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Rachel Zegler and Marisa Tomei Aboard ‘She Gets It From Me’
(Left) Rachel Zegler arrives on the red carpet of the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Etienne Laurent / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S. (Right) Marisa Tomei attends the Academy’s 7th Annual Governors Awards in The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, CA, on Saturday, November 14, 2015. Credit/Provider: Matt Petit / ©A.M.P.A.S. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.

Preview:
- Rachel Zegler and Marisa Tomei will star in ‘She Gets It From Me.’
- The new comedy drama is based on a true story.
- Julia von Heinz directed the movie.
The live-action Disney ‘Snow White’ might not exactly have worked at the box office, and saw itself mired in controversy, but star Rachel Zegler has her eyes set on her next project.

According to Variety, she’s now attached to star alongside Marisa Tomei in a new comedy drama called ‘She Gets It From Me,’ which will chart a complicated mother-daughter relationship. Yes, she’s going from having a wicked stepmother to a former punk rocker of a birth mother.
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In the director’s chair for the new movie is Julia Heinz, whose resume also includes 2024’s ‘Treasure’ and 2020’s ‘And Tomorrow the Entire World,’ which was Germany’s Oscar submission for that year.

Related Article: 10 Things We Learned At ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ Press Conference

What’s the story of ‘She Gets It From Me’?

Rachel Zegler. Photo credit: Nathan Johnson.

‘She Gets It From Me’ is based on a true story, and follows Nicky (Zegler), whose engagement celebration turns into a search for her pill-popping, ex-punk rocker birth mother, Charlotte (Tomei). Together, the two embark on an anarchic mother-and-daughter journey to reconnect.

According to the official synopsis: “YouTube is packed with tearful family reunions, but nobody films the messy aftermath.”

3311 Productions (which previously backed the likes of ‘The Assistant,’ and ‘Brigsby Bear’) produces in partnership with Anna Werner for Seven Elephants ( who worked with Heinz on ‘And Tomorrow the Entire World,’) and Jay Reiss (writer of stage play ‘The Twenty Fifth Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,’) who also crafted the script.

Here’s what Heinz told Variety about the screenplay:

“The emotional truth of the movie, reflecting parts of all our lives, is truly funny, immersive cinema. Jay’s screenplay captures family dynamics at their most authentic: absurd yet profound, messy yet meaningful. The collision of two worlds creates comedy that cuts deep because it’s so honest.”

Where else can we see Rachel Zegler?

Rachel Zegler as Snow White in Disney’s live-action ‘Snow White’. Photo courtesy of Disney. © 2024 Disney Enterprises Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Zegler got her big break in Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story,’ and has since appeared in the likes of ‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods,’ ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes,’ ‘Y2K’ and lent her voice to animated comedy ‘Spellbound.’

‘She Gets It From Me’ will mark her next movie.

This is producer Jen Dana on what Zegler brings to the film:

“Rachel always brings a brilliant depth and humanity to her roles, and we are so excited for her to continue to showcase her versatility and humor as an actress.”

What else is Marisa Tomei working on?

(L to R) Marisa Tomei and Tom Holland in ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’. Photo: Marvel Studios.

An Oscar nominee (and winner for ‘My Cousin Vinny‘), Tomei has also appeared in the likes of ‘The Wrestler,’ ‘In the Bedroom’ and ‘The Big Short.’

More recently, she played Aunt May to Tom Holland’s Peter Parker in the latest trilogy of ‘Spider-Man’ movies and in 2024 alone, she appeared in three movie, ‘Upgraded,’ ‘High Tide’ and ‘Brothers.’

Upcoming for the actor are the likes of ‘F*ck Valentine’s Day’ and ‘You’re Dating a Narcissist.’ She’s also attached to action thriller ‘The Mongoose.’

Here’s what Embankment boss Hugo Grumbar said about Tomei’s casting:

“What could be more fun than finding out your birth mother is the wonderful Marisa Tomei!”

When will ‘She Gets It From Me’ hit theaters?

The rights to the new movie will be on sale at this year’s Cannes market via Embankment Films, while CAA will make its domestic deal.

But with not distributor attached yet, we’ll have to wait and see when it is released into theaters.

(L to R) Honor Gillies as Barb Azure, Konstantin Taffet as Clerk Carmine and Rachel Zegler as Lucy Gray Baird in ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.’ Photo Credit: Murray Close.

List of Rachel Zegler Movies:
- ‘West Side Story‘ (2021)
- ‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods‘ (2023)
- ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes‘ (2023)
- ‘Y2K‘ (2024)
- ‘Spellbound‘ (2024)
- ‘Snow White‘ (2025)
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May 2, 2025
‘Brothers’ Interview: Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage
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Opening in select theaters on October 10th before premiering on Prime Video October 17th is the new comedy ‘Brothers’, which was directed by Max Barbakow (‘Palm Springs’).

The new film stars Josh Brolin (‘Avengers: Endgame’, ‘Deadpool 2’), Peter Dinklage (‘Game of Thrones’, ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’), Taylour Paige (‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’), Glenn Close (‘Fatal Attraction’), and Oscar-winners Brendan Fraser (‘The Whale’) and Marisa Tomei (‘My Cousin Vinny’).

Related Article: Peter Dinklage and Juliette Lewis Talk ‘The Thicket’ and Making a Western

(L to R) Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage star in ‘Brothers’.

Moviefone recently had the pleasure of speaking with Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage about their work on ‘Brothers’, how the project came together, playing brothers, their relationship with their mother, working with the rest of the cast, and Brolin’s intimate scene with an Orangutan.

You can read the full interview below or click on the video player above to watch our interview.

(L to R) Jady (Peter Dinklage), Cath (Glenn Close), and Moke (Josh Brolin) in ‘Brothers’. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Prime © Amazon Content Services LLC.

Moviefone: To begin with, Peter, can you talk about how this project came together and what it was like playing Josh Brolin’s brother?

Peter Dinklage: Well, we all created this mad world together. I mean, (screenwriter) Macon Blair, executed it, as in his brilliant way as he does, so it never felt like, you’re up for this next movie and here’s the screenplay. It was more organic than that, with Josh and me and Macon. So, I don’t remember sitting down and reading the screenplay for the first time. In a way, it just seeped into my DNA. So, Josh and I wanted to make a comedy, we wanted to play brothers, and we just had this somewhat flimsy idea of wanting to make this. Everything followed suit, which we were really shocked and surprised that people fell for it. Suddenly we have Glenn Close playing our mom. It was incredible. But I just loved making this movie. Let us entertain you and whatever madcap way it comes about, here we go. I love just breaking the rules of that normal, traditional process, what people think you need to do, the steps you need to take to make a movie. It’s not necessarily true. That’s how you get Glenn Close.

MF: Josh, can you talk about the dynamic between these two brothers and what was it like working on that relationship with Peter?

Josh Brolin: I mean, I think when we pitched this idea, we pitched it to several different places. Because Peter and I didn’t really know each other before, that dynamic and that volley started to surface while we were doing that. I think we were figuring out the movie as we were pitching the movie, even though we had a general base idea. I mean, it all came out of people saying, “God, you and Dinklage look alike. You guys should do a movie together. Look at how big your heads are.” Then, me calling Peter and saying, “Hey, do you want to do this thing?” He was like, “Yeah,” immediately. Then you go, “Okay. So, we have this blank canvas. What do we do?” You bring in Macon Blair and you start throwing around ideas and sitting around breakfast tables and saying, “What if it was this? What happened in your family that’s interesting?” What Macon was so good at is just there’s this umbrella of absurdity over it all. How absurd it is in the family dynamic. The family dynamic is absurd anyway, so what about those movies that used to really exploit that and that we grew up on? ‘Cannonball Run’, Peter mentioned earlier, or ‘48 HRS‘, or ‘Midnight Run’. Whether it’s family members or not, what is the absurdity of how we behave toward each other? I think that that’s what this spring-boarded from.

(L to R) Jady (Peter Dinklage) and Cath (Glenn Close) in ‘Brothers’. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Prime © Amazon Content Services LLC.

MF: Peter, can you talk about how the dynamic between these two brothers changes when their mother arrives and what it was like having Glenn Close play your mom?

PD: Glenn Close is a monster. I highly advise not getting anywhere within 20 yards of her. She’s one of the greats. It was insane to be finally working with her. I never knew it would happen, but I was kicking myself every day. I like the idea that Macon had of, I’m grifting Josh’s character just to get the family back together. I’m conning him. I’m pretending we’re going one direction, but it’s to get back to our mother, who we both love, but it’s a complicated relationship, as it is with most of our moms. But really, my character is sort of the glue that’s trying to put the family back together, which is lovely and sweet. But at the end of the day, he also wants to get something out of it. Get the riches. He’s got dollar signs in his eyes. He can’t help that. But it was so much fun making this movie. We were down in Atlanta for a couple of months during COVID, where everybody was masked except for the actors, so you play a game of, what does the lower half of people’s face look like? It’s like Bizarro when you finally see them without the mask. We all lived through that, and it was just fun in that time to make a comedy as zany as this with these incredible people. I think it was just such a soothing bomb to what we were all going through. You don’t want to make a movie about COVID during COVID. You want to make a movie like this.

MF: Josh, can you talk about your character’s relationship with his wife, and how his brother’s return and the journey they go on together jeopardizes his marriage?

JB: What it does is it challenges his loyalty to his family, which always comes up. In my own family, I think you spend time with your family and there’s irritations and you leave, and you go, “Okay. We had dinner together. I’m not going to do that again for two years if I can help it.” Yet two weeks later you’re back. You know what I mean? You can’t say no. There’s just something that is enmeshed that you can’t break. I think Jady knows that. When he comes and he has this manipulation with his mom and they get together to get Moke back on the team, because he’s the guy who’s the great safe-cracker, and it’s just once that innate thing happens, you can’t let go of it. It’s almost like an addiction. It’s a weird addiction factor with your family. I love watching that dynamic, especially between Peter and me.

(L to R) Moke (Josh Brolin) and Jady (Peter Dinklage) in ‘Brothers’. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Prime © Amazon Content Services LLC.

MF Josh, there was one scene in this movie that I thought was one of the funniest scenes I’ve seen in a film in a longtime, and that was the scene where you appear with an Orangutan. Can you talk about shooting that sequence, and did you know right away that it would be so hilarious?

JB: I knew it was a winner when everybody read it. I know that everybody who read the script mentioned that scene. Again, it was the first scene that they all mentioned. It’s one of those things that you start to get nervous about doing it because if they love reading it so much, is this going to translate? But listen, we had fun with it and whatever it ended up being, it was 1000% conviction. For better or worse, we lent ourselves to what was written.

MF: Peter, you also have a very funny scene where you “rage dance” with Marisa Tomei. Was that scene improvised or in the script?

PD: The tone of this movie, it’s so crazy, that to have a traditional sex scene just seemed like to fly in the face of the rest of the movie. So, to have these oddball people, these prison pen-pals, dance to hardcore speed metal, that’s their most intimate moment. That’s their most intimate thing they can think of, it’s so Macon Blair, our writer, and me and Marisa, it’s just such in the spirit of the film to have that juxtaposed with the sexier scene of Josh and the Orangutan. Literally Marisa and I didn’t need an intimacy coordinator, they did, Josh and the Orangutan. You know what I’m saying? So, that’s the fun part of it.

(L to R) Jady (Peter Dinklage) and Farful (Brendan Fraser) in ‘Brothers’. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Prime © Amazon Content Services LLC.

MF: Finally, Peter, can you talk about the personal rivalry between Jady and Farful, and what was it like working with Brendan Fraser?

PD: One of the nicest human beings on this planet is Brendan Fraser. He had just come from the movie, ‘The Whale’, so I think he had to get something out of his system. He had to get off that couch and run around in Atlanta with us. You need a bad guy, and nothing better than a bad guy than a crooked cop trying to grift me, the anti-hero that is Jady. I think he screamed all his dialogue. I sort of was in scenes with him and he was so pitched at 11, there were times where I was like, “Is this going to work? Is this too much?” But that’s the genius of Brendan Fraser because it worked perfectly. He knew that, as an actor, and it’s always difficult to tell if it’s going to match the rest of the tone of the movie. Our movie is so all over the place tonally, that Max (Barbakow), our director, just made it all work. It was incredible. But Brendan is incredible. He’s so much fun to work with and he made it so much more fun, those scenes of torture and humiliation.
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What is the plot of ‘Brothers’?

A reformed criminal’s (Josh Brolin) attempt at going straight is derailed when he reunites with his sanity-testing twin brother (Peter Dinklage) on a road trip for the score of a lifetime. Dodging bullets, the law, and an overbearing mother (Glenn Close) along the way, they must heal their severed family bond before they end up killing each other.

Who is in the cast of ‘Brothers’?
- Josh Brolin as Moke Munger
- Peter Dinklage as Jady Munger
- Glenn Close as Cath Munger
- Brendan Fraser as Farful
- Taylour Paige as Abby Munger-Jacobson
- M. Emmet Walsh as Judge Farful
- Jennifer Landon as Young Cath
- Marisa Tomei
(L to R) Cath (Glenn Close), Moke (Josh Brolin), and Jady (Peter Dinklage) in ‘Brothers’. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Prime © Amazon Content Services LLC.

List of Josh Brolin Movies and TV Shows:
- ‘The Goonies‘ (1985)
- ‘The Young Riders‘ (1989 – 1992)
- ‘Flirting with Disaster‘ (1996)
- ‘Mimic‘ (1997)
- ‘The Mod Squad‘ (1999)
- ‘Hollow Man‘ (2000)
- ‘Mister Sterling‘ (2003)
- ‘Melinda and Melinda‘ (2005)
- ‘Into the Blue‘ (2005)
- ‘Grindhouse‘ (2007)
- ‘In the Valley of Elah‘ (2007)
- ‘No Country for Old Men‘ (2007)
- ‘American Gangster‘ (2007)
- ‘W.‘ (2008)
- ‘Milk‘ (2009)
- ‘Jonah Hex‘ (2010)
- ‘You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger‘ (2010)
- ‘Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps‘ (2010)
- ‘True Grit‘ (2010)
- ‘Men in Black 3‘ (2012)
- ‘Gangster Squad‘ (2013)
- ‘Oldboy‘ (2013)
- ‘Labor Day‘ (2014)
- ‘Guardians of the Galaxy‘ (2014)
- ‘Sin City: A Dame to Kill For‘ (2014)
- ‘Inherent Vice‘ (2015)
- ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron‘ (2015)
- ‘Sicario‘ (2015)
- ‘Everest‘ (2015)
- ‘Hail, Caesar!‘ (2016)
- ‘Only the Brave‘ (2017)
- ‘Avengers: Infinity War‘ (2018)
- ‘Deadpool 2‘ (2018)
- ‘Sicario: Day of the Soldado‘ (2018)
- ‘Avengers: Endgame‘ (2019)
- ‘What If…?‘ (2021 – 2023)
- ‘Flag Day‘ (2021)
- ‘Dune‘ (2021)
- ‘Outer Range‘ (2022 – 2024)
- ‘Dune: Part Two‘ (2024)
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October 15, 2024
Netflix Plans ‘A Different World’ Sequel TV Series
The cast of ‘A Different World’. Photo: Carsey-Werner Productions.

Preview:
- A sequel series to ‘A Different World’ is in the works.
- It follows the characters’ youngest daughter at college.
- Netflix is producing the new show.
Netflix has had some success with sequel series to shows that ran elsewhere –– ‘That ‘90s Show’ (a follow-up to ‘That ‘70s Show’) is still going.

And another series from The Carsey-Werner company is joining it in Netflix’s line-up, at least according to Deadline –– ‘A Different World’.

Yes, the 1980s/1990 series which (slightly problematically these days) was created by Bill Cosby as a spin-off of his own show, is getting the follow-up treatment with a new series.

What’s the story of ‘A Different World?

(L to R) Dawnn Lewis, Lisa Bonet and Marisa Tomei in ‘A Different World’. Photo: Carsey-Werner Productions.

The show, which ran between 1987 and 1993, was run by Debbie Allen as director-producer, Gina Prince-Bythewood and Reggie Bythewood as writers, and Tom Werner as executive producer.

‘A Different World’ followed –– at least initially –– Denise Huxtable (Lisa Bonet) and her new classmates at Hillman College, a fictional historically Black college.

Bonet exited after one season, but the show continued with the leading cast of Jasmine Guy, Kadeem Hardison, Dawnn Lewis, Darryl M. Bell, Sinbad, Charnele Brown, Cree Summer and Glynn Turman.

The retooled second season continued to follow the students’ lives, with the love story between Guy’s Whitley Gilbert and Hardison’s Dwayne Wayne at the center.

Dwayne, famous for his glasses that flipped up, finally married on it in the Season 5 episode “Save the Best For Last.” Though Whitley was adamant she didn’t want children, she discovers she’s pregnant in “When One Door Closes,” the penultimate episode of the series, and everyone is elated. However, things get somber when Dwayne reveals he’s accepted a job in Japan where he and his wife will raise their family — a truly different world.

Fun fact: Meg Ryan was originally cast as Denise’s roommate in Season One, but opted to pursue her film career, with Marisa Tomei taking her place.

Meg Ryan in Bleecker Street’s ‘What Happens Later.’ Credit: Bleecker Street.

What story will the new show follow?

The sequel will reportedly focus on the couple’s youngest daughter, who is now also attending Hillman.

While casting is yet to begin officially, the producers have reportedly reached out to original cast members regarding interest and availability, and it seems (though Netflix has yet to comment officially) that at least a few of them will return in some capacity.

Felicia Pride, who wrote on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ and more recently was a producer on ‘Bel-Air’ is aboard to oversee the writing on the show, with the original producing team involved.

Related Article: Callie Haverda and Mace Coronel Talk Netflix’s ‘That ’90s Show’ Season 2

When will the ‘A Different World’ series land on Netflix?

Don’t get too excited just yet –– versions of this new series have been in the offing for years with little forward movement. But with Netflix backing it, we can surely assume that the latest effort will make it to the company’s servers.
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TV Shows produced by the Carsey-Werner Company:
- ‘The Cosby Show‘ (1984 – 1992)
- ‘A Different World‘ (1987 – 1993)
- ‘Roseanne‘ (1988 – 2018)
- ‘3rd Rock from the Sun‘ (1996 – 2001)
- ‘That ’70s Show‘ (1998 – 2006)
- ‘Grounded for Life‘ (2001 – 2005)
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August 12, 2024
Movie Review: ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’

Tom Holland and Zendaya in ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’

The wait is finally over as the most anticipated film of 2021, ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home,’ is now in theaters. Much has been said about this film, who will be in it and who will not, but now audiences will be able to see for themselves, and they will not be disappointed. The film marks the third solo outing for Tom Holland’s Spider-Man, as the hero finds his secret identity exposed in public and asks Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) for help. But when Strange’s spell goes wrong, and Spider-Man villains from other universes begin to invade our Earth, Peter Parker and his friends must find a way to stop them before they destroy our world.

In addition to Holland and Cumberbatch, the movie also stars several other MCU actors including Zendaya as MJ, Jacob Batalon as Ned Leeds, Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan, and Oscar-winner Marisa Tomei as May Parker. The film also features actors from other Spider-Man movies reprising their roles like Willem Dafoe as Green Goblin from ‘Spider-Man,’ Alfred Molina as Doctor Octopus from ‘Spider-Man 2,’ Thomas Haden Church as Sandman from ‘Spider-Man 3,’ Rhys Ifans as Lizard from ‘The Amazing Spider-Man,’ and Jamie Foxx as Electro from ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2.’ The result is a well-crafted and extremely entertaining love letter to Spider-Man fans that completely lives up to all of its outrageous expectations and is one of the best Spider-Man movies of all-time.

The film begins almost exactly where “Spider-Man: Far from Home’ left off, with Peter Parker (Holland) being outed publicly by Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) as both Spider-Man and a murderer. The news completely changes Peter, his family and his friends’ lives, and in order to “fix it,” he asks Doctor Strange (Cumberbatch) to cast a spell so the world forgets he is Spider-Man. But while casting the spell, Peter tries to change it so his girlfriend MJ (Zendaya), his Aunt May (Tomei), and best friend Ned (Batalon) don’t forget, and creates a chain of events that sees Spider-Man villains from the multiverse ascending on our Earth. To right their wrongs, and stop the multiverse from being destroyed, Strange tasks Peter, MJ, and Ned with collecting the villains and sending them back to their own world, where they will ultimately die. Peter can’t stand the idea of essentially sending these villains to their death, and after encouragement from Aunt May, he defies Strange’s wishes and vows to find a way to save the multiverse without killing his enemies.

If you have been following the production of ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ for the last year or so, then you know there have been dozens of rumors about which former Spider-Man movie actors and actresses might appear in the film, and I will neither confirm nor deny any of them. But since Sony wisely revealed the five former Spider-Man movie villains that appear in the movie before its release, I feel it’s safe to talk about them. Obviously, Willem Dafoe and Alfred Molina get the most screen time as they are clearly the most beloved of the five villains included, and both actors returned to their roles exceedingly well. They both have the opportunity to play with elements of their characters that were not developed as much in their previous incarnations, especially Dafoe, whose “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” complex is better explained this time around. While Molina has a chance to play with the “Am I a villain or not?” aspect of his character that was only touched upon in the final moments of “Spider-Man 2.”

The remaining three villains, Electro, Lizard and Sandman, are all somewhat polarizing characters from former Spider-Man movies that didn’t quite work in their previous incarnations. But in ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home,’ they are redeemed and allowed to be closer representations of their comic book counterparts. Jamie Foxx’s Electro is probably the best example, as fans hated his unusual blue form in ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2.’ While it is referenced in this film, the character quickly becomes something new, which is closer to the Electro from the source material, and you can tell Foxx is enjoying his second chance at getting the role right.

Oscar-nominee Thomas Hayden Church as Flint Marko/Sandman was not the problem with ‘Spider-Man 3,’ an over-bloated script with too many characters was, so it was nice to see him return as well. The filmmakers chose to keep Marko in his Sandman form through most of the film, which really works, and the CGI is fairly flawless. Unfortunately, Rhys Ifans’ Lizard gets the least amount of screen time, and while it is difficult to relate to a character that is basically a monster, the actor is given a few moments to shine. That being said, the returning villains all get better treatment this time around, and while technically they are the “Sinister Five” and not the comic book team known as the “Sinister Six,” this is certainly the closest we’ve ever gotten to seeing the infamous group of Spider-Man villains all on screen together in live-action fighting Spidey at the same time.

At the risk of giving away spoilers, I will just say that there are some very cool “unexpected” appearances in the film, and with the exception of only one, they are much more than just cameos. The actors or actresses in question are allowed to really develop their characters and are integral to the plot and are not just in the movie as fan-service. I’m not denying that the film utilizes a lot of fan-service, but it is always in line with the story they are telling, and never feels forced or cheap. Yes, there is a mid-credit scene, while I won’t tell you what it is, I will say that it ties up loose ends from another popular mid-credit scene. There is also an end-credit tag, which is more than just a scene, and sets up a future MCU movie. Think the ‘Avengers’ trailer that ran at the end of ‘Captain America: The First Avenger.’

But for all the multiverse shenanigans and other franchise actor appearances, ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ works best as a coming-of-age love story between Peter Parker and MJ. Building on their previous MCU outings, the relationship between Peter and MJ, and to a lesser degree Peter and Ned, is really at the heart of the movie. Even though the plot is somewhat outlandish, it is always grounded by those simple relationships in Peter’s life, including his bond with Aunt May. As MJ, Zendaya embodies the modern-day superhero girlfriend, not a woman who stands on the sidelines waiting to be saved, but a heroine in her own right, in the thick of the battle with her hero boyfriend. She also happens to have some of the best lines in the film. But it’s Tom Holland who has really brought Peter Parker and Spider-Man back to his roots, playing the character as a young man trying to find his way through the world, even with amazing powers. Holland is charming, loveable, and sympathetic all at the same time and will be the one true Spider-Man for generations to come.

Fans who have been waiting for the MCU to adapt certain elements of the Spider-Man mythos that have yet to be utilized will be very happy with this film, as the “With great power comes great responsibility” speech and other iconic moments from the source material are captured in the movie. For obvious reasons, ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ feels like a live-action ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,’ but is so much more than just that one gimmick and in many ways feels like the most authentic Spider-Man movie yet. The film really sticks to the ideals that comic book legends Stan Lee and Steve Ditko created in the comic books all those decades ago. In the end, ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ is an entertaining and exhilarating movie that delivers on all its outrageous promises and expectations while building on the MCU’s Spider-Man by paying homage to all that has come before it. Not only is ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ the best of the solo Tom Holland movies, it is one of the best MCU films, and possibly even the best live-action Spider-Man movie ever made.

‘Spider-Man: No Way Home” receives 5 out of 5 stars.
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December 20, 2021
Breaking Down the ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Trailer

Tom Holland in ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’

On Tuesday, November 16th, Sony and Disney released the final trailer for ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home,’ which opens in theaters on December 17th. With just a month to go until the release, promotion is kicking into high-gear, as they released the first poster last week, and a second this week that adds Benedict Cumberbatch to the background. The new trailer expands on the film’s plot, which we knew very little about previously other than that Peter Parker will go to Doctor Strange and ask him to make the world forget he is Spider-Man, and that opens up all kinds of Multiverse trouble. The trailer also features more footage of the villains, as well as our first look at Oscar winner Jamie Foxx reprising his role as Electro from ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2.’ Unfortunately, Tobey McGuire and Andrew Garfield do not appear in the final trailer, as many fans had hoped, and there is no confirmation that they will ultimately appear in the movie at all.

The trailer begins with Peter Parker explaining to MJ that since he was bitten by that spider, he’s only had one good week, and that was the week he told her the truth about who he is. We then cut to the Sanctum Sanctorum, where Doctor Strange explains that ever since Peter made him “botch that spell” to have everyone forget that he is Spider-Man, they’ve been “getting some visitors from every universe.” We then cut to the action scene on the bridge, and get our first look at the Green Goblin flying out of a cloud of smoke above Spider-Man. We then see Spider-Man in his black costume dodging yellow lightning, followed by Doctor Octopus’ introduction on the bridge where Alfred Molina’s character unmasks Spider-Man and says, “You’re not Peter Parker.”

Alfred Molina in ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’

The next shot shows Doctor Octopus captured in some kind of cell and surrounded by Peter, MJ, and Ned. Peter asks him his name, and he replies, “Doctor Otto Octavius.” The kids then laugh at him, and Peter says, “No, seriously, what’s your real name?” This is a callback to the joke between Peter and Doctor Strange in ‘Avengers: Infinity War.’ After another shot of Peter in the black costume, doing some sort of “Doctor Strange magic” with his wrist, we cut back to the Sanctum Sanctorum where Strange is yelling at Peter, MJ and Ned. He says, “There are others out there. We need to send them back, so, Scooby-Doo this crap!” After making the Mystery Gang reference, MJ is having none of it and replies, “You know, all of this is kind of your mess. I know a couple of magic words myself, starting with the word please.” To which Strange smiles and says, “Please… Scooby-Doo this crap!”

Jamie Foxx in ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’

After a shot of a sandstorm and yellow electricity flowing through the streets surrounding Oscar winner J.K. Simmons reprising his role as J. Jonah Jameson, we see Alfred Molina’s character say to Peter and his friends, “You’re flying out into the darkness to fight ghosts.” Peter asks him to explain what he means, and we cut to Strange saying that all the multiverse villains “die fighting Spider-Man” and that it is “their fate.” Not excepting that as the truth, Peter then steals a “magic box” from Strange and the two fight in the streets before taking their battle to on top of a moving train. Spider-Man says, “There must be another way,” and Strange shouts, “There isn’t. They are a danger to our universe.” We then get our first shot of Jamie Foxx reprising his role as Electro. He looks much more like his comic book counterpart this time around, with yellow lightning, not blue, and it forms around his head in pointed triangles, replicating the character’s original comic book costume. Electro is fighting Spider-Man, floating in the air and says, “You’ll never take this away from me,” before he shoots lightning at our hero.

Willem Dafoe in ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’

After a few more action shots of Spider-Man swinging through the air, we hear Willem Dafoe’s voice as the Green Goblin saying, “Peter, you’re struggling to have everything you want while the world tries to make you choose.” We then get a great shot of Green Goblin, who certainly looks like the Dafoe version, fighting Spider-Man at the Statue of Liberty. After an explosion, we see Electro in the same shot as the Lizard, at the Statue of Liberty with the Sandman’s giant head forming behind them. Then we cut to Peter and MJ, and he tells her, “This is all my fault. I can’t save everyone.” We cut back to the Statue of Liberty and Spider-Man starts to go to battle against Electro, Lizard and Sandman. The trailer ends with MJ falling off of the Statue of Liberty, and then Spider-Man diving after to save her.

Electro, Sandman, and The Lizard in ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’

It’s much clearer to me now as to what the basic premise of the story is and what the movie is really all about. We knew that Peter was going to ask Strange to cast a spell, so everyone would forget he’s Spider-Man, and that would lead to villains from other Spider-Man movies to appear through the multiverse, possibly creating a Sinister Six. While that is the setup, I think the plot will have more to do with Strange ordering Peter to “kill” these “variants,” and Spider-Man refusing to do it. This will also add drama to the trailer’s cliffhanger where MJ is falling to her death, which we know has happened with other versions of the character. Will Peter let MJ die, and would he sacrifice another life just to save hers? I think that may be the larger question that the film is dealing with, and multiverse villains is just the icing on the cake.

Zendaya and Tom Holland in ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’

But I still wouldn’t expect Tobey McGuire or Andrew Garfield to appear, and based on that trailer, I’m not even sure where you could fit them in. The only way I can think that you could have one or both of the former Spider-Man actors still appear is if they show up towards the end of the movie somehow and give Tom Holland’s Peter the confidence to save everyone, including the bad guys. What we do know is that ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ will feature Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Benedict Cumberbatch, Benedict Wong, Jon Favreau, Marisa Tomei, J.K. Simmons, Alfred Molina, Jamie Foxx, and maybe Willem Dafoe, reprising their previous MCU and Spider-Man franchise roles, and it will be release in theaters on December 17th.

You can watch the trailer below:
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November 19, 2021
Marisa Tomei to Star Across Pete Davidson in Judd Apatow Comedy

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Oscar winner Marisa Tomei had a small but hilarious cameo in 2015’s “Trainwreck,” and now, she’s reuniting with director Judd Apatow for an even more substantial role.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Tomei is set to appear in Apatow’s upcoming, as-yet-untitled film, which is loosely based on the life of “Saturday Night Live” breakout Pete Davidson, who is starring. The trade reports that Tomei will be playing Davidson’s character’s mother, though no other details have been made available about the plot just yet.

Earlier reports about the film noted that it was a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age comedy that chronicles Davidson’s life growing up on Staten Island. The actor became a stand-up star at a young age by injecting humor into his life’s greatest tragedy: The death of his firefighter father on 9/11, when Davidson was just seven years old.

Keeping that detail in mind, it seems like Tomei’s role should be a substantial one. Plus, she already has some experience playing a parental figure to a young man who’s experienced loss, starring as Aunt May in the new “Spider-Man” films.

Other previously-revealed co-stars include Bel Powley (“The Diary of a Teenage Girl”) and comedian Bill Burr (“Breaking Bad”), though their parts are being kept under wraps for now. Production on the comedy is currently underway in Staten Island.

The film is slated for release on June 19, 2020.

[via: The Hollywood Reporter]

April 23, 2019
Marisa Tomei ‘Quite Disappointed’ One ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Scene Was Cut

In the script for “Spider-Man: Homecoming” there was a scene that would’ve given more depth to both Aunt May and Peter Parker, and you can’t blame Marisa Tomei for being disappointed that it was cut.

“Homecoming” is still a great movie, with some sweet May/Peter scenes, but Tomei told HuffPost “there were also things in the original, which I signed up for, which weren’t there when we shot it.” One of those things was a scene that would’ve hinted to Peter’s (Tom Holland) big-hearted bravery being a family trait — something he picked up from the woman who’s now raising him, as opposed to just showing up with his powers.

As Tomei described the cut scene to Huffington Post:

“There was something going on in the neighborhood, and there was a little girl in distress, and I saved her, and Peter saw me save her, so you kind of saw that he got part of his ethics from her.

Then I come home, and I don’t even tell him that that’s what happened, and, of course, there’s all this stuff that he’s not telling me. So he’s like, ‘How was your day?’ And I’m like, ‘It was fine,’ but really I was shaking inside because of this whole crisis that had happened in the city. I’m kind of fibbing to him, and he’s fibbing to me, and we’re living in this house together, and it was a very interesting setup. I was quite disappointed that wasn’t in there.”

Tomei added that the scene would’ve happened early in the movie and was written out of the initial script; since it wasn’t filmed, we can’t even look forward to it as a deleted scene on the eventual Blu-ray.

That’s a shame, since it would’ve given Aunt May her own role as a secret “friendly neighborhood” hero, alongside her nephew, whose own secret heroism just happens to come with more powers (and a nifty suit).

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July 11, 2017
Here’s How Much Spider-Man & Aunt May Will Be in ‘Avengers: Infinity War’

We may have found the one Marvel character who won’t be in “Avengers: Infinity War.” But the emphasis is on “may” — and not just because of her name.

Marisa Tomei talked to ComicBook about her role as Aunt May in “Spider-Man: Homecoming” and, at the end of the video interview, the site asked if she’ll be in “Infinity War.” She replied, “I didn’t get my invitation yet,” suggesting Aunt May won’t be in the third “Avengers” movie. There’s really no need for her to play coy, if she is involved, so it sounds like she might be out.

ComicBook noted that there are still a few weeks left to “Infinity War” filming, so there’s time for her to film a cameo. However, as Screen Rant point out, if Aunt May is not in the movie, “it will be the first time a live-action film that features Spider-Man doesn’t include Aunt May as well.”

Speaking of Spider-Man, his “Homecoming” movie — which will feature Aunt May — is coming out July 7, and we know there will be more sequels ahead. Tom Holland‘s Peter Parker/Spider-Man is confirmed for “Avengers: Infinity War,” and Marvel boss Paul Feige told Fandango he’d have about as much screen time as he did in his debut in “Captain America: Civil War.”

Fandango had asked Feige and “Spider-Man” producer Amy Pascal whether Tom Holland’s Spider-Man would have a bigger role to play in “Infinity War.” Here’s the response:

“I think it might feel bigger a little bit because of ‘Homecoming’ and because of what people know from it, but it’s about on par with [‘Civil War’],” Feige said. When [Fandango] asked whether any of the other cast members of ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ would be joining Tom Holland in ‘Infinity War,’ Feige was vague, as he tends to be, but teased that it’s a very real possibility. “There’s a pretty big crew already in those movies, but you might keep an eye out,” he said. Pascal then added with a smile, “Yeah, you never know.”

It sounds like other “Homecoming” characters probably will be in “Infinity War” — which is meant to feature around 62 Marvel characters … but not Aunt May?

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June 27, 2017
Robert Downey Jr. on Spider-Man’s ‘Hot Aunt,’ Nervous Chris Evans, His Iron Baby Girl

Considering Jimmy Kimmel just asked Robert Downey Jr., “Is there any chance you would adopt me?” it may be safe to say he’s Team Iron Man in “Captain America: Civil War.” Jimmy had Team Cap on his show the other night, and welcomed Team Iron Man on Wednesday. That meant Don Cheadle, Paul Bettany, and Emily VanCamp all sat with RDJ, who was the star of the show.

The cast just watched the movie together at the big Hollywood premiere, and RDJ said Chris Evans, aka Cap, was a total stress case about it:

“All I know is, Chris Evans is such a nervous nelly. He gets all — I mean, he plays a real butch guy in the movie. I love Captain America — I hate to say it, I’m not supposed to say it, I love Chris, I love Captain America. Before the premiere, he’s all nervous. We’re supposed to drive in the Audis. He’s like ‘Bro, I don’t know, should you go first, should I go first?’ I was like ‘Man up, we’ve got to go to this premiere together!’”

Poor Chris. Apparently Evans brought, or at least invited, New England Patriots players to the premiere. And if you saw his JKL clip from earlier this week, you know he’s basically in love with Tom Brady. You can watch or re-watch that clip below, with the others.

Downey also talked abut the new Spider-Man, played by Tom Holland, whom he called “fantastic.” Jimmy has already seen “Civil War” (out for the rest of us on May 6) and noted that Peter Parker’s Aunt May just seems to keep getting younger, and now she’s played by Marisa Tomei. “He’s got like a hot aunt,” RDJ said, then turned to look straight into the camera. “My god, just think of the possibilities.” Down, Tony! Pepper would not approve!

In that same video, they showed a photo of RDJ’s daughter, Avri Roel, wearing his Iron Man glove. He said he gave her a choice between the shield and the gauntlet and she naturally went for Team Iron Man. Jimmy said he has an “iron baby,” and she’s so cute.

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April 14, 2016
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of Year in ‘Love the Coopers’ Trailer

There are only 120 days until Christmas, so hope you’re ready to celebrate with the Coopers!

Yahoo has the trailer for the star-studded holiday comedy “Love the Coopers,” and it bears quite the resemblance to “The Family Stone.” It shares the producing team, as well as star Diane Keaton, who joins John Goodman as the parents of adult siblings engaging in wacky antics.
That includes Olivia Wilde as a perpetually single Eleanor, who recruits a soldier to pretend to be her boyfriend. There’s Marisa Tomei’s Emma, who accidentally shop-lifts. And Ed Helms is a single dad whose daughter likes to proclaim everyone is a jerk. So, yeah, lots of zany family happenings and mixed-up relationships, with heavy doses of feel-good holiday cheer. No doubt they’ll all learn the true meaning of Christmas.

“Love the Coopers” opens in limited release November 13.

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August 26, 2015