Spider-Man No Way Home's villain crossover almost didn't make it into the movie's primary plot, as the producers initially set it aside as a mere post-credits scene.
According to The Wrap, the iconic villains of past Spider-Man installments, including Willem Dafoe's Green Goblin and Alfred Molina's Doctor Octopus from the Tobey Maguire films, and Jamie Foxx's Electro from the Andrew Garfield-led Amazing Spider-Man 2, were not included in the original plans for the main plot of the Tom Holland Spider-Man sequel.
In fact, No Way Home's writers, Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, revealed that the producers originally considered leaving the villains' appearance until the movie's post-credits scene. However, they swiftly u-turned on the idea as Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige posed an alternative suggestion for the cast of baddies to appear as part of the main plot.
"I don't know if it was Kevin [Feige's] idea, the idea of doing something with the other villains and teasing that at the very end [of the movie], I think in a tag was floated," McKenna recalled, thinking back on discussions during the movie's early story meetings. "We were coming up with different storylines that would just sort of write towards a tag like that."
McKenna and Sommers thrashed out story threads that could lead to such a villain teaser — with Kraven even being mentioned at one point — before Feige "blew everything open" with his suggestion. "I think it was Kevin who goes, 'Remember that idea with all the villains that we were talking about for a tag? That Sinister Six idea? Why don't we just do it in the movie?"
The writers admitted that they had frequently pitched the idea of Kraven the Hunter making his big-screen debut in the Spider-Man projects they had worked on, but had only faced rejections thus far. There may be a very good reason for that, as the classic Marvel villain is now set to appear in his own Kraven the Hunter spin-off film.
The upcoming Spider-Man spin-off is currently set for a January 2023 release, with Aaron Taylor Johnson starring as the titular baddie. It will be directed by J.C. Chandor with a script by Art Marcum, Matt Holloway, and Richard Wenk. The Kraven the Hunter movie is one of several Spider-Man spin-offs heading to the big screen, including Morbius and Venom 3.
Adele Ankers is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.
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According to The Wrap, the iconic villains of past Spider-Man installments, including Willem Dafoe's Green Goblin and Alfred Molina's Doctor Octopus from the Tobey Maguire films, and Jamie Foxx's Electro from the Andrew Garfield-led Amazing Spider-Man 2, were not included in the original plans for the main plot of the Tom Holland Spider-Man sequel.
In fact, No Way Home's writers, Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, revealed that the producers originally considered leaving the villains' appearance until the movie's post-credits scene. However, they swiftly u-turned on the idea as Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige posed an alternative suggestion for the cast of baddies to appear as part of the main plot.
"I don't know if it was Kevin [Feige's] idea, the idea of doing something with the other villains and teasing that at the very end [of the movie], I think in a tag was floated," McKenna recalled, thinking back on discussions during the movie's early story meetings. "We were coming up with different storylines that would just sort of write towards a tag like that."
McKenna and Sommers thrashed out story threads that could lead to such a villain teaser — with Kraven even being mentioned at one point — before Feige "blew everything open" with his suggestion. "I think it was Kevin who goes, 'Remember that idea with all the villains that we were talking about for a tag? That Sinister Six idea? Why don't we just do it in the movie?"
The writers admitted that they had frequently pitched the idea of Kraven the Hunter making his big-screen debut in the Spider-Man projects they had worked on, but had only faced rejections thus far. There may be a very good reason for that, as the classic Marvel villain is now set to appear in his own Kraven the Hunter spin-off film.
The upcoming Spider-Man spin-off is currently set for a January 2023 release, with Aaron Taylor Johnson starring as the titular baddie. It will be directed by J.C. Chandor with a script by Art Marcum, Matt Holloway, and Richard Wenk. The Kraven the Hunter movie is one of several Spider-Man spin-offs heading to the big screen, including Morbius and Venom 3.
Adele Ankers is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.
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