With Tom Holland announced as the Marvel Cinematic Universe Spider-Man, and Spidey’s appearance in Captain America: Civil War confirmed, Marvel President Kevin Feige has offered up more details on the film, focusing on the villains.
Feige says the MCU’s take on Spider-Man will differ greatly from Sony’s adaptation, with an emphasis on Peter Parker’s youth and other defining characteristics of Spider-Man being heavily focused on in relation to his abilities. Feige made reference to director John Hughes, (the mastermind behind every teen flick in the 1980’s) as a great source of inspiration for the reboot of Spider-Man:
“It’s the soap opera in high school, and those supporting characters, that are interesting,” Feige told Birth Movies Death. “Just as we hadn’t seen a heist movie in a long time, or a shrinking movie in a long time, we haven’t seen a John Hughes movie in a long time. Not that we can make a John Hughes movie – only John Hughes could – but we’re inspired by him, and merging that with the superhero genre in a way we haven’t done before excites us.”
Feige also confirmed that new villains will be introduced, sorry Green Goblin fans and perhaps Venom fans, too.
“Right now we’re interested in seeing villains we haven’t seen before.”
This is precisely why fans begged Sony to relinquish the rights to Spider-Man in the first place–an emphasis on Peter’s youth, new villains and a new tone is just what MCU fans have begged for. Let’s see if they deliver.
H/T ComicBook