‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Sequel Hires ‘Daredevil’ Cinematographer
Better reinforce some hallways: the cinematographer behind Marvel Netflix shows likeDaredevilandThe Defendershas just landed the same gig for theSpider-Man Homecomingsequel.Matthew Lloydwill handle director of photography duties for the still-untitledHomecomingfollow-up.
In what is clearly a sure-sign that Spider-Man will have a big hallway fight scene, Matthew Lloyd, the DoP behind Marvel Netflix showsDaredevilandThe Defenders, has landed the plum gig of cinematographer for theSpider-Man: Homecomingsequel.MCU Exchangereports that a source inside the production confirmed Lloyd’s involvement, with principal photography expected to take place over the summer of 2018.
This won’t be the first time Lloyd has worked withHomecomingdirectorJon Watts: Lloyd also handled the cinematography on the filmmaker’sCop Car.Spider-Man: Homecoming’s cinematographer was Salvatore Totino, who shot films likeThe Da Vinci CodeandFrost/Nixon. No offense to Totino, but the look ofSpider-Man: Homecomingleft a lot to be desired (even though the film was a lot of fun), so it’ll be interesting to see what Lloyd brings to the sequel.
Spider-Man: Homecoming 2(or whatever it’s going to be really called) will bring back original director Jon Watts and starTom Holland.Chris McKennaandErik Sommers, two of thesixcreditedwritersonHomecoming, will also be returning. For a while, Watts' return to the film was up in the air. Tom Holland previously said, “"[Watts] is coming back for the next one. We can’t do anotherSpider-Manmovie without Jon Watts,” whereas Watts was a bit morevagueabout the whole deal, saying:
That said, this news all but confirms Watts' return. As for what we can expect in the sequel, story-wise, it’s still a bit early to tell. But early reports indicate the film will pick up a “few minutes” after the end ofAvengers 4. At least according to producerAmy Pascal, whosaid:
““What I think we should focus on is this Spider-Man who started in Civil War and then has this movie [Homecoming], and then will be in the Avengers movie. And we are starting now the next one which will start a few minutes after Avengers 4 wraps as a story.”
Marvel Studios head cheeseKevin Feigeoffered his own take on the sequel, saying:
“Like how the events of Captain America: Civil War impacted Peter as he was dropped off by Tony and expected to go back to continue his sophomore year, how the hell are the events of Infinity War and Untitled [Avengers] going to affect him as he, yes, goes back to his junior year?”
