Sony’s Next Spider-Man Universe Movie Is… El Muerto?

CinemaCon, a three-day occasion in Las Vegas, is a type of commerce conventions that inevitably turns right into a popular culture press occasion, as huge studios take the chance to get on middle stage and share their plans for the following few years. And boy howdy, did Sony ever make the most of the second. According to our personal man on the bottom, Germain Lussier, we have now so much to sit up for, together with the primary quarter-hour of Across the Spider-Verse.

First, and probably essentially the most shocking, is the announcement that El Muerto, an extremely minor Spider-Man character (like, two points minor), is getting his personal stand-alone movie. Even extra shocking is the truth that Bad Bunny, the extremely acclaimed Puerto Rican musician who typically moonlights as a pro-wrestler, has been solid within the position. When requested for translation assist, one in every of my coworkers supplied this quote: “I am so happy I could die,” mentioned Earther author Angely Mercado, who adores Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio.

El Muerto, the character, is a masked luchador—inheriting his titular masks from a generations of household wrestlers, granting him enhanced energy—who is ready up in opposition to Spider-Man in cage battle. Bad Bunny, to many, wouldn’t be the primary alternative for an ultra-macho wrestler, however Mercado has adopted Bad Bunny’s wrestling profession for a while. “There are a lot of early 2000’s pop culture references in his music, and he even has a whole song and music video about wrestler Booker T. They appeared in that music video together so I’m not surprised that his inspirations and influences are creating more opportunities for Bad Bunny,” she mentioned in a Slack remark.

Also within the pipeline are two sequels: a second Ghostbusters (or is it fifth?) is within the works, however there’s been no particulars launched relating to which solid goes to be starring. While it’s being tentatively titled Ghostbusters: Afterlife II, we actually don’t have anything else.

Another enjoyable launch that was confirmed was Venom 3! I, an unashamed Venom stan, am delighted by the prospect to look at one more romcom starring Tom Hardy and Tom Hardy distorted x10. Because of the multiverse leaping between Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage and Spider-Man: No Way Home, it’s not completely clear if Venom will truly meet a Spider-Man on this movie.

Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group Chairman/CEO Tom Rothman made the bulletins throughout CinemaCon final night time. They additionally famous that Kraven the Hunter and Madame Web are on the docket alongside different 2023 releases.

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