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SPIDER-MAN HOMEFRONT

SPIDER-MAN faces his greatest challenge as his unmasking brings the war to him, costing him dearly. Aunt May is shot and He must navigate through the city trying to discover who shot May, while battling new villains: HOBGOBLIN, KRAVEN the HUNTER, and CHAMELEON – who operate under a mysterious benefactor. SPIDER-MAN: HOMEFRONT.

SPIDER-MAN: DARK REIGN

Spider-Man breaks free, taking a vacation from his training at the Avengers’ compound. Billionaire Tech and Military Giant Norman Osborn runs for the Mayoral Office of New York, revealing A Superhero Identity: IRON SENTRY. Promising that if Elected he will bring a team of Superheroes made from reformed villains
The “ULTIMATES”, promising a “free and safe” New York. All the while a New Villain Emerges created by Osborn’s Hubris – DOCTOR OCTOPUS.

SPIDER-MAN: ULTIMATES

Peter continues his investigation into Iron Sentry and the Ultimates as well as the presence of a new Criminal crime lord: The GREEN GOBLIN who has unknown ties to Mayor Osborn. This leads Peter to re-establish an old Friendship. Meanwhile a prison breakout orchestrated by The Green Goblin forces Peter to battle an old enemy in the form of the SCORPION!

SPIDER-MAN: SINISTER SIX

Knowing the Truth behind the Green Goblin, Peter and Harry go on a mission to expose the truth and stop the demon’s plaguing Harry’s father. Leading to the horrifying showdown between Spider-Man and Six of his most lethal foes: The Sinister Six!

RETURNING

Marisa Tomei as May Parker

Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan

Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Stark

Alexandra Rabe as Morgan Stark

UNCLE BEN PARKER [Height: 5’ 9”, Age: 50’s]: Peter’s late Uncle and former NYPD officer. He was a fan of movies an often watched them with Peter to help build a life of escapism to help deal with his brother’s death. He appears as a manifestation of Peter’s conscience to give him sage advice.

SAM RAIMI [Height: 5’ 11”, Age: 60, Notable Works (As an Actor): The Hudsucker Proxy, The Shining (Mini-Series), 3 Geezers]: Uncle Ben needs to appear and we need an impact of importance for the character and for the casting. Sam isn’t the best actor but thinking of Ben he has that calming and loving voice and he has a genuine love for the character that would really echo in his words. Seeing Sam Raimi deliver the Iconic line would be appropriate and perfect for the MCU, he is the right age to have been with May. He’s got a specific element to him that makes him a perfect Uncle Ben for the MCU.

JACK HARDY [Height: 6’ 0”, Age: 40’s]: MJ’s Mom’s Boyfriend and an Oscorp Scientist. When he saw MJ’s homelife and the absence of her father, he stepped in and tried to create a loving environment that provides what MJ and her mother were missing. He’s overtly polite and has worked with Oscorp long enough to having a working friendship with Norman, albeit still ignorant of Osborn’s shadow activity.

KEEGAN MICHAEL-KEY [Height: 6’ 1”, Age: 48, Notable Works: Keanu, The Lion King, Playing with Fire]: He’s one of my favorite comedians and having seen him pop up in films like Predator and be completely different but return to form in Parks and Rec he’s shown so much energy and potential in just having him pop up in a scene. He’s a strong actor and exactly what I was envisioning for the role. He’s great and he deserves to join the MCU even if in a minor appearance.

– PETER PARKER/SPIDER-MAN –

HEIGHT: 5’8”

AGE: Teens

SITUATION: Peter is outed as Spider-Man and Aunt May gets shot. New York completely turns against him, leading to him being unable to go out as Spider-Man. He needs to discover who shot May so he can bring them down, while trying to clear his name. Happy watches over May while handing Peter the key card to a secret warehouse in New York, a “Last Resort” bunker incase Tony had ever gotten into something too deep. Peter uses this environment to help alter his appearance (coloring his hair blond, using contact lenses, grabbing new clothes) a disguise he dubs “BEN REILLY.”

HOW IT EVOLVES: During his investigation the shooter – Kraven - starts hunting him leading to a series of confrontation – Each one ending in Peter having to escape and barely surviving. It only gets worse as a figure known as the Hobgoblin begins tracking him through the city in connection with Kraven. Leading to Peter adding him into the investigation where Peter discovers that Hobgoblin took over most of Beck’s old crew, discovering the doctored footage and sent it to the Daily Bugle.

DEFEATE: Peter is roughed up by Hobgoblin and nearly killed by Kraven while in disguise as Ben Reilly. The area of New York he’s at is near Greenwood cemetery where he goes after getting crushed by Kraven and learning both MJ and PEPPER and MORGAN STARK have been kidnapped. At the end of his rope and without option he goes to the only place he feels safe: Uncle Ben’s gravesite. He lets himself breakdown into tears, begging Uncle Ben for help. Ben appears (wearing a Police dress Uniform, as a manifestation of his conscience) and talks to Peter, telling Peter he’s stronger than he thinks. Telling Peter that his abilities as Spider-Man aren’t his only powers, that he’s smart enough to figure this out. Peter complains that this is all because he was irresponsible. Ben chuckles and tells Peter responsibility isn’t about never making bad choices, sometimes it’s about taking the action necessary to correct them. Peter looks at his head stone, with the epitaph “WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY” Uncle Ben tells him the phrase and tells Peter he knows what to do. Peter does. Peter picks himself up, calls Happy, asking Happy to pick him up.

NEW SPIDER-MAN: Peter creates a new suit in a secret New York Bunker kept by Stark. He adds two different types of Webshooters – Tactical webshooters on the back of his hand, and web-swinging webshooters on his wrist, both highlighted in white. New all white lenses to help him focus as well as He adds a new HUD that allows him to read vital signs of opponents. He uses Black, with reflector technology to make it a stealth suit, he emblazes the suit with a wraparound white Spider – something that can change to a darker or brighter color (or flash to blind enemies). Nano-tech cloth allowing the suit to cover him over at a moment’s notice, as well as omni-harmonic mesh to absorb the sound and keep the suit from making noise. To cap it off, he re-uploads KAREN’s A.I. into the suit.

THE BIG FIGHT: In a new suit Peter arrives to fight the Vanko Brothers and Hobgoblin and save MJ, Pepper and Morgan. Soon into the fight he discovers that MJ was brainwashed into hating him and attempts to kill him. Fighting MJ (Calling herself The Black Cat) he loses the upper hand and the four begin ganging up on him. MJ Begins to strangle him – during this time Chameleon tries to kill Kraven and is murdered as a result. Peter breaks through the brainwashing and turn MJ against Kraven – Turning the fight to two on two. They beat Kraven down and unmask the Hobgoblin, revealing him to be Justin Hammer. Hammer offers the Original footage of the London Tower attack, to clear Peter of killing Spider-Man, if he is let go. Hammer shows Peter a flash drive with the footage on it “Hammer’s personal Plan B.” MJ Knocks Hobgoblin out and takes the flash drive giving it too Peter. He saves Pepper and Morgan.

STATUS QUO: Peter has saved Pepper, Morgan, and MJ. Pepper promises to “right everything” for him. She broadcast the original footage of London Tower, but Peter’s identity can’t be saved. She offers to set him up with the Avengers, Peter takes the offer on the condition May is taken care of and MJ goes with him, but MJ is gone.

TOM HOLLAND [Height: 5’ 8”, Age: 23, Notable Works: Captain America Civil War, Spider-Man Homecoming, Spider-Man Far From Home]: He’s Spider-Man. There’s no doubt, he’s fantastic in the role. Why I added him here is to explain what I want to see from him. He’s matured during his appearances in the MCU and I’d like to continue that maturity, but I want to see him go through this arc where he’s broken and brought to his lowest point. He needs to lose something tangible and impactful beyond his identity. I also want him to have his own variation of the Black Costume without having to do a Venom different from the movie, because the Universe’ are colliding. So, putting him in a radically new and more advanced suit felt like the appropriate thing being that this tech is at his disposal. He’s a strong actor and the big mission would be to break him down and build him up through those lessons of maturity he’s learned during the previous two Spider-Man Movies and turn him into a more investigating Superhero.

– HARRY OSBORN/AMERICAN SON –

HEIGHT: 5’10”

AGE: 20’s

ORIGIN: Before the Snap, Harry was a lonely kid with an eye more towards Business then science, earning the ire of his father. Peter Parker was hired to tutor him while he was in private school and the two formed a long-lasting friendship until the Snap. Harry survived along with his father but was left emotionally alone. He pushed himself through the remainder of school graduating from Harvard Business and joining the ranks of Oscorp as a Business executive and earning some of his father’s respect.

SITUATION: Harry stumbles through the Osborn manor discovering his father’s secret life as the Green Goblin, altering his friend he attempts to get the information out fearing what the Green Goblin might do to his father’s life. He understands his father is too proud to accept help, but he hopes he could force his father into getting the help he needs, relenting to exposing Norman’s alternate personality and as a result putting himself on Green Goblin’s hit list.

AMERICAN SON: Harry hacks and steals his father’s armor and helps Peter fight the Goblin and his Sinister Six. He saves himself and Peter but fails to save his father – seeing his father’s death breaks him emotionally and sets him on a dark path.

TYE SHERIDAN [Height: 5’ 7”, Age: 23, Notable Works: Mud, X-Men Apocalypse, Ready Player One]: A great actor who was decent in X-Men but his roles outside of X-Men have really showed some depth and dimension, with him being the same age as Holland he’s young enough to really carry some years as this character and taking elements to evolve Harry in a MCU Fashion. He’s got the look, presence and demeanor to make Harry Osborn an interesting and exciting character to fit the MCU.

- MICHELLE JONES/MJ/BLACK CAT –

HEIGHT: 5’10”

AGE: Teens

ORIGIN: After being kidnapped by the Chameleon she was tortured and brainwashed to hate Spider-Man and given a performance enhancer serum that gave her the same abilities (albeit somewhat weaker) to Kraven, this odd serum turned her hair white. Kraven dubs her his “BLACK CAT.”

PLAN: After being able to fight her brainwashing, and helping Peter defeat Kraven and Hobgoblin, MJ disappears. Afraid of hurting her parents with her physical change and what she might do to them, considering what she’s done to Peter. Hunting for guidance and help to regain control of her life, after having been transformed into the Black Cat. This causes her to seek out assistance from the Avengers who get her to T’Challa, taking her on as a personal student.

HOW IT CHANGES: Training in Wakanda helps MJ get control of herself, and when she sees Osborn’s rise to power she begins having flashbacks to her torture and decides to return to New York, this leads to her helping Peter in the battle against the Sinister Six.

HOW IT DEVELOPS: Her training and her time in Wakanda has brought advantages as she has become a skilled fighter and is given advanced equipment to help her in her journey to exposing Osborn for the experiments.

HOW IT SUCCEEDS: With the help of Harry Osborn everything she needs to expose his father. With Osborn exposed and put behind bars as the Green Goblin, MJ still feels a sense of injustice behind everything he’s done and decides to go search the world to find her place in helping people. Peter tries to convince her to stay but she refuses – wanting to find her own way.

ZENDAYA [Height: 5’ 10”, Age: 23, Notable Works: The Greatest Showman, Spider-Man Far From Home, Euphoria]: Zendaya is a wonderful actress who has done 2 Spider-Man movies and given very little to do. Taking her and making her character the MCU Black Cat really opens her up to more activity as well as making the character unique. She needs something to do and making her Black Cat gives her something to play with and something to do. She’s a strong actress and would no doubt carry it and if wanted or needed could be a new connective tissue between Sony and the MCU. She’s a new character and as no Preset Destiny which only opens up the options.

RETURNING:

Jennifer Connolly as (the Voice of) KAREN

Jacob Batalon as Ned Leeds

Tony Revoli as Flash Thompson

J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson

– JUSTIN HAMMER/HOBGOBLIN –

HEIGHT: 5’9”

AGE: 50’s

PLAN: Once he’s released from Seagate Penitentiary Hammer seeks to regain his fortune. He learns that Hammer Industries assets were purchased and redeveloped by Oscorp Industries. Norman presents Hammer with a plan and the ability to assist Hammer in gaining a massive fortune. Hammer agrees and becomes the willing Kingpin of Crime in New York under the Alias “The Hobgoblin” an acting as a liaison between Osborn and the Criminal empire. He uses his criminal empire to expand beyond what he had at Hammer industries, absorbing both Vulture and Mysterio’s operations in the progress.

HOW IT ALTERS: Norman partners Hammer with Kraven and Dmitri Vanko, Ivan Vanko’s children to get revenge on Tony Stark through Spider-Man.

HOW IT DEVELOPS: They plan to kill Spider-man so he can get back to business as normal, things begin to get complicated as Spider-Man proves to be harder to kill than initially thought.

HOW IT FALLS: Chameleon reveals he doesn’t care about the Family and enrages Kraven enough to kill him, this gives Spider-Man an opportunity to take down both. For his failure he is murdered while in police custody, as Norman doesn’t trust him to not out Norman to save his neck.

EQUIPMENT: Hammer have access to a high-altitude glider, an array of trick pumpkin bombs, razor bats, and a protective suit and mask to fully immerse his image in that of a Hobgoblin.

SAM ROCKWELL [Height: 5’ 9”, Age: 51, Notable Works: Galaxy Quest, Iron Man 2, JOJO Rabbit]: Rockwell is a wonderful treat of an actor. He was without a doubt one of the best elements of Iron Man 2, but he was also wasted. He has a lot of energy and potential and taking the character and doing something as different and dynamic as turning him into the Hobgoblin fits the tone of the MCU as well as lets Sam Rockwell really unleash himself. With numerous other individuals having taken the Hobgoblin identity it doesn’t seem disrespectful to make Hammer the MCU Hobgoblin, it fits. It’s a way of bringing Hammer back and giving him some action and really enjoying Sam Rockwell to his fullest.

- NORMAN OSBORN/GREEN GOBLIN –

HEIGHT: 5’11”

AGE: 50’s

PLAN: Get Justin Hammer released from Seagate Prison and use him as a guinea pig for experimental technology as well as facilitate a criminal empire as the shadowhead, using Hammer as a puppet to control the organization. For additional anonymity Osborn creates the identity of “The Hobgoblin” specifically for Hammer to control the criminal empire as well as playing to their fears in a theatrical format.

HOW IT ALTERS: Norman is introduced to Dmitri and Kraven Vanko. Norman sees what they’re capable of and desires to use them as a baseline to create Oscorps’ Performance enhancers – to create soldiers for the modern society. To get them to agree, he offers to give them all the necessary resources and assist them in getting revenge on Tony Stark by Killing Spider-Man. To assist Kraven and Chameleon he loans out Hobgoblin as a personal assassin to work with them. When Norman gets an early version of the performance enhancer developed, he tests it on Michelle Jones (MJ) resulting in a minor transformation that turns her into Black Cat.

HOW IT DEVELOPS: Norman is planning for a Mayoral Run for New York City. To this end, he uses his criminal connections with Hobgoblin to increase crime and create destabilization and shake faith in the current Mayor. Norman runs on a platform of using his political connections to get a government sponsored Superhero team to help law-enforcement control dangerous crimes. Norman is elected as Mayor and develops a Superhero team (sponsoring former Supervillains who Norman claims have had a “Change of Heart”) known as “The Ultimates” Consisting of: Adrian Toomes/The Vulture, Mac Gargan/The Scorpion, Emil Blonsky/Abomination, Kraven Vanko/Kraven the Hunter, and Herman Schultz/The Shocker – while Norman operates as the Team leader: Iron Sentinel.

IRON SENTINEL: As Norman’s Superhero identity, He uses a wide array of high tech weaponry, most of it he sold to the Government, on top of the weaponry he developed he also injected himself with what he considered a perfected from of the Performance Enhancers to turn himself into a metaphorical merging of Captain America and Iron Man. To help feed public moral into Osborn as a Superhero as well as Mayor, he begins manipulating certain incidents that cause the development of supervillains, turning Otto Octavius into Doctor Octopus. Numerous victories against such villains lead to a rise in Osborn’s Popularity. His armor starts as a Red, Blue, and Gold armor to reflect both Iron Man and Captain America but slowly it begins to change into a Green and Purple color scheme, as the Goblin side of Norman begins taking over.

GREEN GOBLIN: Green Goblin starts out as a Faux Supervillain Identity Osborn Creates to fill the vacuum Hobgoblin left in the criminal underworld. As the Green Goblin Osborn, Norman manipulates Doc Ock and helps facilitate Aleskei Sytsevich’s transformation into the Rhino.

HOW IT FALLS: Norman’s Goblin Identity begins taking over and cause Norman to be destabilized. Green Goblin kills Abomination and begins manipulating Norman, taking over every aspect of his life. When Harry discovers and publicly outs Norman as the Green Goblin, he forces the Ultimates to become the Sinister Six and forces them to kill Harry. To stop his father, Harry steals Norman’s Iron Sentry Armor. Harry, Peter, and MJ (as the Black Cat) fight against Norman’s “Sinister Seven” as Rhino replaces Abomination and Doc Ock joins the group. When Vulture turns on Norman to save Peter’s life, an outraged Scorpion kills him in response refining them to the Sinister Six.

EQUIPMENT: As Iron Sentry Norman operates an Armor nearly identical to Iron Man, using all the same tech. Once he takes a dose of the Performance enhancer it begins to change, he has superhuman strength greater than Captain America’s. His strength base for the armor increases as a result making the Iron Sentry a “Next Level” Superhero. Once He becomes the Green Goblin, he wears a protective full body suit and Mask, rides a Glider, and throws Pumpkin Bombs and Razor Bats, using the green/purples color scheme, fully immersing Norman as the Green Goblin.

CHRISTIAN SLATER [Height: 5’ 9”, Age: 50, Notable Works: True Romance, Broken Arrow, Mr. Robot]: I can’t picture anyone else in this role. He’s a stunning actor that’s played unstable and cunning and cold. He’s got the look and presence to play a multi-layered mastermind like Norman. Giving him room to play around and let him create his own Green Goblin would be fun and exciting, it would probably be the only way to really get near Willem Dafoe’s legendary performance. He would stand out as the perfect Norman Osborn and the perfect Green Goblin for the MCU.

– KRAVEN VANKO/KRAVEN THE HUNTER –

HEIGHT: 6’0”

AGE: 30’s

ORIGIN: Kraven and Dmitri Vanko are the Children of Ivan Vanko and Anna Markarova Kravinoff, after Ivan was arrested for selling uranium, Anna took the children and swore to separate them from the tainted “VANKO” name. This led to her marrying Nikolai Smerdyakov, a wealthy aristocrat who was highly abusive of Anna and both Kraven and Dmitri. During this time Anna filed to have both Kraven and Dmitri’s surname changed to match their stepfather’s. Experiencing a troubled but now privileged childhood, and being shielded of who his real father was, Kraven was troubled in his youth which eventually led to a more reckless lifestyle until he joined the Russian Military. Eventually he was joined by his brother in the Military, leading him to be highly protective of his younger brother. During his time in Russia’s Black Ops he was able to learn the truth, his real name causing him to snap and vow revenge on his mother and everyone who betrayed his father. The Russian Government approached Kraven after the Snap – hoping to turn him into the Russian equivalent of Captain America, something Kraven had no interest. The Generals in charge of the project eventually forced an incident that nearly killed Dmitri, only offering to save him if Kraven volunteered for their Super-Soldier Program. This resulted in Kraven receiving a performance enhancer that gave him: Enhanced Senses, Hyper-Active healing factor, Super Strength, and Enhanced Speed. After the incident, his brother Dmitri – Now calling himself the Chameleon – they killed everyone involved in the experiments, and Kraven began his pursuit for revenge.

PLAN: Kraven seeks to humiliate, break, and kill Tony Stark’s “Prodigal Son” than dismantle Stark Industries and kill Pepper and Morgan.

HOW IT ALTERS: Kraven meets Norman Osborn and learns, from Norman, that he needs a Personal ambition – something to gain beyond hating the Stark Family. Kraven decides to start his own Criminal Empire, something his father would be proud of.

HOW IT DEVELOPS: Seeking to prove the Vanko bloodline is superior, he becomes Loyal to Norman and works with him extensively to get resources to “hunt” Spider-Man. He allows Osborn to use his blood to dissect the performance enhancer he was given by the Russian Government.

KRAVEN THE HUNTER: Already noted as being an expert Assassin and fueled by new ambition Kraven notes that if he can regain his family’s honor and kill Spider-Man, Kraven believes if he can add Spider-Man’s death to his resume he can add whatever price tag to his “services” and will lead to him being able to create a titanic criminal Empire.

HOW IT FALLS: an enraged Kraven kills Chameleon when Chameleon attempts to kill him and reveals he has no interest in the Vanko name. This defeat leads to Kraven being recruited by Osborn into the Ultimates and later the Sinister Six where they attempt once again to kill Spider-Man, only to fail severely.

PILOU ASBÆK [Height: 6’ 0”, Age: 37, Notable Works: Game of Thrones, Ghost in the Shell, Overlord]: He’s an actor with strength and intensity to really take this version of Kraven and meld it perfectly in the scheme of the MCU. He has star power and could certainly carry a Solo Kraven movie himself. Making the character a Vanko is a controversial stance but I felt it fit the MCU and it fits the story of MCU Spider-Man, making this villain a “Son” of an Iron Man villain after having Spider-Man be this defector “Son” to Tony and telling a story where Peter has to grow beyond his surrogate father’s “legacy” by battling someone who wants to destroy that legacy felt poetic and Pilou is absolutely for playing someone that has that destructive madness to him.

– DMITRI VANKO/CHAMELEON –

HEIGHT: 6’0”

AGE: 30’s

ORIGIN: Stepson of Wealthy Socialite Nikolai Smerdyakov. Being only a baby when he was separated from his father, he grew up believing to be the legitimate son of the socialite. The abuse at the hands of his stepfather drove Dmitri to depression, Kraven quickly took notice and began to protect Dmitri. Years of abuse from his mother only broke Dmitri, he began to take his pain out on animals, often luring them by mimicking the sounds they make. Dmitri became a sociopath as a result of his childhood. After Kraven took off for the Military, to take care of himself Dmitri began street fighting until of military age, where he enlisted. Often tugging at his Brother’s sympathy Dmitri was able to use Kraven as personal muscle, causing the ire of many fellow soldiers. When he joined Kraven in black ops he was separated from his brother and put into a sabotaged mission that saw him nearly die and horrifically scarred, to force Kraven into their super soldier program. Dmitri was saved, having had his DNA mutated by a super soldier serum based off Skrull DNA – this horrifically changes his appearance to match that of an Albino Skrull – complete with enhanced strength and the ability to shapeshift into other forms. Dmitri relished this ability, using it to his advantage to break Kraven free as the brothers murdered everyone responsible for their inhuman developments.

PLAN: Chameleon plans to use Kraven as his personal muscle and build a criminal empire that he is in control of.

HOW IT ALTERS: They meet Norman Osborn and Kraven is intrigued leading to Norman manipulating Kraven and getting him to see the grander vision of Chameleon.

HOW IT DEVELOPS: Chameleon helps Kraven by assuming Parker’s form and uses this to kidnap MJ, resulting in her becoming Black Cat as well as kidnapping Pepper and Morgan.

CHAMELEON: Assisting in killing Spider-Man drives Chameleon crazy as he feels distracted from his real goals. This leads to him turning on Kraven amid the final battle, attempting to kill his Brother while revealing he never cared about their “pathetic father or worthless name.” showing the Chameleon’s true colors.

HOW IT FALLS: After attempting to murder Kraven and revealing his real thoughts and plans an enraged Kraven strangles him and breaks his neck to kill him.

ALFIE ALLEN [Height: 5’ 9”, Age: 33, Notable Works: Game of Thrones, John Wick, JOJO Rabbit]: His Russian was good in John Wick and he has this reputation for playing slimy “A-HOLE” characters. He has this presence to play a character who’s very prone to backstabbing and having fun with it. I think putting him next to Pilou gives the audience a shorthand for the character’s relationship as brothers. Alfie is a great actor and he’s perfect for the role.

– DOCTOR OTTO OCTAVIUS/DOCTOR OCTOPUS –

HEIGHT: 5’8”

AGE: 50’s

ORIGIN: Born in Schenectady, New York Otto Octavius is the son of former Hydra Scientist Torbert Theodore Octavius and a lonely secretary Mary Lavinia Octavius. He adored his father and often sought to earn his father’s approval, despite his admiration he was regularly abused by his father and driven by his overbearing mother to be a scientist like his father. His intelligence was second to none and saw him quickly rise through school into his doctorate in chemistry and nuclear fission, Physics, and Engineering. After leaving school he spent years working at Pym Tech, Stark Industries, and Oscorp. During his time at Oscorp he found himself feeling as if “he was in hell.” Long hours and feeling overworked he grew a resentment towards Norman Osborn for personally “running his life” until Osborn chose Octavius’ fusion proposal, giving it full access funding provided Otto be the only person to work on it. This led to Octavius creating Mechanical “assistance” in the form of four tentacle-like arms protruding from a harness. Osborn monitored the entire operation, choosing a time and a place to strike Osborn caused a power-spike that caused Octavius Reactor to have a miniature explosion, an incident that killed two Oscorp Scientist and fused Octavius mechanical arms to his body. Osborn used his resources to build a narrative that blamed Octavius for being reckless – egging Octavius on, while saving face. This led to Octavius going insane and attacking Osborn under the alias “DOCTOR OCTOPUS”

PLAN: Driven mad by Norman’s lies, Otto takes to his father’s roots as a Hydra scientist creating an applicable uniform to become a “proper mad scientist” and get revenge by exposing Osborn’s lies and murder him.

HOW IT ALTERS: Octavius is discovered by a underworld crime figure known as the Green Goblin, while never getting a direct meeting the Goblin provides interesting details, one being that Osborn planned to introduce a Super Hero team, indicating that Octavius needs additional Muscle to get his opportunity. This led to the personal loan of one of the Green Goblin’s “Best Enforcers” Aleskei Systevich, to which Octavius transformed him into the Rhino.

HOW IT PROGRESSES: Octavius makes his attempt at Osborn, Norman’s Iron Sentry armor proved to be too much for Rhino and Octavius – Leading to a defeat that boosted Norman’s election numbers and saw him taking the Mayoral office in New York. As a result, Octavius is incarcerated, waiting for his chance at revenge.

SINISTER SIX: Octavius is sprung from Jail by the Green Goblin – now revealed to be Osborn, Octavius attempts to fight him off, but Goblin reveals he’s not only taken over Norman’s body, but what he wants Octavius help with would only serve to ruin Norman emotionally, allowing the Goblin complete control over the shared body. Octavius agrees to the mission: Murder Harry Osborn. To aid him Octavius and Goblin are joined by: Scorpion, Kraven, Vulture, Rhino, and Shocker.

HOW IT FALLS: They attempt to kill Harry but get stopped and roped into battling Spider-Man – who attempts to stop them from getting to Harry until he can unlock his father’s armor. During this the Sinister Seven get Peter on the ropes, close to killing him. Vulture turns on The Sinister group to try and save Spider-Man, paying an “old debt” This enrages Scorpion and Shocker into murdering Vulture, Leaving the group to be properly christened “The Sinister Six.” Harry arrives, dressed in his Father’s Iron Sentinel Armor, to help Peter as well as Black Cat. Together They fight the Sinister Six, Harry attempts to break through to his Father and fails. They stop the Sinister Six and Peter un-intentionally impales Norman with the glider causing a rift between he and Harry.

SEAN HARRIS [Height: 5’ 10”, Age: 54, Notable Works: Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Mission: Impossible – Fallout, The King]: A great actor who carries an element of menace and elegance in his performances. He’s got this cold look about him that makes him perfect for this version of Doctor Octopus. He’s got the look I want, and he could fit the Suit I’d love to put Octavius in. There’s no doubt he’s got the presence and look to play such a fresh and energetic and inventive Doctor Octopus.

– ALESKEI SYTSEVICH/RHINO –

HEIGHT: 6’5”

AGE: 40’s

ORIGIN: An enforcer that worked under the Hobgoblin and the Green Goblin. He was sent to Octavius to avoid jail time, this resulted in Octavius turning him into a Mutated Human Rhino.

PLAN: Octavius transforms him into the mutated Rhino, promising to help him get his revenge on Spider-Man for a previous incarceration, if he helps Octavius kill Osborn.

HOW IT ALTERS: He’s incarcerated by Osborn. After the death of Abomination, the Green Goblin breaks Rhino out of prison offering him an opportunity to join him and get his opportunity to kill Spider-Man.

THE SINISTER SIX: He’s broken out by the Green Goblin along with Octavius and offered a deal to become a bigtime crime boss should he assist the Goblin and his cohorts in killing Harry Osborn. He battles Spider-Man, Harry as Iron Sentry, and Black Cat along side the Sinister Six.

HOW IT FALLS: First Vulture betrays the Sinister group, then Harry and Black Cat join the fight – Green Goblin is killed and Rhino and the rest of the Six are defeated and incarcerated. The collective group vows vengeance on Spider-Man.

RORY MCCANN [Height: 6’ 6”, Age: 50, Notable Works: Hot Fuzz, Game of Thrones, Slow West]: He’s a Fun actor. He’s done performances that were comical and threatening so it really puts him in the right space to play the Rhino fans loves, someone who is intimidating but can be made funny. There’s no doubt that he could even do the CG work and still carry that fun and menacing energy and expand it when the character would mutate into the Man/Rhino Hybrid.

– THE SINISTER SIX –

MEMBERS: The Green Goblin, Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus, Aleskei Sytsevich/Rhino, Kraven Vanko/Kraven The Hunter, Herman Schultz/The Shocker, Mac Gargan/Scorpion, and Adrian Toomes/The Vulture.

ASSEMBLY AND EVOLUTION: The Green Goblin manipulates members of Norman Osborn’s “Ultimates” team into his sinister lackies, after murdering Abomination to show his strength. Originally taking the name “Sinister Seven” the Goblin replaces Abomination with Rhino. When they make their move to attack Osborn, they are confronted by Spider-Man. In the process of almost killing Spider-Man, Vulture betrays them, leading to his death. With Vulture’s death Goblin properly christens them “The Sinister Six.”

EQUIPMENT: Hobgoblin took over Vulture’s crew, this gave Norman and the Goblin both access to Phineas Mason and his remarkable expertise in engineering Goblin commissioned several highly advanced items from him giving him a more advanced arsenal than Hobgoblin. Green Goblin uses a full body suit and Mask (Fully Emotive and something he considers to be his real face) as well as a High-Altitude Glider and a series of explosives and Razor-Bladed weapons. Doctor Octopus wears a full body suit (like Superior Octopus’ suit) and has Nano-tech based Tentacles that allow him to alter the design of the pincers. Rhino is massive in size and strength with bullet proof skin and a horn on top of his head, he was given protective guards to cover his shoulder, groin, and neck. Kraven is given hi-tech weaponry including a shock spear, high-tensile bolas, a Vibranium knife, and a specialized rifle. Shocker is given two enhanced electric shock gauntlets updated with enhanced power dampeners and a specialized suit with bullet proof capabilities. Scorpion is given a specialized bio-organic suit, it increases his size and strength as well as giving him two pincers, one on each hand, and a tensile tail, the organic properties allow Scorpion to mask the suit as plain clothes. The Vulture is given enhanced wings a more advanced high-altitude mask as well as a combat harness to increase strength.

MISSION: The goal of the Sinister Six would be to kill Harry Osborn and Spider-Man then overrun New York to create a supreme Criminal Empire and use that to build a shadow network that takes over the world.

HOW IT FALLS: They’re defeated by Spider-Man, watching the Green Goblin get impaled and then get defeated by Harry’s Iron Sentry and Black Cat. This leads to them getting imprisoned in the raft, all vowing to get revenge on Spider-Man.