When it was announced that Sony and Marvel had come to an agreement to allow Spider-Man to join the MCU and appear in Captain America: Civil War, it seemed that everything was going Marvel's way...but what was Sony going to get out of the deal outside of introducing yet another Spider-Man to the silver screen and getting some help from Marvel on their script for Spider-Man: Homecoming? Seems that joining the MCU has its benefits!
It's not been "officially" announced, but THR is reporting that Marvel, Sony, and Robert Downey Jr. have come to an agreement to let Tony Stark (a.k.a. Iron Man) appear in the new Spider-Man movie. After all, Spider-Man is apart of the MCU now, so it would make sense that one of Marvel's properties would make an appearance on the Sony side of the screen. Considering Downey Jr. is probably the most popular Avenger out there right now, getting him to climb aboard for this film is huge.
Like I said, it hasn't been officially announced yet, so we don't know much about what kind of role Tony Stark will have in the film, or if we'll get to see him as Iron Man or not. It's widely suggested that Stark will play a mentoring role to young Peter Parker. We don't even know if this movie takes place before or after Civil War, but considering that everything that Marvel's done so far has been linear, my guess is that it takes place after Civil War. I am curious to find out how the two ended up meeting and how they forged a bond so quickly. I mean, Tony Stark doesn't just go out and make improvements to costumes for just anybody, right? The trailer made it look like Iron Man and "Underoos" were pretty tight. I think it'll work, I mean, after Peter's Uncle Ben died, he probably needed some sort of male role model to look up to and learn from. What better person than Tony Stark?
On the other side of the coin, Michael Keaton has declined a role in Spider-Man: Homecoming, It had been reported that Marvel and Sony had wanted Keaton to play the villain in the upcoming film, but now that doesn't seem to be happening. It wasn't said what villain they wanted him to play, but my guess is that after seeing him in Birdman, they probably wanted to have him play the Vulture, but that's just a guess.
So are you excited to hear that Tony Stark will appear in Spider-Man: Homecoming? What are your thoughts on the whole thing? Let me know what they are in the comments section down below.
Any time they can get Downey Jr to play Stark one more time, it's a positive in my book. Let's face it, it's probably getting close to the end.
ReplyDeleteYeah, he's been playing Iron Man for a while now. Civil War will be his sixth movie as Tony Stark, not including his appeaance at the end of The Incredible Hulk credits. Every time he plays the role, his salary goes up. Marvel might not be able to afford him for much longer...or just not want to pay him what he's worth.
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