>Ted Melfi was in talks to direct the movie, but dropped out to direct HIDDEN FIGURES and was replaced by Jon Watts. Drew Goddard and John M. Daley & Jonathan Goldstein were also approached.
>Asa Butterfield, Charlie Rowe, Judah Lewis, Matthew Lintz, Charlie Plummer, Liam James, Chandler Riggs and Timothée Chalamet auditioned for Spider-Man before Tom Holland was cast.
>Michael Keaton initially declined the role of Adrian Toomes due to scheduling conflicts, but Marvel Studios was able to accomodate to his schedule. Michael Shannon was briefly approached for the role, but declined.
>Watts originally envisioned Nick Fury as Peter's mentor.
>In early drafts, Zendaya's character Michelle was also Peter's apartment neighbor. Further revisions made them just classmates.
>In early drafts, Tony Revolori's character was named "Manuel". Further revisions made him into Flash Thompson.
>Early cuts featured an extended prologue in which, after being told by Stark to lay low at the hotel after the airport battle, Peter sneaks out to explore Berlin and ends up saving the Prime-Minister from muggers, ending up on the frontpage of every newspaper in Germany by the next morning.
>Early cuts featured an extended sequence of Aunt May rescuing a young girl in peril while secretly being observed by Peter.
>Watts produce an entire DVD with over 10 different PSAs starring Captain America, including one about the importance of oral hygiene and one titled "Rapping with Cap". They'll be available on the home release.
>>93863184
>>Watts produce an entire DVD with over 10 different PSAs starring Captain America, including one about the importance of oral hygiene and one titled "Rapping with Cap". They'll be available on the home release.
can't wait
>>93863373
Seconded
>>93863184
Most of these seem to be pretty good changes to me.
>>93863184
>"Rapping with Cap"
SOON.
>>93863184
>Peter sneaks out to explore Berlin and ends up saving the Prime-Minister from muggers, ending up on the frontpage of every newspaper in Germany by the next morning.
That's...random.
>>93863184
>Early cuts featured an extended prologue in which, after being told by Stark to lay low at the hotel after the airport battle, Peter sneaks out to explore Berlin and ends up saving the Prime-Minister from muggers, ending up on the frontpage of every newspaper in Germany by the next morning.
But they were in Leipzig?
>>93863443
The Aunt May scene would've given her something else to do besides just male characters saying she's hot.
>Michael Shannon's Vulture
Could've been kino.
>>93863491
That's very German, ever since they let all those "refugees" in.
>>93865332
I WILL FIND HIM!
They shouldn't have changed Manuel's name to Flash, him being an OC would have made much more sense.
>>93863184
>>Ted Melfi was in talks to direct the movie, but dropped out to direct HIDDEN FIGURES and was replaced by Jon Watts. Drew Goddard and John M. Daley & Jonathan Goldstein were also approached.
>HIDDEN FIGURES
The movie about genius black women and the discrimination they faced? I wonder how this guy would have done Michelle.
>>93863184
>Watts produce an entire DVD with over 10 different PSAs starring Captain America, including one about the importance of oral hygiene and one titled "Rapping with Cap". They'll be available on the home release
>>93865883
I kind of get the impression his name was changed after feedback from initial rumors that had a supporting cast consisting of 0 comic characters. Ned seems to me like he was not originally named Ned either. Michelle was probably made MJ late.