spider-man: homecoming (2017)

spider-man: homecoming is a 2017 american superhero film based on the marvel comics character spider-man, co-produced by columbia pictures and marvel studios, and distributed by sony pictures releasing. it is the second spider-man film reboot and the sixteenth film in the marvel cinematic universe (mcu). the film is directed by jon watts, from a screenplay by the writing teams of jonathan goldstein and john francis daley, watts, and christopher ford, and chris mckenna and erik sommers. tom holland stars as spider-man, alongside michael keaton, jon favreau, zendaya, donald glover, tyne daly, marisa tomei, and robert downey jr. in spider-man: homecoming, peter parker tries to balance high school life with being spider-man, while facing the vulture.

in february 2015, marvel studios and sony reached a deal to share the character rights of spider-man, integrating the character into the established mcu. the following june, holland was cast as the t-tle character and watts was hired to direct. this was followed shortly by the hiring of daley and goldstein. in april 2016, the film’s t-tle was revealed, along with additional cast, including downey in his mcu role of tony stark / iron man. princ-p-l photography began in june 2016 at pinewood atlanta studios in fayette county, georgia, and continued in atlanta, los angeles, and new york city. the other screenwriters were revealed during filming, which concluded in berlin in october 2016.
spider-man: homecoming (2017)

1. the “homecoming” part of the t-tle is a nod to the inclusion of the character (spider-man) within the marvel cinematic universe.

2. tom holland is the youngest actor (at nineteen) to be cast as peter parker. his predecessors, tobey maguire and andrew garfield, were twenty-five and twenty-six, respectively, when they were cast.

3. nick fury was originally going to be peter’s mentor in the film, with samuel l. jackson reprising his role, but they went with tony stark instead.

4. the first spider-man film to feature the shocker (herman schultz), the vulture (adrian toomes), and the tinkerer (phineas mason). the vulture is the main villain, and the shocker and the tinkerer serve as his henchmen.

5. vincent d’onofrio had shown interest in appearing as wilson fisk, a.k.a. kingpin from daredevil (2015). kingpin is a shared villain from spider-man and daredevil’s rogue’s gallery, and has appeared in many other spider-man media.

6. the vulture (michael keaton) is the fourth member of the original sinister six gang to appear in a spider-man film. members who have previously appeared are doctor octopus (in spider-man 2 (2004)), sandman (in spider-man 3 (2007)), and electro (in the amazing spider-man 2 (2014)). so far, only mysterio and kraven the hunter have not appeared in live-action. in fact, vulture, doc ock, mysterio and kraven were meant to appear in sony’s amazing spider-man saga before its cancellation.