Spider-Man: No Way Home - Prewrite | Screenwriter's Pitch

Published 2021-01-14
What would I do with a third MCU Spider-Man Film? That is the question I set out to answer on this inaugural episode of Screenwriter’s Pitch.

Screenwriter’s Pitch — Episode 1.0

From Wikipedia:
Spider-Man is a fictional superhero created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in the anthology comic book Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962) in the Silver Age of Comic Books. He appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, as well as in a number of movies, television shows, and video game adaptations set in the Marvel Universe. In the stories, Spider-Man is the alias of Peter Parker, an orphan raised by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben in New York City after his parents Richard and Mary Parker were killed in a plane crash. Lee and Ditko had the character deal with the struggles of adolescence and financial issues, and accompanied him with many supporting characters, such as J. Jonah Jameson, Harry Osborn, Max Modell, romantic interests Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane Watson, and foes such as Doctor Octopus, the Green Goblin and Venom. His origin story has him acquiring spider-related abilities after a bite from a radioactive spider; these include clinging to surfaces, shooting spider-webs from wrist-mounted devices, and detecting danger with his "spider-sense".

When Spider-Man first appeared in the early 1960s, teenagers in superhero comic books were usually relegated to the role of sidekick to the protagonist. The Spider-Man series broke ground by featuring Peter Parker, a high school student from Queens behind Spider-Man's secret identity and with whose "self-obsessions with rejection, inadequacy, and loneliness" young readers could relate.[9] While Spider-Man had all the makings of a sidekick, unlike previous teen heroes such as Bucky and Robin, Spider-Man had no superhero mentor like Captain America and Batman; he thus had to learn for himself that "with great power there must also come great responsibility"—a line included in a text box in the final panel of the first Spider-Man story but later retroactively attributed to his guardian, the late Uncle Ben.

Spider-Man is one of the most popular and commercially successful superheroes.[11] As Marvel's flagship character and company mascot, he has appeared in countless forms of media, including several animated and live action television series, syndicated newspaper comic strips, and in a series of films. The character was first portrayed in live action by Danny Seagren in Spidey Super Stories, a The Electric Company skit which ran from 1974 to 1977.[12] In films, Spider-Man has been portrayed by actors Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield,[13] and in the Marvel Cinematic Universe by Tom Holland. He was voiced by Chris Pine and Jake Johnson in the animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Reeve Carney starred originally as Spider-Man in the 2010 Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.[14] Spider-Man has been well received as a superhero and comic book character, and he is often ranked as one of the most popular and iconic comic book characters of all time and one of the most popular characters in all fiction.

All Comments (21)
  • @yashdeo1926
    This is the first time I have sat through a two hour video on YouTube. To say that I enjoyed this pitch would be an understatement! It almost felt like I was in theatre watching this film. This was great, from start to finish. Thank YOU for writing this...this really made my day. I look forward to your other pitches if you plan on making any in the future. (Please do lol)
  • OK so I have ONE addition I’d like to recommend for this pitch, and it may rip off Batman V Superman, but I really think this could work as a character building moment for an even deeper reason as to why Norman HATES Spider-Man so much. We cut to Norman asleep in his office, he’s listening to a Daily Bugle news broadcast in the background and as we zoom in on him slowly we hear the sounds of a carnival fading in as we flashback to scene of Norman on a night out with his wife and his son Harry (who should be about the age Peter was when Uncle Ben died) Norman is shown to be a neglectful father and husband, but one who’s at least visibly TRYING to be better for his family, and for one night it’s all going so good when he gets a business call, his assistant; a man named Smythe, telling him that OSCORP has just out bid Stark Industries and has landed a major contract that quote “Will change everything” As Normans being told this in the background you see Harry and his mom get on a ride as Harry calls out for his dad to come on the ride with them, Norman waves disinterestedly at his son as he says “Daddy’s on the phone son, I’ll ride with you on the next one”. And walks off to get away from the crowds in order to get to a quieter place to continue his phone call. Suddenly a loud sound comes screeching through the air as a huge flashing freight plane comes swooping down from the sky, and cuts the ride his wife and son were on in half and sending it crashing to the ground as Norman throws his phone to the side and desperately attempts to run back to the ride to no avail, as he’s caught up in the crowds pushing back on him as they people on the pier are reasonably trying to flee. Harry Osborn and His mom are *DEAD* Norman drops to his knees as the wreckage begins to settle as his face goes from tragedy to rage as we see from his point of view, in the distance as the plane crashes into the beach, both Spider-Man and The Vulture fighting leaving Norman the greatest victim of the webheads heroics
  • @Insomnicat.
    this is absolutlely phenomenal, the ending to this was so perfect. no spider verse, just a straight up SPIDERMAN film. this has gotta be one of the most human spiderman movies ever pitched. absolutely phenomenal.
  • @Eric_I_Guess
    Dude that entire prom/graduation epilogue was perfect, mad props
  • @darthtroller
    That final confrontation with Mysterio's illusions was a great sequence, it didn't feel like a lazy rehash, it felt more conclusive
  • @miguelrosas9791
    I believe This movie will end in either 2 ways. 1. with someone dying and peter being known as Spider-Man 2. Everyone lives but everyone’s minds get wiped and forget Peter is Spider-Man. Including Ned and MJ. So Peter is alone in college Either way it’s still a sad but justified ending to the trilogy
  • @RobXCaliburn
    This is very well done! I love how you made Norman the main villain of this film and how you made the characters feel more important. I also really like the ending how Ned managed to bring Spider-Man right next to Peter as a illusion to prove Peter isn’t Spider-Man. I kinda see them doing that for the actual film.
  • @hetecks1385
    This series is starting to inspire me to make my own... I have a few sequel ideas for franchises Some rewrites One pitch I have is from an video game franchise called "Tom Clancy's The Division" The setting is in the winter in Chicago, it would focus on you're the pray bits Some in game events would be like a squad of bad guys goes out and hunts in the night But that is what I'm gonna spill out about that idea which would be an direct sequel to The Division 2. The Division 3
  • Wow…just…wow. I love how this story gives deep character development for Peter and the responsibilities that he has to endure. I love the sense that Peter is in a situation throughout the movie that leaves him hanging over the ledge and that he can never catch a break. It was also a good idea to address MJ’s home life and how she struggles with the sense of loneliness because the previous two movies never really gave us info about who she is. Another welcome addition was the importance of Uncle Ben, as I believe that he is the main reason as to why Peter wants to protect everyone. Out of all the neat scenes described in the script my favorite one would have to be the scene where Peter finds the picture of him, Aunt May, and Uncle Ben. Knowing that Tom Holland is good at acting at a high emotional level, this would be the perfect scene to see how Tom would portray this scene. It’s at that point in the story when Peter loses hope as he walks through what used to be his childhood home (which had been completely destroyed). This is where Peter would make the decision to take action as Spider-Man one last time and win this fight. Great job on the script!! I hope that you can work on future movies and projects in the future.
  • Nice work, VariantPictures Entertainment, but I think you should do a prewrite for MCU Spider-Man 3 with Kraven the Hunter as the main villain. Because early reports says that Kraven was gonna be the main villain for MCU Spider-Man 3 before got scrapped in favor of the Spider-Verse in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021).
  • @maxilchev6884
    I know I am a bit late to this party but absolutely fantastic work. Love how the whole thing is edited and the story was just *chef's kiss*. This is everything I want from this film - a character driven story about Peter dealing with his identity reveal, and you executed this marvelously. Nevertheless, I would like to comment on one aspect of the story I felt was a bit lacking. And it is the way Peter builds his new vibranium suit. I personally feel like him building it himself with whatever tools and materials he finds lying around the Avengers compound rather than using a conveniently placed suit generator would not only showcase his intellect, creativity and resourcefulness, but it would also add to his arc of maturing and becoming more independent. This aside, what an amazing pitch this was.
  • @rens4140
    This is the best prewrite of this movie i have seen. keep up the good work
  • Seeing this after seeing the trailer makes me frustrated tbh because I know they’re either going to have to breeze past the spidey identity reveal to get to all the other characters that are going to be in it, or spend more time on it and then under-develop the plot for all the other characters
  • @cjacks9687
    This plot is definitely interesting and has inspired me to always see others’ POV on plots and their ideas for films, nice vid I liked and subbed. Oh and that ending set of scenes is very very solid
  • Very nice pitch. Just some notes I want to comment on. First, why would Norman kidnap one of Peter’s friends? Isn’t he still concerned about his campaign? It’ll kill any good press he has. Also, when Peter is revealed to be good, why does Normal feel like he has nothing left? He can just claim that the arrest warrant will be lifted and that he’ll investigate deeper into the mysterio situation?
  • @erindelgado9639
    That is a great Spider-Man film patch I've seen and it would be my favorite film if it was real. :) You did a great job on it. :)