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Filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton is about to be everywhere as media promotional rounds are getting underway for “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” with that film to officially launch ticket sales (and a new trailer) this week.
The film is hardly Cretton’s first flirtation with Marvel. He previously directed “Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings” and co-created this year’s “Wonder Man” series – two of the best-received projects of the MCU since ‘Endgame’.
Talk of a “Shang-Chi” sequel has swirled for years, but it never seemed to gain steam. Speaking with Deadline, he confirmed the film is still being developed and said unusual circumstances surrounding the first film’s release during the latter stages of the pandemic in 2021 impacted the film’s overseas revenue:
“It was successful, but it actually came out weirdly. It was successful at a time when a new wave of COVID was hitting, so it was successful but also many countries were completely shut down to theatres at the time. After that, there were just crazy changes all over the place. It’s just a result of the industry [recalibrating].”
Despite the limitations, the film still earned $432.2 million at the worldwide box office during its initial run and set the record for the biggest Labor Day weekend opening with $94.6 million domestically.
The film’s Simu Liu has not appeared in any major MCU project since the 2021 film, but will finally slip back into the red vest for “Avengers: Doomsday” this December.
Cretton also let slip a comment about the upcoming “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” that has set the internet abuzz, ending the interview saying “everybody should go see this movie as if it’s the last Spider-Man.”
That has fuelled speculation, which was already swirling, that Holland’s Peter Parker may not survive the new film. If so, it would explain why he’s sitting out “Avengers: Doomsday” ahead of coming back in “Avengers: Secret Wars”.
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