'Spider-Man: Far From Home' Trailer Breakdown: The World Needs A New Iron Man
While fans are still recovering from Avengers: Endgame, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is going full steam ahead with Spider-Man: Far From Home. The impending arrival of the movie resulted in a lot of fans questioning when the movie took place, especially after Spider-Man got dusted in Avengers: Infinity War. But the new Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer doesn't waste anytime showing us that this movie takes place after the events of Avengers: Endgame, and it looks like Peter Parker is going to have a lot on his plate. We look at all the new revelations and details in our Spider-Man Far From Home trailer breakdown.
If Tom Holland's spoiler warning before the new Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer wasn't enough, this trailer digs right into potential Avengers: Endgame spoilers. Peter Parker can be heard in voiceover, "Everywhere I go, I see his face. I just really miss him" as Spidey, in the Iron Spider suit given to him by Tony Stark, looks at a mural created in honor of the late Iron Man.
Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan isn't having an easy time with his longtime boss being gone either. But leave it to Happy to give Peter the pep talk that he needs during this moment of emotional vulnerability.
Peter clearly needs his spirits lifted, his eyes red from crying. Could this be immediately following the events of Avengers: Endgame, maybe right after the funeral? After all, Spider-Man: Homecoming also began with a scene setting the stage for what's to come by flashing back to the Captain America: Civil War fight. Then again, this scene could easily be from the end of the movie, perhaps after Peter has been struggling with Tony Stark being gone throughout this whole new experience.
Either way, Peter is back in friendly neighborhood Spider-Man action, dealing with some kind of situation involving armed gunmen at a restaurant. What kind of situation is this? That remains unclear, but part of me hopes it has something to do with a larger crime ring, maybe finally laying the groundwork for a character like Kingpin (Vincent D'Onofrio) from the Marvel Television shows on Netflix to make their way into the big screen MCU. It's not likely, but we can dream, can't we?
It seems like Spider-Man is using some of the cool new features of his suit as we see him casually land on one of the restaurant's dining booths as a few criminals get sprung up into the air and hang from the ceiling in web traps.
Spider-Man has always had a long history of wisecracking in the comics, so it's nice to see him giving the boys in blue a hard time for having to do their job for them. But the cop does ask a rather pointed question: Is Spider-Man the new Iron Man?
Peter doesn't have much time to think about that because he's getting ready to go on vacation with his friends overseas. Hopefully nothing crazy happens while he's gone.
This is a quick shot that was actually in the first Spider-Man: Far From Home teaser trailer, but we didn't notice before that there was some construction going on in the background. That's actually where Avengers tower, aka Stark tower, is located in New York City. We know that the building was bought by someone else once Tony moved the Avengers facility to upstate New York instead. So it looks like whoever bought the building is doing some remodeling. Coulmd this be how we get Oscorp in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Or maybe it could become the Baxter Building, the home of the Fantastic Four? We'll have to wait and see if it's referenced at all.
Spider-Man may be getting ready to head out on vacation, but Happy Hogan informs Peter that Nick Fury has been trying to get ahold of him. This scene takes place following that charity appearance by Spider-Man since it's happening in the same backroom where Happy greeted Aunt May (Marisa Tomei) in the first trailer. Notice that he's wearing the Iron Spider suit in this scene, which makes us think the first Far From Home trailer tricked us by giving him the previous suit created for him by Tony Stark. I guess no trailer is safe from digital trickery now.
But apparently Peter isn't interested in dealing with Nick Fury right now. Instead of picking up the phone at the behest of Happy Hogan, he merely sends him to voicemail. That's a bold move, kid. Let's see how that plays out for you.
Happy Hogan freaks out a bit because he doesn't want to deal with Nick Fury himself either. The guy is intimidating after all, and you can bet he's even more sassy after coming back from the snap and knowing that there are even greater threats in the universe than even he thought.
Also, if you take a look in the background of this scene, you'll notice that poster in the background for a wrestling match with Crusher Hogan. That's the same wrestler that Peter tangled with in Marvel Comics when he was starting to test his abilities as Spider-Man. But now we're wondering if that wrestler is related to Happy Hogan in some way too.
After a montage that we've already seen in the previous trailer, Peter Parker and his friends make it to Europe. Flash Thompson is here taking a selfie with some European ladies dressed rather elegantly, but it's not long before he gets sacktapped, showing us that the high school dynamic that made Spider-Man: Homecoming so good will still be present in the sequel.
Peter's crush on MJ has gone into full swing since the last time we saw him, and he thinks MJ likes him too. Plus, she appears to becoming a bit less of an introvert, seen here smiling while taking a picture of something in the water during their European trip.
Of course, as we all know, you can't just ignore Nick Fury. He'll find you, and he'll shoot your best friend in the neck with a tranquilizer dart so he can recruit you for a mission. Fury's introduction is a little different this time as he says, "You're a very difficult person to contact, Spider-Man."
Nick Fury wastes no time introducing Peter to the man he calls Mr. Beck. As we know, that's Quentin Beck, aka Mysterio. But what's he dong working with Nick Fury, and why is he wearing that suit?
Well, Mr. Beck immediately says, "We could use someone like you on my world." Wait, what? As Nick Fury explains, Beck is from Earth, just not our version of Earth. Fury adds that the snap tore a hole in our dimension. Was it Thanos' snap, the one that brought everyone back, or the one that killed Thanos and his whole army? We don't know, but that's apparently how Beck ended up on our Earth.
Peter looks just as stoked as we are that Spider-Man: Far From Home is advancing the concept of the multiverse. But as we already wrote about, simply because Beck says he's from another dimension doesn't mean he's telling the truth. You would think that Nick Fury and his people would be able to determine that for themselves, but maybe they're still in recovery mode after coming back from the snap, and at this point they're willing to believe anything.
Having said that, if Beck is telling the truth instead of lying in the way that Mysterio is known to do in Marvel Comics, then this opens the door for some very cool possibilities in the future.
Oh, and you'll notice Peter isn't wearing the Iron Spider suit anymore. We're thinking that's because he chose to leave both of his Spider-Man suits at home, opting to not partake in any heroics while he's on vacation. But as we learned in the international teaser trailer, Aunt May, who now knows that Peter is Spider-Man, packed his old suit for him just in case.
So why is Nick Fury working with Beck? Even though they don't specifically explain this in the trailer, the cutting of scenes would imply that the creatures known as Elementals (aka Hydro Man, Molten Man, etc.) have come from Beck's version of Earth. And he's here to help Fury stop them from causing some serious trouble. But as this massive explosion of water shows, that's not going to be so easy.
This is where Hydro Man shows up, and based on the footage of this scene from the previous trailer, we're betting that Peter has to deal with this situation before Nick Fury even gets ahold of him. More than likely, this disrupts his vacation, he can't deal with this thing himself, Beck saves the day, and then Fury comes to find Peter and explains exactly what is going on here.
Of course, when Fury brings him into the fray, it sounds like Peter isn't ready for all this yet. He asks why someone like Thor or Captain Marvel can't help. Turns out Thor is off-world and, according to Maria Hill, Captain Marvel is unavailable.
We're not sure where all the other Avengers are, but after the snap, I'm sure they're all busy recovering in their own way. That leaves the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man as Fury's only superhero option to work with this Beck guy.
Of course, there does turn out to be a good reason for Peter to stay involved, because it looks like MJ has an encounter with Molten Man at some point while walking around at night.
As you may have surmised, this guy is made up of molten lava and fire, which probably isn't the easiest thing for Spider-Man to deal with.
It appears Spider-Man has to deal with this problem while wearing his new stealth suit. We're not exactly sure how this suit came together. Could Mysterio or Nick Fury have helped him make it at this point? It doesn't seem to be a fully repurposed version of the first suit Tony Stark gave him, but rather a new creation, perhaps using the resources Nick Fury and his people have at their disposal. Of course, we're not sure why he needs to be stealthy to begin with yet.
Peter Parker would much rather stay low to the ground than have to deal with all of this, but as Nick Fury so eloquently says, "Bitch, please, you've been to space." It's hard to argue with that.
Mysterio flies over London and towards the tower bridge on the river Thames. If he's flying towards the bridge, we're thinking this shot doesn't have its visual effects complete yet since a later shot in this trailer shows another Elemental attacking the bridge. But we'll get to that later.
Mysterio is seen here using his apparently magical powers to attack Hydro Man. Remember, this is the battle that he initially tells Peter that he doesn't want any part of in the first trailer. Could that be because it's all to trick people into thinking he's a superhero?
With Tony Stark gone, Peter Parker is in the market for a new mentor, and it appears Mr. Beck ends up filling that void for him. Here, the two have a heart-to-heart in a pub and Beck asks Peter what he wants.
Peter just wants to go back on his trip with his friends so he can continue to spark some romance with MJ. Here the two are enjoying a lovely walk through the sights at night, a bit of a date that will likely be interrupted by Molten Man.
But how's Peter going to explain yet another disappearance when something like that happens? Well, he doesn't really have to, because MJ has already figured out that he's Spider-Man. So that problem is solved, but now that just puts MJ in danger, especially since Mysterio now knows who Spider-Man really is too. And we all know what villains like to do with the loved ones of superheroes.
Here's that shot of the tower bridge that I was talking about. Considering all the smoke, lightning, and fire emanating from this Elemental, we're betting this is another attack by Molten Man, taking on the traits of a volcano. Maybe it's somehow a combination of all the Elementals. But it could just be another Elemental entirely. Either way, the bridge is getting messed up.
But thankfully, Beck is around to help save the day. Here he is again, giving us another look at his magical powers and a better glimpse at the helmet he wears. He also continues to chat with Peter in voiceover.
He reaffirms Peter's thoughts that he might not be ready to deal with all this new dimension crossing danger. But Beck says it's his own responsibility, adding, "Saving the world requires sacrifice. Sometimes people die."
More of Beck's heroics are highlighted, including this shot of him blasting that smoky, fiery, flashy Elemental with some of his magic powers. What exactly is he trying to prove here? Why does he need to be a hero like this? We're betting Beck helps Peter get over the trauma from losing Tony Stark and gives Peter some hope that not everyone has to rely on Spider-Man. But inevitably, Beck will end up betraying him.
Here's an explosion of green, presumably magical energy, coming from Beck, perhaps during one of the encounters with an Elemental. This would appear to be when the gang is in Italy, so likely during the Hydro Man sequence.
Then we cut to this moment of Peter shocked into saying, "Oh my God." What does he see? Well, it looks like they're in the middle of a dry landscape, so who knows what he's looking at off-camera. Then again, what he's looking at may not be in the distance or off-camera at all. Because if you look at those sunglasses, those are the same high-tech sunglasses that Tony Stark used to wear. It would appear that Tony passed them on to Peter, and there's a chance that he was shown something on those glasses that blew his mind. Who knows what else he gave his protege?
Is this the result of the Hydro Man attack in Italy? Or maybe the magical explosion that got rid of him? The city doesn't look like it's drenched in water, so maybe this is where Nick Fury and Maria Hill encounter the Earthly Elemental that might end up being Sandman.
We're not sure what's going on in this scene. It would appear that this takes place in a high-tech facility or vehicle of some kind, but what's that hologram that Peter is wearing on his arm? Is he designing a new suit of his own? Is he working on enhancements to the Iron Spider suit? Could this be Spider-Man from another Earth? Actually, it looks like he's wearing the same shirt that he is on the plane when he's crying in front of Happy Hogan. Did Peter Parker inherit a ton of cool tech stuff from Tony Stark and this is him playing in his own new lab?
We can't get enough of these cool Mysterio shots. Even if he turns out to be bogus, we're digging how cool this villain looks on the big screen for the first time.
Another Iron Man memorial appears in what looks like an Italy street. The continued pain and trauma from losing Tony Stark will clearly be the big thing Peter has to come to grips with in this movie.
Then again, Molten Man is a pretty big deal too, so we're hoping that suit is fireproof. Otherwise this could go south pretty fast for Spider-Man. Where the hell is Mr. Beck when you need him? Peter tells Beck before this quick montage, "The world needs the next Iron Man." And maybe Peter is hoping that it will be Beck instead of him.
Finally, during a moment of panic, an advanced jet flies in for a landing. Immediately we thought of the LEGO set for Spider-Man: Far From Home that was announced not to long ago. The jet included a Happy Hogan figure as well as Spider-Man, Nick Fury and Mysterio, as well as some drones attacking the jet.
Our suspicions were further confirmed when Happy Hogan rushed in to save Peter's friends from nearby danger by getting them on the jet. But MJ asks the necessary question as to who this guy is. Happy quickly explains that he works with Spider-Man (not for Spider-Man), which feels like quite the coincidence while the students are overseas. Are these kids supposed to think Spider-Man is their guardian angels since he keep saving them outside of New York?
Either way, it doesn't look like Happy is saving anybody, because suddenly the jet blows up, leaving them without an escape. As for exactly what's going on in this scene, we can't be sure. But this could easily be from whatever final action sequence closes out the movie. If there's another jet waiting somewhere to pick everyone up afterwards, that would fuel our theory that the scene with Happy and Peter getting emotional on a plane is from the end of the movie, perhaps as they're heading home from their vacation.