can andrew garfield and tobey maguire join the mCU along with jamie foxx?

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By: Keaton Marcus

Jamie Foxx recently confirmed that he would be returning as Electro in MCU’s third Spider-Man movie with Tom Holland. While nothing is fully trustworthy, the Multi-Verse possibilities that fans have been asking for may become a reality.

Foxx’s portrayal of Electro showed up in 2014’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which due to the disappointing box office and reviews, ended that attempt at a big new superhero franchise. Andrew Garfield played that incarnation of Peter Parker, and it does bring thoughts about whether he will join Holland’s counterpart. The two newest installments in the Spider-Man universe are Homecoming and Far from Home, both of which here big successes (the former earned 880 million, the latter grossed over 1.1 billion), and became critical darlings. Could a potential third installment featuring not only Foxx, but Garfield as well save those two characters from embarrassment?

But there’s more. Remember Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy? The classic ones, which ran from 2002-2007, started out gracefully. Maguire had his debut in the first movie, which holds a 90% “Certified Fresh” on Rotten Tomatoes, and made over 825 million dollars. The direct sequel made plenty of profit as well, amassing to 788 million, a smaller, but still very solid number. It was also a critical success, and remains the highest-rated Spidey flick, holding at 93%. But all good things must come to an end. The third, and final movie of the trilogy then came along. Highly anticipated, it ended up a bloated, over-produced mess with only fine performances and some entertaining action to barely save it from complete disaster. In terms of ticket sales, it was a monster hit, earning about 895 million dollars, but its mixed reviews from audiences and critics ended the franchise.

Enough with the numbers. Foxx joining the MCU brings so many possibilities. Raimi’s Doc-Oc could have a nice role, so can Green Goblin, and many more iconic characters from the character’s films. If you stuff in too much, however, it could end up like the garbage that Amazing Spider-Man 2 or Spider-Man 3 was. Hold your horses, though. Sony’s Into the Spider-Verse managed to combine many different characters from other universes, and ended a huge success with critics and audiences. It didn’t make a huge splash at the box office, though. But despite making only 375 million worldwide, it does have a sequel on the way, and some potential TV spin-offs.

In terms of the release date, the third movie in MCU’s Spidey franchise should open December, 2021 if Covid doesn’t mess everything up.