SPIDER-MAN Director Jon Watts Reveals His Comic Book Influences
Cop Car director Jon Watts is in the process of preparing a standalone Spider-Man film for Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures. During an interview with Den of Geek, Watts talks about the comic books he’s reading that are influencing him in how he’s developing his film. He says:
“Ultimate is great. I love Ultimate. We have the freedom to pull from anything, but I really like what [Brian Michael] Bendis did. A lot. That felt like… that was Peter Parker back in high school. And, spending as much time with his high school problems as it did with his superhero problems, which I think is really a lot of fun.
“There’s also some really funny comics stuff, like, the Archies. I don’t know if you’ve ever seen the Spider-Man Loves Mary-Jane series, but they have this really great anime-style illustration, and it’s all just about Peter Parker’s relationships. It’s like the soap opera of Peter Parker in high school. Those are really funny, too.
“I’m just sitting around reading comic books all day — it’s a pretty great job.”
This just gives us an idea of what we might expect to see from this film. It also seems to fit in line with all that coming-of-age John Hughes vibe talk that has been discussed on several occasions in the past.
The movie will star Tom Holland in the role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Marisa Tomei as Aunt May. Watts' Spider-Man film is set to be released on July 28th, 2017. Holland will make his first appearance as the web-slinger in Captain America: Civil War, which is due on May 6th, 2016.
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