SuperHeroHype recently sat down with Kevin Feige to chat about the latest Marvel Studios film, Ant-Man. However, it didn't take too long for the conversation to shift to Marvel's most popular hero Spider-Man. Feige also shared a few brief details about the partnership between Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures. When asked about the unexpected partnership, Feige stated: “We’re producing that movie for Sony and in partnership with Amy Pascal, so it’s been going through the same process of any other Marvel film would, and it’s been great. Tom Rothman at Sony has been very supportive in the decisions and obviously the two big ones we announced this week.”
With Marvel co-producing the next set of Spider-Man movies, many of Spidey's supporting cast is also expected to make their Marvel Cinematic Universe debuts in the upcoming 2017 film. Many fans are also expecting a few of Spidey's colorful rogues to start making appearances across the MCU; Feige was asked to elaborate on this: “Right now, it’s all about producing the new stand-alone Spider-Man movie,” he replied. “That’s what Sony is focused on. That’s what we’re focused on, and whatever happened before that or after that, sort of remains to be seen, but it’s all about producing the best Spider-Man movie we can, certainly within the Sony Universe, next July.”
To cap off the interview, Feige was asked if any of the previous Spider-Man films would serve as inspiration for the upcoming Spider-Man film: “We’re going to have it be its own thing but some of those Spider-Man films… I think Spider-Man 2 is one of the best superhero movies ever, so that’s a lot to live up to.”
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