With production so early on, not much solid info about the much-awaited "Spider-Man" reboot is there. The biggest breakthrough in the development is that British actor Tom Holland was hailed the new web-slinger after championing the screen tests against four other aspirants.
Variety reports that with Peter Parker in position, there arises the question as to who the big baddie will be in the blockbuster in the making. Good thing Marvel honcho Kevin Feige decided to talk a bit more about that in a quick chat with Birth Movie Deaths.
"Right now we're interested in seeing villains we haven't seen before," Feige said when asked whether or not the "Spider-Man" film will be pitting teenage Peter Parker against enemies that were already seen wreaking havoc in the previous two Spidey-centric franchise.
As Slashfilm pointed out, it is too early for Feige to elaborate on that. However, it sure speaks volumes of what Marvel always give emphasis on their take on "Spider-Man"—there will be major changes.
The aforementioned website, though, said that the fact that the "Spider-Man" movie will be set in high school, the villain will likely be someone whose evilness doesn't involve the destruction of the entire planet. And speaking of high school, Feige also went into detail about Marvel's unique take on it.
"Some of my favorite Spider-Man arcs and Spider-Man stories, he's in high school for a lot of it. We want to explore that. That also makes him very, very different from any of our other characters in the MCU, which is something else we want to explore: how unique he is when now put against all these other characters," the Marvel head explained.
This also opens up an opportunity to a refreshing dynamic wherein Spider-Man is injected in the same universe as other superheroes and is seen as "a very different type of hero" as what he has always been portrayed in the comics.
"Up until this point in the other Spidey films - some of which are some of the best superhero movies ever made - he was the only hero, and now he's not," Feige explained to Zap2it. He added that "the biggest thing ... is that it takes place in this universe."
Lastly, Feige tells Slashfilm that "Spider-Man will be a John Hughes movie," which the site interpreted applies to the high school theme of the movie. For the uninitiated, Hughes is the genius behind the coming-of-age comedy-drama classic "The Breakfast Club."
Meanwhile, Variety adds that the enlistment of Jon Watts as the director guarantees Marvel that it can "make a movie with this person for two years."
"Spider-Man" will swing to the big screen on July 28, 2017.