How times change. Just two years
ago, everyone was so bummed out by The Amazing Spider-Man 2 that the
thought of another movie starring Marvel’s wall-crawling superhero felt like a
chore. And then Marvel Studios and Sony reached a deal, Tom
Holland become the new Peter Parker, and the brand new Spider-Man swung
into the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a supporting player in Captain
America: Civil War and somehow managed to make us forget about the
previous reboot of this character. We superhero movie fans be sheep, but at
least we’re sheep who know what we want.
After being teased the other day,
the first Spider-Man: Homecoming trailer has officially arrived,
giving us our first look at the first solo adventure of the new Spidey.
In addition to
Holland, Spider-Man: Homecoming will also feature the
great Michael Keaton as the winged villain known as Adrian Toomes
(better known as the classic Spider-Man villain, the Vulture), Jon
Favreau as “Happy” Hogan (finally breaking out of the Iron
Man movies), and Robert Downey Jr. himself as Tony Stark, who
seems to be making a habit out of arming his young superhero protégé with
expensive technology. Donald Glover plays an unspecified role
while Bokeem Woodbine plays an unspecified villain.
While Marvel Studios has
developed a fine-tuned engine that has turned making solid comic book
adaptations into a science, Spider-Man: Homecoming is a massive step
upwards for director Jon Watts, who won the gig on the strength of his (very
good) 2015 thriller, Cop Car.
The best Marvel Studios
films are those that hit the usual beats while also carrying a piece of the
filmmakers’ souls (see: Guardians of the Galaxy, The
Avengers, Iron Man 3, and Doctor Strange), so
hopefully Homecoming will be as much a Watts movie as it is a Marvel
movie.
The film is set to open
on July 7, 2017.
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