Sony to release El Muerto (Marvel) (1 Viewer)

[nolaspe]

Looks like another addition to (or spinoff from) the Spiderverse...

Sony Announces El Muerto, a Spider-Man Spin-Off Starring Bad Bunny as Marvel's First Live-Action Latino Lead - IGN

Sony has announced El Muerto, a Spider-Man spin-off film that will star Bad Bunny as Marvel's first live-action Latino lead.

www.ign.com

 

[Sun Wukong]

lol, Sony is run by insane people. This guy has literally appeared in TWO issues of Spider-Man and that's it. That's his entire history in Marvel. Two issues of Spider-Man. Not two story lines, two ISSUES. And they were from a decade and a half ago. It's literally a character that nobody knows or cares about and they're trying to build a franchise around. This isn't even a deep pull, it's an arse pull. Absolute madness.

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

WTH is a Bad Bunny??? Is like the real life Mid Size Sedan???

 

[oysters]

Two issues? Wow. They do know they can have a Hispanic actor play a character that we’ve heard of right? It doesn’t have to be Captain Taco. Like Scorpion could be Hispanic. We pick some rando? It kinda makes it worse doesn’t it?

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Man, is Sony reaching or what?

 

[Sailorsaint]

Man, is Sony reaching or what?

I think they are running out of Marvel characters.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

I think they are running out of Marvel characters.

They're doing their best to keep the IP. But this will flop worse than Morbius.

 

[nolaspe]

This is why I posted this thread, for these exact reactions lol...

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Two issues? Wow. They do know they can have a Hispanic actor play a character that we’ve heard of right? It doesn’t have to be Captain Taco. Like Scorpion could be Hispanic. We pick some rando? It kinda makes it worse doesn’t it?

Tarantula is still available

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Tarantula is still available

I would be all for Tarantula popping up. At least he's established.

 

[oysters]

I just read that Sony owns the rights to 900 Marvel characters! And this is the one they picked?

 

[Sun Wukong]

I just read that Sony owns the rights to 900 Marvel characters! And this is the one they picked?

To be fair, a lot of those 900 fall into this category. Just random Spider-Man supporting characters of various levels of insignificance.

 

[SystemShock]

Man, is Sony reaching or what?

Not really. It may sound like reaching, but this is a play for a bigger share of the hispanical market. You guys may not know who Bad Bunny is, but he is extremely popular with the young hispanicals everywhere. And El Muerto obviously plays into the whole Day of the Dead thing.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Not really. It may sound like reaching, but this is a play for a bigger share of the hispanical market. You guys may not know who Bad Bunny is, but he is extremely popular with the young hispanicals everywhere. And El Muerto obviously plays into the whole Day of the Dead thing.

I know who Bad Bunny is. The gripe for me and likely most here is not the actor selected (although some could argue there as well). The issue is the character selected. There are others of Hispanic origin, like Tarantula mentioned above, a part of the Spider-Man mythos.

 

[SaintInBucLand]

This is a terrible idea..

And stories say he is in 2 comics, it's actually one according to this. First appearance(and only), then dies in the same issue.

Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Vol 1 6

Featured Characters: ⏴ Spider-Man (Peter Parker) ⏵ Supporting Characters: El Muerto (Juan-Carlos Sánchez) (First appearance) (Main story and flashback) J. Jonah Jameson (Main story and flashback) John Jameson (Main story and flashback) Flash Thompson Mary Jane Watson-Parker Antagonists: Mystery...

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• El Muerto (Marcus Estrada de la García) (First and only known appearance; dies)