New details about the upcoming “Spider-Man” reboot continue to emerge.
In addition to the recent casting news that Tom Holland will play Peter Parker, Marvel honcho Kevin Feige has revealed that the new film will explore Spider-Man in a firmly high-school setting.
“Spider-Man will be a ‘John Hughes’ movie,” Feige said in an interview with SlashFilm.
He added that Spidey’s age will set him apart from other Marvel characters. “Some of my favorite Spider-Man arcs and Spider-Man stories, he’s in high school for a lot of it. We want to explore that. That also makes him very, very different from any of our other characters in the McU, which is something else we want to explore: how unique he is when now put against all these other characters.”
In an interview with Collider, Feige elaborated on the idea of pitting Parker against the other superheroes. Holland read against Robert Downey,...
In addition to the recent casting news that Tom Holland will play Peter Parker, Marvel honcho Kevin Feige has revealed that the new film will explore Spider-Man in a firmly high-school setting.
“Spider-Man will be a ‘John Hughes’ movie,” Feige said in an interview with SlashFilm.
He added that Spidey’s age will set him apart from other Marvel characters. “Some of my favorite Spider-Man arcs and Spider-Man stories, he’s in high school for a lot of it. We want to explore that. That also makes him very, very different from any of our other characters in the McU, which is something else we want to explore: how unique he is when now put against all these other characters.”
In an interview with Collider, Feige elaborated on the idea of pitting Parker against the other superheroes. Holland read against Robert Downey,...
- 7/4/2015
- by Marianne Zumberge
- Variety - Film News
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