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Screenwriters confirm the Spider-Man reboot won’t be another origin story

August 4, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Anyone worried that they’d have to sit through another Spider-Man origin tale when Marvel and Sony’s latest reboot hits the big screen in 2017 can rest easy, as screenwriters John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein have confirmed that will not be the case.

“Everybody feels like, you know he got bit by a spider and you know Uncle Ben died,” said Goldstein in an interview with Grantland, with Daley adding that: “It’ll be a fun departure from the Peter Parker that you’ve seen where now, he is truly a kid. And I think the stakes are increased in that his struggle through high school is very real and isn’t just a sort of side note. It matters now.”

SEE ALSO: Tom Holland has filmed his Spider-Man scenes in Captain America: Civil War

The Spider-Man reboot is set for release on July 28th 2017.

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Originally published August 4, 2015. Updated April 15, 2018.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: John Francis Daley, Jonathan M. Goldstein, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Flickering Myth. He is a film, television and digital content writer and producer, whose work includes the gothic horror feature The Baby in the Basket, suspense thriller Death Among the Pines, and horror franchise reboot Robert Returns. He is also the author of Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen.

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