Tag: Spider-Man
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More ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’: Sony to Release Extended Cut In Theaters
Are your spidey senses tingling?Sony Pictures announced that “
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Julia Garner Has Been Offered The Madonna Role In Universal’s Biopic
With the release of Baz Lerman’s “Elvis” on the horizon and the massive success of “Bohemian Rhapsody,” the popularity of music biopics has not been any higher. This motivated Universal Pictures, producer Amy Pascal (“Spider-Man” franchise), and Madonna to team up for an untitled film based on the life of the iconic pop star.Continue reading…
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Zendaya and Andrew Garfield’s ‘Spider-Man’ Inside Jokes Include Tobey Maguire’s ‘Crazy’ Forearms
For Andrew Garfield and Zendaya, there is nothing greater than seeing their performances in “
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How Microsoft Turning Down A Marvel Deal Led To PlayStation’s Exclusive On The Spider-Man Games
The console wars have deeply divided gamers for as long as I’ve been around, and I’ve been around a long, long time. In recent years, Nintendo has been happy to be off on their own little island, doing what they do best and fostering their own IP while Sony and Microsoft duke it out for…
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Why Movies and TV Are Obsessed with the Multiverse
In an early scene of “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” the spell-casting superhero (Benedict Cumberbatch) encounters a character from another universe who offers him a primer on the multiverse concept. He shrugs it off: They went through all this in the “Spider-Man” movie released last year.These days, the multiverse is everywhere. In both…
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Tom Holland Surprised Sony While Doing His Spider-Man Movement Test
It’s hard to imagine anyone but Tom Holland as the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Spider-Man. When the actor was cast in the role back in 2015, it was the first time an age-appropriate star was playing the web slinger, and it helped that Holland was able to perfectly capture the essence of the comic book superhero/high…
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Sam Raimi Wouldn’t Mind Making Another Low-Budget Horror Movie Or Thriller [Exclusive]
Though he’s become known in the 21st century for helming big-budget superhero films like Sony’s original “Spider-Man” trilogy, starring Tobey Maguire, as well as the upcoming “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” for Marvel Studios, Sam Raimi comes from much humbler directorial roots. As anyone worth their salt as a genre fan should know, Raimi got his…
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Doctor Strange 2 Director Sam Raimi On Returning To Marvel And The Legacy Of Steve Ditko [Interview]
There’s no avoiding potential hyperbole here, but here goes: we don’t have modern cinema without Sam Raimi. What is the ongoing superhero movie boom if not an elaborate extension built upon the foundation that is his “Spider-Man” trilogy? And would we have the modern horror genre, so capable of pivoting between comedy and terror with…
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Jon Watts Exits as Director of Marvel Studios’ ‘Fantastic Four’
Marvel Studios will need to find another Mr. Fantastic (filmmaker).Director Jon Watts has left the company’s reboot of “Fantastic Four.” Watts directed all three of Marvel Studios’ “
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‘Fantastic Four’ Loses Its Director As ‘Spider-Man’ Filmmaker Jon Watts Exits Project
Is Jon Watts‘ love affair with Marvel Studios over? It might be? After directing three ‘Spider-Man’ movies in a row for Sony Pictures—though all produced by Marvel Studios— including the mega-billion dollar earning “Spider-Man; No Way Home,” Watts is stepping down as the director of Marvel’s “Fantastic Four,” which was set to be his next…