- “Homework can wait. The city can't.”
- ―Tagline
Spider-Man: Homecoming is a 2017 Marvel Studios/Sony film and the seventeenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Plot
Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens, New York City with fighting crime as his superhero alter ego Spider-Man under guidance from his mentor Tony Stark.
Cast
- Tom Holland as Peter Parker / Spider-Man
- Michael Keaton as Adrian Toomes / Vulture
- Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan
- Zendaya as Michelle Jones
- Donald Glover as Aaron Davis
- Tyne Daly as Anne Marie Hoag
- Marisa Tomei as May Parker
- Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man
- Jacob Batalon as Ned Leeds
- Laura Harrier as Liz Allan
- Tony Revolori as Flash Thompson
- Bokeem Woodbine as Herman Schultz / Shocker
- Michael Chernus as Phineas Mason / Tinkerer
- Logan Marshall-Green as Jackson Brice
- Martin Starr as Roger Harrington
- Angourie Rice as Betty Brant
- Michael Mando as Mac Gargan
- Jennifer Connelly as Karen
- Kerry Condon as F.R.I.D.A.Y.
- Kenneth Choi as Principal Morita
Cameos
- Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America
- Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts
- Stan Lee as Gary, an elder man in a neighborhood.
Development
In February 2015, Columbia Pictures announced that they were ending their rights dispute with Disney and working together with Marvel Studios to produce Spider-Man movies set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as well as Spider-Man appearing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that appeared in Captain America: Civil War.
The new Spider-Man movie was set to be released in July 7, 2017. It is a full reboot taking place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.[1]
Reception
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 92% based on 369 reviews, with an average rating of 7.66/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Spider-Man: Homecoming does whatever a second reboot can, delivering a colorful, fun adventure that fits snugly in the sprawling MCU without getting bogged down in franchise-building."
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International Premieres
- July 5, 2017 (Finland, Indonesia, Ireland, South Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, United Kingdom)
- July 6, 2017 (Albania, Armenia, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Georgia, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Ukraine, Uruguay)
- July 7, 2017 (Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, India, Nepal, Norway, Romania, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Vietnam)
- July 12, 2017 (France)
- July 13, 2017 (Germany)
- July 14, 2017 (Estonia, Lithuania, Poland)
- July 19, 2017 (Belgium)
- July 28, 2017 (Spain)
- August 11, 2017 (Japan)
- September 8, 2017 (China)
Trivia
- The movie itself has dozens of Star Wars references, like a LEGO Death Star, a LEGO Palpatine, an X-Wing toy, an AT-ACT, and some Hasbro Black Series toy figures, including Rey, Finn, and Poe Dameron.
- In the official trailer, the theme song was titled "Time to Pretend", sung by MGMT.
- Michael Keaton dropped out of Cars 3 to had a role in the film.
- In the international trailer, the theme song was titled "Confident", sung by Demi Lovato.
- Vulture's suit was fully made out of technology unlike in the comics.
- This is the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to be distributed by another film studio besides Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures since 2011's Captain America: The First Avenger (which was distributed by Paramount Pictures), as Sony still owns the rights for the live-action Spider-Man films.
- In addition to that, this film marks Michael Giacchino's second score in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, after 2016's Doctor Strange.
- This is the first time Jon Favreau portrays Happy Hogan in a non Iron Man movie.
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