10 Things You Need To Know About The MCU’s Spider-Man
4. His Life Will Be A Classic Teen Comedy
"It's the soap opera in high school, Marvel Studios big boss Kevin Feige told Birth Movies Death in a 2015 interview, echoing the aforementioned statement from Jon Watts. As well as repeating this party line about the 2017 Spidey movie being a high school soap opera, Feige also delved into other specific inspirations. e haven't seen a John Hughes movie in a long time, he teased, referencing the dearly departed writer of such iconic films as The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Ferris Buellers Day Off, Home Alone, Uncle Buck and Flubber. Hughes was the maestro of penning comedy that kids and their parents could enjoy together, which makes him an intriguing influence for the new Spider-Man movie. Only John Hughes could , Feige made sure to stress, but we're inspired by him, and merging that with the superhero genre in a way we haven't done before excites us." Its easy to see why this merge of Hughes-esque humour with superhero spectacle is exciting Marvels bosses it really hasnt been done before by the studio. Ant-Man and Guardians Of The Galaxy showed us what overtly comedic Marvel Studios movies could achieve, and the new Spider-Man flick presents a unique opportunity to channel all those laughs, quips and funny scrapes of those films into the unique environment of a high school. If Holland can bring Bueller-worthy levels of charisma, Marvel could be onto something immensely popular.