A bit of over a 12 months after it was first introduced, Sony has eliminated the Spider-Man spinoff film El Muerto from its upcoming launch calendar. The film was beforehand scheduled to open in theaters on January 12, 2024.
The foremost attraction right here was arguably not El Muerto himself, a reasonably obscure Spider-Man supporting character, however reasonably Bad Bunny, the multimedia star who was imagined to play the lead position. If the movie does come collectively and get launched, it might be the primary live-action superhero movie headlined by a Latino actor.
As Marvel.com describes him, El Muerto is a “super powered wrestler” whose powers and masks “have been passed down generation to generation. Each wrestler had to prove themselves to their oppressor, el Dorado, so that they could remain alive and keep their powers.” The character of El Muerto first appeared in a 2006 challenge of Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man written by Peter David, and illustrated by Roger Cruz. It’s a very good position for Bad Bunny, who in recent times has wrestled at a number of WWE occasions, most not too long ago on the firm’s Backlash pay-per-view earlier this spring.
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Sony has develop into more and more targeted on increasing its Spider-Man franchise any method it could actually, primarily by making spinoffs films for characters from Spider-Man comics. They maintain the film rights to Spider-Man’s expansive library of affiliated characters — most of that are villains. They had main success with the Venom franchise starring Tom Hardy, however had a a lot more durable time turning Morbius, starring Jared Leto as a scientist turned vampire, into a success.
The subsequent Spider-Man spinoff film, Kraven the Hunter starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson because the longtime Marvel villain, is presently scheduled to open in theaters on October 6. El Muerto isn’t essentially canceled at this level; Sony may wind up placing it again on its launch schedule at a later date. The longer it goes earlier than that occurs, although, the extra El Muerto will appear like a lifeless challenge.
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