Marvel Welcomes Spider-Man Back, With a New Film Set for 2017
Spider-Man is returning to Marvel, and a new movie built around the character is coming in 2017. Variety reported the news, describing both the character's return and the planned film as part of the same announcement.
The return itself is the headline development. Spider-Man is one of Marvel's best-known characters, and the wording of the report makes clear that this is a homecoming rather than the introduction of an unfamiliar figure. Bringing him back to Marvel puts the character at the center of a new film plan, instead of leaving his next screen appearance open-ended.
For audiences, the immediate takeaway is straightforward: a new Spider-Man movie was on the way for 2017, with Marvel once again directly involved. No further specifics were included in the material announcing the move, so the title, casting and other details of that film remained matters for later official announcements.
Even on its own, though, the news marked a significant moment for Marvel's film plans. A character of Spider-Man's standing returning to Marvel, with a movie already attached to a year, gave fans a concrete project to look ahead to and a clear sign that Marvel's plans on screen were expanding.