The entrance of Spider-Man to the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been a subject discussed countless times by fans and followers of both the superhero and the entire team. While no details regarding the story line of the 2017 reboot have been officially confirmed, Marvel has been consistently vocal about its desire to feature yet another high school version of Peter Parker. Months of speculation on the potential actors to don the web slinger's suit ensued, and rumors were finally laid to rest when the company announced that none other than British star Tom Holland landed the highly coveted role.
In an interview with Super Hero Hype, Marvel's president, Kevin Feige, discloses some details surrounding the exciting project and explains how both his studio and Sony Pictures are working together to produce the best Spider-Man film to date - a goal which the executive himself describes as challenging, citing "Spider-Man 2" as one of the "best superhero movies ever" which poses "a lot to live up to."
"We're producing that movie for Sony and in partnership with Amy Pascal, so it's been going through the same process of any other Marvel film would, and it's been great," Feige explains, referring to the collaboration of Marvel with Sony to create the next Spider-Man film which earlier starred Toby Maguire and Andrew Garfield. "Tom Rothman at Sony has been very supportive in the decisions and obviously the two big ones we announced this week," Marvel's head adds, citing the announcements regarding the actor playing the titular role, Holland, and the film's director, "Cop Car's" Jon Watts.
However, this is not the first collaboration of Marvel and Sony. Prior to Spider-Man, both companies actually worked together to produce and create the first X-Men film with Bryan Singer. With that said, many fans could speculate that Rothman and Feige already forged a bond especially since the latter even worked as an associate producer for the said film.
Although Feige admits that connection, he clarifies that his work with Rothman in Spider-Man is in "a very different capacity." He says, "Marvel Studios as its own studio didn't exist and I was not a full producer on any of those movies. It was a different relationship, but he was always very supportive of me personally."
Since Spider-Man is now part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, fans could not help but wonder whether Holland will also take part of other superhero films which has been the case for Chris Evans, Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Hemsworth and Mark Ruffalo.
"Right now, it's all about producing the new stand-alone Spider-Man movie," Feige says. "That's what Sony is focused on. That's what we're focused on, and whatever happened before that or after that, sort of remains to be seen, but it's all about producing the best Spider-Man movie we can, certainly within the Sony Universe, next July," he adds.
Amidst the fanfare linked to the latest addition to the team, a lot of viewers are wary of the project and question the necessity to have another Spider-Man movie. However, this notion was belied by studio heads when they commented on the project earlier this year.
"To argue that there's plenty of other superhero movies with levity in the marketplace, so why make more 'Spider-Man' movies, would be akin to saying there's no room for James Bond films because of all the espionage films and franchises that have come out over the years," said Warner Bros. executive Jeff Robinov to Pascal, according to Variety. He added, "There will always be room for this beloved, iconic hero."
