Chris Pine attends the 33rd Annual Producers Guild Awards on March 19, 2022 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Michael Tran/AFP) (Photo by MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Spider-Man: No Way Home brought together Marvel’s three Spider-Men for an internet-shattering – and box office record – on-screen encounter. But one fan-favourite, Peter Parker, was left out: Chris Pine voiced the webhead’s alter-ego in the 2018 Academy Award-winning animated blockbuster Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and didn’t make the leap to live-action.
Still, the ‘The Wonder Woman’ star tells Yahoo Entertainment that he’s content not to have been invited to act alongside Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland in ‘No Way Home,’ that premieres today on most digital platforms. “It’s a full team already,” Pine says of the Spider trio while chatting about his upcoming action movie The Contractor. “I like to miss that.”
Pine voiced an animated Peter Parker in the Oscar-winning 2018 hit, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Photo Credit: Sony Pictures/YouTube)
Of course, Pines Spidey has a good excuse for being left out, as he has the dubious honor of being the only Peter Parker to die on screen. In the film, Peter’s murder of the Kingpin’s oversized fists paves the way for arachnid-bitten teenager Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore) to take on the role of his universe’s Spider-Man. Miles also meets other Spider-people from throughout the Spider-verse, including Peter B. Parker (Jake Johnson), Spider-Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld) and of course the spectacular Spider-Ham (John Mulaney).
Pine’s version of Spider-Man makes a memorable impression before his untimely demise. Not only does Peter swing by a thread all over Manhattan catching thieves like flies, but he also pushes loads of Spider merch – including a hilarious Christmas album with tracks like “Spidey Bells” and “Joy to the World (That I Just Saved)”. “
“I had a lot of fun singing those songs, it was a great time,” says Pine of his alter ego’s singing career. Since Garfield and Holland are also musically inclined, we’re hoping the upcoming sequel will give Across the Spider-Verse Pine a second chance at a Spider-Bro-Shindig…complete with a karaoke jam session.
The story goes on
While his Spider-Man career may be over (for now), Pine boldly returns to the final frontier for a fourth Star Trek adventure. In February, Paramount announced a new Trek feature that will reunite Pine’s Captain Kirk, Zachary Quinto’s Mr. Spock, and Zoe Saldaña’s Uhura for the first foray into the Kelvin timeline since 2016’s Star Trek Beyond. JJ Abrams – who directed the 2009 reboot and 2013 sequel, Star Trek: Into Darkness – is producing, and WandaVision head Matt Shakman is in charge of directing.
When asked if he would approach Kirk differently after so many years without his Starfleet uniform, Pine indicates that he is still awaiting more information from his Federation superiors. “Without a script or a story, it’s really hard to tell,” he notes. One thing he does know is that they won’t be shooting Quentin Tarantino’s legendary R-rated Star Trek script. Pine says he still hasn’t read the author’s carefully guarded pitch, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, but is keen to know what a Tarantino-penned Trek film might have looked like. In the distant future they will probably still be selling Red Apple cigarettes.
Spider-Man: No Way Home is currently available for most digital services, including Prime video.