More From SPIDER-MAN Director & Writers On Making The Reboot And Skipping The Origin Story
In two more separate interviews with the creative team behind Marvel and Sony's Spider-Man, the co-screenwriters confirm the movie will not retell Spidey's origins story, while the director reveals a very cool connection to Sam Raimi's original film. Check it out after the jump!
When USA Today caught up with John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein at the premiere of their directorial debut Vacation, the screenwriters talked more about the Spider-Man reboot. "There's not much we can say because we just got hired," said Daley. Goldstein then said the movie will be different from the previous because "The tone will be really grounded, about a real kid who gets these powers and what that means with a geeky, outcast kid and how he deals with them." "You don't instantly become a superhero, it's a long journey. [Peter Parker] is spending a lot more time in high school. And so we have time to sort of develop the powers with him and experience the wish fulfillment. And also just the fact that it's really alienating to other people."
John Francis Daley continued, "I don't think the origins story is gonna be in there, and also I think we're going to avoid the emo dance [from Spider-Man 3]... as much as I loved it." Jonathan M. Goldstein then explained how Peter Parker is "not a popular kid, he's a little geeky, and he's self-conscious... as we were in high school, so we want to sort of tell that story, and the fact that getting powers and becoming Spider-Man doesn't solve your problems." Back to Daley, he added, "Because he has to keep it a secret from everyone, so it just makes everything worse for him."
Watts continued, echoing an inspiration for the Spider-Man reboot that Marvel Studios' Kevin Feige had previously mentioned: "The thing that everyone keeps saying is that it’s sort of like the John Hughes version of Spider-Man, which I think is a really cool take on it. He’s in high school, and the questions that that raises I think we haven’t explored as much as we can. In the comics so much of it was about him juggling his high school life and trying to be a superhero. I think there’s a lot to do there." And given John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein were literally just hired to script the movie, as they mentioned above, Jon Watts then discussed collaborating with them. "We’re just getting started," he said. "It remains to be seen how we’re going to do that, but Marvel is a very collaborative place and it’s Marvel and Sony, which is an interesting dynamic."
Directed by Jon Watts, Marvel and Sony's untitled Spider-Man reboot so far stars Tom Holland as Peter Parker and Marisa Tomei as Aunt May, and is scheduled to open in theaters on July 28, 2017. However, the friendly neighborhood web-slinger will first make his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut alongside Earth's Mightiest Heroes in Captain America: Civil War on May 6, 2016.