Spider-Man’s Alter Ego ‘The Night Monkey’ Gets His Own Trailer

One of the more enjoyable jokes at Peter Parker (Tom Holland)’s expense in Spider-Man: Far From Home was when he was called the Night Monkey. He earned the nickname when he donned a new suit to protect his Spidey identity while in Europe. Now that Far From Home is available on digital download today (with the Blu-ray coming on ...

By Bryan Abrams  |  September 18, 2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home Returning to Theaters With Extra Action Scene

Spider-Man is swinging back into theaters. Spider-Man: Far From Home, which became Sony’s top-grossing film of all time after topping Sam Mendes’ and Daniel Craig’s excellent Bond caper Skyfall (2012), is headed back to theaters over Labor Day weekend. Like Avengers: Endgame before it, Far From Home will come back boasting new footage. In this case, it’ll include a brand new ...

By The Credits  |  August 20, 2019

Interview

Voice Over Artist

Voice Over Artist Roy Samuelson on Bringing Films like Us & Spider-Man: Far From Home to the Blind

Voice over artist Roy Samuelson has been heard by millions of blind and low vision audiences in some of this year’s biggest films. Samuelson’s job is to narrate a special audio track in which he voices the visuals that are relevant to the plot. There are currently 26 million adults in America who are blind or low ...

By Bryan Abrams  |  August 15, 2019

Interview

Screenwriter

How the Spider-Man: Far From Home Writers Crafted a Swinging Summer Hit

They first worked together on TV satire American Dad, then mastered the dysfunctional dark comedy of Community before breaking into features by subverting superhero conventions with their neurotic title character in The Lego Batman Movie. Now, screenwriters Erik Sommers and Chris McKenna are riding high as the team who scripted Spider-Man: Far From Home. The ...

By Hugh Hart  |  July 23, 2019

Interview

Art Director

Spider-Man: Far From Home—A Tale Told on Three Bridges

Peter Parker’s summertime journey through Europe in Spider-Man: Far From Home is an American teenager’s dream. His science class trip hits Venice, Prague, Austria, and London, with Peter (Tom Holland) making Spider-Man work detours to Berlin and the Netherlands. In reality, the majority of the production relied on locations in Italy and the Czech Republic, ...

By Susannah Edelbaum  |  July 12, 2019
How Spider-Man: Far From Home’s Production Designer Made Europe Pop

The first time production designer Claude Paré went to Europe shortly after he quit school at age sixteen, the Montreal-based filmmaker put together a portfolio of paintings that earned him admission to National Film Board of Canada’s training program. He rose through the ranks as prop hand, set decorator, set designer and art director to ...

By Hugh Hart  |  July 3, 2019
Spider Man: Far From Home Review Round-Up

If Spider-Man: Far From Home director Jon Watts had any nerves about following Avengers: Endgame, he’s gotta be feeling pretty good right now. The early reactions were all very enthusiastic, and now that the proper reviews are rolling in, we’ve got an even better sense of how Watts and his team followed up the biggest film ...

By The Credits  |  June 27, 2019
Check Out All of Spidey’s New Suits in Spider-Man: Far From Home

Spider-Man (Tom Holland) is a man of many suits. This has been largely thanks to his connection to his mentor (and benefactor) Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.). What we know about Spider-Man: Far From Home (aside from folks loving it) is that (spoiler alert) Peter is dealing with living in a post-Tony world. This means ...

By The Credits  |  June 24, 2019
Early Reactions to Spider-Man: Far From Home Praise Post Endgame Adventure

As the concussive power of Avengers: Endgame finally starts to lift, Marvel is just about to release Jon Watts’ Spider-Man: Far From Home, the final film in Phase 3. In the past, every Avengers film has been the shot and the follow-up film was the chaser. We went from the first Avengers to lighter Iron Man 3. Avengers: Age of ...

By Bryan Abrams  |  June 20, 2019
New Spider-Man: Far From Home Images & Footage Tease Ambitious Final Film in Marvel’s Phase 3

There are a few things we’ve learned about Jon Watts’ Spider-Man: Far From Home that speaks to how this film is a lot more than just the chaser to Avengers: Endgame‘s very strong shot. One is the fact that it deals directly (spoiler alert for those of you who haven’t seen Endgame) with Tony Stark’s death. The ...

By Bryan Abrams  |  June 18, 2019
Official Spider-Man: Far From Home Synopsis & Stealth Suit Explained

“Following the events of Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man must step up to take on new threats in a world that has changed forever.” The above is the brief synopsis for Spider-Man: Far From Home, confirming what we all saw from that surprisingly heavy new trailer. (Avengers: Endgame spoilers ahead). We now know that Peter Parker (Tom Holland) will ...

By The Credits  |  May 8, 2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home Director Confirms Multiverse Coming to MCU

Avengers: Endgame forever altered the landscape of the MCU in myriad ways. (Spoiler alert if you haven’t seen the film yet.) Peter Parker (Tom Holland)’s trip abroad in Far From Home will be upended by more than just Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson). The new trailer confirmed that Far From Home will deal directly with the aftermath of Endgame, both ...

By The Credits  |  May 7, 2019
New Spider-Man: Far From Home Images Reveal a Changed Peter Parker

We just shared the new Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer, which you can’t watch unless you’ve seen Avengers: Endgame. The reason for that is the new trailer deals directly with the MCU-shaking events in that film, while also simultaneously revealing just how much Sony had to hold back on showing us much of anything about this film until Endgame premiered. If ...

By The Credits  |  May 6, 2019
New Spider-Man: Far From Home Trailer Reveals Post Endgame World

Folks, if you still haven’t seen Avengers: Endgame, then don’t watch this new Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer. The MCU-shaking events in Endgame are teased in the new trailer, which is the best look yet we’ve gotten at the next Spidey adventure. It also becomes obvious watching this new trailer how much they had to hold back in our previous glimpses ...

By Bryan Abrams  |  May 6, 2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home Will end Marvel’s Phase 3

You’d be forgiven for assuming that Avengers: Endgame would be the official end to Marvel’s Phase 3. The upcoming epic conclusion to the Avengers’ years-in-the-making battle with Thanos seems like the obvious capper to this Marvel phase. Yet, Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige has revealed this isn’t the case. The final film in Phase 3 is Jon ...

By Bryan Abrams  |  April 22, 2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home Will Feature the MCU’s First Trans Actor

Our world may not look much like the MCU, but the MCU is about to look a little bit more like our world. The franchise has yet to represent LGBTQ themes on screen, but Variety reported that actor Zach Barack is set to appear in Spider-Man: Far from Home. When Barack makes his MCU debut, ...

By The Credits  |  January 28, 2019
Geeking out Over the Elementals in the Spider-Man: Far From Home Trailer

Sony dropped the first trailer for Spider-Man: Far From Home yesterday, and it made quite the splash. We speculated this past August that Hydro-Man could be in the film after Tom Holland shared some behind-the-scenes footage that included a whole lot of water being blasted everywhere. Yet the Hydro-Man of the comics is human named Morris Bench ...

By Bryan Abrams  |  January 16, 2019
New Spider-Man: Far From Home Poster Teases Peter Parker’s Travels

Pack your bags and grab your passport: Peter Parker is heading to Europe! In a surprise tweet this morning, Sony Pictures revealed the first poster for Spider-Man: Far From Home. In theaters July 5. #SpiderManFarFromHome ?️ pic.twitter.com/K3xfXuqk3D — Sony Pictures (@SonyPictures) January 15, 2019 Minutes later, Marvel showcased an epic teaser trailer, which we discuss ...

By Jessy Diamba  |  January 15, 2019
Peter Parker Fights the Elementals in First Spider-Man: Far From Home Trailer

Behold, Spidey-fans; Sony has dropped the first Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer. The youngest member of the Avengers has returned from the dead (somehow) after the events in Avengers: Infinity War and has taken his talents abroad. Peter Parker (Tom Holland) and his high school pals are on a school trip to Europe, but you know that ...

By Bryan Abrams  |  January 15, 2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home‘s Cosmic Plot Details Emerge

So the good news is that the Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer delighted the folks at the Brazil Comic-Con CCXP down in São Paulo, where Tom Holland and Jake Gyllenhaal were on hand to share Far From Home‘s big debut. The bad news is, it looks like we’ll have to wait a little longer until Sony puts the ...

By Bryan Abrams  |  December 10, 2018