Spider-Man reboot film Spider-Man: Homecoming is Marvel’s 16th MCU film released in the US just last month. Now, the film’s writers are answering some questions about the world of Peter Parker.
While an additional four writers are credited with writing Homecoming, the film’s story line most resembles the ideas of writers Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis. This isn’t the first time the duo made a high-profile movie with big stars, but they did tell Entertainment Weekly that working with such a huge budget was a whole new league, which presented an almost limitless possibility to create Peter Parker’s world. Channeling film director, producer and screenwriter John Hughes, they set out to create Parker’s world as divided to friends and villains. The added that it’s really a coming of age story of a kid who isn’t sure how to use his powers.
The writers duo revealed that due to the required high levels of secrecy, the code name for all of the film’s materials like scripts and schedules was chosen after the classic Seinfeld’s 8th season episode, Summer of George.
The writers pondered how much of a role would Peter’s influential father figure, Uncle Ben would play in the reboot. After choosing against a more direct reference, they decided that a subtle reference from Aunt May will do. There was also an idea to have Aunt May date, however this early draft idea simply didn’t make the cut, perhaps they hinted, she might get a boyfriend in the sequel.
