There are very few sources I trust for entertainment news, especially given today’s emphasis on scoop over substance, but The Hollywood Reporter is one of them. If it’s a headline from them, it tends to be vetted and accurate and I pay attention. If I saw one of the more iffy media sites out there declaring that Alfred Molina was going to be reprising his role as Doctor Octopus for the next Spider-Man film, I would shrug. The one and only time he suited up for that was nearly two decades ago and it seems like just the sort of vaguely rumored nostalgia clickbait best not rewarded with a… well, click.

But there it is from THR: Molina will be welcomed back to the Spider-franchise with ah, open arms. Jamie Foxx as Electro as well, which means we’re now potentially mixing-and-matching three iterations of Sony’s Spider-films. Benedict Cumberbatch will be appearing as Doctor Strange. Are we going multi-versal? Spider-versal? I mean, that already happened, but not in live action.

Mining the past seems to be in fashion, if the above news and also recent episodes of The Mandalorian are any indication. Who am I to buck the trend? We first mentioned Wall Wardens waaay back at the beginning of Episode/Issue 2, and here we are a decade later in real time finally getting to some actual “footage” of the show.

It’s not quite the fanfare return some of these other franchises are having, but hey, proud to be on the bandwagon nonetheless.