In recent news, Sony finally announced that they will work with Marvel to bring Spiderman, along with all his supporting cast, to the MCU. Immediatley rumors arose that Garfield will not be returning as Spiderman, and a few days later this was confirmed by Sony. In this agreement, Marvel stated that they wanted Spider-Man to return to Highschool for yet a third time. Now whether or not it will be Peter or Miles is unknown (though I will make a safe bet and say they should really bring back Peter, and there is really no other option) is yet to be unknown, but what we do know is that Peter is set to make his first appearance in the civil war.

Earlier in late 2014 around the time Sony emails were leaked, news surfaced that Maguire and Raimi were actually wanted back for an Amazing Spiderman 3 (for whatever reason), after Amazing Spiderman 2 failed so horribly. Though these plans were never followed through with, recently about 3 days ago, Mr. Maguire, now 39(soon to be 40) admitted he would love to return as Spider-Man. Now if Marvel is actually are serious about their plans to return Peter to high school, this would be a terrible idea, and not just for the obvious reason (a 40 year old Maguire playing as a teen). Here's why.

Reason #1: Peter was a full grown adult in Civil War

During the civil War period, it was established that Spiderman was a high school teacher in his mid-to-late twenties, not a highschoooler, and not even a college kid. He was already an older individual. It would make no sense to bring Peter back to Highschool. In the Civil War arc, Spidey is a well known, most beloved hero in all of New York, and when he unmasked himself and brought to light that he was Peter, everyone was shocked. No one was expecting the nerdy everyday high school teacher to be the daring icon of a hero in Spiderman. Bringing him back to high school will take ALL of that away.

Reason #2: We have too many origin stories

Literally everyone who knows Spiderman already knows his background; he's a nerdy 15-16 year old living with his aunt after his uncle was murdered in cold blood, and who can never ever seem to keep a smoking hot nerd that fits him perfectly. I know what your thinking, "It's only been two times", but that's the point. I guarantee you 90% of the people who will be watching the MCU Spidey will have already seen the previous two sereis, so why make us sit through another highschool filled drama that is Peter's life?

Now here's why I think they should get Maguire and Raimi back, and how it could work.

Reason #1: We can get JK Simmons back

As a Maguire fan, I have to admit, any one can play a decent Peter, but few can portray J. Johnah Jameson better than JK. He got literally everything right; the hair, the demeanor, his mistreatment of Peter, and of them all, his loud, abrupt attitude. He was pure gold, and I want him back.

Reason #2: I actually thought Tobey was a great Peter

All I hear and read is that "Tobey was a crybaby". What do you expect? I though he nailed the role; Peter grew up as barely knowing his parents, being bullied in high school, worked for a crappy job where he was underpaid, his farther figure died, two of the men he looked up to as mentors died partially due to him, and he could barely keep the only girl he could get. In the comics Peter was never a tough-as-nails character, and neither was Maguire. He was an actual nerd, while throughout the Amazing Spiderman movies Garfield felt more like an outcast more than a dweeb. Sure, he was slightly bullied in highschool, but that's all to it; he got the job he wanted, the girl he wanted, we never really see him struggle for anything, and he didn't even try to solve the mystery of who killed his uncle. Plus, at least Tobey had some muscle mass on him.

How it could work #1: He went into retirement

After Spiderman 3,we got a very vague ending to the series. We don't really know what happened to Peter's life after the events. Did he get married? Did he feel so guilty about the death of his best friend that he hang the suit up? Did he have kids? This gives us a great opportunity to answer all of this. Let's say he chose option two and decided to retire. That would explain why he never appeared or was mentioned during the battle in New York. Marvel could go the route of that due to all the turmoil going on in the world, Spidey would notice that he was still needed and come out of hiding. He joins Ironman's side in the registration act, unmasks himself, an we all get the suspense we got in the comics, including JJJ going berserk after finding out his top employee was the 'freak' he despised all this time. This would permit all the previous events as canon with out messing with any of the current events in the MCU.We will get the adult Spidey that was seen in Civil War, and Tobey will still be age appropiate for the role. A second benefit from this is that Marvel could still bring in a young Miles Morales, opening up an opportunity for Donald Glover, as a young hero for Maguire to mentor. Not only are the die hard Peter Parker fans are pleased, but also the fans who wanted a black Spidey.

Reason #2: Alternate dimensions

In Thor: The Dark World, we get to experience with alternate dimensions. With this opens up a plethora of opportunities. Marvel could say that one of the infinity gems transported Earth-Sony's Spiderman to the MCU. Everything before would be canon, we can still get Miles Morales, and everyone is happy.

So these are just my thoughts on how they can do it. I just wish a Marvel/Sony exec could see this, because this could really work.