{"id":1936,"date":"2017-09-03T17:36:24","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T17:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commarts.pleather.us\/2017\/09\/03\/nightwatch-spike-lee-could-be-in-the-running-to-direct-a-standalone-superhero-movie-in-the-spider-man-universe-report\/"},"modified":"2017-09-03T17:36:24","modified_gmt":"2017-09-03T17:36:24","slug":"nightwatch-spike-lee-could-be-in-the-running-to-direct-a-standalone-superhero-movie-in-the-spider-man-universe-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/2017\/09\/03\/nightwatch-spike-lee-could-be-in-the-running-to-direct-a-standalone-superhero-movie-in-the-spider-man-universe-report\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Nightwatch\u2019: Spike Lee Could Be in the Running to Direct a Standalone Superhero Movie in the \u2018Spider-Man\u2019 Universe \u2014 Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As the many cinematic universes of comic-book franchises continue to expand, unexpected actors and filmmakers continue to enter the fray. Edgar Wright directing \u201cAnt-Man\u201d proved too good to be true, but previews for Taika Waititi\u2019s take on \u201cThor: Ragnarok\u201d and Ryan Coogler\u2019s \u201cBlack Panther\u201d inspire more confidence than the average superhero jaunt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to Jeff Sneider&#8217;s &#8220;Meet the Movie Press&#8221; podcast, we could be getting an even more appealing director\/subject pairing: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/spike-lee\/\" id=\"auto-tag_spike-lee\">Spike Lee<\/a> directing a movie about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/nightwatch\/\" id=\"auto-tag_nightwatch\">Nightwatch<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2017\/08\/spike-lee-charlottesville-event-1201872022\/\" title=\"Spike Lee Will Explore the \u2018Living Legacy of Slavery\u2019 Through Film at Special Event in Charlottesville\">Spike Lee Will Explore the \u2018Living Legacy of Slavery\u2019 Through Film at Special Event in Charlottesville<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Known among us non-heroes as Dr. Kevin Trench, Nightwatch has one of the more out-there origin stories: He sees a masked man die in a fight and, upon unmasking him, learns that it&#8217;s an older version of himself. Sneider says he&#8217;s &#8220;very confident&#8221; in the rumor that &#8220;Now You See Me&#8221; scribe Edward Ricourt is penning the screenplay to the standalone film, which takes place in Sony&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/spider-man\/\" id=\"auto-tag_spider-man\">Spider-Man<\/a>&#8221; universe (as does the upcoming Venom movie); Lee directing the movie is still just a rumor at this point, however.<\/span><\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2017\/08\/spike-lee-archer-tv-series-chad-sanders-1201865883\/\" title=\"Spike Lee Developing \u2018Archer,\u2019 a TV Series About a \u2018Young, Black Mark Zuckerberg\u2019\">Spike Lee Developing \u2018Archer,\u2019 a TV Series About a \u2018Young, Black Mark Zuckerberg\u2019<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tom Hardy will star as Venom in the upcoming spinoff, which will be somewhat unconventional in its focus on a villain rather than a hero. That film has no release date as of yet, while the Nightwatch movie is still in the earliest stages of development.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link sign-up\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Sign Up:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/indiewire.com\/email\" title=\"Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.\">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>Source: IndieWire film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the many cinematic universes of comic-book franchises continue to expand, unexpected actors and filmmakers continue to enter the fray. 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