This article covers a developing story. Continue to check back with us as we will be adding more information as it becomes available.Vincent D’Onofrio opens up about whether Kingpin could pop up in Spider-Man: Brand New Day and finally take on the Marvel Cinematic Universe hero. As Wilson Fisk is currently gaining more power than ever in Daredevil: Born Again, Kingpin"s return to the MCU timeline is getting him closer to potentially face-off with one of his other Marvel enemies, with Peter Parker and the super-villain having a long history in the comics. Even though Tom Holland can"t appear in the series, he is getting ready to reprise the role in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, with production starting this summer.
During his appearance on Happy, Sad, Confused, D’Onofrio was asked about the possibility of Kingpin finally crossing into the MCU films, specifically Spider-Man: Brand New Day, as many fans have been waiting to see the two Marvel rivals face each other. However, as much as D’Onofrio wants to see it happen, the MCU alum confirmed that Kingpin is caught up in legal rights issues at Marvel Studios, sharing the following:
[indent] The only thing I know is not positive, it"s a very hard thing to do for Marvel to use my character. It"s a very hard thing to do because of ownership and stuff. Right now, I"m only usable for television series, different kinds of series, whatever it is, but not even a one-off Fisk movie or anything like that. It"s all caught up in rights and stuff. I don"t know when that would work out, or if it would ever work out at all, actually, really...
[/indent]Source: Happy, Sad, Confused/YouTube

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