PITCH

My pitch for Spider-Man’s Solo Film Future in the

Marvel Cinematic Universe – Casting Notes, Storyline
pitches, and Development Maps.

By BOB GARLEN

SPIDER-MAN
MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE
 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.

-RETURNING-
Michael Chernus as Phineas Mason
Bokeem Woodbine as Herman Schutlz/The Shocker
Michael Mando as Mac Gargan/The Scorpion
Michael Keaton as Adrian Toomes/The Vulture