Marvel Films and Spider-Man together at last
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By Matt Bible | Beckett Non-Sports and Gaming Analyst | Commentary
It’s official. Spidey is coming home.
Late yesterday, Marvel.com announced that they have reached an agreement with Sony Films to bring Spider-Man to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This is a momentous merger that will greatly impact superhero films for years to come.
The basic outline of the agreement will allow Marvel Films to use Spider-Man in their film franchises, such as The Avengers, Captain America, and Iron Man. This “new Spider-Man” will first appear in a Marvel Films production, which will be followed up by a Sony-produced Spider-Man film. While Marvel is granted access to Spider-Man for cameo and ensemble appearances, Sony still maintains all property rights and final creative control over the character.
Needless to say, this news will have film-goers and fan boys salivating at the possibilities. Will we see Spider-Man in an upcoming Avengers film? Will he have a significant role in the Civil War films? Could we actually see Spider-Man teamed up with Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, and The Hulk?
Also, how will this affect the non-sports card industry? Will Spider-Man be included in any card releases related to the films in which he is to appear? Only time will tell. And, who knows? Perhaps this will lead to other Marvel-based characters, that are owned by other production companies, crossing over into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Wolverine, The X-Men and The Fantastic Four come to mind.
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Maybe Bruce Banner and Peter Parker will have a meeting of the minds:) I think Spidey would fit best in a new Hulk movie, but personally I’d like to see Spiderman and Wolverine cross paths on screen. They’re clashing personalities would make for an interesting story indeed.
i hope they don’t make another origins movie. we know how peter parker became spiderman already for pete’s sake. pun intended.
I’d love to see the Kingpin get involved and try to profit from the new world of super heroes and villains. Spider-Man could battle him to bring more of the everyday, ‘common-man’ perspective to the Avengers. Peter Parker would also have a great opportunity to document the new superhero era at the Daily Bugle.
I think Spiderman should hang out with the Avengers more in movies etc. He would be a great addition if you can get all the characters together..
Spider-Man coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe is exciting news indeed. This opens up the possibility to follow the comic version of the “Civil War” storyline more closely on the big screen and include more of the “Spidey family of characters” into the MCU. It would be great to see some type of after-the-credits cameo in May’s “The Avengers: Age of Ultron” movie to capitalize on yesterday’s announcement, but being part of next year’s “Captain America: Civil War” cast could really weave Spidey in the MCU with some sagely interactions with Captain America (who could remind Peter of Uncle Ben) and perhaps some scientific banter with Tony Stark about the technology of the Iron Man armor and how Peter made web fluid on limited resources. These couple of appearances could set the stage for an over-the-top solo MCU movie of The Spectacular Spider-Man.
This is great news. Hopefully they are able to get the X-Men and have movies that follow more of the comic story lines.
Nice, as long as they step away from the whole EMO Spiderman thing they’ve done of late.
They could go real old school and do the Spiderman vs the Avengers due to a mix up, etc.
It was almost a tradition for a while. :-)
At least with Disney owning Marvel you know they will have access to all the best writers, etc.
and given how much money they can mine out of it, I imagine they will do the best they can
rather than try and do something that is a direct to DVD type product.
I think it’s great news except I feel bad for Andrew Garfield. I thought he did a great job with the character. However, it will be awesome seeing Spidey interact with other characters in the MCU. The possibilities are endless!
This is great news! No, this is ‘Spectacular’ news! Spider-man can be used in a lot of scenarios now, and that’s nothing but a positive thing! It’s good for movies and good for the hobby. I cannot wait to see him be part of future projects and releases!
Please no reboot! I’d love to see a crossover with the Avengers, maybe just starting with a cameo in one of the stand alone movies and building to another Avengers? Not sure how realistic that would be time-wise but it’s what I would like to see. No matter what, still really anxious to see what is planned!
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