Sixteen years in the past right now, on March 12, 2009, Sony and Marvel introduced that Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 4 could be launched on May 6, 2011. The movie, in fact, would by no means be made, with Sony as an alternative rebooting Spider-Man with Andrew Garfield… after which with Tom Holland. But we thought it will be enjoyable to revisit this have a look at the movie’s villain that just about was!
Spider-Man 4 sadly by no means occurred… however in spite of everything these years, we’ve bought a glimpse of the movie’s villain – Vulture.
Comic guide author Ken Penders has unveiled the villain’s mechanical wings on Twitter – a sensible prop that may have appeared within the long-defunct Spider-Man 4.
“Before Tobey & Sam had been bid adieu by Sony, work really had begun on SPIDER-MAN 4,” he revealed. “I visited buddies who had been engaged on the Vulture’s costume meant for actor John Malkovich. Once manufacturing shut down, all supplies had been turned in. I’ve sat on this for nearly 15 years.”
Before Tobey & Sam had been bid adieu by Sony, work really had begun on SPIDER-MAN 4, and I visited buddies who had been engaged on the Vulture’s costume meant for actor John Malkovich. Once manufacturing shut down, all supplies had been turned in. I’ve sat on this for nearly 15 years. pic.twitter.com/iY3VmzUrHI
— Ken Penders (@KenPenders) November 28, 2022
Vulture made his MCU debut performed by Michael Keaton in Spider-Man: Homecoming. However, this iteration of the traditional MCU villain featured largely CGI wings.
Spider-Man 4 was a unique story – requiring Malkovich to don this lovely mechanical rig.
Unfortunately, it by no means occurred. The movie was in the end canceled by Sony, finally resulting in a reboot starring Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man.
What occurred to the wings? Well, remarkably, they had been bought on-line and ended up on show at Edmonton’s Prop Museum in 2019.
Awesome! I’m guessing your buddy was a part of the Frontline Design crew. I do know these wings had been bought on-line and had been displayed at Edmonton’s Prop Museum in 2019 earlier than closing down. pic.twitter.com/ID053oybIE
— Fillmoreantidote (@DolosGallo) November 28, 2022
As for the designer who labored in them, he was additionally accountable for Maguire’s Spider-Man 3 fits.
“He was additionally accountable for fabricating Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man costumes in SPIDER-MAN 3,” added Penders. “He stated the net sample on the costume was the toughest factor about making the costume.”
According to idea artist Jeffrey Henderson, Spider-Man 4 would have featured a handful of traditional Spider-Man villains, together with “a montage of C and D- checklist villains that we knew would by no means be used as important antagonists: Mysterio, the Shocker, the Prowler, the outdated school-onesie-wearing model of the Rhino, possibly even the Stilt Man, and so on.”
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Note: This story initially ran on Nov. 28, 2022.
Ryan Leston is an leisure journalist and movie critic for IGN. You can observe him on Twitter.
