◊ and was taken into FBI custody
◊. Recently, Oscorp was being contracted to study it. The scientists assigned with this task? Richard Parker and Eddie Brock Sr.
◊ It's very likely that thing Richard was worried about the night Peter was left with May and Ben.- Jossed.
- Also, remember the twitter pic of the FDR sticky notes? Roosevelt Island runs through the Queensboro Bridge.
- Additionally, she goes about yells out Peter's name on a crowded street by accident. If one of the villains, namely Goblin, was around to hear this and puts two and two together, it would go onto the Night Gwen Stacy Died plot. Or alternatively, the last moments of the film is her being taken and being tossed off the bridge as revenge by another villain, leading somewhat of a Sadistic Choice Sequel Hook.
- Surprising no-one, this has been Confirmed.
- Jossed - he turns into the Green Goblin, as his dad seemingly dies.
◊ is only a prototype
◊. (I couldn't find a good picture from Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #34)- Makes sense. If nothing else, Harry needs a mask or something. Otherwise, it'd be pretty easy for people to connect him with Oscorp.
- That Green Goblin may not be Harry. The most recent trailer shows Norman Osborn, looking extremely old and covered with green boils. Perhaps his attempts at a de-aging 'potion' have led to some rather interesting side-effects?
- Nope, it's Harry. The verdict is still out on a modified Goblin costume for a sequel, though - toy companies would surely jump at the opportunity to use a new model.
- That Green Goblin may not be Harry. The most recent trailer shows Norman Osborn, looking extremely old and covered with green boils. Perhaps his attempts at a de-aging 'potion' have led to some rather interesting side-effects?
- Confirmed - she's in the movie, but only with her regular identity.
As for why Electro would win: he's a guy who can command electricity. Rhino wears Powered Armor and the Green Goblin relies heavily on gadgets. Do the math.
- Jossed-Electro teams up with Green Goblin, and Rhino has no interaction with Electro at all, and only appears at the end.
- The Merch is calling him the Green Goblin, so Jossed. So do the end credits.
Throughout the film Peter will be plagued by guilt over his continued relationship with Gwen; he can't bear to hurt her by breaking up with her but he doesn't want her to be in danger, and as such is getting slightly over-protective. During the film, after dispatching Rhino, Peter will confront Norman, discovering he's now Goblin-ized. They'll fight, and during this Norman manages to grab Gwen and take her to the bridge. However, Peter will save her and be forced to abandon to fight to do so; as he goes, Gobby will taunt him about what's happened to Max Dillon, and after securing Gwen, Peter goes to deal with Electro. In the end, Peter has no proof of Norman's Goblin side, and will be forced to deal with him another time; but, to protect Gwen, who's severely traumatized by what happened, he breaks her heart and she goes to live under Witness Protection due to her ordeal with the Goblin. To make it symbolic, their break-up will happen on the same bridge, so while she lives, their relationship 'dies' there.
- Half-Jossed. Peter's promise does haunt him, but Gwen is dead and buried by the end.
- Apparently and sadly Jossed, as the Sinister Six have their own spin-off movie.
- Sinister Six and Venom will have their own spin-off movies, but the end of ASM 2 hints that the Six might be part of movie 3.
Sony has said that they want to make their own film universe to compete with the MCU. Here's just a place for random ideas.
- Venom. Kind of a no-brainer; they've been trying to get Venom his own film for years. Eddie Brock or Flash Thompson could be the protagonist.
- Confirmed!
- Sinister Six. Spidey has one of the best rogues' galleries in comics, and a villain-centric film would be a good way to capitalize on that. Like say, have a bunch of sort-of sympathetic Spidey villains team up for a heist or something.
- Confirmed!
- Daily Bugle. A TV series focusing on the staff of the Daily Bugle as they try to report the facts in a post-Spidey New York. Joe Robertson, Betty Brant, Ben Urich, Old JJ...there's a bunch of colorful personalities that can bounce off each other for an ensemble. If you really want to go the Agents of SHIELD route, you could throw in Mary Jane as the plucky intern.
- They have a Tumblr, if that counts for anything.
- Spider-Woman. Helps fill a demand for superheroines on the big screen. Maybe bring in elements of the Ultimate Clone Saga so that Spider-Woman has a more direct connection with Spidey.
- The first part has been Confirmed. The second part is uncertain given that Norman supposedly died.
- Semi-Confirmed. Gwen dies heroically, but not in a Heroic Sacrifice; she is murdered after saving the day. Ravencroft is an Oscorp front, but its not a "big ending twist"; its revealed after the first act. Harry is sent to Ravencroft for treatment at the end, but not Electro or Rhino (who is actually busted out of prison to become that character on Harry's orders). Although all of the super villains are the result of mad Oscorp science, only Goblin-Harry has anything to do with Richard researching a cure for Norman's condition; Electro is a freak accident, and Rhino is Power Armor.
ASM 3 will chronicle Peter's ongoing efforts to bring down Oscorp and learn the truth about his parents' disappearance. At this point, Peter is struggling under the strain of his responsibility and his guilt over Gwen's death. This gets compounded by the arrival of Kraven the Hunter, an assassin under Oscorp's employ. This Kraven will be largely inspired by the "Kraven's Last Hunt" storyline: a crazed, relentless hunter with nothing to lose and everything to gain with one last job. Kraven represents a more psychological and personal threat, one that can prey on Peter's insecurities and fears. Oscorp takes a stronger role here, by having the various supervillains work in concert with Kraven and advance their goals. By the end of the film, Peter manages to overcome Kraven and expose Oscorp's evil activities. Norman Osborn apparently dies, but not before being exposed to an overdose of the Goblin formula. Satisfied that he's done the right thing and brought peace to his family legacy, Peter retires from Spider-Man and settles down for a normal life with Mary Jane.
Then the Venom and Sinister Six spin-offs get released, which detail a New York without Spider-Man. In the Venom film, Eddie Brock and Flash Thompson both get their hands on the Venom symbiote - a strange piece of Oscorp science that fell into their hands after Norman's exposure - and use it to create their own web-slinging vigilante. Flash does it because he wants to do the right thing, while Eddie does it because he wants to reignite his failing journalism career by making his own, exclusive story. They end up sharing the suit and eventually struggling for dominance over it while fighting other Oscorp experiments that got loose on the streets of New York.
The Sinister Six film chronicles the experiences of the remaining supervillains as they try to return to normal lives without the influence of Norman Osborn...except it doesn't work out. Both because the Sinister Six is made up of some pretty screwed up people and because Norman's still alive as the insane, new Green Goblin (using the Ultimate Marvel interpretation of him as a hulking goblin monster) and refuses to let his pawns go. Turns out the Goblin formula didn't cure Norman, just delayed his inevitable demise. The fall of his company, the failure of his cure and turning into a giant goblin monster have taken a serious toll on his sanity, so he decides go out in blaze of glory by taking New York with him. The Sinister Six struggle against him, but they eventually lose when it's revealed that Norman had all of the Sinister Six implanted with an explosive dead man's switch, forcing the Six back into his employ. Both of these set-up the climactic ASM 4.
ASM 4 will be a massive, Avengers-esque crossover between the Spider-Man films, Venom and the Sinister Six. With the Sinister Six as his unwilling allies, he uses the leftover mad science experiments - other symbiotes, some Spider-clones - and unleashes them onto New York City, quickly taking control of the island. NYC gets put under government quarantine, so Peter must come out of retirement, team up with Venom (and maybe some other Spider-heroes - Jessica Drew could show up, for example) to bring down Osborn once and for all.
- Jossed. The Amazing Spider-Man series has been cancelled do to Andrew Garfield being fired. Maybe the MCU series will do this?
Doctor Octopus will be like Nick Fury trying to get the team together.
Curtis Connors/Lizard, like Bruce Banner/Hulk, is a scientist who turned into a big, green creature.
Norman Osborn/Green Goblin will be like Tony Stark/Iron Man since he has his own company and advanced technology. Also, he was the Iron Patriot in the comics.
Electro will have electric powers like Thor.
Rhino will be big and tough to fight like Captain America.
Vulture will be like Hawkeye since their names reference birds.
Venom, who is black with spider powers, will be like Black Widow.
Stan Lee will have a cameo saying, "Supervillains in New York? Give me a break!"
- Nope! It's Harry Osborn.
- Maybe, but there's no plot-related deception to be had here - the Green Goblin is Harry.
- Confirmed.
- Jossed.
- Jossed.
- Or it's similar to Marvel Studios strategy for Winter Soldier. All the fans will either know/figure it out before it happens, so the twist is there solely to shock non-hardcore fans whilst building fan excitement.
- That one was really more to distract everyone from the real twist that Hydra has been within S.H.I.E.L.D. since the beginning.
- Jossed. She's dead.
was filmed, but was not included in the international cut of the movie. What if Marc Webb wanted to save the plot twist for the last release of the movie to generate more discussion after the initial spoilers for the movie got out?- Jossed, but the scene in question may still be considered canonical.
- Uh-DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH!
- This confirms that he isn't dead, provided it's canonical - but given that he's amputated, it's not likely that he was the one who faked his death.
- And if they end up covering the Clone Saga, Tobey Maguire will play the Scarlet Spider - because that would make for an awesome Casting Gag, and it would make sense given the direction that the storyline goes into.
- So is it possible that will get much worse now that his daughter, whom he'd hoped to protect from Peter's life as Spider-Man, is dead?
- Or possibly Harry, after he has a Villainous BSoD over his actions and expresses regret for everything he's done, but Peter is unable to save him.
- specifically Gwen being brought back as a clone, like in the comic, she has no memory of anything. Peter is grateful she's alive regardless, though at the point he's already fallen for Mary-Jane and is torn between the two of them.
- The Webb films seem unwilling to rehash storylines already done by the Raimi films as shown by how they kill off Norman Osborn while making his son become the Green Goblin.
- For bonus points this could set up The Clone Saga.
- Certainly sounds like something Norman would do.
A "Spider-Man vs. Wolverine" movie would essentially be Marvel's Alternate Company Equivalent of Superman vs. Batman, but let's hope they put Bryan Singer in charge rather than ASM 2's creative team.
- Green Goblin - Would make sense since he's founding the group, plus his glider appears in the closing credits. Could potentially take a backseat and act as an overseer rather an an actual member.
- Rhino - Confirmed as the first member at the end of the movie. His Power Armor is in the credits.
- Electro - Never Found the Body, but may be back for a sequel. May not join due to hating Oscorp, but may equally join to kill Spider-Man.
- The Lizard - Unlikely since Dr. Connors cares for Peter.
- Doctor Octopus - His tentacles appeared in the special projects division, and they are in the closing credits.
- If, as suggested above, Goblin is just the overseer, Ock would probably be the field leader. If Goblin is an active member, Ock could still be second-in-command.
- Vulture - His flight suit appeared in the special projects division, and in the closing credits.
- He's by far the most consistent member of the team, after all. (Electro and Doc Ock being the runners up)
- Kraven the Hunter - Weaponry and lion symbol appears in the closing credits.
- Mysterio - Possibly appears in the closing credits as a theatre mask with smoke/mist coming out of the eyehole.
- Chameleon - Speculated to be the theatre mask's owner in the credits due to his talent for disguises and imitation.
- Black Cat - Felicia Hardy is canon in the series. Speculated to be an alternate identity for the lion symbol in the credits rather than Kraven.
- Sandman - Unseen in the series so far, but possible.
- Scorpion - Name dropped by Marc Webb.
- Venom - The symbiote appeared in early film trailers in place of Rhino's mech, and a Venom movie has been confirmed.
- Shocker - appears in the Daily Bugle tumblr website, and built his own weapons.
- The Beetle - because using a Latverian mercenary would be a great way to tie the Marvel Universe together for crossover purposes
- The Living Brain - obscure villain for the win!
- Pity - they already have the Gentleman
- Green Goblin - The Big Bad
- Doc Ock - The Dragon - Otto has been mentioned as a world-renown nuclear researcher in contact with OsCorp, meaning he may have been a close associate of Norman's. Armed with an old invention of his, four powerful robot tentacles, he will be second-in-command of the Six and the first to question Harry's commands.
- R.H.I.N.O. and Kraven the Hunter - The Brute - R.H.I.N.O. has been covered, but Sergei Kravinoff will be a big-game hunter and mercenary, who joins the Six simply for the challenge of hunting a prey as elusive as Spider-Man. As Kraven, he'll be given powerful performance enhancers and black ops equipment developed by OsCorp to add to his already-considerable hunting abilities.
- Mysterio - Like R.H.I.N.O., Quentin Beck will have little personal motive for joining. Maybe he just wants the holographic equipment Harry can provide him with to enhance his special effect talents.
- Vulture - The Evil Genius - As you can see, Dr. Adrian Toomes was an OsCorp engineer who worked on electromagnetic anti-gravity tech before being fired by Donald Menken when they lost a military contract. Naturally, this would give him motive for joining the group armed with the flightsuit he invented, as revenge against the company is one of Harry's secondary objectives.
- "The Gentleman" - The Team Benefactor
- If this theory is true, Then Harry was right to say: "EVERYBODY WANTS MY MONEY!"
Now, why do I bring this up...because his real name is Karl Fiers, and The Gentleman's real name? Gustav Fiers, the two were brothers, and Karl was one of the few people Gustav actually cared about.
With this in mind, Mark Webb said to watch out for The Gentleman, so could it be that he personally wants revenge on Peter because his parents killed his brother?
- This troper was also thinking Phineas Mason/The Tinkerer.
- Jossed. He shows up alive in Spiderman No Way Home
