Adrian Toomes: Last News

John Leguizamo is opening up about feeling like a pawn when he was ultimately sidelined in favor of Michael Keaton to play the villain in Spider-Man: Homecoming.

that I’ve never seen an entire version of any of those movies — any Marvel movie, any other,” Keaton recently explained to Variety. “And I don’t say that I don’t watch that because I’m highbrow — trust me! It’s not that,” the Oscar-nominated “Birdman” actor added.

Michael Keaton is no stranger to the DC and Marvel Cinematic Universes, though he has never seen a film in its entirety.

If you remember, back in the day, filmmaker Sam Raimi was all set to make “Spider-Man 4,” then slated for a May 6, 2011 release. Tobey Maguire and Kristen Dunst would star again, and at least two new characters/actors would join the franchise: Anne Hathaway as the Black Cat/Felicia Hardy, John Malkovich as Vulture/Adrian Toomes.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” into a critical and commercial smash, the filmmakers hyped up a crowd of movie theater owners by showing an exclusive look at the first 15 minutes of the follow-up “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.” Lord and Miller also announced the next installment, previously denoted as “Part II,” will be titled “Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse.”Sony Pictures chairman Tom Rothman introduced Lord and Miller, touting their animated films as a “singularly innovative franchise.” Before unveiling the never-before-seen footage of “Across the Spider-Verse,” which continues the story of Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore), Lord and Miller teased some details about the sequel, which takes place in six universes. (The original only transpired in a measly one universe). They’re also upping the body count.

Jordan Moreau SPOILER WARNING: Do not read if you have not seen “Morbius,” currently playing in theaters. This story discusses movie’s post-credits scenes.After nearly two years of pandemic delays, “Morbius” has finally opened in theaters, expanding Sony’s universe of Marvel characters and growing the web of Spider-Man villains getting their own origin stories.“Morbius” — starring Jared Leto as the biologist-turned-vampire from Marvel comics — was originally supposed to debut in July 2020, before “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” and “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” The COVID-19 pandemic, of course, turned the world, and studio release calendars, upside-down, which is how “Morbius” wound up hitting theaters this weekend.

supports HTML5 videoWarning: Spoilers for Morbius and the post-credits scenes ahead.Although it’s so far resulted in less than rave reviews, Morbius has hinted about what’s set to come in the MCU and Sony universe.The new film stars Jared Leto as Michael Morbius, a biochemist who is fighting to find a cure for his rare blood disease.He ends up inadvertently developing a rare form of vampirism with his ‘cure’, and is forced to try to stop his childhood friend (Matt Smith) from causing a massacre.Following the movie, there are two end-credits scenes, which set up what is about to happen next.In the first scene, we’re reintroduced to Michael Keaton’s Adrian Toomes, who mysteriously shows up in a prison cell. News reports show him being taken away from the cell and, presumably, released.Adrian, also known as Vulture, is a black market arms dealer and was introduced in Spider-Man: Homecoming.In the second scene, Vulture appears to have found his suit (or made a new one), tracking down Morbius.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterLike so many, Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers grew up loving Spider-Man — from the animated TV series to the action figures to, as they became adults, Sam Raimi’s live-action movies starring Tobey Maguire.

Sony sent out a tweet over 12 years ago and that tweet is going viral today.

Spider-Man: Homecoming introduced us to the world of Peter Parker (Tom Holland), from the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) point of view. We get to meet Peter's classmates and see him get a love interest in the perfect A-student, Liz (Laura Harrier). Turns out Liz isn't just your average teenager but the daughter of Adrian Toomes aka Vulture (Michael Keaton), who is the main villain of the storyline. On the other hand, we have MJ (Zendaya), the feisty straight-faced teenager, who Parker eventually falls deeply in love with.