Marvel’s ‘Spider-Man 3’ Production Sparks Outrage
Marvel Studios has received a bombardment of backlash this week over the decision to go ahead with filming of their latest blockbuster, the yet to be titled Spider-Man 3, during a second wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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Since filming began on the superhero flick less than two months ago, Tom Holland, who plays the titular role of the web-slinger, and the rest of the crew from Marvel Studios, have been travelling across the US to various filming locations.
Despite a huge spike in coronavirus cases and deaths in the US, the production has been given the green light to continue filming – but with restrictions on what they can and cannot do.
However, members of the public have been sent into a fury over a certain allowance that was made this week in regard to a specific filming location.
For the previous two movies in the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe)’s spider man trilogy, Marvel has partnered with two local Atlanta high schools for scenes where Spider-Man lives out his daily life as his teenage alter ego, Peter Parker. And that partnership has continued for the third entry in the series.
Under normal circumstances this would be perfectly fine. But as you are probably sick of hearing at this point, these are confusing times (to quote the hulk himself).
Both parents and members of the local community were furious to hear that, while the schools themselves closed to students due to the pandemic, a Hollywood film crew is allowed to film there? It simply doesn’t make sense.
It’s reported that one of the schools was paid roughly $50,000 to allow the production to take place on their site. To a lot of outsiders, it seems like the schools are more interested in cash over preserving the future educations of their students, but that’s just one viewpoint.
As of the time of writing, Marvel Studios have yet to comment. Could production be halted if enough parents complain? Only time will tell…
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