You are now subscribed
Your newsletter sign-up was successful
Want to add more newsletters?
Every Friday
GamesRadar+
Your weekly update on everything you could ever want to know about the games you already love, games we know you're going to love in the near future, and tales from the communities that surround them.
Every Thursday
GTA 6 O'clock
Our special GTA 6 newsletter, with breaking news, insider info, and rumor analysis from the award-winning GTA 6 O'clock experts.
Every Friday
Knowledge
From the creators of Edge: A weekly videogame industry newsletter with analysis from expert writers, guidance from professionals, and insight into what's on the horizon.
Every Thursday
The Setup
Hardware nerds unite, sign up to our free tech newsletter for a weekly digest of the hottest new tech, the latest gadgets on the test bench, and much more.
Every Wednesday
Switch 2 Spotlight
Sign up to our new Switch 2 newsletter, where we bring you the latest talking points on Nintendo's new console each week, bring you up to date on the news, and recommend what games to play.
Every Saturday
The Watchlist
Subscribe for a weekly digest of the movie and TV news that matters, direct to your inbox. From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we've got you covered.
Once a month
SFX
Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month!
Spider-Man director Sam Raimi has praised the animation used to bring Doc Ock, played by Alfred Molina, to life in the upcoming Marvel flick Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Molina first portrayed the villain in 2004's Spider-Man 2, directed by Raimi, coming up against Tobey Maguire's Spidey and Kirsten Dunst's Mary Jane. Raimi directed a trilogy of Spider-Man movies starring Maguire and Dunst between 2002 and 2007.
"That was beautiful," Raimi told SYFY WIRE. "He looks great, the animation’s great. I’m assuming it’s not puppeted because when we did Doc Ock, we had puppets and animation for his octopus tentacles. But it was smooth and powerful and I loved his costume they kept [from the original]. I think it’s gonna be a great movie."
Alongside Molina, Spider-Man: No Way Home will see the return of J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson, a character who also appeared in Raimi's trilogy, and Jamie Foxx as Electro, who first appeared in the Andrew Garfield-led The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in 2014.
Along with the confirmed role of Benedict Cumberbatch's Doctor Strange in the movie, the castings have, of course, prompted a lot of discussion about the multiverse. Speaking of multiverses, Raimi's next stint in the director's chair is for the Doc's MCU sequel, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness – but we'll have to wait a little longer to see what it all means.
Spider-Man: No Way Home swings onto the big screen on December 17. In the meantime, make sure you're up to date with the MCU with our guide to Marvel Phase 4.
