Spider-Man
It was huge news when it was finally revealed that Spider-Man was coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The Webbed Wonder is Marvel’s flagship character, so it was only right that he should be brought over to their flagship movie franchise – having previously been tied up over at Sony.
Tom Holland has been cast as the character and will make his debut in Captain America: Civil War. It’s a decent casting – Holland is a top young actor – but you get the feeling Marvel won’t be able to win regardless of how they go about introducing Spidey this time around.
If they depict his origins on screen, it will be the third time since 2002 – and the second since as recently as 2012 – which will be boring, dull and repetitive. If they don’t depict his origins on screen, it could seem rushed – especially if he unmasks during the Civil War storyline when he will barely have been introduced.
In an ideal world, Spider-Man would have been part of the MCU from the start but, instead, we got the ill-fated Amazing Spider-Man franchise. Now we can only hope he integrates into the franchise successfully.
