Our Spidey senses are tingling! Spider-Man: No Way Home promises to give us more of Tom Holland’s Peter Parker and a few other Spider-Men. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is heading full speed ahead into the Spider-Verse, which, based on the film’s teaser trailer, is full of early 2000s nostalgia. Our friendly neighborhood superhero is running into a few old foes including the Green Goblin, Electro and Doctor Otto “Ock” Octavius. After Peter’s identity was exposed by Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) at the end of 2019’s Spider-Man: Far Away Home, he asks fellow Avenger Doctor Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) to use his magic to help him get back his anonymity.
Unfortunately, Strange breaks open the multiverse and super-villains from alternate realities arrive to hunt Peter down, according to the first trailer. That includes Doc Ock, played by Alfred Molina, who originated the role of the scientist turned villain in 2004’s Spider-Man 2 starring Tobey Maguire. Holland told Entertainment Weekly that getting the chance to work with Molina was a blast from Spider-Man movie’s past. “It was really fun to watch him see how technology has advanced,” the Cherry star told the publication in October. “When he was making these films, the arms were puppets, and when we did it, they’re all imaginary and CG. It was quite cool to see him relive it, but also relearn it.” The trailer for No Way Home hints at possible crossover moments with not only the Sam Raimi-directed films, but The Amazing Spider-Man franchise starring Andrew Garfield. While Holland is staying mum about the details of the film, he told Entertainment Weekly that he sees the movie as the end of an era. “We were all treating [No Way Home] as the end of a franchise, let’s say,” he noted. “I think if we were lucky enough to dive into these characters again, you’d be seeing a very different version. It would no longer be the Homecoming trilogy.”
The Cast
Holland returns in the titular role alongside his fellow Spider-Man staples including Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau and J.K. Simmons as Jonah Jameson, who made his film debut in 2002’s Spider-Man. The movie will also include familiar faces reprising their previous superhero and supervillain roles including Cumberbatch and Molina. Willem Dafoe is rumored to be reprising his role as the Green Goblin, who appears in the November movie poster. Jamie Foxx, who played Electro in 2014’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2, will also appear, according to The Hollywood Reporter. While Kirsten Dunst, the original Mary Jane, denied any involvement in the upcoming movie, she told Variety in November that it would "be fun" to reprise her role someday.
How ‘No Way Home’ Connects to Past ‘Spider-Man’ Films
When talking to Total Film in November, Holland admitted that the new film “means a lot to me” but it will also mean a lot to fans of the old Spider-Man films. “The first time you see Doc and the rest of the characters that come back, it’s so exciting and it’s such a huge moment in cinematic history,” he teased. “It’s three generations coming together."
Are There Post-Credits Scenes?
Somehow, after nearly 30 Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, there are still moviegoers who leave the theater as soon as the credits start rolling. Yes, there are post-credits scenes. The first appears mid-credits after the animated credit section concludes, and the second appears at the very end when the black-and-white credits finish. No spoilers, but both clips include major characters who are not seen elsewhere in the film.
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