The Spider-Man franchise is now being co-parented by both Sony and Marvel, but as “Captain America: Civil War” made perfectly clear, the webslinger is being fully integrated into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Indeed, Marvel aren’t wasting the chance they have with the character, who for years has been wholly operated on the big screen by Sony, and ensuring the hugely popular character has lots of fun alongside their other hugely popular characters. And this also means interacting with their less than popular characters.
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Variety reports that Jon Favreau will step back into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with an appearance in “Spider-Man: Homecoming.” Playing Happy Hogan — Tony Stark/Iron Man’s best bud and Head of Security at Stark Industries — the character appeared in the “Iron Man” trilogy (the first two of which were also directed by Favreau), but nowhere else in the Marvel-verse. That changes with ‘Homecoming,’ though just how extensive Happy Hogan’s role will be, we’ll have to wait and see (though, it’s probably safe to say it’ll be minor).
Starring Tom Holland, Marisa Tomei, Tony Revolori, Laura Harrier, Kenneth Choi, Zendaya, Donald Glover, Logan Marshall-Green, Martin Starr, Abraham Attah, Hannibal Buress, Bokeem Woodbine, and Jona Xiao, the Jon Watts-directed movie opens on July 7, 2017.
