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Taking a look at the world of film through gay eyes - news, reviews, trailers, gay film, queer cinema & more

Michael Keaton May Be The Villain in Spider-Man: Homecoming

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michael-keatonIt looks like Michael Keaton may be going from Superhero to Supervillain, as the former Batman is in talks to play the main bad guy in Sony’s planned standalone Spider-man movie, which has just been announced as being called Spider-man: Homecoming.

Variety first reported on Keaton’s possible involvement. However, there’s no word on who he will be playing, saying that information is being kept secret.

Tom Holland is set to play Peter Parker/Spider-man, with his take on the character being introduced in the imminent Captain America: Civil War. Marisa Tomei is also onboard as Aunt May, with Zendaya signed up for a mystery role. Jon Watts is directing the film from a script by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein.

It’ll be in cinemas July 2017.

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Spider-Man Stand-alone Movie Will Include Other Marvel Characters

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captain-america-civil-war-spider-manIt surprised many when it was announced that Marvel and Sony had done a deal that would allows Spider-man to show up in Captain America: Civil War, as well as for Marvel to provide some creative direction for a new stand-alone Spidey movie. What wasn’t clear at the time was whether that would mean any of the Marvel universe character would show up in the Spider-man film.

Now it appears that they will, as EW reports that Marvel head honcho told them that while it will be a Sony movie, other Marvel characters are likely to appear too. He says, “[Spider-Man] is in the universe now, and the fun of the universe is that characters go back and forth.”

However, there’s no news on what characters might show up.

Bringing Spider-man into the Marvel universe seems to be paying off, as in early reports from critics screenings of Civil War, Tom Holland’s take on the web-slinger has come in for particular praise. He’ll also play the character in the stand-alone film, planned for 2017, with Marisa Tomei as Aunt May. Jon Watts will direct.

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Marisa Tomei In Talks To Play Aunt May In New Spider-man Movie

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Marisa-TomeiPeter Parker/Spider-man is getting younger as he morphs from Andrew Garfield into the form of 18-year-old Tom Holland, and it appears his Aunt May may be getting a few years knocked off her too. While the character has traditionally looked like someone who could have been Peter grandmother, this time around she may be played by 50-year-old Marisa Tomei.

Variety reports the actress is in talks for the role, although as yet the studio behind the movie, Sony, has made no comment. It’s not clear how close she is to signing, but it appears an offer was made to her last week.

Jon Watts (Cop Car) was recently announced to direct the film and Sony is currently looking for a writer to help shape the stand-alone Spidey flick alongside him. The film is due for release July 28th, 2017.

That won’t be our first look at Holland as Spider-man, as he’s due to appear in Captain America: Civil War, although it’s believed this will be little more than a cameo. However Marvel will be fully involved in this do-over of the Spider-man universe, which leaves the door open for more cross-overs in the future.

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Tom Holland Is The New Spider-man, With Jon Watts Directing Standalone Film

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tom-hollandA few months ago came the major announcement that Spider-man would be joining the Marvel Universe with an appearance in Captain America: Civil War. However despite the fact that movie has been shooting for a while now, no new Spidey was announced to replace the sadly departing Andrew Garfield.

That’s changed now though, as the young man who’s seemed like the frontrunner for several weeks, Tom Holland, has landed the role. Yep, it’s another Brit.

The accompanying press release says that the ‘studios and producers were impressed by Holland’s performances in The Impossible, Wolf Hall, and the upcoming In the Heart of the Sea, and by a series of complex screen tests.’ And unlike either Garfield or Tobey Maguire, he is actually still a teenager.

He will first been seen in the role in Civil War, which opens May 2016, before getting his own standalone movie on July 28th, 2017. Sony also announced who would direct that movie, going with Jon Watts, director of Cop Car, the upcoming thriller that made its debut earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival.

He’s certainly a brave choice but it seems increasingly popular to put superhero movies in the hands of up and comers who have indie cred but little mega-budget Hollywood experience.

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Spider-Man Is Joining The Marvel Cinematic Universe

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spider-manIt sounds a bit ridiculous that a movie that grossed $700 million was considered a flop, but Sony was banking massively on The Amazing Spider-man 2, and unfortunately despite making more money than most people could ever dream of, it was considered a disappointment.

Indeed its lack of ‘success’ led Sony and Marvel to start chatting seriously about a full-fledged crossover last year (small ones has previously been discussed but never came to fruition), but those talks fell through. At the time most people thought that the whole idea was dead and it was a pipe dream anyway that Spider-man would become part of Disney Marvel’s cinematic universe. After all, it’s rare for two entertainment behemoths to team up in that way, especially as Sony wouldn’t countenance anything that allowed Marvel final say over Spider-man while they owned the rights, which would inevitably cause issues fitting him into their superhero universel.

However now to many people’s surprise it’s going to happen, with the two studios announcing that a new Spider-man (Andrew Garfield is unlikely to return) will appear in an upcoming Marvel movie, before getting his own film on July 28th, 2017. Although it hasn’t been confirmed, the assumption is the Marvel film will be Captain America: Civil War, as Spider-man played a major role in that storyline in the comics.

Together, the studios will collaborate on a new creative direction for the web slinger, but Sony Pictures will continue to finance, distribute, own and have final creative control of the Spider-Man films.

To show this really is a collaboration and not something that will see the two studios competing, Marvel has also moved many of its other movies out of the way of the standalone Spider-man film. As a result, Thor: Ragnarok has been moved from July 2017 to November 2017, Black Panther goes from October 2017 to July 2018, Captain Marvel will reach cinemas November 2018 instead of July 2018, while Inhumans is headed for July 2019 from its original October 2018 date.

Sony meanwhile has delayed its Sinister Six movie – which was due to be the beginning of its own Spider-man extended universe. They still hope to make the movie, but it will have to wait until the new direction for Spidey is fully worked out.

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