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Chris McKenna is an American television writer, film producer, screenwriter, and television producer. He has written for American Dad!, Community, and The Mindy Project, and part of the first Marvel Cinematic Universe Spider-Man trilogy (2017–2021).
Writer: Spider-Man: No Way Home. Chris McKenna is known for Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019). He is married to Sally Bradford.
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Feb 1, 2022 · Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers talk to Script Magazine about their journey as screenwriters, the weight of making choices during the writing process, and their partnership on 'Spider-Man: No Way Home'.
Writer: Spider-Man: No Way Home. Chris McKenna is known for Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019). He is married to Sally Bradford.
- Swinging by The Seat of Their Pants
- Getting The Inside Track on ‘Endgame’
- Embracing The Comic Book Origins
- Exploring Peter’s Identity
On “Homecoming,” McKenna and Sommers learned quickly that working with Marvel Studios (which co-produced Holland’s “Spider-Man” movies with Sony Pictures) can be an exercise in laying down tracks after the train has left the station. Originally, Peter and Toomes weren’t supposed to battle until the third act, but the screenwriters felt the characte...
The writers began work on “Far From Home” soon after the release of “Homecoming” in 2017 — which means they had to be briefed on “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Avengers: Endgame” years before they were released. At first, McKenna downplays how much intel he and Sommers were privy to. “It was on a need-to-know basis,” he says with a smile. But what t...
That weaseling villain is Quentin Beck, a.k.a. Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal). In “Far From Home,” Beck uses elaborate, real-time visual effects to trick Peter into thinking he’s a superhero on a mission to defeat giant, rampaging “Elementals” — all so he can get his hands on invaluable weapons defense technology that Tony Stark bequeathed to Peter. “I...
Alternative universes factor massively into “No Way Home,” in which Peter and Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) confront villains from (at least) two other “Spider-Man” realities. But the writers brainstormed many possible storylines outside of the multiverse, including one involving Spidey nemesis Kraven the Hunter. (In fact, at one point, Kra...
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Chris McKenna is an American television writer, film producer, screenwriter, and television producer. He has written for American Dad!, Community, and The Mindy Project, and part of the first Marvel Cinematic Universe Spider-Man trilogy (2017–2021).
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Dec 20, 2021 · Read on as we dive into the makings of Spider-Man: No Way Home with writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers! We cover what almost could have been, the evolution of Tom Holland’s Spider-Man, and how the duo tried their best to pay tribute to the previous Sam Raimi and Marc Webb films.
