So I guess the Venom movie with Tom Hardy truly is a go. "Silver & Black" isn't as far, but gaining momentum.
I've got to ask, is anyone interested in this branch of Marvel? So far, these movies are not supposed to be connected to the the MCU-Prime, but there's been no determination if Holland's Spidey will make crossovers into them. I'm not sure if this puts anyone at ease with Sony's universe building verses when they tried to do it with ASM2.
To some extent, it seems weird to not have Spidey involved in those two movies. On the other hand, I have no faith those movies will be good, so I don't want them tarnishing the new Spider-man franchise & by extension, the MCU.
What are your thoughts on this?
http://variety.com/2017/film/news/spider-man-sony-cinematic-universe-homecoming-1202498770/amp/
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So, to answer your question @Matt , yes, I am interested in Venom and Silver and Black, with or without Spidey. Sony's delivered for me so far and I trust them to further explore his supporting cast and rogues gallery.
I saw Raimi's Spider-man 10 times in the theatre. Spider-man 2 I saw 5 times in the theatre.
I'm a huge Black Cat fan, even got her shitty mini-series in the 90s, but I can't bring myself to see this movie. And I've never cared for Venom, so that takes that movie off the board.
Aside from probably the forthcoming X-Men movie(s) (and Deadpool 2 on Netflix), I'm restricting my Marvel movie viewing to Marvel Studios.
I don't think these films will tarnish the MCU any more than the lousy Hulk film(s) did, which is to say they didn't.
The thing is, I have never really cared about Spider-Man. So, with exception of the Hammond made for TV stuff, all of them have been post video release. I don't see that changing regardless of what they do with the character. If it's available to stream I'll get around to watching it. If not, I won't go out of my way to rent it.
Side bar: I employ you not to see it though. If you feel that strongly about Marvel Studios, I'd avoid anything that has their involvement.
With Sony distributing the movie & final say, it's still technically their movie, no? The Incredible Hulk is technically a Universal film as they distributed.
Plastering the Marvel Studios logo all over was just to market to people such as myself, who have really only spent money on MCU comic book movies since Sony initially rebooted Spider-man (and DC decided it wanted an extended universe). It looks, however, Homecoming is on pace to basically make what ASM did.
As a side bar, however, upon a second look I see that Big Picture 2 Films handled the Portuguese theatrical distribution and they look legit. Now I'm torn again.
https://www.comicbookmovie.com/spider-man/nightwatch-movie-rumored-to-be-in-development-sony-reportedly-eyeing-spike-lee-to-direct-a153610
I thought he was a Ghost Rider villian; I promise I've read/know more about 90s - present ghost Rider than anyone on these boards and 99% of all comics readers. And I was confused.
Spike will be doing new Little Penny commercials before he finishes this as a direct to video "movie"
Unlike today, where stuff like The Shadow #1 & Batman/Shadow mini-series have me questioning why I'm buying subpar books, the "long-going" storyline only had me wishing there was more Spidey.
As much as I enjoyed Nightwatch in the '90s (I'm sure I was the only one), along with his recent revival in She-Hulk (although I thought he ended his 90s series stuck in a time loop?), some things are better left in the past.
With all the Marvel properties that could be turned into a feature film, I'm sure there are many (Many) choices that would fair far better than Nightwatch.
Although I do remember having a similar reaction when Marvel announced their Guardians of the Galaxy franchise... so what do I know (aside from Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning's GotG being far superior to Nightwatch).
And would in fact would work better as a movie than a comic, as you can properly structure the mystery and design a satisfying answer. In comics, you've got other demands that mess with a mystery of that kind - if you solve the mystery, the reason for the character evaporates. If you drag it out, the mystery starts to buckle under the weight of continuity.
And Spike Lee taking a crack at the superhero genre would be interesting in and of itself too.