The announcement that Jamie Foxx would be returning as Electro was our first indicator that the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Spider-Man: No Way Home would be incorporating the multiverse into its narrative, and the actor was quick to reassure fans that he wouldn't be blue this time.
The burning question that surrounds every remake of a well-known, acclaimed or classic movie is whether or not it even needs to exist. Sure, plenty of reimaginings or retreads have fully justified themselves, but there's also been a great number that brought nothing new to the table other than a recognizable title.
Sony's animated smash hit Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse came packing a voice cast loaded with big names, many of whom only dropped by for brief cameo appearance. Prime among them was Oscar Isaac's Miguel O'Hara, best known as the fan favorite 2099 version of the web-slinger.
As the first installment in Sony's Spider-Man Universe that isn't a Venom movie, there's a lot riding on the potential success of Daniel Espinosa's Morbius.
Co-director Kemp Powers teased that our first look at the hotly-anticipated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse sequel was coming imminently, and he certainly wasn't lying.
Suspension of disbelief has always been one of the key components to the success of the horror genre, but if you push things a little too far in the wrong direction, scares and atmosphere can often be replaced by unintentional laughs and inadvertent absurdity.
Adam McKay knows a thing or two about having his finger on the pulse of what modern audiences want to see from their studio comedies, having steered Will Ferrell vehicles Anchorman, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Step Brothers and The Other Guys to box office success and a place in the pop culture pantheon.
It's been over two weeks since Michael Keaton vaguely confirmed that he would be shooting "Vulture stuff" for an unnamed Marvel project, which in all likelihood isn't Spider-Man: No Way Home, even though he's been one of the dozens upon dozens of names rumored for a cameo appearance.
The post-Thanksgiving lull is in full effect at the box office, as we enter the no man's land between the raft of titles earning big money across the holiday period and the late-year releases that look poised to gobble up hundreds of millions of dollars now that the turkeys are in the rear-view mirror.
J.K. Simmons is famed for being one of the most prolific talents in the industry, and the veteran character has lived up to that reputation by racking up no less than eleven film and television credits this year alone.