If you
haven’t heard, Marvel has struck a deal with Sony Pictures to use
Spider-Man/Peter Parker for their in-house movies. From what I can tell, the long and short of
it boils down to the following. 1)
Spider-Man (rebooted once again) will appear in a Marvel Avengers-verse film; smart money seems to be on Captain America: Civil War. 2) Sony will continue to put out Spider-Man movies, co-produced by
Marvel. 3) Other property-sharing could
potentially occur – Spidey in other Marvel movies, of course, and maybe Marvel
characters (ie, Cap, Iron Man, and the like) showing up in Sony’s Spider-Man films.
As it
stands, I’m of at least two minds about this.
I love Marvel’s cinematic universe to bits, and I’ve been a Spider-Man
fan since I was a wee lass. Undoubtedly,
two great tastes that taste great together!
The stuff I’ve heard about the Cap-Spidey interactions in the original Civil War story is what has me most
interested in that film, and anyway, that storyline will be better if there’s a
superhero around who actually has a secret idea. More generally, I think it’d be awesome to
see Spidey working with other heroes in a live-action franchise. The Avengers have such an interesting mix of personalities
anyway, and bringing in a smart-alecky teenage science nerd could lead to so
much fun. I’m beyond excited about the
prospect of having Spider-Man in these movies; he’s one of Marvel’s biggest
comic-book characters for a reason.
However,
this scenario could also result in some serious Wolverine Syndrome, whereby one
popular character starts monopolizing all the screentime in an ensemble
franchise. I mean, I like Wolverine, and
Hugh Jackman does a great job with the role, but there are oodles of X-Men, and
it’s frustrating to see interesting characters relegated to glorified cameos in
order to get yet more Wolverine. The Avengers
franchise is already a bit crowded and becoming more so all the time, and it’d be
easy for Spider-Man to edge out his fellow heroes. I love Spidey, but I also love Thor and Cap
and Iron Man. Plus, when characters like
Black Widow and Bruce/Hulk don’t have their own solo movies, they’d be even
more susceptible to getting their screentime eaten, and I don’t want to resent
Spider-Man for denying me anyone else. (Already,
making room for the co-produced Marvel/Sony Spider-Man
solo film has pushed back the releases for the third Thor movie and the debut pictures for Black Panther, Captain
Marvel, and The Inhumans. Black Panther
and Captain Marvel in particular are long overdue as it is. You’ve got a lot of plates spinning, Marvel –
be careful.)
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