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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'.
Dec 20, 2021 · Screenwriters Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers have played a pivotal role in the success of Sony and Marvel’s latest take on Spider-Man. The “Home” trilogy, as fans are now calling it, can truly be seen as their shared brainchild with director Jon Watts, having written on all three and sticking with the iconic character through thick and ...
Jan 21, 2022 · Directed by Tom Watts from McKenna and Sommers’ screenplay, “No Way Home” sees Peter Parker implore Doctor Strange to use his magical powers to conceal his Spider-Man identity again after it ...
- Rob Licuria
Jan 8, 2022 · Erik Sommers and Chris McKenna discuss the film’s origins, cameos and ending with TheWrap. Sony Pictures. Drew Taylor. January 8, 2022 @ 12:23 PM. Share on Social Media. Share on Facebook;
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- 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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Dec 29, 2021 · Screenwriters Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers reflect on working with its mystery protagonists and dive into the biggest twists of the $1 billion-grossing superhero film: "No one knows the ...
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Jan 8, 2022 · For screenwriters Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, the key came in never forgetting how, ultimately, this story belonged to just one Peter Parker. “They're so great [the returning characters].
