A part of the enchantment of Jon Watts’ Spider-Man: No Means Dwelling – along with seeing all three live-action Spider-Males on display for the primary time – was reuniting with a number of villains from the franchise’s legacy. Willem Dafoe was capable of lose himself as Norman Osborn another time, and Alfred Molina continued Otto Octavius’s redemption arc. It was lovely, and an enormous a part of the rationale why Spider-Man: No Means Dwelling ranks so excessive on our record of each Spider-Man film, ranked. Transferring ahead, it might make extra sense for Sony to proceed exploring these established villains, whom followers have grown hooked up to, as a substitute of attempting to launch characters nobody has even heard of earlier than (whats up, El Muerto). And from the sounds of those Thomas Haden Church quotes, conversations have been had.
Thomas Haden Church first performed Flint Marko, aka Sandman, in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3. He’s the villain Raimi needed to give attention to (as documented within the Spider-Man Hollywood historical past e-book, With Nice Energy (opens in new tab)), as a result of he had a compelling story concerning his younger daughter, and the the explanation why he was compelled to show to a prison life-style. In a brand new interview with Acidman on Pilot Productions, nonetheless, Church makes it sound like there’s an opportunity his Sandman would possibly return, solely… cured! As he explains:
I’d say, conversations have been had about the opportunity of Sandman coming right into a future iteration of it. The dialog has occurred about him coming again. And possibly selecting up a extra fulfilling story with Flint, and being not simply Sandman, however returning to human type.
That’s thrilling. By the top of Spider-Man: No Means Dwelling, the three Peters had found out treatment their antagonists. However the film ended so quickly after that – sending the characters again to their respective worlds – that we didn’t get the chance to see the repercussions of that. Flint Marko (Thomas Haden Church) was a father and husband earlier than the accident that turned him into Sandman. What would possibly he be like now that he’s capable of return to that.
Bear in mind this unbelievable transformation scene from Spider-Man 3? It’s probably the greatest scenes in that total film:
As Thomas Haden Church continued to speak about the conversations he has been having, he began getting me excited concerning the potentialities for the place we’d see Marko once more. Given the truth that he’s despatched again to his world, if he have been to renew the story along with his daughter (as has been instructed), that may imply that Tobey Maguire is his Spider-Man. The actor stated:
As a result of there was a narrative that, there’s a motive that he can’t, in No Means Dwelling, he can’t be human till the very finish whenever you simply see him very briefly. Which is known as a screengrab from Spider-Man 3. As a result of they sort of needed to be that throwback factor, the place you see him the best way he was. There’s a series of occasions the place he couldn’t be human. And now, Jon (Watts) and I’ve talked concerning the chance sooner or later that he can come again as Flint Marko.
Wouldn’t it make sense to place Flint Marko on the planet of Michael Morbius (Jared Leto)? By the top of that film, the dwelling vampire was teaming up with The Vulture (Michael Keaton). Sandman could possibly be a pure match for a studio attempting to construct towards a Sinister Six. Thomas Haden Church additionally has expressed disappointment about how Spider-Man 3 turned out. No Means Dwelling might need been some redemption, however persevering with Marko’s story could possibly be even higher.
Till that occurs, Sony nonetheless has Kraven the Hunter and Madame Webb to proceed constructing out this Spider universe. They’re a bit of methods off, so observe the entire upcoming 2023 motion pictures with our useful dandy information.
