Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures have begun production on the thirdSpider-Manfilm in the MCU. Now, Tom Holland has taken to his official Instagram account to share the first official photo of him in costume for his latest outing as the wall-crawler.
As with a lot of Hollywood projects in 2020, cameras on Marvel Studios and Sony’s thirdSpider-Manfilm were originally supposed to start rolling in July before the COVID-19 pandemic forced production to be delayed. Consequently, Sony had to push back the film’s release date from July 2021 to November andthen again to Decemberof the same year.
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With filming on the nextSpider-Manfilm postponed until October, Holland instead spent the summer working on Sony’s feature film adaptation of theUnchartedvideo games, in whichhe will portray Nathan Drake. Almost immediately after wrapping onUncharted, Holland arrived in Atlanta, Georgia, to begin filming his thirdSpider-Manfilm, announcing the news on social media but refusing to divulge spoilers (for a change).
In the first behind-the-scenes photo from Marvel’s thirdSpider-Manfilm, Holland is shown on a blue screen set in the same costume he wore for most ofFar From Home,although this time he is also sporting a white N95 mask to demonstrate the level of precaution being taken amid the pandemic. In the caption Holland wrote, “wear a mask, I’m wearing two…”
The nextSpider-Manfilm will find the wall-crawler crossing paths with Jamie Foxx’s Electro, who returns from the abandonedAmazing Spider-Manfilm series. The villain’s inclusion in the film, despite him existing in a separate and seemingly defunct movie universe, may be explained by the involvement ofBenedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange, a character whose own sequel centers on the concept of the multiverse. Cumberbatch will begin filmingDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessupon completing his work onSpider-Man 3.
Of course, the possibility of seeing the multiverse play a role in the nextSpider-Manfilm had led to speculation about who else could make unexpected appearances. At the top of mind for most fans are former Spider-Man stars Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, thoughSony has dismissed reportsof them potentially reprising their roles as mere rumors.
Fans may have a better sense of what Marvel Studios has planned for the multiverse onceWandaVisionpremieres on Disney+. In addition to following Scarlet Witch as sheseemingly creates an alternate reality, the series is said to lead directly into the previously mentionedDoctor Strangesequel.
Marvel Studios' Spider-Man 3is scheduled to be released in theaters on December 17th, 2021.
