When Sam Raimi brought his Spider-Man trilogy to the silver screen in 2002, he probably didn’t think the wall-crawler would see not one but two reboots following so close on its heels. Since Raimi’s Spider-Man 3 closed up shop in 2007, we’ve seen Andrew Garfield take Tobey Maguire’s costume, and Tom Holland is slated to don the red spandex next. Raimi has nothing but kind words for the reboots:
I’m really glad that Marvel’s taking it to high school. I think that’s gonna be refreshing, and just like my favorite of the Spider-Man comic-books … The difficulty of going through high school is so unique to a superhero. It’s unique, and that’s what Spider-Man’s all about, so that they’re gonna explore that head on is very exciting.
It’s no wonder Raimi likes Marvel’s take; he set his first Spider-Man film during Peter Parker’s high school days. But a lot’s changed since 2002! Will millennial Peter Parker be able to get a competitive photography internship at the local newspaper? Will he be concerned about his alter-ego getting cyber-bullied and swamped with e-stalkers? How will J. Jonah Jameson adapt to journalism’s new cutthroat post-Twitter landscape?
Raimi has faith that Marvel will keep Peter Parker’s story “refreshing”— but given that the film’s early stages have already been likened to John Hughes’ body of work, it’ll probably be more of a vintage throwback rather than a modern take on the web-slinger’s adolescence.
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