{"id":39166,"date":"2016-09-02T11:38:35","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T15:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=39166"},"modified":"2018-12-05T00:02:46","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T05:02:46","slug":"spider-man-homecoming-jon-favreau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/02\/spider-man-homecoming-jon-favreau\/","title":{"rendered":"SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING Adds Another Marvel Cinematic Universe Regular"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Jon-Favreau\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Sony and Marvel are strengthening up the ties between the upcoming rebooted Spider-Man<\/strong> franchise and the mainline Marvel Cinematic Universe with the addition of Jon Favreau to the cast of Spider-Man: Homecoming<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Favreau will be reprising his character of Happy Hogan, bodyguard to Tony Stark, aka Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), from the Iron Man<\/strong> solo films. This certainly doesn’t come as much of a shock, considering that Downey Jr has already been announced as a castmember for the film. But it is a pleasant surprise. The groundwork for the relationship between Stark and Peter Parker\/Spider-Man (Tom Holland) was already laid out in this year’s Captain America: Civil War<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Favreau, of course, kicked off the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe by directing 2008’s Iron Man<\/strong> and its first sequel. And while he appeared on screen in the Shane Black-directed Iron Man 3<\/strong>, the actor\/director has been absent from both sides of the camera for the balance of the interconnected superhero franchise.<\/p>\n

Director Jon Watts is currently shooting Spider-Man: Homecoming<\/strong> in Atlanta. The film will co-star Michael Keaton as the villain Vulture, and Marisa Tomei, Tony Revolori, Zendaya, Hannibal Buress, Bokeem Woodbine, Martin Starr, and Donald Glover.<\/p>\n

Spider-Man: Homecoming<\/strong> is set for a July 7, 2017 release.<\/p>\n

Via Variety<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tony Stark’s right hand man will be showing up to help out the wall crawling superhero as well…<\/div>\n

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