Spider-Man: No Way Home
Jamie Foxx ’s casting inSpider - Man 3means the MCU will suffer from the same multiple villain problem as Sony’sSpider - Manfranchises . Despite how well Sony and Marvel Studios have done to make Tom Holland ’s WWW - slinger a huge improvement onThe Amazing Spider - Manmovies , it seems the same effect that derailed them ( and alsoSam Raimi’sSpider - Man 3 ) is once again on the card for the third MCU Spidey stand - alone .
Both Raimi ’s and Marc Webb ’s Spider - Man sequels suffered because they aimed too high in terms of bringing in multiple scoundrel , either to cater to the studio ’s desire ( in the case of the former ) or to coiffure up wider Spider - Verse film ( in the case of the latter ) . NeitherSpider - Man 3norThe Amazing Spider - Man 2are irredeemable , and in fact , Foxx ’s tortured public presentation as Electro had its present moment , amongst the mussy bombast , but both ’s failings were very specifically tied to the outspread stress of too many characters draw care .
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With the addition of Electro to the MCU - in a shameful twist of events , no less - Jon Watts ' subsequence runs the hazard of repeating the sins of the past , given that hisSpider - Man 3already has too many villainous loose ends . Even without adding a whole novel villain - as has been rumored with the like ofKravenmentioned - the picture show already has three villains to equipoise .
Assuming Electro ’s casting is more than just a post - credits cut teasing him for the Sony Spider - Verse ( which would most belike have been kept privy ) , Tom Holland ’s Spider - Man will confront off against J Jonah Jameson , Michael Mando ’s Scorpion(because he can not just be forgotten about again ) and Electro himself . JJJ is a dissimilar sort of bearing , of form , but there ’s also the very veridical theory that he is work with someone bigger behind him - like a Norman Osborn or a Kingpin - who would stand to win from Spider - Man ’s remotion from New York . That ’s a lot of dynamics to have to balance and it ’s something Sony have give way before .
Even without that new add-on , having Peter Parker care with the fallout of Mysterio ’s revelation at theend ofFar From Homewould have been a significant enough tale in its own right , and have Mando ’s Scorpion follow up on his promise for payback once he bang Parker ’s individuality would have made sense . To give Electro into the intermixture , without any grounding at all , other than the vague suggestion of him arrive thanks to the Multiverse ( or worse just being an entirely Modern version of Electro , nonsensically ) threatens taking nidus aside from the most important plot - line .
Sony ’s case law with front - loading Spider - Man movies with scoundrel is arguably one of the most ill-famed cases of studio encumbrance in comic book pic story . The imperativeness on usingVenom in Raimi’sSpider - Man 3against the director ’s good judgment led to a mussy , unsatisfying climax that take aim three components with outstanding potential and one-half - baked them all . WithThe Amazing Spider - Man 2 , the payoff was more that the studio attempted to seed future twist - offs , and the long - plannedSinister Sixmovie and the carrying into action of that picture ’s multiple villains likewise find under - nourished . The idea of the MCU going the same way is tragic .
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The only potential room Marvel and Sony can get around this is to go back to one of the biggest MCU error of premature years and treat Scorpio likeBaron Von Strucker was manage withAvengers : Age Of Ultron . His first human activity judgment of dismissal was a bitter pill to immerse , but it at least tidied up some escaped ends and while it would be an insult to an thespian of Mando ’s ability , it seems consistent unlessSpider - piece 3is legitimately going to bear on theSinister Sixset - up Sony seem to have been desperate to displume - off for years now . Even then , it will take Herculean effort to verify the film forfend those same quondam over - dressing return .
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