You think it’s easy just dropping Spider-Man into the Avengers?
There’s lots of heavy lifting that needs to get done first…
This article contains potential spoilers forCaptain America: Civil Warand other Marvel stuff.
Spider-Manis finally coming home to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Perhaps you heard about this.
We cant imagine that anyone was talking about it all that much, after all.
In all seriousness, this is a very big deal.
Hollywod studios generally arent known for sharing multi-billion dollar pieces of intellectual property like Spider-Man.
Yet, here we are.
Theres little in the way of hard facts available just yet.
In other words, audiences know who Spider-Man is.
They know what kind of world he operates in.
They know the broad strokes of his story.
But where does he fit in the grand scheme of things?
Spider-Man will make his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut inCaptain America: Civil War.
Ummmm…I wouldnt expect to see this.
It also makes it easy to introduce him as a gifted intern working for Tony Stark, for example.
In the comics, there arethousandsof masked superhumans with secret identities.
Cue J. Jonah Jameson headlines, etc…
Theres another, more practical issue with this, as well.
Spidey will be showing up in six movies over the next five or six years.
We may seesomekind of unmasking…it just might not be related to Spider-Man.
I could go on, but you get the point.
And who else became a full-blown card carrying Avenger when it was time for aNew Avengersteam to come together?
What About Miles Morales?
But the reality is…it probably isnt going to happen.
For now, at least.
Ifirmlybelieve his time will come, though, but were not quite there yet.
First they have to establish the new Peter Parker.
Could a Solo Movie Scale Things Down?
Ive often felt that the scale of recent Spider-Man movies is too big.
Each succeeding superhero moviecant just be a bigger and louder orgy of third act destruction.
Let the Avengers save the world and the Guardians save the galaxy.
Spidey should be the guy who saves his neighborhood.
And can wepleaseallow Spidey to be funny and not such a mope in these movies for cryin out loud?
Speaking of which…
Who Should Write It?
Theres a very short answer to this, and then a somewhat longer one.
But theres still Drew Goddard to consider.
We expect an announcement on this front some time soon, though.
Well keep you updated on all Spidey developments as we hear them.
