“Europe doesn’t really need a friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.” Ohh, Peter, you sweet baby superhero. That already tells you plenty about Spider-Man: Far From Home, but watch the delightful first trailer for the sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming!
Just as its predecessor infused such high school rites of passage as the homecoming dance with potentially world-ending stakes, Far From Home takes on the quintessential high school Eurotrip, as Peter (Tom Holland), Ned, MJ, and Flash take in the sights in London, Venice, and other picturesque destinations. But superheroes don’t take a vacation, as evidenced by the presence of one familiar face and a new one, who’s Iron Man and Thor (and Doctor Strange, we’d say) all wrapped up in one. Watch the trailer for Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal), a new Spidey suit, and Aunt May being the best:
Of course, the presence of Nick Fury and Peter himself gives some clues as to how Avengers: Endgame will go, seeing as this film comes out about two months after the resolution of Thanos’ snap. (We wondered if Far From Home could actually be set before the events of Avengers: Infinity War, but that would require it to wrap up rather neatly in order to fit within the timeline without affecting all the Thanos business.) The official synopsis, from Sony Pictures:
Peter Parker returns in Spider-Man: Far From Home, the next chapter of the Spider-Man: Homecoming series! Our friendly neighborhood Super Hero decides to join his best friends Ned, MJ, and the rest of the gang on a European vacation. However, Peter’s plan to leave super heroics behind for a few weeks are quickly scrapped when he begrudgingly agrees to help Nick Fury uncover the mystery of several elemental creature attacks, creating havoc across the continent!
Spider-Man: Far From Home hops a plane into theaters July 5.
Yaaay! Peter’s back! And MJ, Happy, and aunt May! Looks awesome!
(Though I am not particularly fond of what Fury being there implies)
*bounce bounce bounce*
—Keith R.A. DeCandido
“Peter Parker here to pick up a passport please.”
I need to know how many takes that was.
0:37 greatly clarifies the timeline of the MCU: this movie is set in year
when Peter is years old.
So, Peter Parker knows who Nick Fury is because of Black Widow dumping the SHIELD database on the internet during the events of Winter Soldier, right?
I am disappointed that none of the kids watching the news report said,
“…Is that a fishbowl on his head?”
Anthony: or they meet in Endgame.
—Keith R.A. DeCandido
Was that Hydro Man Mysterio was fighting? And I guess “dickwad” is now an appropriate term for an all-ages trailer (and yeah, I laughed at the joke). All in all, it feels like a logical continuation of the first one and has taken a little bit of Bendis’ Ultimate Spider-Man in regards to the Nick Fury bits
I don’t think he meets Fury in Endgame, because it’s clear they haven’t met as of this movie. Unless they do meet, and then the timeline gets reset. But if that’s the case, one or both of them wouldn’t remember the meeting. Wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey… stuff.
I just hope they’re not doing the tired old “the bad guy pretending to be a good guy” thing. Mysterio could very well be controlling these “Elementals”, after all. And then the plan unravels and he’s revealed to be a villain. Such a tired trope.
@5 Tony Stark made Peter an Avenger so he should know who Nick Fury is even if he’s never met him.
Slack conversation with work buddy:
Me: Did you see the new MCU Spider-Man trailer? I liked it.
Him: I did. Focusing on a pile of dust for 2 whole minutes was a bold choice.
The month and day of Peter’s birthday is the same month and day Amazing Fantasy #15 came out.
@9
It could be a total misdirect, but I sure got Syndrome-vibes from Mysterio in the trailer.
Edit:
I found this clip from the 90’s cartoon show (my first exposure to Spider-man) and Mysterio’s first introduction did use this track of pretending to be a hero…
https://youtu.be/XABfTaa_aqo
Whitespine that’s a trickester chacater. George McDonald Fraser populzaried it in fiction long before marvel existed. This happens in folklore first then on to written lauange then onto raids then onto film etc. All are forms of storytelinf
@8. The international trailer changes that term to “loser,” interestingly.
Also, I do love that there are no years on the passport at all.
@14 I think “character secretly creates problems that they can then publicly ‘solve'” is a lot older than the 1960’s, but for what it’s worth, Mysterio’s first appearance was a few years before the first Flashman book was published.
Wow. Tobey Maguire is looking younger everyday!
Seeing that still of Peter Parker in Venice, I am really hoping that there is a matchup between the Amazing Spider-Man and Italian Spiderman.
KRAD@7:
That seems unlikely given that Peter looks at him and says “You’re Nick Fury!” like they are meeting for the first time.
@10:
He recognizes him on sight, as if he’s seen a picture. That’s not the same as Tony telling him there was a dude named Nick who used to run things around here (Nick Fury hasn’t been actively involved in running either Shield or the Avengers since Age of Ultron). I mean, sure, bald black guy with an eyepatch s pretty distinctive, so its a possibility Tony mentioned something offscreen. I just thought it likely that since Black Widow dumped the entire SHIELD database and personnel files on the internet for anyone to research, a genius teenager who is obsessed with the Avengers may have looked them up.
But does Europe need a friendly tourist Spider-Man?
Interestingly, Iron Man was no-where to be found in the trailer. This may spell bad things for him in the upcoming Avengers movie.
Looks fun, and while ‘high schoolers in Europe’ could certainly be really overdone – I trust Marvel to do it right. Although I have to admit, I kind of wish I didn’t know when in the timeline it was. I mean, I know we basically all know what’s going to happen in Endgame, but they could at least pretend it was a surprise.