They are into it.” And so it was this crazy thing we kept on writing toward. Then we started hearing back, “Oh, certain people are interested. We have to generate an outline and script pages and all of that. But let’s really start working as if we have this wish-list fulfilled. MCKENNA All you can do is act like we’re getting everybody that we want and let the powers that be reach out to those people and see if this can actually become a reality. How does that affect your script? Do you write and go, “OK, we’re going to have a scene in Doctor Strange’s basement. You had a wishlist of previous actors you wanted as you were writing. The Green Goblin from Spider-Man: No Way Home Courtesy of Sony Pictures What if we just did it?” We are like, “Oh, OK!” I think there were certain people who were like, “Oh, it’d be really fun if eventually we could tease these characters from the past movies.” And then I think it was one of our chief gods of our universe saying, “What if that’s just the act break? What if that’s the end of Act I? Stop hoping for a tag that teases it. Is there a way to put the genie back in the bottle?” That opened up a few different story avenues we started exploring. The idea of It’s a Wonderful Life, “What if he somehow made a wish? I guess it would have to be Doctor Strange.

What are we doing now with this giant reveal ? We started playing around with what different ways that fallout could affect our character. MCKENNA Once Sony and Marvel hammered everything out, we were like, “OK, we’ve got the team back together. Even on movies that aren’t Marvel movies, we’re like, “What if Kraven the Hunter showed up?”ĮRIK SOMMERS We were pitching a romantic comedy and were like, “What if Kraven the Hunter shows up?” ( Laughs.) How many iterations were you involved with before landing on the multiverse?ĬHRIS MCKENNA I feel like there’s always a Kraven the Hunter pitch. Tom Holland has said a Kraven the Hunter pitch was among the possibilities. It wasn’t always clear this would be a multiverse movie, or even that it would be set in the MCU due to a brief breakup between Sony and Marvel in 2019. McKenna and Sommers, who also wrote Homecoming (2017) and Far From Home (2019), dive into spoilers with THR, addressing that Aunt May shocker, what it means for Uncle Ben in the MCU, and the meaning behind that haunting ending. The team behind the film is even launching a best picture Oscars campaign. The Sony and Marvel Studios co-production has earned more than $1 billion globally and $500 domestically, the highest in Sony history. So much of that was brought by Tobey and Andrew’s ideas and shaping of what they thought their characters could bring to this story.”ĭirector Jon Watts’ No Way Home has been a resounding success, one unprecedented in the age of the coronavirus pandemic. “There’s a crucial, moral moment that they help him get through in the climax of the movie. “They had great ideas that really elevated everything we were going for and added layers and an arc, and we really actually started honing into the idea that these two guys were really helping Tom’s Peter on his journey to becoming who he ends up becoming,” says McKenna. He also latched on to the notion that his version of Peter was the middle brother. Garfield, who starred in two Amazing Spider-Man films from 2012-14, embraced exploring the dark path his Peter Parker went down after the death of Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) in Amazing Spider-Man 2. Maguire, who played Spider-Man in three films from 2002-07, wanted to keep things quite minimal when it came to revelations about his character post- Spider-Man 3. “No one knows the character as well as - or gives as much thought to the character - as someone who has to then embody it and sell it. “They had thoughts, and it was really interesting and helpful to see their thoughts,” Sommers tells The Hollywood Reporter. The writers were relieved to find that the actors not only liked what they read, but were also enthusiastic partners in developing their characters further. McKenna and Sommers hunkered down before Christmas to get pages to Maguire and Garfield. Thomas Haden Church Joins Kevin Costner in New Line Western 'Horizon' (Exclusive)

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