‘Spider-Man 3,’ aka ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home,’ is coming to theaters. Here’s everything to know about casting news, teaser-trailers, and the premiere date.
Did anyone try turning the multiverse off and back on again? The Marvel Cinematic Universe did something genuinely remarkable with The Infinity Saga, as it’s now called. Faced with the challenge of building a franchise without its two most popular character sets, the X-Men and the Spider-Verse, it set about turning B-listers like Iron Man and Captain America into household names. But even though the MCU has succeeded beyond anyone’s wildest expectations, Spider-Man remains its biggest draw. That’s why fans are hanging onto every fact about the franchise’s upcoming project, Spider-Man 3, that they can. Before the MCU even existed, Sony was the leading production studio in making Marvel films. The release of the original Spider-Man starring Tobey Maguire as the titular webslinger in 2002 was arguably the moment the superhero craze of the last two decades took off. (Meanwhile, the failure of 2006’s Spider-Man 3 is supposedly what inspired Marvel to start its own studio.) But even though the MCU has thus far treated current star Tom Holland as *the* canonical Spider-Man, sweeping the older franchises under the rug, fans haven’t been so quick to let go. Moreover, the recent rumors about the as-yet-untitled Sony-MCU Spider-Man 3 collaboration point to a film that will tie all three Spider-Man versions to appear on the big screen thus far into one happy family. However, despite the hype, Holland has insisted the rumors aren’t real. But with the multiverse already introduced in the recent Disney+ series Loki, it seems like some crossover from the original Spider-verse was inevitable. Here’s what’s known so far: Spider-Man 3 began filming in October 2020, a delay from the original summer start date due to the coronavirus pandemic. But even with the delay, fans had an idea where the new film is headed, thanks to a Spider-Man 2 DVD/Blu-ray bonus scene. The extra scene builds on Spider-Man 2 ‘s post-credits sequence that revealed one of Spider-Man ‘s most famous nemeses, J. Jonah Jameson. But bringing back the angry newsman devoted to exposing Spider-Man as a conspiracy-spewing YouTuber wasn’t why fans got excited. The return of actor J.K. Simmons, who played the same character back in Sony’s original Maguire-led Spider-Man trilogy, was the real draw. At long last, the first full trailer arrived on Aug.
