The universally acclaimed Harry Potter series is well-known for breaking each book/film into a single year in the life of The Boy Who Lived and it sounds like the Marvel Cinematic Universe may be drawing inspiration from J.K. Rowling's epic masterpiece as they move forward with their newly acquired prize possession - Spider-Man.
The latest incarnation of the beloved wall-crawler, now played by Tom Holland (Captain America: Civil War), is all-set for a brand new solo feature next summer and one of the first things revealed to us about the upcoming Jon Watts-directed Spider-Man: Homecoming was that it would send Peter Parker back to high school and even though, we've already seen Peter in a high school setting... twice, this time around, they promised to actually explore the youthful environment and further delve into his struggles growing up and trying to balance being a normal teenager with being the spectacular Spider-Man.
In a new interview with Collider, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige shared a few interesting tidbits on how they hope to keep Peter Parker's high school exploits going after Homecoming and it's very much in the vein of the Harry Potter film series. When asked about potential sequels, he replied: “Should we be able to make more after that? Sure. This is sophomore year, is the next one junior year? Is the next one senior year? Is there a summer break between each of those? I don’t know what, but it was sort of how do we do a journey for Peter not dissimilar for what the students of Hogwarts would go through each of their years, which was one of the early ideas we had for the movies.”
Well, it looks like we may now know when Homecoming 2 & 3 will be set, but as for when they'll be released, that raises an entirely new set of questions, especially considering that Holland is already 20 and unless he's Paul Rudd (Ant-Man), will probably not look like a teenager forever. Could we get a new Spider-Man film every year? That's certainly a possibility, but probably unlikely. If we take a look at Marvel's release calendar, they tend to prefer releasing sequels 2-3 years after the previous installment and if we follow that pattern with Homecoming, the earliest a sequel could arrive would be 2019 and 2021. Coincidentally, Avengers: Infinity War - Part 2 arrives May 2019, which could mean a Spider-Man sequel is an early candidate to kick off Phase 4 sometime later that year.
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A young Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tom Holland), who made his sensational debut in Marvel Studios' Captain America: Civil War, begins to navigate his newfound identity as the web-slinging superhero in Spider-Man: Homecoming.
Spider-Man: Homecoming features:
Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man
Marisa Tomei as May Parker
Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man
Michael Keaton as Adrian Toomes/Vulture
Zendaya Coleman as Michelle
Laura Harrier as Liz Allan
Tony Revolori as Flash Thompson
Jacob Batalon as Ned Leeds
Michael Barbieri in an undisclosed role
Kenneth Choi in an undisclosed role
Donald Glover in an undisclosed role
Logan Marshall-Green in an undisclosed role
Martin Starr in an undisclosed role
Hannibal Buress in an undisclosed role
Isabella Amara in an undisclosed role
Jorge Lendeborg Jr. in an undisclosed role
J.J. Totah in an undisclosed role
Selenis Leyva in an undisclosed role
Abraham Attah in an undisclosed role
Michael Mando in an undisclosed role
Bokeem Woodbine in an undisclosed role
Garcelle Beauvais in an undisclosed role
Tyne Daly in an undisclosed role
Tiffany Espensen in an undisclosed role
Angourie Rice in an undisclosed role
Spider-Man: Homecoming swings into theaters July 7, 2017
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