced Jon Favreau will be directing a reimagining of the animated The Lion King movie. Details below. Favreau is also directing Jungle Book 2 and returning as Happy Hogan for Marvel’s Spider-Man: Homecoming. Info: Disney and Jon Favreau Joining Forces on “The Lion King”
It’s learned Stan Lee has filmed four more cameo roles for the Marvel movies. Marvel Studios president and producer Kevin Feige filled in Cinema Blend: We do not shoot random ones. They’re always very specific. A couple of months ago in Atlanta, he flew down and we shot four in one day — for four various
Check out more of Tom Holland in NYC for filming on Spider-Man: Homecoming. Find more pics at Just Jared. “Spider-Man: Homecoming” has a July 7, 2017 release directed by Jon Watts starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Michael Keaton, Donald Glover, Jacob Batalon, Laura Harrier, Tony Revolori, Tyne Daly, Bokeem Woodbine, with Marisa Tomei, and Robert Downey
Last month saw word that UFC fighter Tyron Woodley has joined the cast of Spider-Man: Homecoming, and Tom Holland even went to one of his fights. Now, however, it’s learned Tyron Woodley won’t be appearing in the movie, as Woodley informed UFC On FOX the news. “Number one, this is what I said. I said
“Dance off, bro Spider-Man?!” While one of the most cringing moments witnessed on screen ever for me (I’m a fan of the 2008 DnA Guardians of the Galaxy comic), new Spider-Man Tom Holland has challenged Star-Lord Chris Pratt to a dance off. Both the start and ending of the Guardians of the Galaxy movie featured
Springing into action.
Jon Watts has finished filming Spider-Man: Homecoming in Atlanta. “See you soon Atlanta,” Tom Holland posted on Instagram. “It’s been real.” Watts also posted a video on his own Instagram teasing the Spider-Man: Homecoming NYC shoot, which films starting next Monday. “Spider-Man: Homecoming” has a July 7, 2017 release directed by Jon Watts starring Tom
New set images for Spider-Man: Homecoming have hit the net featuring Spidey saving a red-haired girl. The pics feature stunt actors hanging from a helicopter as Spider-Man makes the save. It’s possible Spider-Man could be saving the girl from some sort of fall and using his web to swing in and save the girl who
MARVEL TELEVISION UNVEILS HEROIC NEW YORK COMIC CON LINEUP Cast of the Netflix Original Series Marvel’s Iron Fist Makes First-Ever Appearance on the Main Stage World Premiere Screenings and Exclusive Panels Bring Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Marvel’s Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell, Marvel’s Avengers: Ultron Revolution, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel’s Ultimate Spider-Man vs. The
Robert Downey Jr. has posted an image of himself in Atlanta for Spider-Man: Homecoming. “New project [Jon Favreau] and [Roy Choi] are working on!” Downey joked in a tweet. The image features Robert Downey Jr. eating lunch along with Jon Favreau, who is returning as Happy Hogan for Spider-Man: Homecoming, along with Tom Holland, Marvel
Joe and Anthony Russo, the directors behind Avengers: Infinity War, recently offered a first look at Josh Brolin behind-the-scenes in mo-cap as Thanos. Now Spider-Man: Homecoming director Jon Watts has answered with a video of his own which features Tom Holland break dancing on the set of Spider-Man: Homecoming with a video display synced to
About a week ago saw new Spider-Man Tom Holland show off his Spidey skills in an Instagram video challenging Chris Hemsworth and Thor stuntman Bobby Holland Hanton to “beat that.” Now Hanton has answered the challenge as only the mighty Thor can! “Tommy this is what you have to try next…. I’ll teach it to
It looks as if we have a first look at Shocker in the Spider-Man: Homecoming movie. Spider-Man: Homecoming set pics below reveal an actor in yellow suit with metal gauntlets. In the comics, Shocker wears a pair of gauntlets he designed with vibro-shock units known as “vibro-smashers” that, when activated by a pump-action thumb trigger, can
Following the high-res images, check out a look at the Spider-Man behind-the-scenes footage in Captain America: Civil War. The Captain America: Civil War Blu-Ray goes on sale September 13th. You can order through Amazon. Tom Holland stars in Spider-Man: Homecoming which has a July 7, 2017 release.
Following the behind-the-scenes Spider-Man footage from Captain America: Civil War hitting the net, now check out three images featuring Marvel’s Wall Crawler. Update: Spider-Man Civil War behind-the-scenes footage has hit the net. The Captain America: Civil War Blu-Ray has hit iTunes with a Redditor posting the following high-res Spider-Man images where we get a good
The Spider-Man featurette from the Captain America: Civil War Blu-Ray has hit the net. Check out a behind-the-scenes look at Spider-Man and Tom Holland in action below. Holland next stars in Spider-Man: Homecoming out July 7, 2017 release directed by Jon Watts also starring Robert Downey Jr. and Michael Keaton. The Captain America: Civil War Blu-Ray goes on sale
Tom Holland shared a new set image from Spider-Man: Homecoming. Thank you to @georgejcottle and his amazing team for making me look like a badass. #spidermanhomecoming #stunts The pic features what looks to be Tom Holland in the Spider-Man suit holding his mask in his left hand. It’s unknown if this is for a specific
Iron Man and Jungle Book director Jon Favreau is reprising Happy Hogan for Spider-Man: Homecoming. Spider-Man: Homecoming will reunite Jon Favreau’s Happy Hogan with Robert Downey’s Tony Stark, as Hogan is Stark’s head of security. Happy Hogan was last seen in Iron Man 3 where he was put into a coma, but ended up pulling through. Spider-Man:
A shadow looms large over new Spider-Man Tom Holland on the set of Spider-Man: Homecoming.
Director Jon Watts posted a Spider-Man: Homecoming set video featuring Tom Holland in front of a green screen with some sort of shadow behind him which may be teasing Michael Keaton’s Vulture, the villain of the movie. Or perhaps the shadow is Peter Parker’s feeling of the weight of the world on his shoulders as with great power comes great responsibility in being Spider-Man.
Tom Holland also posted video of himself practicing a flip for Spider-Man: Homecoming and challenged Chris Hemsworth and stuntman Bobby Holland Hanton to “beat that.”
We also see Tom Holland has been working out pretty hard in order to achieve his Spider-Man: Homecoming physique as the 20-year-old actor posted images and video of himself playing basketball.
“Spider-Man: Homecoming” has a July 7, 2017 release directed by Jon Watts starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Michael Keaton, Donald Glover, Jacob Batalon, Laura Harrier, Tony Revolori, Tyne Daly, Bokeem Woodbine, with Marisa Tomei, and Robert Downey Jr.
Synopsis:
A young Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tom Holland), who made his sensational debut in Marvel Studios’ “Captain: Civil War,” begins to navigate his newfound identity as the web-slinging superhero in “Spider-Man: Homecoming.”
A few days ago saw a rumor hit the net stating that Zendaya is playing Mary Jane in Spider-Man: Homecoming.
The source of the rumor didn’t offer much regarding specifics, but now it’s looking like Zendaya may not actually be playing Mary Jane Watson.
In Vulture‘s report on the rumor, they note originally the end of Spider-Man: Homecoming was going to feature what essentially sounds like a Mary Jane Easter Egg.
It’s said, according to their sources, a twist was to be featured at the end of the Spider-Man: Homecoming where Zendaya’s character tells Peter to call her “MJ.”
Obviously if it’s a twist, that would mean Zendaya is not being called Mary Jane throughout Spider-Man: Homecoming as the “MJ” thing at the end of the movie wouldn’t be a big deal.
On numerous occasions, Zendaya is said to be playing a character named Michelle. We can probably speculate her middle name may start with the letter “J” — and hence the “MJ” nod at the end of the film.
Comic-Con also saw director Jon Watts specifically state Zendaya’s name is Michelle as well. Is Marvel attempting to pull another Khan similar to J.J. Abrams and Paramount’s attempt with Benedict Cumberbatch in Stark Trek Into Darkness (which didn’t go over well at all)?
Honestly, I would be pretty surprised by Kevin Feige if he went the Zendaya as Mary Jane route. Regardless what anyone tries to spin, Mary Jane is an iconic Spider-Man character. The only issue I foresee is that Sony is involved with Amy Pascal as producer on Spider-Man: Homecoming. I believe Pascal green lit the female Ghostbusters bomb and is friends with Marvel CEO Ike Perlmutter, who Kevin Feige booted from being involved in Marvel Studios and who is thought to be responsible for the PC-replacement characters in Marvel Comics (that is also tanking).
I’ve gotten heat online for my views on the character replacements, but my argument has always been to just create new characters not replacing existing ones. As I’ve said numerous times, I wouldn’t want a non-black Luke Cage, Black Panther or John Stewart — that’s just plain ridiculous.
“Spider-Man: Homecoming” has a July 7, 2017 release directed by Jon Watts starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Michael Keaton, Donald Glover, Jacob Batalon, Laura Harrier, Tony Revolori, Tyne Daly, Bokeem Woodbine, with Marisa Tomei, and Robert Downey Jr.
Synopsis:
A young Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tom Holland), who made his sensational debut in Marvel Studios’ “Captain: Civil War,” begins to navigate his newfound identity as the web-slinging superhero in “Spider-Man: Homecoming.”
While everybody is going bonkers over the potential casting of Zendaya in Spider-Man: Homecoming, a new rumor/speculation points to Silk being in the film.
According to a casting call sheet, 17-year-old Tiffany Espensen is playing a character named Cindy in Spider-Man: Homecoming.
Silk in the Marvel Comics is named Cindy Moon.
The character was retconned into existence a couple of years ago by Dan Slott when it was said the same radioactive spider that gave Peter Parker his powers also bit a second person, Cindy Moon.
Silk has similar powers to Spider-Man but a greater Spider Sense (Silk Sense) and can shoot webs out of her fingertips.
The call sheet also reveals Bokeem Woodbine is playing Shocker, and hints Hobgoblin may appear with Ned Leeds.
Zendaya is also stated to be playing Michelle, not Mary Jane; though that could be a codename to throw people of.
(via reddit)
“Spider-Man: Homecoming” has a July 7, 2017 release directed by Jon Watts starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Michael Keaton, Donald Glover, Jacob Batalon, Laura Harrier, Tony Revolori, Tyne Daly, Bokeem Woodbine, with Marisa Tomei, and Robert Downey Jr.
Synopsis:
A young Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tom Holland), who made his sensational debut in Marvel Studios’ “Captain: Civil War,” begins to navigate his newfound identity as the web-slinging superhero in “Spider-Man: Homecoming.”
Yesterday saw a rumor hit the net stating that Zendaya is actually playing Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Man: Homecoming, which has caused a lot of uproar.
Personally, I’m from the school of thought that they should just create new characters instead of replacing already existing characters, and that goes for all characters of color and creed. For instance, I wouldn’t want a white, chinese or latino Luke Cage or Black Panther or John Stewart, and I wouldn’t want a male Catwoman or Harley Quinn.
However, right now it’s “cool” to be PC, and if you disagree, you’ll be labeled a misogynist, a Trump supporter, bigot, racist etc. You’ll also see the studio (or whoever) state, “well, ahem, we just went with the best person for the job,” which is a laughable statement.
Likewise, you’ll also be told to get a life if you happen to care that a character’s core is changed so much. You’ll be called names and belittled for caring about a fictional character, a character that you shell our your hard earned cash for, a character that makes these guys millions and billions of dollars, a character that some people have made or do make their living from, and a character that may have impacted your personal life.
Regarding Mary Jane, I always thought she was a rather unique character. She’s a red head, which only makes up 2% of the population. I felt Peter Parker was darn lucky to have a girlfriend like that.
Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn took to his social networks to voice his thoughts, like he often likes to do, on the fan reaction to Zendaya potentially playing Mary Jane (Gunn says he doesn’t know who she is playing). Gunn took to Twitter to state that if your are a complainer, you basically need to get a life as well. Gunn then expanded upon his thoughts on Facebook stating that if the color of Mary Jane’s hair is the major attribute of the character, then that character is “shallow and sucks.” You can read Gunn’s full thoughts below.
“Spider-Man: Homecoming” has a July 7, 2017 release directed by Jon Watts starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Michael Keaton, Donald Glover, Jacob Batalon, Laura Harrier, Tony Revolori, Tyne Daly, Bokeem Woodbine, with Marisa Tomei, and Robert Downey Jr.
Synopsis:
A young Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tom Holland), who made his sensational debut in Marvel Studios’ “Captain: Civil War,” begins to navigate his newfound identity as the web-slinging superhero in “Spider-Man: Homecoming.”
Via Facebook:
People get upset when something they consider intrinsic to a comic book character changes when adapted for a film. I get this. There are movies I dislike because I think there’s a basic misunderstanding of the story or the character when the comic is transferred to film (I still hate how in the first Batman movie the Joker was revealed as the murderer of Bruce Wayne’s parents, for instance.)
That said, I do not believe a character is the color of his or her skin. When Michael B Jordan was cast as Johnny Storm I didn’t understand the uproar. The primary characteristic of Johnny was not, to me, that he was white, or that he had blonde hair, but that he was a fiery, funny, big-mouthed braggart of a hero. I was happy that he was going to be played by one of the finest and most charming young actors out there.
Yesterday, a rumor broke out that the character of Mary Jane was being played by a young black woman, Zendaya, and all hell broke out on the Internet (again). I tweeted that if people find themselves complaining about Mary Jane’s ethnicity they have lives that are too good. (For those of you who think this means I’m confirming that Zendaya IS playing MJ, realize that although I’ve read the Spidey script, and I’ve met the actress in question, I have no idea what her role is. There’s a good chance someone told me at one time or another, but, if so, I can’t remember. I’m going to find out when I go into Marvel this afternoon, but I feel free to speak until that time because it’s about the concept about a black woman playing Mary Jane, not the actuality or hypothesis of it.)
I got a thousand or so responses to my tweet. Most of them were positive. Some folks disagreed – they thought the character should look like what she looks like in the comics – but were thoughtful. And a handful were flat out racist.
I can’t respond to the racists – I’m not ever going to change their minds. But for the thoughtful majority of you out there:
For me, if a character’s primary attribute – the thing that makes them iconic – is the color of their skin, or their hair color, frankly, that character is shallow and sucks. For me, what makes MJ MJ is her alpha female playfulness, and if the actress captures that, then she’ll work. And, for the record, I think Zendaya even matches what I think of as MJ’s primary physical characteristics – she’s a tall, thin model – much more so than actresses have in the past.
Whatever the case, if we’re going to continue to make movies based on the almost all white heroes and supporting characters from the comics of the last century, we’re going to have to get used to them being more reflective of our diverse present world. Perhaps we can be open to the idea that, although someone may not initially match how we personally conceive a character, we can be – and often are – happily surprised.
