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Spider-Man: No Way Home was originally going to pit Spidey against Kraven the Hunter

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Spider-Man: No Way Home is set to thrust Tom Holland’s Spider-Man head first into the Marvel Multiverse as Spidey finds himself battling former foes of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s wallcrawlers from past Sony movies.However, speaking to Collider, Holland has revealed that director Jon Watts had planned out an alternative third movie should the multiverse […]

Watch the opening scene from Spider-Man: No Way Home

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Ahead of the film’s release next week, Sony and Marvel have unveiled the opening scene from Spider-Man: No Way Home which picks up straight up from the end of Spider-Man: Far From Home as Peter (Tom Holland) and MJ (Zendaya) make their escape following J. Jonah Jameson’s (J.K. Simmons) declaration that Spidey is now public […]

Spider-Man: No Way Home villains featurette and TV spots unveil new footage

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With its release just a week away, a new featurette has been released for Spider-Man: No Way Home which puts the spotlight on the movie’s villains and includes interviews with stars Alfred Molina, Jamie Foxx, and Willem Dafoe; check it out below, along with a batch of TV spots featuring some snippets of new footage […]

Charlie Cox will play Daredevil in any future Marvel projects, confirms Kevin Feige

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Delighting many, Daredevil is heading to the MCU proper… and he’s being played by the fan-favourite, Charlie Cox!Yes, the man who starred in three seasons of Daredevil on Netflix will make his way into future Marvel Studios’ projects, but nothing is locked in for sure yet. CinemaBlend broke the story late Sunday evening, reporting a […]

Spider-Man: No Way Home CCXP Worlds villains panel offers new look at Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin

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It was certainly a busy day for Sony at yesterday’s CCXP Worlds virtual convention. Not only did the studio unveil an extended clip from Morbius featuring Jared Leto’s transformation into the Living Vampire, but we also got a first look trailer for the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse follow-up Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One) along […]

Hot Toys’ Spider-Man: No Way Home Movie Promo Edition collectible figure revealed

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Sideshow has released promotional images for Hot Toys’ Movie Promo Edition Spider-Man figure which is based on the appearance of Tom Holland’s Webslinger in the upcoming MCU blockbuster Spider-Man: No Way Home. The Marvel collectible is Hot Toys’ Movie Promo Edition Spider-Man, priced at $345; take a look here…The wall-crawler is back! For this first […]

Spider-Man: No Way Home character posters unleash Doc Ock, Electro and Green Goblin

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With just two weeks to go until Spider-Man: No Way Home swings into cinemas, Sony and Marvel have debuted three character posters for the Spidey-Verse adventure showcasing returning Sony villains Doctor Octopus (Alfred Molina), Electro (Jamie Foxx), and Green Goblin (Willem Dafoe); check them out here, along with another IMAX poster and promo…For the first […]

Spider-Man: No Way Home fight scenes are “very violent”, says Tom Holland

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Tom Holland has teased that the fight scenes in Spider-Man: No Way Home will be more violent than previous Spider-Man instalments in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.“There are some fight scenes in this movie that are very violent. And it’s a fighting style different from what we’ve seen before. But really you will get to see Spider-Man […]

Sony downplays reports of new Spider-Man trilogy

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While fans are thrilled at the possibility of more Spider-Man movies, it seems that insiders at Sony are not as cheerful, and are even looking to lower expectations for now.In a new report from The Hollywood Reporter, the trade notes that the second trilogy announced by producer Amy Pascal is not set in stone even […]

The Multiverse Era: When a Cinematic Universe Isn’t Enough

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Tom Jolliffe on the current preoccupation with the multiverse…Cinema is all about cycles. Genres flit in and out of prominence. An action landscape which was once dominated by Westerns was then temporarily displaced by gangster films, then epics, then Westerns again, then a brief parley into pessimistic cinema, before Star Wars laid a significant blueprint […]