Kevin Feige Says New Villains And John Hughes Vibe For New Spider-Man Movie

Marvel's Kevin Feige wants fans to know that the next generation of Spider-Man movies will be different than anything fans have seen before on the big screen.

Citing influences from teen movie king John Hughes, Feige says that the Jon Watts-directed Spider-Man due in theaters in 2017 will feature all-new villains, drawing from the hero's huge rogues gallery rather than reverting back to the handful who have already appeared -- likely an indication that Green Goblin, who has played a role in four of the five Spider-Man films produced by Sony, won't be a major player.

"It's the soap opera in high school, and those supporting characters, that are interesting," Feige told Birth Movies Death. "Just as we hadn't seen a heist movie in a long time, or a shrinking movie in a long time, we haven't seen a John Hughes movie in a long time. Not that we can make a John Hughes movie - only John Hughes could - but we're inspired by him, and merging that with the superhero genre in a way we haven't done before excites us."

He added later, "Right now we're interested in seeing villains we haven't seen before."

Feige also indicated that the strength of Spider-Man is, in part, that he doesn't have to be part of the larger Marvel Universe in order to "work," suggesting that a character-driven film can have high stakes that doni't necessarily revole around the end of the world, even though that's typically what Marvel's films do come down to, by their nature.

Spider-Man is expected to make his Marvel Studios debut in Captain America: Civil War next year. You can see when he'll get his own film in our movie release calendar.