Well, this isn't exactly a surprise!
Following the news that Sony Pictures and Disney/Marvel Studios have managed to come to terms on a deal for a third
Spider-Man movie, it's now been revealed that
Homecoming and
Far From Home director Jon Watts is set to return to take the helm of the follow-up.
It's said that the deal should be wrapped very soon and once the co-financing deal was sorted, the next priority was locking in Watts after he's steered the franchise to grossing over $2 billion.
This ensures some consistency between the movies and means that the story the director started with
Homecoming will now continue/conclude with a third chapter which is bound to deal with the fact Spider-Man's secret identity has been outed to the world after he's been outed as a "menace" and framed for the murder of Mysterio.
Make sure to check out our chat with Jon Watts in the player below:
Hit the "View List" button to check out some
spectacular Spider-Man: Homecoming concept art!
A comic accurate Tinkerer? That was clearly the plan early on, but
Orange is the New Black's Michael Chernus ended up playing the character, delivering a more comedic take in the process.
It appears as if the final act was going to feature Adrian Toomes and The Tinkerer gathering a number of wealthy businessmen to show off the devastating tech they had created with Chitauri tech.
Spider-Man would have been keeping a close eye on the proceedings here (who wants to bet this would have been an auction?), and Marvel could have tied this into
Ant-Man and what remained of HYDRA.
Rather than being stolen from Stark Industries, it seems like that plane was meant to belong to Toomes and was something he would have used to make his escape (unless he'd already stolen it).
Based on that explosion, though, it appears as if something would have gone wrong during this meet-up and that the Chitauri tech would have once again blown up due to its unstable nature.
These awesome pieces show the battle between Spidey and The Vulture, as the villain uses his wings to bring down the warehouse around him. This led to a classic piece of comic book imagery!
Rather than using The Vulture to hitch a ride, it seems like Spidey's initial plan was to ground him in these pieces depicting what was going to happen next after the hero emerged from the rubble.
It's hard to say why Spidey would keep a piece of alien tech in what seems to be a greenhouse, but this was clearly conceived fairly early on in the development process and didn't make the cut.
Spider-Man takes to the skies as he hops aboard the camouflaged plane and attempts to steer it away from New York City. Unlike some of the other pieces here, this did make it into the final cut!
These atmospheric shots from the final battle show the wall-crawler facing down The Vulture as a fire rages around them. However, as you'll see in the next piece, there's one major difference.
Rather than taking place near Coney Island, it seems as if an earlier version would have been set in the city itself. Ultimately, it's doubtful this would have changed the final battle all that much.
This stunning piece of artwork ended up inspiring one of the best pieces of imagery in
Spider-Man: Homecoming, as Peter Parker takes a break from being a Friendly Neighbourhood superhero.
Iron Man (well, his armour) gives Spider-Man a stern telling off, and this is another piece of artwork which clearly heavily inspired what ended up in the Sony Pictures/Marvel Studios movie.
Many thanks to Henrik Tamm for the concept art used throughout this post!