Spider-Man Reboot Officially Titled Spider-Man: Homecoming

Don't You (Forget About the Homecoming Dance Peter Parker, I Swear to God It Better Be Magical)

Jessica Lachenal

Published: Apr 13, 2016 11:22 am

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Thanks to this incredible (?) title, I now have Diddy and Skylar Grey’s “Coming Home” stuck in my head. That may or may not tell you how I feel about this title. But anyway. Apparently Sony unveiled the title for the new movie, with Marvel Studios revealing the title graphic at CinemaCon yesterday. The upcoming Sony/Marvel Spider-Man joint flick is now officially called Spider-Man: Homecoming. We’ve already known for a while that the next movie was aiming to be a bit of a John Hughes-inspired high school flick, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that the title would reflect that.

As our own Charline Jao pointed out last week, Sony registered the URL SpiderManHomecomingTheMovie.com; a real damned mouthful I’d say. If the rest of the rumor that story’s based on is true, then the title’s pulled from one of Spider-Man’s “Homecoming” storyline that happened way back in the 80s. Notable events in that storyline are the appearance of Iron Man and Captain America, as well as Spidey’s first encounter with the Venom suit.

I can’t help but feel the need to point out that Homecoming feels a bit like a swipe at Sony. Does anybody else read a bit of a cheeky jab in there, or is it just me? It’s like Marvel really wants to make it clear that in a lot of different ways, Spider-Man’s coming home to Marvel where he belongs. Sony’s still involved with this production, obviously, but I wouldn’t put it past Marvel to poke fun at this partnership if it can get away with it, you know?

Anyway, here’s to a Spider-Man movie that will (hopefully, likely) involve Peter Parker freaking out over fighting Venom and finding the right outfit to wear to the homecoming dance. I’m imagining something like Perks of Being a Wallflower but with more webbing and masks, especially its homecoming dance scene. Oh, gosh, with Tony Stark as the shop teacher. And Steve Rogers as the English teacher!

Oh dear. I’ve gone and made an AU.

(via CBR, featured image via Marvel.com)

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Jessica Lachenal

Jessica Lachenal is a writer who doesn’t talk about herself a lot, so she isn’t quite sure how biographical info panels should work. But here we go anyway. She's the Weekend Editor for The Mary Sue, a Contributing Writer for The Bold Italic (thebolditalic.com), and a Staff Writer for Spinning Platters (spinningplatters.com). She's also been featured in Model View Culture and Frontiers LA magazine, and on Autostraddle. She hopes this has been as awkward for you as it has been for her.