Spidey is finally coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Hell look an awful lot like young British actor Tom Holland, and hell make his first appearance in this years Captain America: Civil War movie before spinning out into his own solo adventure expected in cinemas in July 2017. Jon Watts of kids-in-trouble drama Cop Car and grizzly family horror Clown will direct the solo film, building on the groundwork laid by Joe and Anthony Russo in the huge Civil War crossover film. And Sony will be hoping that these two movies can set right Spideys cinematic stock after the disappointing-according-the-studio takings of The Amazing Spider-Man 2. (Thats one of the few circumstances when $700 million worldwide can be made to sound like a bad thing.) We dont yet know which villains the new web-slinger face, or who is love interest will be. But, thanks to a little digging, we do know these ten juicy facts about the MCUs Spider-Man
10. We Wont See His Origin Story
Read that title above and breathe a sigh of relief you wont need to sit through another cinematic retread of Spider-Mans origin story. Since audiences have already seen Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield get bitter by spiders, lose their uncles and swing around between buildings, Marvel Studios and Sony now believe that everyone can handle jumping straight into a Spider-Man movie without repeating all that stuff. Instead, well pick up with Peter Parker in Captain America: Civil War at a stage where hes already been Spider-Man for a year or so. Thats why Ant-Man included a dialogue reference to a guy who jumps, a guy who swings, and a guy that crawls up walls. (Though it is still unclear if those three terms all refer to the same person Could there be another wall-crawler/jumper/swinger on the loose?) So no, you wont have to see Uncle Ben gunned down again, unless Jon Watts decides to stick a flashback (like Batman Forevers allusions to the Wayne murders) or a brief recap (akin to The Incredible Hulks opening titles) into his 2017 Spidey movie. In Civil War, Spider-Man will already exist before being drawn into the titular conflict between superheroes.
