Earlier today, some Spider-Man: No Way Home concept art was revealed confirming that the movie was once set to feature America Chavez in a leading role. Chances are this was the plan for the threequel when it was still scheduled to be released after Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, with America responsible for bringing those other Spider-Men into the MCU.
It's also possible the artwork was created at a point when there weren't plans for Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield to return as their respective Peter Parker Variants, but the plot thickens here.
As we now know, America was once set to help Spidey battle the Green Goblin at the Statue of Liberty and the shot below shows how the web-slinger's fight with that iconic villain was first imagined. It seems it was always the plan to have Norman Osborn serve as Spider-Man: No Way Home's big bad, and even at this early stage, he had an overhauled costume without the classic mask.
That artwork comes our way from Marek Okon, but in Maciej Kuciara's contribution, the web-slinger is being pursued by Doctor Strange and clutching on to the same book America was wielding in those other concept pieces. Is it possible the Darkhold was once going to factor into this threequel?
Hopefully, we'll learn more about early plans for the movie as more concept art is revealed!