SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Goblin Glider Concept Art Features Design That Should Have Been In The Movie

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Goblin Glider Concept Art Features Design That Should Have Been In The Movie

More concept art from Spider-Man: No Way Home has revealed a unique take on the Green Goblin's glider that, honestly, we can't forgive Marvel Studios for not including in the final cut of the MCU movie...

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By JoshWilding - Mar 11, 2022 10:03 AM EST
Filed Under: No Way Home

Spider-Man: No Way Home was a long movie, and with so many characters, it's no wonder certain moments had to be glossed over or take place off-screen. Omissions include the improvements made to Electro and the Green Goblin's costumes prior to the big battle at the Statue of Liberty, though we did recently learn that an early idea was for them to raid Damage Control's headquarters.

After Norman Osborn smashed his mask earlier in the movie, he flew into that confrontation with the three Spider-Men wearing a hood and goggles. That's fair enough, but some new concept art from Josh Nizzi reveals a design with the classic green helmet incorporated into his Goblin glider. 

"This is the design I was most disappointed got cut for [Spider-Man: No Way Home]," he admits. "Using parts from Stark technology, like the Mysterio drones, Goblin was going to upgrade his glider. I was super happy about the idea of him putting his mask on the front to echo his glider in the comics. Helps to make him seem crazy too. In the end, I think they made the right call."

Ultimately, Marvel Studios chose to move completely away from the divisive mask, giving Willem Dafoe an opportunity to bring the Goblin to life through his amazing performance. It's unclear what, if any, future the villain has on screen, though we do know that Norman Osborn doesn't exist in the MCU. 

Spider-Man: No Way Home releases on Digital on March 22 and physical platforms on April 12.
 

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TheyDont
TheyDont - 3/11/2022, 10:54 AM
I like it.
DannRamm113
DannRamm113 - 3/11/2022, 10:54 AM
As much as I wish Norman had a mask in that final fight, this design for the glider is a bit too busy for me to like. I don't think it would've worked as well on screen.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 3/11/2022, 11:07 AM
I like what we got but this is really cool too
Odin
Odin - 3/11/2022, 11:08 AM
Having the broken goblin mask as a hood ornament for the glider, not only would've that made the glider look more comic accurate in way that makes sense in movies context, but it also would've been a great way to have the classic piece of costume in the final fight while Norman still wore the new unique look. You know that, I'm now actually kind of mad that they didn't have it. Shit.
MahN166A
MahN166A - 3/11/2022, 12:40 PM
@Odin - AGREE 100%
Most Gliders always had a Skull of some sort as a symbol of the Goblin. This would have been a nice touch to pay homage to those designs from the comics.

I also would have liked to see a secondary mask or atleast his helmet in this one still being worn with the purple hoodie over it.
Razorface1
Razorface1 - 3/11/2022, 2:17 PM
@SatsuiNoJXA - But remember, this movie did not care about paying homage to the comics. It was only about the movies.
MahN166A
MahN166A - 3/11/2022, 3:17 PM
@Razorface1 -

Oh yeah that is easily understood. However we still got better looks at the villains with more comic accurate representation in their appearances, EVEN IF IT WAS SUBTLE.

Goblin's purple aesthetic with the hoodie being torn, and then Electro not being blue and having much more of a personality than just being some lonely incel.
m1doriya
m1doriya - 3/11/2022, 11:15 AM
Better
BobGarlen
BobGarlen - 3/11/2022, 11:16 AM
I don't think it works for DaFoe's Goblin but I love the design and it works as a Green Goblin 2 Glider Design.
FoiledCranium
FoiledCranium - 3/11/2022, 11:18 AM
This Glider design is so cool.
PC04
PC04 - 3/11/2022, 11:20 AM
Would've been awesome
dragon316
dragon316 - 3/11/2022, 11:26 AM
Nice design try this look for next goblin
JFerguson
JFerguson - 3/11/2022, 12:31 PM
Final costume was a bit bulky/clunky for my taste. Glider mask could have been cool
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 3/11/2022, 12:38 PM
Doesn't really make sense. If he was going to keep it, why not just wear it at that point?
BIGBMH
BIGBMH - 3/11/2022, 3:07 PM
@THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - I would've been down for him to wear it, but I'd say there's a decent argument to be made in favor of him not wearing it.

He's in a world in which he doesn't need to conceal his identity, so the practical use is gone. If the Goblin feels that it has fully taken over, it no longer needs the dichotomy of switching back and forth between the face of Norman and the face of the Goblin. Norman's face is now the face of the Goblin..
bobevanz
bobevanz - 3/11/2022, 1:30 PM
Another missed opportunity
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 3/11/2022, 1:45 PM
Why would Norman use Stark Tech?
Darth258
Darth258 - 3/11/2022, 2:15 PM
@TheHumanSpider2 - Irony.
Fogs
Fogs - 3/11/2022, 2:34 PM
@Darth258 - IRONic
StSteven
StSteven - 3/11/2022, 3:26 PM
I think that the significance of the scene where Norman smashes the mask was his attempt to emphatically try to separate himself from the Goblin. So if later we saw that he must have (presumably) stopped by Home Depot to grab a glue gun to piece the mask together and affix it to the front of his glider, well that probably would have been problematic on several different levels, both emotionally and physically, not the least of which is how he would pay for said glue gun? Does the MCU use the same currency as the Raime-verse? And would no one at HD notice that he’s dressed like a militant Christmas elf (although it was Christmas time in that movie)? And what about- wait, I’m being told by my producer that I’m REALLY overthinking this and that- oh, oh, Mom has meatloaf! Mom has meatloaf everyone!! Everybody down to my basement for some meatloaf (you’re really going to love Mom’s meatloaf)…

Anyhow, probably better that they didn’t do that. Mom! Where’s the damn meatloaf?!?
DalekCraigWasson
DalekCraigWasson - 3/11/2022, 3:49 PM
@StSteven - Ehh, I'm sure if they used this idea, they wouldn't also have him shatter the mask.
StSteven
StSteven - 3/11/2022, 4:04 PM
@DalekCraigWasson - Right, I totally agree (obviously I was kidding about the whole HD thing :)). So if he didn't shatter the mask and just threw it down the alley of whatever I don't think that it would have had the same emotional impact as actually smashing it. I think that that was meant to be symbolic and lessing that moment by just tossing it away to later retrieve it to fix to the front of his glider (clearly by using discarded chewing gum that he found in the alley when he went to retrieve it ;)) would have cheapened the moment.

Plus I think that there's additional significance to the shattered mask representing his shattered psyche, which he was trying to overcome. But again, clearly I'm overthinking it, because I'm sincerely invested and not just trying to run out the clock on a Friday workday... ;)

Mom!!!
dagenspear
dagenspear - 3/12/2022, 1:08 AM
@StSteven - He could've not smashed it in this idea.
StSteven
StSteven - 3/12/2022, 12:33 PM
@dagenspear - No I get that, I was just saying that it had more impact (to me at least) that he smashed. It reflected how much he wanted to separate himself from the Goblin. I just don't think that it would have had as much impact if he just tossed it away or stuck it in a bag and carried it around with him (although in the latter scenario later on when the Goblin takes control him pulling it out from wherever he had it and sticking it to the front of the glider to further signify the Goblin taking over would have been a cool scene).

Overall I think that they could have made it work either way. I'm just saying I'd probably prefer it the way they handled it.
AC1
AC1 - 3/11/2022, 4:58 PM
"we do know that Norman Osborn doesn't exist in the MCU"

No we don't. All we know is Oscorp doesn't exist as of 2024 in the MCU and someone else lives in the house Raimiverse Norman lives in in his own reality.

It's very possible that in the MCU there WAS an Oscorp that went out of business in the past (probably due to competition from Stark Industries) and thus the MCU version of Norman Osborn lost his fortune and thus lives elsewhere.

In fact, as I've mentioned before, there is tie in material that states that people in the MCU did recognise Norman as a "failed CEO" after he arrived and ditched his mask and glider, suggesting there is an MCU version and he may even look the same as the Raimi version as of the case with JJJ. While I normally wouldn't lend credence to tie in stuff, nothing in the movie actually contradicts that so the possibility is still there, and the door is very much open for Marvel to introduce another version of Norman in the future - whether as another Goblin, a future Mayor, the head of HAMMER, leader of the Dark Avengers, or even all of the above.
mrbioshock1984
mrbioshock1984 - 3/11/2022, 5:49 PM
@AC1 - I agree! I think there's a Norman in this universe, he probably doesn't have his company yet. We might see the rise of Oscorp.
dagenspear
dagenspear - 3/12/2022, 1:06 AM
@AC1 - "No we don't. All we know is Oscorp doesn't exist as of 2024 in the MCU and someone else lives in the house Raimiverse Norman lives in in his own reality."

I don't necessarily think we know that. I don't see 2002 era Norman googling Oscorp or something. I think it's possible he may have went to where his company was and found it wasn't there or was something else.

"It's very possible that in the MCU there WAS an Oscorp that went out of business in the past (probably due to competition from Stark Industries) and thus the MCU version of Norman Osborn lost his fortune and thus lives elsewhere."

I' prefer if his motive wasn't connected to Stark doing something to him, like that.
AC1
AC1 - 3/12/2022, 8:14 AM
@dagenspear - yeah I'm not necessarily saying it needs to be tied to Stark specifically but based on what we've seen in the MCU so far (and how much they love to tie things back to Stark one way or another) it would make sense that Oscorp in this universe couldn't compete with the innovations Stark Industries was making and the way the public would've rallied behind them following Tony publicly announcing that he's Iron Man, the formation of the Avengers, etc. but there could be other explanations too.

If it was tied to Stark though I wouldn't make it about something Tony actively did, just a general "two businesses in competition" type of thing. And maybe with Stark Industries now being in trouble following the events of FFH/NWH that even opens the door for MCU Norman and whatever's left of Oscorp to perform a hostile takeover of Stark Industries' assets. I think there's a lot of potential for an MCU Norman whether or not there are any ties to Stark!
AC1
AC1 - 3/12/2022, 8:17 AM
@mrbioshock1984 - I think that's also a very real possibility, especially if they wanted to cast a younger Norman rather than bring back Willem Dafoe as a variant or if Willem didn't want to come back again.
TheMandalorian
TheMandalorian - 3/11/2022, 8:29 PM
It was the one major thing missing, the comic style glider…
dagenspear
dagenspear - 3/12/2022, 1:10 AM
I would've preferred this. Why did they cut it?
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