I don't know if this is a joke or something that was done with 100-percent seriousness, but it's fantastically entertaining. Ahead of the release of Spider-Man: Homecoming, a new clip from Tobey Maguire's screen test for Spider-Man has begun making the rounds, and it looks more like a Bruce Lee movie than a superhero film. The clip, which clocks in at just over a minute, sees a ripped...
Spider-Man: Homecoming is the latest take on the character we’ve come to know and love over the past decade. The new take on the character features a high-tech suit that has been provided by Tony Stark. It makes sense then that the suit has a J.A.R.V.I.S.-like assistant, and after some debate, we now know exactly who voice that assistant in the movie. Note: There are some minor...
After seeing Spider-Man: Homecoming last week, I left the theater a little confused. I could swear some of the shots used in the early trailers weren’t in the final movie, but I wasn’t sure. So, I went home and re-watched the first trailer released six months ago and, sure enough, that shot of Spider-Man and Iron Man flying through Queens didn’t make the cut. Now, thanks to an...
The funny thing about creating a connected movie universe is you can easily claim characters have been part of it all along. By this logic, Tom Holland’s new comments about Peter Parker make total sense. Confirming a long-held fan theory, Holland said Peter Parker was first introduced to the MCU all the way back in Iron Man 2—a movie that came out in 2010. It’s a stretch, but a...
Spider-Man is a big deal in the Marvel comic book universe. With the licensing split between Marvel Studios and Sony, though, it’s been hard to tell just how big a role he would play in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Despite being a core part of Marvel’s past and present, that licensing could’ve kept him relegated to bit parts in Marvel movies at best. But it seems Marvel considers him...
"With great power comes great responsibility." That line is never uttered in Spider-Man: Homecoming (out July 7), but its message acts as the crux of Peter Parker's (Tom Holland) journey, which shows how he copes with post-Civil War life and teenage angst. Rather than forcing audiences to re-live Parker's origin story, Homecoming is a more intimate story about him maturing from an...
After you pick up the Spider-Man figure from Spider-Man: Homecoming, add to your collection with Hot Toys’ new Iron Man figure, which looks astonishingly life-like. As you well know, Robert Downey Jr.’s character is set to appear in the upcoming film as a mentor figure to Peter Parker, providing him with a high-tech suit and generally making sure he stays out of trouble. As the saying...
While we’re still wondering whether our friendly neighborhood web-head will be appearing in the upcoming Venom spin-off, or whether those movies are somehow connected to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, some hard details are starting to leak out. Namely, we know against whom our anti-hero will be facing off. If you’re a fan of Spidey and all his friends, you already have a good guess. As...
If you thought trying to explain the history of the Marvel universe was complicated, try explaining to someone which companies own the movie rights to which Marvel characters. You’d need an entire Avengers Initiative worth of intellectual property lawyers to spell it out. That Spider-Man even appeared in Captain America: Civil War at all is a small miracle. As Sony, holder of Spidey’s...
"You're in dire need of an upgrade." Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) will play a big role in Spider-Man: Homecoming and, as a result, his influence will be everywhere. That's none more obvious than in Spider-Man's suit, which is full of advanced technology, from web wings to a detachable drone. At the end of Captain America: Civil War (Spidey's MCU debut), we find out that the suit...