Another Spider-Man film is not really the superhero film we asked for, but it is the one we’re getting. Yes, the web-slinger will grace the big screen once again as his Peter Parker persona in 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming. Yes, the title is official and a bit cringeworthy. However, this will be the first film of…
In October of 2000, Marvel Comics created the Ultimate Universe. This alternate dimension took favorite characters and de-aged them to make them more relatable to a new generation of comic book fans. Additionally, it freed the characters from the decades of back-history that otherwise would intimidate the new generation from reading the comics. Then in 2011,…
Marvel Comics writers draw inspiration from all literal archetypes when creating characters: the man-monster (Hulk), the billionaire playboy (Iron Man), the mythical god (Thor), and so on. But for every rising star, there were dozens disregarded because of inadequate manpower and the financial pressure of developing characters proven to sell books. With so many heroes…
Another day, another Spider-Man reboot. I’ll hold my tongue on how monumentally boring I think it is that, once again, we will meet a freshly recasted Peter Parker in high school, and just let you know who could be the next web-slinger. At TheWrap they’ve revealed a shortlist of five young actors who are being…
It looks as if Spider-Man will be making his way in a new web in the next few years. He’ll be dropping in on the Marvel Cinematic Universe after Sony Entertainment and Marvel have decided to play nice and work together, a result of the minimal success of The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Sony tried to…
