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Jan 8, 2022 · Spider-Man: No Way Home screenwriters Erik Sommers and Chris McKenna discuss crafting the superhero blockbuster, in nitty gritty detail.
- 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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Those were the chips handed to Far from Home screenwriters Erik Sommers and Chris McKenna when they started writing the Spider-Man sequel, which marks their third MCU film after co-writing...
Dec 15, 2021 · Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, writers, talk piecing together the plot for Spider-Man: No Way Home. Subscribe to Marvel: http://bit.ly/WeO3YJFollow Marvel ...
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Writer: Spider-Man: No Way Home. Erik Sommers is an American screenwriter and television producer from Syracuse, New York who collaborates with Chris McKenna. He wrote three Spider-Man films for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Lego Batman Movie, Drawn Together, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Ghosted, Community, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Crank ...
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.
Dec 20, 2021 · During an interview with FandomWire, Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers said they are not privy to (or not at liberty to reveal) plans for the future of the franchise, though the No Way Home writers would absolutely return for Spider-Man 4 if asked. Read what Sommers had to say below:
