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Erik Sommers is an American television writer, television producer and screenwriter. Career. Erik Sommers began his career working as a production staff in Stark Raving Mad . During his time as a writer on American Dad, he met Chris McKenna, who would become his writing partner. [1] .
Jan 8, 2022 · Spider-Man: No Way Home screenwriters Erik Sommers and Chris McKenna discuss crafting the superhero blockbuster, in nitty gritty detail.
Erik Sommers is an American screenwriter and television producer from Syracuse, New York who collaborates with Chris McKenna. He wrote three Spider-Man films for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Lego Batman Movie, Drawn Together, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Ghosted, Community, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Crank Yankers, Dr. Ken and American Dad.
Feb 1, 2022 · Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers talk to Script Magazine about their journey as screenwriters, the weight of making choices during the writing process, and their partnership on 'Spider-Man: No Way Home'.
- "Making a movie like this is a big collaborative experience. And with each collaborator, it just gets better and better. But it changes."
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By Joe Skrebels
Updated: Feb 19, 2022 10:36 pm
Posted: Feb 19, 2022 9:54 pm
Spider-Man: No Way Home writers Erik Sommers and Chris McKenna have explained that one key scene was written and rewritten at least 10 times before it made it to our screens.
Speaking during an IGN Fan Fest panel, the co-writers were asked about how they turned what could simply have been a scene featuring simple cameos into something more meaningful to everyone involved – and revealed that it took a lot of work.
Warning: This story contains spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home!
Ultimately the version we saw onscreen – which pleased a lot of fans – is a culmination of all the ideas put forward in previous drafts, something the writers seem very happy with. "A lot of the pieces are there, but in slightly different ways," said McKenna. "And it's just a evolution and for us, it's just a privilege to work with all these incredible people. And we were all working together, that's what was so great about it. Just trying to make sure it was living up to this great concept."
Collaboration was clearly a major part of the process, with the multiple stars talking about everything from the 'therapy session' they had together to the meme Andrew Garfield added a reference to.
The result is a movie we called "the darkest and funniest MCU Spider-Man entry to date", and that "here’s Marvel showing off the fact that they have us all in the palm of their hands yet again".
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Dec 29, 2021 · Spider-Man: No Way Home writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers have revealed that the film's story was shaped by its biggest surprises in ways that wouldn't have been possible otherwise.
Jan 25, 2022 · In the script by franchise veterans Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, everyone knows that Peter Parker (Tom Holland) is Spider-Man now that J. Jonah Jameson (J.K. Simmons) outed him on his...
