Alan Moore hates Hollywood. But that apparently hasn't turned him off from the movie-making process completely. In fact, he and longtime friend Mitch Jenkins are reportedly working on a new film series called "Show Pieces" that is being made without any sort of studio interference.
The project is being described as as a "multi-layered, multi-episode narrative created by Moore and brought to life by Jenkins," Twitch reports. The first episode of the indie, called "Act of Faith," has already been filmed, and the next will be shot later this summer in Northampton. So it seems like Moore's aversion is less with making films and more with the Hollywood system.
Spider-Man's Web-Shooters: Untangling Their History
Posted 21 hours ago by Matt Adler in Commentary, Hot Stuff, Marvel
In 1962, Stan Lee and Steve Ditko introduced a superhero who would redefine the genre for a new generation. Peter Parker, the sensational Spider-Man, was an unassuming nerd who fate would gift with the powers of a human spider: proportionate strength, speed, agility, and even the uncanny ability to move out of the way of oncoming danger.
But one key spider-like attribute has historically not come naturally to Spider-Man: the ability to create webs. Instead, Spider-Man comes equipped with what are known as web-shooters, artificial devices that allow him to spin a web, any size.
The original trilogy of "Spider-Man" movies abandoned this concept in favor of giving Peter the ability to generate webs biologically. But the latest entry in the storied superhero's big-screen adventures, "The Amazing Spider-Man," reimagines the character and restores the artificial web-shooters, as many fans had long clamored for, citing the web-shooters as evidence of one of Peter Parker's greatest assets—his keen intellect.
With that in mind, we're going to take a look back at the history of his web-shooters in the comics — how they developed and changed over the years, and where they stand now in his arsenal of abilities.
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