As of right now, Spider-Man, Maria Hill, and Nick Fury are all dead, but that's obviously going to change in
Avengers: Endgame if
Spider-Man: Far From Home is any indication. In a new interview, the sequel's director Jon Watts refused to give away any specifics but did say that Peter Parker
"will have been through a lot" by the next time we see him.
It sounds like the main focus will be on Spidey's newfound relationship with former S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury, and the fact that he'll have to decide whether he's ready to step up and be more than a Friendly, Neighbourhood superhero.
"I have this memory of being a kid and wanting so desperately to be treated like an adult," Watts says. "And then there's one day, suddenly, where everyone does treat you like an adult and you start to think, ‘Oh, I liked it better when I was being treated like a kid. Could I go back?’ But by the time that happened, you're never allowed to go back."
While Tony Stark ended up being an extremely supportive mentor to Peter, the wall-crawler will develop a very different relationship with Fury. "If Tony is like the supportive cool uncle, Fury's more like the mean new stepdad," the filmmaker adds. Fury doesn't see himself in Peter Parker. Fury sees Peter Parker as an asset that he needs who is too preoccupied with a bunch of high school problems. Part of my pitch for the very first movie was bringing Nick Fury in and making him the mean substitute teacher."
Comparing Spider-Man: Far From Home to 1991's If Looks Could Kill starring Richard Greco, Watts says: "You get to have this teenage James Bond character. Total world-weary Nick Fury and enthusiastic New York teenager Peter Parker gallivanting across Europe – what's more fun than that? You put them together and you have some good stuff."
Honestly, that sounds like a pretty spectacular team-up and with a new trailer rumoured to be swinging its way online at some point in the next few weeks, July can't get here soon enough.
For a reminder of all the cameos in the first trailer and what
they tell us about the sequel, hit the "View List" button below!
Happy Hogan
The trailer kicks off with Peter's Aunt May clearly enjoying her nephew's fame but things take an unexpected turn when Happy Hogan arrives and, well, the two of them seem to be getting on a little too well for the wall-crawler's liking!
Happy played a small but pivotal role in Spider-Man: Homecoming and with Tony Stark's status unclear following the events of Avengers: Endgame, it makes sense for him to step up here (it also wouldn't have really added up for Tony to be romantically involved with May now he's rekindled things with Pepper Potts).
The question is, when did Happy and May get the chance to grow close? Presumably, it has something to do with the charitable work Peter appears to be doing as his superhero alter-ego.
But What's The Deal With His Powers?
Here's something we didn't read in the descriptions of the trailer that popped up online last month.
Mysterio's powers definitely appear to be magic based as symbols are being conjured in front of his hands which don't look at that different to what we see from Doctor Strange during his adventures. Rather than Beck making his suit from salvaged Chitauri tech, is it possible that he's a failed sorcerer who is now using his limited abilities for nefarious means?
That would definitely be a more interesting route to take things down that recycling a plot point from Spider-Man: Homecoming and basically making him Vulture 2.0 as a result.
For a recap of everything you need to know about the Elementals
which we first shared last month, continue reading below!