Scott Derrickson says 'everyone needs to calm down' after Spider-Man controversy

Doctor Strange 2's former director Scott Derrickson has lately been making headlines for his tweets rather than news about his upcoming films. It is famously known that Scott directed the first MCU Doctor Strange film and was on-board with the second instalment before deciding to go separate ways and handling the mantle to Sam Raimi from the original Spider-Man movies. However, one of his jokes related to the MCU was picked up in the literal sense by many publications and the director has now come forward and expressed that 'everyone needs to calm down'. 

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Scott Derrickson backtracks on Spider-Man claims

Lately, fans have been on their toes ever since news about all the three live-action Spider-Men coming together on-screen has been doing the rounds on the internet. The latest rumour surrounding Marvel movies suggests that Doctor Strange: The Multiverse of Madness will be introducing a vast multiverse in the MCU which will bring together various iterations of characters seen on screen in the past coupled with new faces, all at the same time.

While some rumours shared by ScreenRant and others suggest that Tom Cruise has been roped in to play Tony Stark from a different universe, others suggest that the three previously-seen Spider-Man actors will also come together. Since the limitations of a multiverse cannot be capped, the rumours on portals like Nerdist and more  seem to have followed the same suit. However, fans clung on to a joke made by director Scott Derrickson who suggested that all Spider-Man iterations are a part of the MCU. The director later had to backtrack and tell fans that he was just joking. 

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Multiple publications picked up the story which suggested that all Spider-Men were now a part of the MCU. Scott went on to share a screenshot of one of the articles writing a joke which suggested that all Marvel, DC, Dark Horse and Image Comics were also a part an upcoming cinematic universe which will be based on Howard the Duck. With Scott's overt denying of Spider-Men being a part of one canon, it has only raised more eyebrows whether the director is actually trying to hide the truth behind jokes. It will only be a few months before the developments are falsified or proven true. 

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