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Rumour: Sony planning Silver Sable movie

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Yesterday we brought you some comments from Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman Tom Rothman, who stated that Sony plans to build a “whole Spider-Man universe” alongside the upcoming Spidey reboot which the studio is co-producing with Marvel Studios. Well, it’s only taken a few hours for us to get our first rumour as to what that universe […]

Kenneth Choi joins Spider-Man: Homecoming as the school principal

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The People v. O.J. Simpson star Kenneth Choi has signed on to appear in Spider-Man: Homecoming, with Deadline reporting that he’s set to play the principal of Midtown High School. Choi has already appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, having portrayed the Howling Commando Jim Morita in Captain America: The First Avenger. This puts him […]

Jon Watts reveals what comics he’s reading in preparation for Spider-Man reboot

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During an interview with Den of Geek, director Jon Watts (Cop Car) has been speaking about Sony and Marvel’s upcoming Spider-Man reboot, and specifically the comic book titles he’s been reading for inspiration for the latest take on the friendly neighbourhood wall-crawler. “Ultimate is great,” states Watts. “I love Ultimate. We have the freedom to pull […]

Drew Goddard initially envisioned a Daredevil movie, talks Sinister Six movie plans

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Matt Murdock’s Man Without Fear launched Marvel’s Netflix adventure earlier this year with the release of the critically acclaimed series, but things could have been different had Drew Goddard’s original plans come to fruition. “I went into Marvel and talked to them about making [Daredevil] as a movie a couple of years ago, long after the […]

Emma Thompson: “If I see yet another Spider-Man, I’m going to have to actually hang myself”

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We may be done with superhero and comic book movies for 2015, but there’s a load of the coming next year (Captain America: Civil War, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Deadpool, X-Men: Apocalypse to name but a few). Some feel like we’re in a glory period of comic book flicks (unless you’re our own […]

Andrew Garfield on Spider-Man, Marvel and The Amazing Spider-Man 3

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Earlier this month we heard some comments from Andrew Garfield about Tom Holland taking over the role of Spider-Man for the wall-crawler’s upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe reboot, and now Garfield has revealed to Uproxx that he’d petitioned Sony to strike a deal with marvel, as well as speaking briefly about the now-aborted Amazing Spider-Man 3. […]

Kevin Feige on Marvel’s involvement with the Spider-Man reboot and skipping Spidey’s origin in the MCU

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With the release of Captain America: Civil War fast approaching, Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige has been out and about on the press tour, discussing all things Marvel. We’ve already brought you some of his comments on Inhumans [see here] along with Black Panther and Captain Marvel [see here], and now the producer has been […]

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

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We knew that it would be a fast turnaround for young actor Tom Holland after being cast as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War, but it would appear that he’s already done. While discussing their latest movie Vacation, Spider-Man screenwriters Jonthan Goldstein and John Francis Daley have said that they will be screened his scenes […]

DEBUNKED: Is this Tom Holland’s Spider-Man suit?

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UPDATE: As pointed out by YackBacker in the comments below, turns out this is a fake. Original post follows… There’s been a lot of rumours swirling lately about the design for Tom Holland’s Spider-Man suit in the upcoming Captain America: Civil War and the subsequent 2017 solo movie, and now an image has arrived online […]