‘She/ Hulk’ Writer Talks Spider-Man Being Off-Limits
He is one of the biggest characters that the comic book industry has ever seen, and it is only natural for Marvel to want him to remain in the fold, which was the desire of the creative team behind their most recent series, as She/ Hulk writer Jessica Gau talks Spider-Man being off-limits.
One of the hallmarks and drawing factors for the massive Marvel Cinematic Universe has always been its ability to stay interconnected on some level; with has proven to be one of the greatest magic tricks that the film industry has probably ever seen.
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In one way or another, it has always felt like Marvel has been the masters at crafting stories that somehow involve characters- whether in appearance or in callback- that help to grow this massive world and craft a feeling of togetherness that is so incredibly rare in most other film franchises.
With that being the well-known strong suit of the Marvel Universe, it has, unsurprisingly, been a focus for all that enter into the creative side of this world; and that is no different when it comes to the team behind the newest MCU series set to premiere on Disney+ in just a couple of weeks.
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In a recent interview with The Direct, She/ Hulk writer Jessica Gao talked about Spider-Man being off limits to the creative team behind the series, and why that was an unfortunate reality for those involved.
Gao stated, “But there were a lot of characters that were from the comics that e couldn’t use either because of a rights issue, or there were a few times where it was because Marvel… all they would say is that they had other plans.”
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Gao added, “But I will say, the one MCU character that really bummed out a lot of the writers in our room that we couldn’t use was Spider-Man and anyone involved around- like in the Spider-Man universe. Because we had so many Spider-Man fans in the room.”
It definitely is sad that no one Spider-Man-related will be in the series, but it makes sense considering the rather strange nature of the Marvel and Sony agreement.
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