World News – US – Amazing Spider-Man 2 star Jamie Foxx to return to Electro in MCU’s upcoming Spidey movie

The MCU gets a new shock for the system According to The Hollywood Reporter, we’re about to see a second incarnation of Spider-Man fighting Electro on the big screen – and a familiar star is back to play the villain

Jamie Foxx is reportedly in « final talks » to return to the role of Max Dillon, aka Electro, in the upcoming third installment of Marvel’s Spider-Man franchise and Sony, led by Tom Holland Foxx previously played the role of electricity-themed supervillain in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in 2014, the second and final film in the now-defunct version of the franchise with Andrew Garfield as the title superhero

Foxx Joins A Sequel Cast Of Spider-Man That Is Full Of Returning Stars Including Holland, Zendaya, Jacob Batolon, Marisa Tomei And More Following Two Successful Spider-Man: Homecoming and Spider-Man : Far From Home Marvel has not commented on the reports, so it’s not clear how Foxx’s Electro will fit into the story, but this isn’t the first time that a major player in A past incarnation of the Spider-Man movies will appear in the MCU JK Simmons shocked fans in 2019 when he made a surprise comeback as J Jonah Jameson at the end of Far From Home, and the implications of that development have yet to be fully explored

Director Jon Watts is back to helm Spidey’s third film, which will see Peter Parker face a whole new paradigm after his release as Spider-Man at the end of the last film. For now, Watts and the company plan to start shooting the film this fall for a November 2021 release, but as we all know, those plans could change in the blink of an eye amid the COVID-19 pandemic

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 chose Foxx’s Electro as a soft-spoken engineer obsessed with the power of electricity, who obtained superpowers through an accident in an Oscorp lab. The character’s introduction and his Ties to Oscorp were part of this franchise’s blueprint to introduce some sort of Oscorp-backed version of the Sinister Six, but Amazing Spider-Man 2 disappointed both critically and financially, and the sequels were shelved.

This failure ultimately paved the way for Sony and Marvel to team up on the version of Spider-Man we have now, but Sony is still working hard to expand their own character universe based on the different enemies. and allies of Spidey Could Foxx possibly join this universe? Will his appearance as Electro spark further discussions on the MCU multiverse? Does that mean Andrew Garfield could play Peter Parker again one day on a Spiderverse team? At the moment we have no idea, but this is definitely a very intriguing casting move

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