Jon Favreau Joins ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’
Iron Manco-starJon Favreauwill be returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universal forSpider-Man: Homecoming. Favreau directed the first Marvel Studios movieIron Man, in which he appeared asRobert Downey Jr’s character Tony Stark’s bodyguard, Happy Hogan. Favreau has reprised the role forIron Man 2andIron Man 3. This appearance will be the first non-Iron Man appearance of the character on the big screen. Learn more about the Jon Favreau Spider-Man: Homecoming casting, after the jump.Varietybroke the news and Marvel and studio Sony Pictures have no comment on the story. We already know that Robert Downey Jr will be appearing in the film as Tony Stark aka Iron Man, so it’s probably easy to imagine how Favreau’s character Hogan might fit into the mix. I’m sure he will either be appearing alongside Stark as he makes another visit to Queens New York or functioning a go-between for his busy boss and that spunky high school kid with the web shooters. It’s unknown how large of a role Favreau will play in the movie.
When it was first announced thatMarvel Studios would be producing the film for Sony Pictures, it was unclear how connected it might be to the larger storyline that’s leading to Avengers: Infinity War. It’s unknown how large of a role Favreau will play in the film but it’s exciting that producer Kevin Feige is clearly cementing the story in the MCU.
Spider-Man: Homecoming is currently filming in Atlanta Georgia withTom Hollandreprising his role fromCaptain America: Civil Waras Peter Parker alongside an ensemble cast that includesLogan Marshall-Green, Donald Glover, ZendayaandTony Revolori.Batman/BirdmanstarMichael Keatonplays the film’s big bad, The Vulture, a man with a huge technologically enhanced wingsuit.
Cop Car filmmakerJon Wattsis directing the film which has been positioned as a John Hughes-style high school coming of age story set within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We saw a rough cut trailer screened at San Diego Comic-Con International which was delightful and everything you might imagine from that take on the material.
