It Sounds Like The Osborns Will Remain On The Shelf After SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING
Those of you hoping to see the Green Goblin in the Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel may be disappointed, as Marvel's Kevin Feige has shed some light on what's next for the franchise's villains.
The Vulture was originally set to appear in Spider-Man 4 but like The Shocker and Tinkerer, he's a villain who has never previously appeared in a movie alongside the wall-crawler. Moving forward, there are plenty of bad guys for Marvel and Sony to pick and choose from but someone a lot of fans would love to see return to the big screen is Norman Osborn, someone we all know best as the Green Goblin.
The problem with that is the fact that the Osborn family was a huge part of both the original Spider-Man trilogy and The Amazing Spider-Man movies so going back there is akin to retreading old ground.
That was something reiterated by Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige when HeyUGuys.com asked about the possibility of seeing the Green Goblin make his debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
"We haven't talked about that. What's fun about this is it's the first time Spider-Man is in the MCU. And the first time he's played by an actor who is the age, essentially, Spidey was in the comics for so long. And, as Michael Keaton does with the Vulture, we get to explore villains we haven't seen before. Spidey has an amazing rogues gallery, so at some point I think it might be interesting to revisit some of the characters we've seen in films before, but right now, we think there are a lot of new ones we haven't played with yet."
In other words, don't get your hopes up that the Osborns will returnany time in the near future. It's definitely a shame that we're not going to see the Green Goblin take to the skies again but after two appalling Harry Osborn versions, it's easy to see why Marvel might want to focus elsewhere. What do you guys think? As always, feel free to share your thoughts and theories in the comments section.
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