Sony's Spider-Man: Now a Part of the MCU; And Now Not Again; And Now Is Again

[Wol]

I love how simultaneously it looks pretty cool but at the same time I can't feel any gravitas. Jokes + too many kids + generic music I guess.

 

[Wol]

The full trailer

 

[Tetsujin]

'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Producer Amy Pascal Reveals More About the Historic Film and Confirms Tom Holland's Future as Spider-Man

"This is not the last movie that we are going to make with Marvel – [this is not] the last Spider-Man movie," Pascal revealed. "We are getting ready to make the next Spider-Man movie with Tom Holland and Marvel. We're thinking of this as three films, and now we're going to go onto the next three. This is not the last of our MCU movies."

 

[Tetsujin]

 

[Lulcielid]

Movie is out now.

 

[Prism]

My brother got a cam rip because he doesn’t want to go to the movies during coronavirus (understandable) and he seemed to really like the movie. I walked in on a huge spoiler, apparently, but he turned off his monitor before I even registered anything.

The dude who got the cam rip was crying during the movie apparently, which I consider slightly hilarious

 

[Tetsujin]

I saw it yesterday and it was very good. Rewatched all the other Spidey movies before this too, it's required viewing, really

 

[cold_spirit]

My girlfriend, who despises Marvel movies and hates action flicks, almost cried 4 times during this film. That's how good it is.

 

[Kuja9001]

Saw it earlier today.

Movie was the best outta Tom's Spidey films.

Spoiler

Watching Tom get the shit beat outta of him by GG was glorious to see.

The musical nods to the other films.

I was glad to see Tom's Spidey finally receive some consequences.

That Venom post credit scene.

 

[KindOfBlue]

Seconded, my favorite of the MCU Spidey movies for sure…now I’m hoping they can deliver a movie in the future at least as good as this one, only more grounded and less fanservice-heavy

 

[Tetsujin]

Spoiler: Announcement of No Way Home VoD/home video with a meme image but if you haven't seen the movie yet I guess it's kind of a big spoiler lmao

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1496485006339833856

 

[KindOfBlue]

Spider-Man: Freshman Year Who's Who - Daredevil, Doctor Strange and More | Comic-Con 2022

One of the few confirmed voice actors right now is a major one, with Daredevil’s Charlie Cox back as the Man Without Fear. Following a high-profile cameo in Spider-Man: No Way Home, many expected Matt Murdock to return to the MCU in some capacity.

Willem Dafoe made his long-awaited return to the Spider-Verse for Spider-Man: No Way Home and might’ve gotten his happy ending when he was returned to his original timeline. In Freshman Year, Osborn takes on something of a mentor role - serving as a plot device similar to Tony Stark in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Osborn will cross paths with both Peter and Spider-Man, but it remains to be seen whether he’ll evolve into the Green Goblin.

Another famous face from Spider-Man’s rogue's gallery is the legendary Doctor Octopus. Again with a style reminiscent of Spider-Man: The Animated Series, this version of Doc Ock also takes nods from the comics with his bowl haircut and goggles. There are enough villains to fill the Sinister Six (and beyond) on this show, and it seems like Otto will be leading the pack here.

Better Call Saul’s Michael Mando had a minor role as Mac Gargan in Spider-Man: Homecoming, and although we never got to see him properly emerge as Scorpion, the character’s post-credit tease of the Sinister Six has become something of a cliffhanger. The Freshman Year concept art shown in the Marvel animation panel depicts Gargan in his classic Scorpion outfit - complete with green spandex and weaponized tail.

So…what the heck is this show? It’s supposedly set in the MCU but the way these characters are presented makes that not seem to be the case? Unless it’s a separate timeline within the MCU a la Multiverse of Madness?

 

[Tetsujin]

It's definitely not MCU 616. I have a feeling that was the initial plan though since they explicitly announced it as his MCU origin story. I assume that has changed in the meantime.

 

[KindOfBlue]

It's definitely not MCU 616. I have a feeling that was the initial plan though since they explicitly announced it as his MCU origin story. I assume that has changed in the meantime.

Yeah, I remember them announcing it as the MCU Spider-Man’s story pre-Civil War, but even with Endgame/What If/Loki playing around with multiple timelines, it never occurred to me that this could be a variant of Tom Holland’s Peter Parker from an alternate timeline within the MCU.

We’ve since become more aware of how multiple timelines intersect with
Multiverse of Madness showing multiple timelines within the MCU and No Way Home showing us a crossover with timelines outside the MCU. So I guess it could still be MCU but, like you say, not MCU 616.

On the one hand, it gives the show and movies more freedom to do their own things, which I think is ideal personally. On the other hand, people were expecting to see more of Tom Holland’s Peter Parker, especially those still upset about not enough Uncle Ben.

Funny enough, it reminds me of FF7 Remake, where my default presumption is that stuff is the same as the original until it explicitly isn’t. Maybe whatever scenarios in the show don’t conflict with the movies, I can headcanon them as also having occurred to Tom’s Peter?

 

[Lulcielid]