Spider-Man: No Way Home Trailer Breakdown: Shadows of the Spider-Verse

Our newest look at Marvel and Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home is right here, and Peter Parker’s bought new mentors, new foes, and a entire new multiverse of mess to cope with in his newest superhero film. Let’s break down the brand new trailer and see what secrets and techniques we are able to speculate about for our newest journey into the Spider-Verse.

The trailer opens with a rain-soaked, bloodied Peter Parker (Tom Holland, though we hear different Peters Parker can be found). “Ever since I got bit by that spider,” Peter says, as we in the reduction of to the fallout of the climax of Far From Home—J. Jonah Jameson (the returning J.Ok. Simmons) exposes Peter’s identification publicly—“I’ve only had one week where my life was normal.”

“That was when you found out,” Peter continues, as we see that this dialog is a part of a telephone name with MJ (Zendaya) beforehand seen within the first trailer, the place she requested him if it was higher the world knew he was Spider-Man. But, Pete, man: that week you needed to combat your alternative father determine and cease London being blown up by killer drones with weapons? How was that regular?

Anyway, a number of extra pictures of Peter and MJ’s swing round NYC later, we fade again into new materials of Peter visiting the Sanctum Sanctorum. But this time we get to see the fallout of the assembly with Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) we noticed within the final trailer. For a person that was very excited to do some harmful memory-altering magic, he’s very fast guilty a youngster for a magical whoopsie. “When you botched that spell where you wanted everyone to forget that Peter Parker is Spider-Man, we started getting some visitors,” Strange chides, as we as soon as once more see the fallout of the spell seen within the first trailer.

What type of guests? Well, dangerous ones, principally—the sort who don’t convey a housewarming present after they step into a brand new actuality except it’s an incendiary system. Case in level: one other prolonged glimpse of a shot from the final trailer, of one of many Green Goblin’s (one other returning face, Willem Dafoe, however as we’ll see later… there could possibly be extra) pumpkin bombs rolling alongside the freeway we beforehand noticed Peter preventing one other outdated foe on.

“From every universe,” Strange emphasizes. As lengthy as that universe is contractually obligated by offers between Sony Pictures and Marvel studios, that’s. We minimize to a nighttime battle, as Peter flips away from a bolt of lightning churning up the earth. This is, after all, returning villain Electro (performed by The Amazing Spider-Man 2‘s Jamie Foxx), nevertheless it also needs to be famous that Peter (presumably) is in a brand new swimsuit as properly. Primarily black with gold webbing, earlier merchandise for the film named this swimsuit merely because the “Black and Gold” swimsuit—and as we’ll see a bit later within the trailer, it seems to have been partially a present from Doctor Strange.

Back to a different villain combat, we now return to that freeway to see Peter battling the returned Doc Ock (Spider-Man 2‘s Alfred Molina). This time we get somewhat greater than a “Hello Peter.”

Underneath the freeway now, Ock has Peter—whose Iron Spider- Suit has been partially broken— all wrapped up, forcing its adaptive supplies to peel the masks from his face when Ock goes to strike his uncovered chest. “You’re not Peter Parker,” Ock says, as a result of Otto Octavius is us, we’re Otto Octavius. An fascinating level to notice: not like the scenes on the freeway above, Ock’s metallic arms now have pink accents to them. It looks like, on condition that the Iron Spider swimsuit has been broken of their combat, the great Doctor has someway discovered a technique to a minimum of strip off among the nanite armor materials and bond it along with his personal creations.

It appears the combat goes again in Peter’s favor although, as we minimize to him, MJ, and Ned (Jacob Batalon) interrogating a now-captured Ock in what seems prefer it might probably be an underground space of the Sanctum Sanctorum. Otto tells them his actual identify, and so they chortle as a result of it’s what you do while you’re in a superhero film and must cope with a reputation from the comedian books. Spider-Man 2 got here out 17 years in the past of us, we are able to deal with Otto Octavius being the man who turns right into a villain referred to as Doc Ock.

“There are others out there,” Doctor Strange intones, as we minimize to a night time sky, with flashes of yellow, over New York—and really apparently what seems like the Statue of Liberty getting an improve to develop into the sentinel of liberty, an addition of Captain America’s protect to the enduring monument within the wake of Steve Rogers’ exit from this slice of the Marvel universe in Avengers: Endgame. Other Captains America are additionally accessible.

“We need to send them back,” Strange continues, as we see that aforementioned present from him on Peter’s new Black and Gold swimsuit: a mystical armlet that glows with the runes of Strange’s magic, because it’s made all of the extra clear that Peter is certainly preventing Electro right here. Another fascinating element: Peter’s swimsuit really has a tool strapped to its chest, holding what seems to be a video feed of Ned and MJ. Why are they watching him combat?

“So… Scooby-Doo this crap!” Strange concludes, as we return to the Sanctum and discover the Sorcerer Supreme being type of a large douchebag to some youngsters. He determined to do the spell within the first place! At least MJ will get him to insult them and ship them on their quest… extra politely.

Another prolonged shot from the final trailer of mud and lightning kicking up a storm round police vehicles and information vans (together with a Daily Bugle one). Like we talked about in our final breakdown, it is a emblem completely different from any of the Bugle imagery we noticed in Far From Home, however the prolonged shot does give us a really excited J. Jonah Jameson within the flesh, so that is presumably the MCU iteration of the outlet. “You’re flying out into the darkness…” Otto growls, as we see the storm cut up into separate mud clouds and bolts of electrical energy—hammering it over your head if you happen to didn’t presume earlier than that that is no storm, however the mixed work of Electro and Sandman. Sandman, a.ok.a. Flint Marko, after all beforehand appeared in Spider-Man 3, performed by Thomas Haden Church, who’s rumored to have returned to reprise the position right here.

“… to fight ghosts” Otto continues, as we in the reduction of to his imprisonment below the Sanctum. When Peter asks what he means, Strange gives the reply over extra footage from Peter’s preliminary combat with Ock: “They all die fighting Spider-Man. It’s their fate.”

Another temporary shot offers us Peter making an attempt to catch a pumpkin bomb earlier than it detonates. This seems to be contained in the constructing we simply noticed Electro and Sandman attacking, as we see the aftermath of the explosion rip the doorway and the vehicles that had been beforehand outdoors it aside. But who’re the villains making an attempt to assault right here?

Back below the Sanctum, Strange apologizes to Peter, who in flip apologizes again earlier than he tries to steal the mysterious cuboid artifact we noticed within the first trailer. We get to see an prolonged model of that shot from the primary trailer too, as Peter swings his method out of the Sanctorum, solely to be magically caught by Strange and promptly punted into his Astral kind. The field, maybe then, is what Peter and Strange want to ship these villains again to their very own realities.

Another prolonged shot from the primary trailer as Strange and Peter float alongside subway trains and the 2 argue over the destiny of those multiversal villains. It’s clear the younger man doesn’t wish to use it if it means primarily consigning these folks to their deaths, however Doctor Strange flatly tells him it’s the one technique to defend the universe.

A number of extra fast pictures observe. One of Aunt May (Marisa Tomei) seems an terrible lot like she could possibly be operating by way of that foyer Peter was making an attempt to cease getting pumpkin bombed earlier. The different reveals us Ock attacking Peter and the acquisition of the pink plating on his arms, making it undoubtedly appear to be it’s nanite materials from the Iron Spider swimsuit.

From right here on in, we’re just about seeing what seems prefer it’s going to be No Way Home’s CG-fest explosive third act battle: Spider-Man versus some type of Sinister Sextuple, over the aforementioned Statue of Liberty. First up, Foxx’s Electro lights up, revealing a really cute homage to Electro’s basic comics swimsuit as electrical energy types a star-shape round his head. Also fascinating to notice: that is very, very completely different from the design Foxx’s Electro had in Amazing Spider-Man 2, so maybe that is both an analogous Electro from one other slide of the multiverse or that particular Electro has been introduced again in a brand new kind someway. “You’re not going to take this away from me,” Electro yells, as he blasts… Doc Ock along with his assault? Looks just like the Sinister Six could possibly be down a member, and Ock seemingly switches sides to assist Peter cease the multiverse from being torn aside by these villains’ restoration.

Peter pulls his masks down, magical field in hand, as he flees Electro on the Statue of Liberty. We’ll see a number of higher pictures of it later, however this really one other “new” swimsuit: merchandise labels it the “Integrated Suit,” and it seems to be Peter’s black-and-red design from the climax of Far From Home, accented with golden armor plates from the Iron Spider swimsuit, presumably giving Peter a stage of enhanced safety and entry to his spider-legs from that model. A cute nod that the fabric might be bonded with different objects after we noticed it occur with Ock’s arms.

Over a number of extra pictures—Peter and Strange of their astral imaginative and prescient, a greater take a look at Green Goblin’s up to date look (closely impressed by the Raimi model), Peter thwipping from the Statue of Liberty’s head, a shot of him embracing MJ, and a previously-seen glimpse of Happy Hogan (Jon Favreau) being surrounded by the laser sights of armed troopers. “Peter… you’re struggling,” Willem Dafoe’s Norman Osborn growls, over all this, “to have everything you want while the world tries to make you choose.”

But amongst these is a very fascinating shot… of one other Green Goblin? Well. Maybe. This is clearly not the Goblin we noticed above the Highway earlier, and its design seems to be very completely different from both Dafoe’s Goblin, Dane DeHaan’s in Amazing Spider-Man 2 (though it’s most likely the closest aesthetically), or James Franco’s “New Goblin” in Spider-Man 3. The bombs are harking back to the Raimi Goblin above all after they cut up into the razor-bat fashion bladed boomerangs. The inexperienced mild accents are extra evocative of the fashion of DeHaan’s goblin glider, but this particular person is carrying a hood and goggles, fairly completely different from any we’ve seen earlier than. Considering Electro seems completely different, perhaps that is certainly Dafoe’s Goblin along with his personal “upgraded” kind?

Back on the Statue of Liberty once more, Strange’s magic explodes from the statue. Presumably an try and re-open the Multiverse that we see tear by way of the sky later within the trailer, bringing collectively…

… a Terrible Trio! Alongside Electro and a Giant-Sized Sandman is none apart from Amazing Spider-Man’s tackle Curt Connors, a.ok.a. The Lizard. Played by Rhys Ifans in that film, it’s laborious to say if the actor’s reprising the position right here, as we solely see him in his lizard kind and he didn’t converse.

“This is all my fault, I can’t save everyone” Peter laments to Aunt May, presumably within the aftermath of that pumpkin blast. So… seems like that assault undoubtedly takes out somebody Peter is aware of, proper?

Peter leaps into motion in opposition to Sandman, Electro, and Lizard… however as folks have observed, it appears like a really oddly-framed shot. It’s weirdly empty, and solely Sandman is wanting close to Peter—Electro and Lizard are leaping in utterly completely different instructions. Almost like, say, they’re preventing completely different targets. Targets which were cheekily digitally edited out of the body to protect sure identities from being glimpsed earlier than the film is out. Of course, we’re speaking about the repeated rumors in regards to the look of each Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s cinematic iterations of Spider-Man in No Way Home. The actors can deny all they need, nevertheless it undoubtedly looks like one thing’s being hidden.

And… not hidden properly. If you watch the model of this trailer tweeted by the official Sony Pictures Brasil account, you’ll spot that it has a model of this shot that’s a couple of second longer… and you may see Lizard jerk his head like he’s taken a punch from an invisible arm. Tired: Andrew Garfield bought digitally edited out of the shot. Wired? It’s Miles Morales utilizing his camo skills. Either method, one thing is up.

As Peter dodges and weaves by way of scaffolding, the Captain America protect affixed to Lady Liberty plummets… endangering Ned and MJ—who actually shouldn’t be there. Especially as MJ goes all Gwen Stacy on us and slo-mo plummets to probably sure doom. It’s like poetry, it rhymes.

At least this Peter is aware of it’s safer to really lunge down and seize her as an alternative of capturing out an internet. Maybe there’s one other Parker round off-camera who advised him that so he can study from their errors?

One title card later, the trailer really ends with a really intriguing shot. After all of the scaffolding has fallen down from the Statue of Liberty, Strange and Peter see purple tears rip by way of the night time sky. “What’s happening,” Peter asks, as Strange gravely intones: “They’re starting to come through… and I can’t stop them.” Now, if Sandman, Electro, Lizard, Ock, and presumably Green Goblin are already right here—they’re those who destroy all that scaffolding!—then who’s coming by way of these new tears: foe… or pal?

Although we get to see a lot extra occurring on this second take a look at No Way Home in comparison with our first, it’s lots within the visible sense—extra so than really telling us any greater than we actually already knew in regards to the movie. Instead, it’s left to us to think about what’s left unsaid by this preview—most notably these lingering rumors of simply what different guests the multiverse might throw at Peter Parker and his buddies. Whether or not these rumors play out as followers count on (and there’s seemingly sufficient proof to counsel they are going to) doubtless received’t be seen for certain till No Way Home swings into theaters in a month’s time on December 17.

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