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Tom Holland reveals he pitched Venom & Kraven films to Sony after split with Marvel

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Tom Holland is trying again on the notorious 2019 Marvel/Sony break up which noticed Spider-Man exiting the MCU when the entities couldn’t come to a brand new settlement concerning the rights to the character. The problem was resolved after a month and lots of social media flack and that allowed Spider-Man to play within the MCU once more. Now that he has had a while and distance from that point interval, Holland is revealing that following the preliminary break up, he pitched a number of concepts for the character’s future.

In an interview with “Empire” to advertise Spider-Man: No Way Home, Holland regarded again on the break up and revealed that on the heels of the announcement he went to Sony’s Amy Pascal’s home to speak about the way forward for the character and apparently that included pitching concepts for each Venom and Kraven The Hunter motion pictures. Here’s what Holland needed to say:

“On the day that the announcement occurred that I’d not be within the MCU… I simply drove over to Amy Pascal’s home and sat together with her by her pool, and we sat there for hours, simply chatting, and pitching motion pictures. How would we do a movie with out Marvel? Does Peter Parker fall by a portal, after which he’s within the Venom world? Or will we do a Kraven the Hunter movie? It was a pleasant distraction… as a result of as a younger child I used to be so in love with Marvel, and I used to be so fortunate to be part of it that after they took the rug from beneath my ft, I used to be not able to say goodbye but.”

It might be cool to know his particular concepts for any of these movies however it appeared like he was simply spitballing concepts to see how his model of the character may proceed with Sony and with out Marvel. Since Sony does maintain the rights to Venom and Kraven The Hunter, it is smart that together with Spider-Man in that world, in the event that they needed to, could be essentially the most logical selection. Fortunately, Holland and Sony didn’t must discover these concepts as a result of the 2 entities ultimately got here to an settlement to maintain Spider-Man within the MCU.

Sony’s Venom movies have gone on to be massive field workplace successes, with the second film recently scoring the biggest opening of the year and the pandemic with its $90 million debut. That movie’s post-credits scene interconnects Sony’s Spider-Man Universe with the MCU so it’s extra proof that Sony and Marvel have discovered a method to make this all work. As for Kraven The Hunter, a film featuring the titular character is in the works with Aaron Taylor-Johnson taking on the lead role. Arriving earlier than Kraven The Hunter is Jared Leto in Morbius which I’m certain will do extra to attach the universes in small or presumably bigger methods.

What do YOU hope to see from Sony’s Spider-Man Universe and its connection to the MCU?

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