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Feb 1, 2022 · Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers talk to Script Magazine about their journey as screenwriters, the weight of making choices during the writing process, and their partnership on 'Spider-Man: No Way Home'.
Jan 8, 2022 · Erik Sommers and Chris McKenna discuss the film’s origins, cameos and ending with TheWrap. Sony Pictures. Drew Taylor. January 8, 2022 @ 12:23 PM. Share on Social Media. Share on Facebook;
Jan 14, 2022 · According to “No Way Home” writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, the initial idea, which they credit to Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige, was for the villains of Sony’s past “Spider ...
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Jan 25, 2022 · In the script by franchise veterans Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, everyone knows that Peter Parker (Tom Holland) is Spider-Man now that J. Jonah Jameson (J.K. Simmons) outed him on his webcast ...
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- Embracing The Comic Book Origins
- Exploring Peter’s Identity
On “Homecoming,” McKenna and Sommers learned quickly that working with Marvel Studios (which co-produced Holland’s “Spider-Man” movies with Sony Pictures) can be an exercise in laying down tracks after the train has left the station. Originally, Peter and Toomes weren’t supposed to battle until the third act, but the screenwriters felt the characte...
The writers began work on “Far From Home” soon after the release of “Homecoming” in 2017 — which means they had to be briefed on “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Avengers: Endgame” years before they were released. At first, McKenna downplays how much intel he and Sommers were privy to. “It was on a need-to-know basis,” he says with a smile. But what t...
That weaseling villain is Quentin Beck, a.k.a. Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal). In “Far From Home,” Beck uses elaborate, real-time visual effects to trick Peter into thinking he’s a superhero on a mission to defeat giant, rampaging “Elementals” — all so he can get his hands on invaluable weapons defense technology that Tony Stark bequeathed to Peter. “I...
Alternative universes factor massively into “No Way Home,” in which Peter and Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) confront villains from (at least) two other “Spider-Man” realities. But the writers brainstormed many possible storylines outside of the multiverse, including one involving Spidey nemesis Kraven the Hunter. (In fact, at one point, Kra...
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Feb 19, 2022 · Posted: Feb 19, 2022 9:54 pm. Spider-Man: No Way Home writers Erik Sommers and Chris McKenna have explained that one key scene was written and rewritten at least 10 times before it made it to our ...
Jan 21, 2022 · Directed by Tom Watts from McKenna and Sommers’ screenplay, “No Way Home” sees Peter Parker implore Doctor Strange to use his magical powers to conceal his Spider-Man identity again after it ...
