After five movies starring everyone's favorite wall crawler had come and gone, the future of the Spider-Man franchise was a little up in the air. Mixed reviews and box office receipts that didn't meet expectations were giving the studio a reason to stop and reassess. Now, Spider-Man has a new direction, and the future of the franchise has never looked brighter. Kevin Feige, President of Marvel Studios waxed eloquently in a recent interview about how excited he was at the prospect of giving Spidey a fresh, new start.
“Making that agreement … was great, and was really amazing, and on a personal level making these movies, it means a lot because I think we can do great things with Spider-Man," Feige said.
But another set of standalone movies was not the only thing that Feige and his team of writers had in mind. He went on to talk about how Spider-Man will fit in with the other characters and plotlines in the overall Marvel Universe.
“I think Spider-man can serve great purpose in our universe and that’s where he belongs. That was what was unique about him in the comics was not that he was the only superhero in the world; it’s that he was a totally different kind of superhero when compared against all the other ones in the Marvel universe at the time.”
When the first Spider-man movie came out, the Marvel Universe as we know it today had not yet been invented on the big screen. Spider-Man existed in a singular plane with his villains like the Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, Venom and Sandman.
These movies were outstanding at first, and very well received. However, as that particular franchise wore off, the character and the writing simply wore out. The final installment, Spider-Man 3, was so poorly put together that it was widely panned by critics and audiences alike.
The second round of Spidey-films featured Andrew Garfield as the sarcastic teenager that can climb walls. The origin story had to be retold, which was a bit tedious, but the villain was spot on and carried the movie. The Lizard was a great bad-guy to face trying to get this hero back on track.
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