Spider Man reboot to have all new villains

Feige indicates that Spider-man does not have to be part of the larger Marvel Universe.

June 29, 2015 01:40 pm | Updated 01:40 pm IST - Los Angeles

Tom Holland will play Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the next Spider-Man film, in theaters in IMAX and 3D on July 28, 2017.

Tom Holland will play Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the next Spider-Man film, in theaters in IMAX and 3D on July 28, 2017.

Marvel Studio president Kevin Feige has hinted that the upcoming Spider Man movie may include all new villains, never seen before. Mr. Feige explained that the studio was making innovations with the antagonists in order to differentiate the upcoming movie with previous Spider Man movies, reported AceShowbiz.

“Right now we’re interested in showing villains we haven’t seen before,” Mr. Feige said on the reboot. Mr. Feige indicated that Spider Man didn’t have to be part of the larger Marvel Universe in order to “work.”

“Stakes don’t need to be the end of the world,” he said and added that Spider Man had several differences, strengths, compared to other Marvel movies.

Famous villains of the franchise include Doctor Octopus, Sandman, Venom, The Lizard, Electro, Rhino and multiple versions of the Green Goblin.

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