It’s been a major week for web-slingers everywhere, with Sony’s animated sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse exploding into theaters at around the same time the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s canonical Peter Parker has been updating everyone on the status of his fourth solo adventure.
Unfortunately for Tom Holland, his non-Spidey endeavors haven’t been faring anywhere near as well as Sony’s multiversal spectacular, with the studio doing a stellar job of underlining why it should probably stick to animation after delivering back-to-back classics at the same time Morbius is a thing that exists.
Elsewhere, Deadpool 3 runs the risk of familiarity breeding contempt, just to show that it’s not all about everyone’s favorite friendly neighborhood superhero.
Across the Spider-Verse has Sony showing Marvel Studios how it’s done
After scoring the biggest opening day of the year so far, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse carried on that success to notch the second highest-grossing first weekend of the year at the domestic box office, with Sony leaving the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 in the dust.
It’s also crushed Kevin Feige’s competition in terms of reviews, too, with Miles Morales’ second outing currently ranking as the top-rated superhero blockbuster ever on IMDb. Somehow, the studio behind Morbius has knocked it out of the park yet again, so maybe we should ask the company nicely to stick to animation.
Tom Holland’s foray into TV marks the latest misfire for the MCU’s Spider-Man
There’s no denying that Tom Holland is a great actor, but Apple TV series The Crowded Room debuting to a 20 percent Rotten Tomatoes score has nonetheless ensured that it marks the fifth of his last seven non-Marvel projects to have fallen way below the Fresh threshold on the aggregation site.
It’s not the most encouraging track record to try and establish himself to the general public as much more than simply the franchise’s Spider-Man, but there’s still plenty of time for the young star to rack up acclaim when he’s not busy being clad head-to-toe in spandex while saving the world.
Deadpool 3 running low on new faces, but there might still be even more veterans to come
Based entirely on rumor and conjecture, even more X-Men veterans could be in line for a return in Deadpool 3, but even if that doesn’t end up happening then the Merc with a Mouth’s long-awaited return is still overloaded on familiar faces.
Nine of the 11 confirmed cast members so far are reprising roles they’ve played before, with Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine the only one of them who hasn’t previously appeared in a Deadpool flick. It’s not a threequel-ruining statistic, but it would be nice for the MCU’s first R-rated installment to bring in some more freshness nonetheless.
That’s it for another week of all things Marvel, but be sure to check back tomorrow when it all begins again.
Published: Jun 4, 2023 11:00 pm