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| Written by Stefan Blitz |
I guess The Interview debacle made Sony think their future through with some very clear and sober eyes, because they’re finally playing nice with May Parker’s favorite nephew, The Amazing, The Spectacular, The Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.
With the inimitable wall-crawler finally being interwoven into the Marvel Cinematic Universe (while still appearing in solo adventures in Sony films), Marvel has taken another step closer to uniting all of their intellectual properties on the silver screen.
With that in mind, here are five potentially awesome things that could happen as the result of this new and exciting partnership!
1. Anyone Could Be Peter Parker!
Personally I’m hoping for a teenage Parker, which would be a nice contrast to the older heroes of the films so far.
Taron Egerton of Kingsman: The Secret Service was rumored to be up for Cyclops in X-Men: Apocalypse and when speaking with MTV UK revealed his interest in playing the character.
If Marvel and Sony were feeling extremely bold, they might put Peter Parker aside and replace him with the mixed race Mile Morales of the Ultimate Spider-Man series. Tyler James Williams, who is currently in the cast of The Walking Dead and played the title character on Everybody Hates Chris, might be a good choice for this interpretation.
2. Establish Him As Part of The Universe
After five Spider-Man films, we don’t need another origin rehash; this opportunity allows us to jump right in with a completely different perspective. Uncle Ben’s death is the reason why Peter fights crime, but The Avengers can be his inspiration as to how he does it.
He’s a scientific genius and would likely bond with Stark and Banner on some level. I can also see some camaraderie with newer characters like The Falcon, Ant Man and Captain Marvel. He’s new at this. He’s young. He’s impressionable. He makes jokes. Some of them might be funny.
And likely they’ll find him annoying.
3. The Daily Bugle and J. Jonah Jameson
One of the biggest mistakes of the Marc Webb Spider-films is the lack of presence of a relationship between Peter and the newspaper The Daily Bugle, and the unforgivable omission of J. Jonah Jameson (who was perfectly played in Sam Raimi’s original Spider-trilogy by J.K. Simmons).
What was missing from those films, was there was nothing for Jameson to compare Spider-Man to. Now, he can be a menace or a crook, unlike real heroes like Captain America or Iron Man. One of the disappointments of the upcoming Daredevil series is that Vondie Curtis Hall will play New York Bulletin reporter Ben Urich, instead of Daily Bugle reporter.
Maybe they’ll get bought out. And bring back Simmons.
4. Expanded Rogues Gallery
Good for Marvel. Good for Spider-Man. And Vincent D’Onofrio as The Kingpin.
Good for everyone.
‘Nuff said!
