HAWKEYE Production Delayed Slightly As SPIDER-MAN 3 Begins Preparation To Start Filming In New York

The more I think about it, the more I wonder how the mcu would be different if Spider-Man was never a part of it. With Spider-Man also came delays in both Black Panther and Captain Marvel. With Captain Marvel placing it awkwardly between Infinity War and Endgame. Having that movie released before Infinity War and having that movie slot filled by Black Widow would've made Captain Marvel's inclusion less jarring but also allowed for a more emotional send off for Black Widow.

Wish they gave us a title already. One that hasn't Home in the title. Also I doubt this will be released december next year with all the delay already going on

Um... So shouldn't we have a name for this movie already? Tired of calling it "the third Spider-Man" lol

Okay, so I watched this web series about performers with disabilities and was genuinely moved by this monologue by Mat Fraser. (Sorry, can't embed it.)

http://www.bbcamerica.com/shows/criptales/episodes/season-1-audition--47838

And I started to do something I know I shouldn't: start with an actor and then try to find the right CBM role for them. In general, I think the result of that process is never as good as when you go in the other direction.

And yet, I find the casting I landed on particularly compelling. At least, compelling enough to mention it: Magneto.



(While it's not necessary), there's a McKellanesque quality to him that I do think works. He's got presence and weight and the right look. I feel like I could watch him do something monstrous, but maintain the kind of deep humanity and pathos that keeps him from actually being a monster. There's a warmth here (and Fassbender showed that coldness is the death of Magneto as a protagonist, I think).

And the nature of Magneto's powers kind of negate any concerns about his disability in terms of the internal logic and filming requirements. Your arms being unusually short and lacking thumbs is meaningless when you're the master of magnetism.

I don't want to make an exhaustive pros and cons list or anything, but it just struck me how much I think Magneto has been played out, and then when I imagined him in the role, I sat up in my chair and actually felt like the character has some life left in him. Anyway, YMMV on this one.

This is probably the CBM I'm most excited for next year(???) but at the same time most worried about based on the cliffhanger.

On one side, he could get his secret identity back and the events of the film basically teach him how vulnerable he is and the importance of having a secret identity. I'd absolutely love for this to happen, maybe even getting some depth for this version of Jonah hiring him as an apology for putting a kid on blast once he thinks he's not spider-man and we get some reasoning into why Jonah was frustrated with the concept of Spider-Man (the whole "masks" and secret identity stuff - Zdarsky probably did the best job on this imo, followed up by Bendis on JJJs alcoholism)

On the other, they lean into the no secret identity thing - which conceptually I'm really against.

I feel like whatever choice they make on this either makes or breaks a significant aspect of this version of the character for me.