Welcome to an abridged, pre-San Diego Comic-Con edition of The Week in Spandex… Well, it’s almost that time of year again. In just a few short hours the San Diego Comic-Con International 2017 will get underway, and as usual it promises to be a huge weekend for fans of superhero movies and television. Warner Bros. […]
Spider-Man: Homecoming’s Tom Holland wants Tobey Maguire to play Uncle Ben
Although Uncle Ben was absent from Spider-Man: Homecoming, you’d have to assume there’s a chance we could get to meet the character through a flashback at some point during Spidey’s time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and if so, Tom Holland knows exactly who he’d like to see taking on the role. “I kinda want […]
The Week in Spandex – Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity War, Thor: Ragnarok, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, The Batman and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity War, Thor: Ragnarok, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Deadpool 2, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Justice League, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, The Batman, Green Lantern Corps, Supergirl, Arrow, The Flash, Hellboy Rise of the Blood Queen and more… The fourth […]
Tom Holland wants to see Spider-Girl in Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel
We’re still a couple of months away from the release of Spider-Man: Homecoming, but star Tom Holland is already starting to field questions about the second instalment of the rebooted Marvel and Sony series, revealing to CinePOP that he’d like to see Spider-Girl introduced in the sequel. “There’s so many good villains, I really like […]
Spider-Man: Homecoming 2 to shoot in June, casting reportedly underway for Gwen Stacy
Following on from official confirmation at Brazil’s Comic-Con Experience from Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige that Jon Watts will return to the director’s chair, we now have a report from Omega Underground about the production dates for the Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel. According to the report, filming on the Marvel and Sony co-production will get underway […]
Rumour: Marvel open to a gender-swapped villain for Spider-Man: Homecoming 2
With production on Marvel and Sony’s Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel slated to get underway in June, we should expect to hear some details soon as to who’ll be joining Tom Holland’s wall-crawler in the cast of Spidey’s second solo MCU outing. We’ve already heard that the search is underway for a “femme fatale” character – who […]
Rumour: Spider-Woman to appear in Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel
If rumours are to be believed, Jessica Drew could be heading to the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a role in Marvel and Sony’s as-yet-untitled Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel. You may recall that back in January That Hashtag Show reported that Marvel and director Jon Watts were looking to cast a European actress as a “femme fatale” […]
The Week in Spandex – Avengers: Infinity War, Black Widow, Thor 4, Spider-Man: Homecoming 2, Shazam, Flashpoint, Gotham City Sirens, Hellboy, Spawn and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers 4, Thor 4, Black Panther, Spider-Man: Homecoming 2, Venom, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Black Widow, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Cloak & Dagger, The Punisher, X-Men, Wolverine, The Gifted, Justice League, Shazam, Flashpoint, Gotham City Sirens, […]
Marvel rumoured to be casting a “femme fatale” for Spider-Man: Homecoming 2
Earlier this week it was revealed that Marvel, Sony and director Jon Watts are looking to head to Europe for the as-yet-untitled Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel, with the production reportedly set to shoot in the UK and Germany. This followed earlier rumours that Marvel was auditioning European actresses for the role of Gwen Stacy, prompting speculation […]
Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel assembles its crew, will reportedly shoot in Europe
With the as-yet-untitled Spider-Man: Homecoming follow-up now in pre-production ahead of a planned June shoot, it looks like Sony, Marvel and director Jon Watts are filling out the crew for the Phase Four-launching sequel. According to MCU Exchange, Matthew Lloyd has signed on to serve as director of photography, having previously worked with director Watts […]