SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME VFX Supervisor Explains How THAT Shot Of Andrew Garfield Leaked Online

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME VFX Supervisor Explains How THAT Shot Of Andrew Garfield Leaked Online

Prior to Spider-Man: No Way Home's release, 4K footage of Andrew Garfield suited up as the web-slinger found its way online. Now, one of the movie's VFX Supervisors explains how that could have happened.

By JoshWilding - Apr 17, 2022 10:04 AM EST
Filed Under: No Way Home
Source: Corridor Crew

Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures managed to keep Spider-Man: No Way Home's biggest surprises under wraps before it arrived in theaters, but there were still some pretty noteworthy leaks. 

A shot of Charlie Cox's Matt Murdock and the three Spider-Men teaming up were among them, but by far the biggest was 4K footage of Andrew Garfield suited up on set. There were claims it was a clever fake, leaving us unsure of its validity until we got to see the threequel on the big screen.

How does something like that leak online? Digital Domain VFX Supervisor Kelly Port addressed that during a recent interview with Corridor Crew, putting it down to an "out-sourced vendor."

"It's just thousands of people. Like, our visual effects team was by far our biggest team there is and often the leaks don't necessarily come from VFX. In this case, I think they did, or an out-sourced vendor is where I think [the leak] really came from," Port explained. "I think the main thing that keeps people from doing it is just, their gonna lose their job, like, forever."

"As a studio, when Marvel/Sony sends over a sequence to a visual effects studio to begin work, we call that a turnover. And then when they get that, it's usually sent as a sequence, and your name is watermarked across the whole thing...that's sort of the preventative medicine."

We're still pretty sure this "leak" was a clever marketing tactic to get fans talking, and after that incredible box office success, we now know it paid off for Spider-Man: No Way Home. Chances are we'll never know the true story, but leaks continue to be prevalent in Hollywood, which has also been the case for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (the whole plot is out there).

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TheRose
TheRose - 4/17/2022, 10:03 AM
"We're still pretty sure this "leak" was a clever marketing tactic to get fans talking."

WTH is this? Why undermine your own article with an editorial opinion like this? This article ceases to be news when you share a baseless opinion like that.
Unites
Unites - 4/17/2022, 10:10 AM
@TheRose - Look at the author. Nothing should surprise you at this point.
Footguy6449
Footguy6449 - 4/17/2022, 10:07 AM
I like the bit of investigative journalism at the end, would like to see more of that on this site.

As well as pictures of feet
rebellion
rebellion - 4/17/2022, 11:16 AM
"their gonna lose their job".. illiterate.
BritishMonkey
BritishMonkey - 4/17/2022, 2:09 PM
@rebellion - Wilding has yet to learn there's an edit button on this site for articles.
Forthas
Forthas - 4/17/2022, 11:22 AM
My favorite Spider-man!
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 4/17/2022, 11:58 AM
Thousands of people working on the movie, the biggest VFX team, and this is what they come up with:



ANewPope
ANewPope - 4/17/2022, 2:14 PM
@THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - ^Me when I don't know what a mask shell is
batman001
batman001 - 4/17/2022, 12:03 PM
Finally somebody who watched VFX artists react by Corridor Crew.
globaltravels
globaltravels - 4/17/2022, 5:38 PM
@batman001 - we all do man. Corridor crew is great.
Deadinside
Deadinside - 4/17/2022, 6:11 PM
@batman001 - I watch them every weekend! VFX Artists React, Stuntmen React...it's a very cool channel!
batman001
batman001 - 4/18/2022, 4:47 AM
@Deadinside - Oh heck yeah and it's very informative channel as well.
batman001
batman001 - 4/18/2022, 4:47 AM
@globaltravels - Heck yeah.
Himura
Himura - 4/17/2022, 2:23 PM
*they're
QuiGonsGhost
QuiGonsGhost - 4/17/2022, 2:41 PM
I never bought them when they leaked... guess I've got my foot in my mouth now lmao
dagenspear
dagenspear - 4/18/2022, 10:42 AM
Wasn't there a whole thing about how this was totally deepfaked or something like that?
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