SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Visual Effects Were Still Being Worked On AFTER The Movie Was Released

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Visual Effects Were Still Being Worked On AFTER The Movie Was Released

One of Spider-Man: No Way Home VFX Supervisors has revealed that they were still working on the movie's visual effects after the blockbuster had been released in theaters by Sony Pictures & Marvel Studios.

By JoshWilding - Feb 24, 2022 05:02 PM EST
Filed Under: No Way Home
Source: ComicBook.com

Many of you will be unaware of this, but shortly before interviews for Spider-Man: No Way Home took place, the press was shown only 37 minutes of the movie. The reason given was that visual effects were unfinished, and it turns out work continued even after the film arrived in theaters.

Talking to ComicBook.com, Digital Domain's Scott Edelstein revealed that they boarded the project last February...and were still working on Spider-Man: No Way Home up until mid-January 2022!

"I think that we delivered final shots into the second week of December or something like that. It was really, really close," he confirmed, fresh off a recent Oscar nomination. "If they're not going to do stereo on a show or have a 3D release or something like that, then really you can go right up until it comes out theaters nowadays with digital releases and everything, right?"

"We're picking that stuff up and running with it all the way up to the end, really. And sometimes, even after say the feature film delivers for the North American audience, they'll want to add shots or do additional shots for like the video release or behind the scenes and this and that. I think we were still doing shots like into mid-January or something, on the show that's delivered in December."

This might explain footage that went viral last month showing different versions of that scene with Norman Osborn destroying his Green Goblin mask. Changes had clearly been made to that entire sequence, and we're guessing it had something to do with polishing up the de-ageing effects used on Willem Dafoe. However, any other VFX alterations are likely to be subtle and barely noticeable.

As for the work done by the Digital Domain team on the special features, you can get a sneak peek at those by checking out the trailer released by Sony Pictures yesterday.

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

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NightBoyWonder
NightBoyWonder - 2/24/2022, 5:03 PM
That's the problem I have with these slates and strict release schedules and times not just with the MCU, but a lot of big IPs and distributors. The anime industry is notorious for this as well.
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 2/24/2022, 5:55 PM
@MonkeyDLuffy - the video games industry is widely known for delaying games.
NightBoyWonder
NightBoyWonder - 2/24/2022, 6:06 PM
@WruceBayne - delaying games and at the same time releasing unfinished games. That’s a whole different beast of an industry of itself lol
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 2/24/2022, 5:05 PM
They really rolling out week one patches for movies now huh?
Fogs
Fogs - 2/24/2022, 5:20 PM
@bkmeijer - hahahaha 1st thought here as well
KWilly
KWilly - 2/24/2022, 5:23 PM
@bkmeijer - One day we're just gonna flatout see a green screen come in and out of a scene
Dannywest
Dannywest - 2/24/2022, 6:45 PM
@KWilly - it's called x-men origins: Wolverine
GhostDog
GhostDog - 2/24/2022, 5:07 PM
Patches like a damn video game lol
hazapez
hazapez - 2/24/2022, 5:16 PM
and ya'll want an unfinished film to win an oscar ? smh
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 2/24/2022, 5:19 PM
@hazapez - it wasn't "unfinished", read the thing.
Fogs
Fogs - 2/24/2022, 5:20 PM
@Spidey91 - my guess is he was kidding
ElvenKingSlayer
ElvenKingSlayer - 2/25/2022, 6:35 AM
@Spidey91 - I'll argue it is when Sandman and Lizard looked much better in the old movies..
grif
grif - 2/24/2022, 5:16 PM
what a perfect movie though because toby and andrew were in it



Origame
Origame - 2/24/2022, 5:19 PM
@grif - still can't believe Kimmel said it should've been nominated for best picture with his only reason sited that it had 3 spidermen.
DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 2/24/2022, 5:23 PM
@grif -

dragon316
dragon316 - 2/24/2022, 6:23 PM
@Origame - late talk show hosts know nothing take them seriously is take reporters seriously and emmmys golden globes
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 2/24/2022, 5:22 PM
no, the movie didn't release in an "unfinished" state, things get worked on for other releases like home video. he did say they cut it pretty close tohugh.
valmic
valmic - 2/24/2022, 5:34 PM
Can we actually get a scene with Tobey and Willem acknowledging each other? Even when Osborn stabs Peter, theres no dialogue whatsoever between them.
dragon316
dragon316 - 2/24/2022, 6:24 PM
Can’t belive they cgi that scene where is stupid wire work use cgi for effects how lazy
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 2/24/2022, 7:56 PM
Loved Dr Strange in this, do y’all remember how worried we were that they were gonna scooby doo this crap? What a relief! Cannot frikkin WAIT for Multiverse of Madness!
ThorArms
ThorArms - 2/24/2022, 9:18 PM
You could tell.
Twenty23Three
Twenty23Three - 2/25/2022, 12:42 AM
Well that’s hope it doesn’t become like video games where they are just releasing broken half made products to meets release date
globaltravels
globaltravels - 2/25/2022, 1:35 AM
There are a few scenes that spring to mind where I went “huh that cgi looks unfinished” guess I was right
MovieMonster
MovieMonster - 2/25/2022, 2:49 AM
The CG looked wonky Andrew when he lands after catching MJ.
Quinn
Quinn - 2/25/2022, 5:48 AM
Typical of Marvel.
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