FILM · 2019 · USA
Spider-Man: Far from Home
- Directed by
- Jon Watts
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Studio
- Marvel Studios, Pascal Pictures, Columbia Pictures
186 archived facts 7 topics 1 source Last reviewed Sep 2026
Peter Parker and his friends go on a summer trip to Europe. However, they will hardly be able to rest - Peter will have to agree to help Nick Fury uncover the mystery of creatures that cause natural disasters and destruction throughout the continent.
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149 Interesting Facts About Spider-Man: Far from Home
- #001
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(Around 1 hour 55 minutes) This marks the official MCU debut of J. Jonah Jameson, a fan-favorite character who had not appeared in any film since Spider-Man 3 (2007). He is played by the same actor, J. K. Simmons, who portrayed him in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy. This is the first time an actor has played the same character in a Marvel film franchise reboot as they did in a previous series (although Lou Ferrigno played the Hulk in The Incredible Hulk (1977), he only provided the Hulk's voice in the MCU). This appears to have started a trend, as Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) features Willem Dafoe (Green Goblin), Alfred Molina (Doc Ock) and Jamie Foxx (Electro) reprising their roles from previous Spider-Man film series.
- #002
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(Around the 33rd minute) When Peter mentions Captain Marvel, Fury responds with "Don't invoke her name!" This line takes on new context when it is revealed that the Skrull Talos impersonated Fury throughout the entire film. Talos is referring to Peter's use of the name "Mar-Vell," who gave her life to protect Talos's family and other Skrull refugees.
- #003
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Shortly after the premiere of Captain America: Civil War (2016), which introduced Spider-Man to the MCU, there was a fan theory that the BARF technology was created by Quentin Beck (Mysterio), which fueled speculation that he would be the villain in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017). The Vulture was chosen as the villain of Homecoming, but the villain of Far From Home is Mysterio, and the film confirms the fan theory that he really is the creator of the technology (he received Tony's praise).
- #004
The Dutch tulip field scene was shot on a lawn in England. Around two million digital tulips were required.
- #005
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(Around 25 minutes) While researching water terror, Flash Thompson brings up an article about scientific experiments conducted on a sailor named Morris Bench, who is Hydro-Man in the comics.
- #006
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(Around 2 hours 5 minutes) The post-credits scene confirms a theory raised in Captain Marvel (2019): Nick Fury is (at least sometimes) actually a Skrull. Talos appears to be managing Captain Marvel/Cosmic Avenger-level missions while serving as a stand-in for Fury. Probably after the events of The Avengers (2012), Fury, learning that the team had assembled, took his talents to space and left Talos in his place, which is why Fury is eating a cross-sectioned toast in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) (because he had told Carol Danvers that he disliked cross-sectioned toast).
- #007
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At roughly 1 hour 50 minutes, as Peter swings off to meet MJ for their date, he passes by the Osborn family mansion from Sam Raimi's Spider-Man films.
- #008
Tom Holland says Happy Hogan is one of his favorite characters and that he loves the way Jon Favreau plays him, calling him "one of the godfathers of this entire universe."
- #009
This is the first Marvel Studios film not to feature Stan Lee, following his death on November 12, 2018.
- #010
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At roughly 18 minutes, shortly after arriving at the rundown hotel and just before the water element battle, Quentin Beck can be seen hiding around Peter Parker; a few of Beck's men are also visible.
- #014
The film takes place eight months after the events of Avengers: Endgame (2019).
- #015
At roughly the 21st minute, one of Tom Holland's favorite action scenes takes place during the Water Elemental's attack in Venice, where Peter runs toward a series of poles that some boats are moored to. Holland regretted not following the stunt coordinator's advice to wear shin guards.
- #017
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The first word of dialogue reveals that Fury and Hill are Skrulls. As established in Captain Marvel (2019), everyone calls him "Fury," and Talos gives himself away when he greets Fury in the elevator as "Nick." In this film, the first spoken word is Hill addressing Fury as "Nick."
- #019
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At roughly 1 hour 10 minutes, the suit Beck is revealed to be wearing (the black one-piece bodysuit covered in triangles) is the kind of motion-capture suit actors wear when modeling action for computer-generated characters.
- #020
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At roughly the 31st minute, when Nick Fury introduces Peter to Quentin Beck, he says Beck is from Earth, not yours. When referring to Earth, Fury should more properly have said "ours" rather than "yours," but this makes sense given that the person impersonating Fury is later revealed to be Talos.
- #021
Peter's passport lists his birthday as August 10. Spider-Man's first appearance was in Amazing Fantasy #15, published on August 10, 1962.
- #022
At roughly the 33rd minute, Spider-Man mentions Captain Marvel in the film, marking the first time an MCU character refers to Carol Danvers by that name.
- #023
As is common in MCU films, a clip prominently shown in multiple trailers is entirely absent from the finished film. In this case, a scene showing Spider-Man defeating a gang of bad guys in a restaurant before leaving on his school trip to Europe (while wearing the nanotech Iron Spider suit first seen in Avengers: Infinity War (2018)) does not appear in the final version of the film (though it was briefly mentioned in May). The scene is available in the film's extended cut.
- #024
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Both "Spider-Man: Far from Home" and Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) end with the last spoken line of each film being "What the F**k?!" At the end of "Homecoming" Aunt May says it, and in the role of Spider-Man, Peter says the same line at the end of the mid-credits scene in "Far From Home."
- #025
At roughly the 18th minute, Jake Gyllenhaal is hardly ever seen wearing anything other than his "superhero" suit. He was in fact asked to wear something else for some scenes, but by his account he enjoyed wearing the suit so much that he refused to wear anything else. A sharp eye can spot Gyllenhaal as a character in street clothes watching Peter Parker before Peter buys the Black Dahlia necklace, prior to the Hydro-Man attacks.
- #026
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Watch the rooftop conversation between Mysterio and Spider-Man very closely; although they sit very near each other, you will notice that Mysterio never makes physical contact with Spider-Man and has to search slightly to make eye contact with Peter. That is because the "Flying Mysterio" we see is only an illusion.
- #028
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At roughly 4 minutes, near the start of the film, while Peter and Ned are discussing Peter's "plans" with MJ in their classroom, a fairly large collage of Iron Man pictures hangs on the notice board behind Peter; behind Ned, on the board (and seemingly opposite the Iron Man collage), a series of surrealist prints is visible, the most prominent of which is René Magritte's "The False Mirror" (1929), foreshadowing the film's plot and Mysterio's role as a false reflection of Iron Man. The main part of "The False Mirror" is an iris depicted as a round sphere filled with a cloudy sky, closely resembling Mysterio's helmet.
- #030
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Because Stan Lee died shortly after filming on this film was completed and does not appear in it at all (most likely due to his declining health), this is the first MCU film without a Stan Lee cameo, meaning Avengers: Endgame (2019) was his final on-screen appearance. This film pays tribute to him and to the other Spider-Man creator, Steve Ditko (who also died in 2018), and is also the second MCU film, after Captain Marvel (2019), to pay tribute to Stan Lee.
- #031
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Throughout the film, Spider-Man's Spider-Sense is referred to as "Peter Tingle." There are several comic book references as well: May Parker throws a banana at Peter and startles him (because it does not work on people Peter does not subconsciously register as a threat), and in the final battle with Mysterio, Peter uses it after briefly closing his eyes to deal with Mysterio's illusions (in the comics Peter has used this ability several times, similar to Daredevil's Radar, to find his enemy when he cannot use his eyes).
- #032
Peter creates his new Spider-Man suit with purpose and determination. Costume designer Anna B. Sheppard says: "The suit is Peter's vision for Spider-Man." She elaborates: "He is no longer trying to be Iron Man."
- #033
At roughly the 31st minute, when Peter meets Beck, Beck explains that Peter is on Earth-616 but that Beck is from Earth-833. Comic book readers may recognize that Earth-616 is the traditional name of the main Marvel universe. Earth-833 refers to the universe where Spider-UK serves as a member of the Captain Britain Corps.
- #034
E.D.I.T.H. is voiced by Dawn Michelle King, the first assistant editor on "Far From Home" and Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017).
- #037
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At roughly 1 hour 29 minutes, while Peter is designing his new suit, the song Happy plays is AC/DC's "Back In Black," the same song played during the opening of Iron Man (2008). Comically, Peter mistakes the band for Led Zeppelin, whose "Immigrant Song" featured prominently in Thor: Ragnarok (2017).
- #039
Tom Holland reportedly wanted the role of Kraven the Hunter in the film to go to Jason Momoa.
- #040
Mysterio's "fishbowl" helmet was inspired by illustrations in classic Spider-Man comics. When creating the look of his costume, the costume designers took Iron Man, Vision, Doctor Strange and Thor into account.
- #042
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At roughly 1 hour 50 minutes, at the end of the film, while Spider-Man is swinging through the city to meet MJ, he takes out his phone and takes a selfie. The pose he strikes is the same as the pose Spider-Man strikes when taking a selfie in the PS4 game Spider-Man (2018).
- #043
United Airlines has a tie-in safety video featuring Spider-Man with Ned (Jacob Batalon) and a tribute to Stan Lee.
- #044
Peter's in-flight entertainment viewing options are: "The Snap," "Finding Wakanda," "Hunting Hydra," "Nova: Einstein Rosen Bridges with Erik Selvig," and "Heart of Iron: The Tony Stark Story."
- #045
It is the first Spider-Man film to gross over 1 billion dollars worldwide.
- #047
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At roughly the 2-hour-5-minute mark, Ben Mendelsohn reprises his role as Talos from Captain Marvel (2019) in the film's final section, revealing that Talos had taken over the role of Nick Fury for an unknown period of time.
- #048
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At roughly the 1-hour-55-minute mark, as Peter and MJ swing through New York together for the first time while the film closes, they pass a sign that reads: "We are so excited… to show you… what comes next." The sentence appears above "1…2…3…?", a possible indication of the end of Phase 3 and the beginning of Phase 4 in the MCU.
- #049
Speaking about Jake Gyllenhaal in the role of Mysterio, producer Amy Pascal says: "As much as we talked about Mysterio in a practical way — like how his powers would work in the film — when Jake came on board, he brought a new level of humanity, unpredictability and humor to the character."
- #051
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In the US trailer, vital information is missing from Peter's passport: his birthday is August 10, and the issue and expiry dates are July 19 and July 18 respectively, but the years for all these dates are absent. Looking closer at these dates, it appears the years were deliberately blurred by the CGI artists. This is most likely because in Avengers: Endgame (2019) Thanos's snap was not reversed until 2023, meaning everything that happened during the snap (in 2018) was restored at that point, leaving everyone who was "blipped" five years behind everyone who was not. In that case, the years on Peter's passport were blurred to avoid this major spoiler. Neither the passport nor the scene in which Peter asks for his passport appears in the film's final cut.
- #052
Director Jon Watts wanted the glasses on the black Spider-Man suit to be the exact opposite of the glasses Iron Man would wear. They were also inspired by the popular flip-up glasses style of the 1980s.
- #054
This is Samuel L. Jackson's third consecutive MCU appearance as Nick Fury, after Captain Marvel (2019) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). It also marks the first time an MCU character has appeared in three films within a single year.
- #057
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Director Jon Watts described the film as a "con man movie" with "so many layers of deception," and felt that ending it with "one last twist" in the post-credits scenes was on the same level as the film itself.
- #058
At roughly 1 hour 45 minutes, while in the crown jewels vault, Happy mistakenly refers to the halberd Ned is holding as a spear, and Ned corrects him. Ned's avatar in the game Beast Slayer uses a halberd on the plane to Europe.
- #059
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At roughly 1 hour 45 minutes, during the final battle, Peter fashions a hammer-like weapon for himself from the wreckage of Tower Bridge and the cars on it. He then finds a large metal sign to use as a shield. When he starts running, it closely resembles Captain America running with his shield and Thor's hammer Mjölnir during the final battle of Avengers: Endgame (2019).
- #060
At roughly the 7th minute, the oversized check Happy presents early in the film reads "Synchrony." Synchrony Bank is the company that issues the Marvel Credit Card.
- #061
Jake Gyllenhaal loved playing the mysterious Quentin Beck and said: "I wanted to create a character that you won't forget."
- #062
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In early April 2019, about two weeks before the premiere of Avengers: Endgame (2019), Kevin Feige confirmed that "Spider-Man: Far From Home" takes place after the events of that film. This caused a minor backlash from some fans, since it already spoiled the surprise that Peter Parker would return in "Endgame" after his supposed death in Avengers: Infinity War (2018). It was also somewhat surprising because the first promotional materials and much of the marketing trailer deliberately avoided any hint of when Far From Home takes place, which theoretically could have been before Avengers: Infinity War (2018). However, most fans had already correctly guessed from the moment the film began shooting that Far From Home would take place after Endgame, and knew that Spider-Man would be brought back to life.
- #064
Most of the cast received only redacted scripts containing just their own character's material, in order to prevent internet leaks.
- #065
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At roughly 1 hour 29 minutes, while designing his new suit, Peter puts his arm inside a hologram to see how it looks. In the first Ironman film, Tony Stark does the same thing while building the Mark 2 armor.
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Jake Gyllenhaal admitted that this film radically changed his perception of filmmaking. Before, he approached every film with a very intense level of commitment, but he enjoyed this experience so much that it helped teach him how to be more relaxed on set.
- #067
The film is the 23rd installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and completes Phase Three as the final entry of the Infinity Saga.
- #068
J. B. Smoove's role was significantly expanded after the production team saw a commercial he made with Tom Holland for Audi. The chemistry between the two was strong enough to require the script to be rewritten.
- #069
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The acronym E. D. I. T. H. stands for "Even Dead, I'm The Hero." Through the manipulated footage on it, Beck manages to portray himself as a hero after his death; J. Jonah Jameson even refers to him that way, while also blaming Peter for both his actions and the murder.
- #070
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Quentin Beck says the fire Elemental can absorb surrounding metal through contact, but he never explains why it would be able to do this or why something that is supposedly the embodiment of the natural order would care about the refined world. The answer is that it wouldn't; Beck needed something that would make him appear capable of becoming an even greater threat while threatening to target an omnipresent substance. Fury and Hill exchange disbelieving looks but do not openly question it.
- #071
Just before Peter buys the necklace for MJ, Quentin Beck can briefly be seen in the crowd without his costume.
- #073
Jake Gyllenhaal joked that when he wore Mysterio's armor, he sometimes felt like a T-Rex. The forearm pieces known as vambraces cut short Gyllenhaal's arm movements.
- #074
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To keep J. Jonah Jameson's appearance at the end of the film secret, the producers deliberately waited until late in post-production, just before the film's release, to shoot the cameo. J. K. Simmons shot his scene with Jon Watts and a small crew in a conference room at Marvel's New York office in only two hours. Ironically, Watts also noted that he used the same setup used in children's news broadcasts (an actor, a desk and a green screen).
- #075
When Tom Holland first got the role of Spider-Man, he wrote a list of things he wanted to achieve with the role. One of them was to work with Jake Gyllenhaal.
- #077
The song Happy plays while Peter prepares his new suit is AC/DC's "Back in Black" (though Peter mistakenly identifies it as Led Zeppelin). It is the same song that plays in the opening scene of the original 2008 'Iron Man', Tony's first appearance.
- #079
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Before he dies, Mysterio tells Peter that people will believe anything, as evidenced by the countless citizens who fell for his illusions. In the end, Beck successfully tricks everyone into thinking Spider-Man is the criminal behind the attack.
- #080
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(At about 1 hour 55 minutes) Near the end of the film there is a banner with stages on it, "1…2…3…?" This is near the original site of Stark Tower, the supposed new location of the Baxter Building, home of the Fantastic Four.
- #081
This is Mysterio's first live-action appearance.
- #082
(At about 5 minutes) Aunt May (Marisa Tomei) initially confirms that she too was one of Thanos's "snap" victims in Avengers: Infinity War (2018). However, before the premiere of Avengers: Endgame (2019), the Russo brothers stated that Aunt May was among the survivors. Whether this was a deliberate misdirection or a change of plan has not yet been reported.
- #083
Spider-Man's new suit can now shoot webs from multiple points on the suit because the technology behind the web-shooters is more advanced than before.
- #084
Nick Fury was planned to be Peter Parker's mentor in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), before that role was assigned to Tony Stark/Iron Man.
- #086
(At about 4 minutes later) Peter says MJ's favorite flower is the black dahlia "because of the murder." He is referring to the murder of Elizabeth Short, one of Los Angeles's most famous unsolved crimes of 1947.
- #087
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Cobie Smulders did not know she was not playing the real Maria Hill until a week before the premiere.
- #088
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Both of Sony/Marvel Studios' Spider-Man films opened with a short scene introducing the villain in front of the Marvel Studios logo, followed by a rough homemade video featuring the Avengers and recapping what happened when Spider-Man last appeared in an MCU film.
- #089
While filming "Spider-Man: Far From Home", Londoner Tom Holland was actually closer to his home than he had been while filming Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017).
- #090
Mysterio says in the film: "Somebody get this stupid costume off of me!" In real life, by contrast, Jake Gyllenhaal loved wearing his costume and wanted to wear it in as many scenes as possible.
- #091
Tom Holland and Jake Gyllenhaal became close friends on the film's set and frequently responded to each other's Instagram posts.
- #092
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Numan Acar plays a silent agent named Dmitri who works for Nick Fury and appears skilled at blending in by taking on different roles to keep an eye on Peter Parker (such as using the school group's tour bus). Dmitri is also the name of the villainous Spider-Man foe Chameleon (Dmitri Smerdyakov), who is likewise known for his ability to adapt to different identities. Despite the similarities, it has not yet been confirmed whether Acar's character will be the MCU version of the villain.
- #093
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Peter Billingsley reprises his role as Stark Industries employee William Ginter Riva from the first Iron Man (2008) film. Billingsley, a friend and producing partner of Iron Man director Jon Favreau, is of course best known as Ralphie, the protagonist of the beloved holiday classic A Christmas Story (1983).
- #095
(At about 35 minutes) As the class travels toward Prague over the Alps, a 1973 song called "Slnko" (meaning "Sun") can be heard. The song is not Czech, as is often assumed, but Slovak. The inclusion of Slovak music in a film of this scale is unprecedented, and the singer, Marcela Laiferová, said she was surprised that her song was used. She also noted that, if she had been able, she would have recommended one of her other songs with more of a story.
- #096
Producer Amy Pascal enjoys the different perspective Tom Holland brings to the character of Spider-Man. She says: "He's wonderful, emotional and funny. Tom loves playing Spider-Man; he's not just a great artist, he's also a real superfan of the character and his world."
- #097
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(At about 2 hours 5 minutes) The space station Fury oversees may be the Alpha Flight Station, which was more recently introduced in Captain Marvel comics. Alpha Flight was originally a Canadian superhero team, but the name was later applied to a space station commanded by Captain Marvel to serve as the planet's first line of defense.
- #098
Early in the film, a water elemental attacks Venice, destroying buildings and bridges and at one point flooding the famous St. Mark's Square. Coincidentally and tragically, Venice (and St. Mark's Basilica) suffered extreme flooding in the same year the film was released (2019), with water levels reaching their second and third highest since records began in the 1800s.
- #099
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(At about 1 hour 40 minutes) During the thrilling Tower Bridge battle, Spider-Man defeats several drones in a single move and lands in the notorious Iron Man pose, advancing the film's "Spider-Man is the new Iron Man" thread.
- #100
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(At about 1 hour 55 minutes) The shirt MJ wears while walking around New York with Spider-Man displays the outfit Zendaya wore to the 2018 Met Gala, where she dressed as Joan of Arc.
- #101
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"Spider-Man: Far From Home" takes place in 2024, eight months after Avengers: Endgame (2019).
- #102
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(At about the 31st minute) When Mysterio refers to Earth as "Earth-616", some viewers know he is lying about this. Earth-616 is the main universe in which Marvel Comics take place. Earth-199999 is the universe in which the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including this film, takes place.
- #103
At 1:51, the license plate of an overturned car reads TASM 143. In issue 143 of The Amazing Spider-Man, Peter and MJ share their first kiss, just as in Far From Home.
- #104
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(At about 17 minutes) The camera Peter's teacher uses in Italy (the one that falls into the water) appears to be a tribute to the camera Peter Parker used in the 90s cartoon.
- #105
During its theatrical run, Spider-Man: Far from Home had the most expensive marketing campaign ever for a film, at 288 million dollars.
- #106
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In the film's early scenes, most of the characters believe that aliens somehow played a role in the emergence of the Elementals and Mysterio. Since the bumbling Skrulls are one of the reasons Mysterio's plan nearly succeeds, these speculations turn out to be strangely correct.
- #109
Tom Holland liked the variety of costumes Spider-Man wears in this film. He loves them all so much that he cannot name his favorites, saying: "Each is a work of art."
- #110
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At roughly 1 hour 55 minutes, Peter Parker's Spider-Man identity is revealed to the public in a mid-credits scene as a final act of defiance by Quentin Beck and his men, who broadcast it on television. This plot concept is based on the Civil War event in the comics, in which Spider-Man revealed his secret identity to the world at a press conference in support of the Superhuman Registration Act.
- #112
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Even when the Fire Elemental grows large enough to fill the entire square in Prague, not a single person is visibly burned, even when Beck flies directly toward it. This is an early hint that, although something physical is present where the Fire Elemental is supposedly located, it does not emit more than a normal amount of heat. Similarly, Beck's costume does not look physically protective and there is no indication that he has superhuman durability, yet while fighting the Elementals, even after flying directly at the Fire Elemental, he takes as much punishment as Spider-Man, or more. This is because the Mysterio we see taking damage is only a projection, and the real Beck is never in the danger zone.
- #113
The original plan was for Michael Keaton to reprise the role of Vulture, until it was decided that the film's focus should be on Spider-Man and his relationship with Mysterio.
- #114
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At roughly 1 hour 26 minutes, after Happy picks Peter up in the Netherlands, Peter shouts at Happy and immediately apologizes to him. This is because the last person Peter shouted at was Uncle Ben, and he was never able to apologize to him.
- #115
As in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and three of the four "Avengers" films (and all three "Iron Man" films), Audi vehicles feature prominently throughout the film as part of the extensive product placement deal between Audi and Marvel. In this film, which is set five years in the future, most of the vehicles shown are Audi e-tron SUVs, the first fully electric model sold commercially, introduced in 2019 and intended to be the first of many future Audi EVs. (Tony Stark used a concept-car EV version of Audi's R8 sports car in Iron Man 3 (2013), but it was never commercially produced.)
- #116
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Peter tells MJ that "The news never lies" is a serious case of Tempting Fate, and it comes back to haunt him a long time later in the mid-credits scene, where J. Jonah Jameson brands Spidey a murderer and terrorist thanks to Mysterio's dying message video.
- #117
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While still in his "Night Monkey" disguise, Peter Parker tries to ask a random woman for directions, but she panics, shouting "Night Monkey!" and flees in terror. This kind of reaction does not make much sense, because if she knows the new "Night Monkey" nickname, it means she has seen the news reports that "Night Monkey" helped Mysterio and saved citizens at the carnival. This is the first sign that Peter has entered Mysterio's hallucination/simulation.
- #118
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In the news report at the start of the film, photos are shown of all the Avengers who died permanently during the war against Thanos, as seen in both Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). Although Captain America did not die (he chose to return to the past of a different timeline), the film makes clear that it chose to have the public believe he was killed in action in order to explain the absence of the other Avengers and SHIELD.
- #120
At roughly 17 minutes, the Midtown High students arrive at the Hotel DeMatteis in Venice. This may be a nod to J. M. DeMatteis, who wrote many of Spider-Man's most famous comic book stories, including "Kraven's Last Hunt."
- #121
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At roughly 1 hour 55 minutes, J. K. Simmons, appearing as J. Jonah Jameson in the mid-credits scene, became the sixth actor to appear in both a Marvel Cinematic Universe film and a DC Extended Universe film, after Zachary Levi, Djimon Hounsou, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Randall Park and Callan Mulvey. Ayelet Zurer also appeared in Man of Steel (2013) and the Marvel series Daredevil (2015), but she did not appear in an MCU film.
- #122
Until the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), this film was the highest-grossing film in Sony's history.
- #123
It is the first Spider-Man film in which the traditional music, rather than a musical note, appears over the Sony Columbia Pictures logo.
- #124
Director Jon Watts says of this film: "Staying true to the tone we established in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), we were always looking for a way to deal with very emotional themes."
- #125
Tom Holland revealed the film's official title in an Instagram video posted in June 2018, holding up an iPad showing the script's cover page.
- #126
The fight scene against the Fire Elemental was not shot in Prague; it was filmed in Liberec, a city about 100 kilometres north of Prague.
- #127
Although they are not specifically named, the four Elementals correspond to four Spider-Man villains: the wind Elemental is named Cyclone (the name of a Spider-Man villain), the water Elemental resembles Hydro-Man, the lava Elemental resembles the villain Molten Man, and the earth Elemental resembles Sandman.
- #128
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When Peter first meets Beck, he gives him the name Mysterio after an Italian news report describes him that way. Beck is taken aback and prefers to be called by his real name. At their next encounter, just as Nick Fury is about to introduce Beck by his real name, Beck interrupts and insists on being called Mysterio. This shows he is not as humble as he appears.
- #129
It was the fourth highest-grossing film of 2019.
- #130
Jake Gyllenhaal was considered to play Doctor Strange in Doctor Strange (2016).
- #132
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Immediately after Peter hands over E.D.I.T.H., Beck, preparing to leave to go ask MJ out, tells him his chances of success are only 50% because it is "kinda awkward." This seems odd, since Beck had previously done nothing but be supportive and encouraging to Peter, likely to butter him up into handing over E.D.I.T.H. Now that Beck has what he wants, he begins to drop the courtesy act. Of course, right after Peter leaves, Mysterio is revealed to be evil after all.
- #133
The screenplay for "Spider-Man: Far From Home" was written by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers. In addition to writing Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), the pair have collaborated on other blockbuster projects such as Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) and The Lego Batman Movie (2017).
- #134
VFX supervisor Janek Sirrs described Mysterio as "larger-than-life showman at heart… a superhero version of Liberace!"
- #135
On Tuesday, 15 January 2019, Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures released the first teaser poster, featuring European stamps on Spider-Man's mask, and the first teaser trailer, streamed live by Tom Holland.
- #136
Producer Amy Pascal wanted to make sure the characters stayed grounded even while flying to Europe. She says: "It was important for us to place Peter in new environments, but never at the expense of what makes these characters so special."
- #137
(At about 1 hour 24 minutes) At one point in the film, Peter Parker wears the famous orange jersey of the Netherlands national football team, so Tom Holland wears a Netherlands jersey as well.
- #138
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(At about 1 hour 40 minutes) When Happy and the kids are trapped in the vault of the Crown Jewels and believe the drones are going to kill them, they start sharing secrets. Happy blurts out that he is in love with Spider-Man's aunt, which could jeopardise Spider-Man's true identity, since until then only MJ and Ned knew the secret. Betty and Flash are unaware that Spidey and Peter are the same person, so Happy's secret-sharing could lead them to uncover it. Of course, this becomes somewhat moot when Mysterio reveals Peter's secret identity to everyone in the post-credits scene after his death.
- #140
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(At about 1 hour 19 minutes) During one of the sequences of Mysterio's illusions, a horde of Spider-Man copies appears and attacks Peter, a possible reference to Mysterio using them during the boss fight in the original Spider-Man 2 (2004) game.
- #142
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(At about 1 hour 7 minutes) MJ and Peter have an intimate conversation on Charles Bridge in Prague. Charles IV laid its foundation stone at 5:31 a.m. on 9 July 1357. That date and time were chosen because they form a palindrome: 1 3 5 7 (year) 9 (day) 7 (month) 5 3 1 (time). Construction was overseen by Petr Parler, but the bridge could not be completed after his death.
- #143
Addressing the popularity of superhero stories, Samuel L. Jackson says the films give audiences a chance "to feel like they belong in this world."
- #144
At around the 30-minute mark, Nick Fury quotes Peter Parker in Venice: "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown…" The line is an apt quotation from William Shakespeare's "Henry IV", Part II, Act III, Scene 1.
- #145
Unlike Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), the first film presented entirely in a 2.39:1 aspect ratio in IMAX, this is the first Spider-Man film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to be specially formatted for IMAX 1.90:1.
- #147
The producers decided to remove the "Dun dun dunnnnnnnn" from the audio after each of Mysterio's explanations in the toast he makes after taking the EDITH glasses.
- #148
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Just before the water elemental attacks, numerous twin wake groups caused by Beck's sunken drones can be seen in the canal's water.
- #150
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While fighting the fire elemental, Peter's web-shooters are at one point blocked by something he cannot see. This is a significant sign that more is going on. MJ picks up the web and the metal piece it caught, and she and Peter discover that the device is part of an advanced drone with hologram projectors.
- #151
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Mysterio was designed to be a combination of different Avengers: his costume takes after the armor of Iron Man and Thor; Beck claims to be a military superhero like Captain America; and his use of manipulation and deception (and of drones) is inspired by Black Widow.
- #153
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The revelation that there is a satellite carrying thousands of small, deadly armed drones that can now be deployed instantly anywhere in the world, all controlled by EDITH, amounts to a problem similar to Project Insight.
- #154
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When Happy delivers the "coded message" to Fury (actually Talos), he suggests that Fury is a surfer. The first disguise Talos adopted upon arriving on Earth with Captain Marvel was that of a surfer.
- #155
(At around 22 minutes) The mask Peter wears while trying to stop the Water Elemental resembles the mask worn at the Venice Carnival. The carnival is a Catholic festival held before Lent, and the one staged in Venice is among the oldest carnivals in the world.
- #156
Tom Holland revealed the film's title before shooting began.
- #158
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(At around 30 minutes) Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) mentions the Star Wars films. Jackson played a major role as Jedi Master Mace Windu in the prequel films of the Star Wars saga.
- #159
It was shot under the working title "Fall of George."
- #160
Director Jon Watts expressed interest in including Morbius, Blade and the Chameleon in the film, but none of them ultimately appeared. Morbius and the Chameleon went on to appear in Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU) — Morbius in Morbius (2022) and the Chameleon in Kraven the Hunter (2024).
- #161
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J. K. Simmons filmed his role as J. Jonah Jameson only a few days after Marvel first contacted his manager. As a result, there was not enough time to give Jameson the distinctive flat-top haircut he has in the comics and in Sam Raimi's films.
- #162
Until Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), it was the last MCU film to be released in China.
- #163
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(At around 1 hour 55 minutes) After swinging off to meet MJ for their date, Peter lands near the library where Jake Gyllenhaal's character waits for his father in The Day After Tomorrow (2004).
- #164
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Those reprising their roles from Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) are Angourie Rice as Betty Brandt and Jorge Lendeborg Jr. as Jason Ionello. Betty and Jason now host Midtown High School's morning news program.
- #165
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The fact that the Nick Fury who meets Spider-Man in Berlin is actually Quentin Beck is foreshadowed by his reaction when the illusion of the fake Europol headquarters begins to fade and he acts completely shocked, even though he was the one who drove the car there. He should have known in advance that they were in the wrong building.
- #166
Spider-Man: Far From Home shot several scenes at Warner Bros. Leavesden Studios near London. The production team built sets for many of the film's locations, including Venice, Berlin and Mexico.
- #167
Both Jake Gyllenhaal and his sister Maggie Gyllenhaal have appeared in a major superhero franchise. Maggie took over from Katie Holmes (who played the role in Batman Begins (2005)) as Bruce Wayne's love interest Rachel Dawes in The Dark Knight (2008).
- #169
Angourie Rice (Betty) and Jacob Batalon (Ned) also appeared together in Every Day (2018).
- #170
Although this is only the second of Tom Holland's Spider-Man films, Holland also played the web-slinging superhero in Captain America: Civil War (2016), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019).
- #171
(At around 12 minutes in) Ned claims Peter is allergic to perfume so that Peter can sit next to MJ on the plane. J. B. Smoove, who plays one of the school chaperones, worked as a perfume designer before becoming an actor.
- #172
Although Ned Leeds (Jacob Batalon) and Betty Brant (Angourie Rice) fall in love and become a couple during the trip, they never actually kiss on screen.
- #173
Both Samuel L. Jackson and Jon Favreau have appeared in the "Star Wars" universe. Jackson can be seen as Mace Windu in "Episodes I-III," while Favreau voiced Rio Durant in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) and also voiced characters in The Clone Wars and The Mandalorian.
- #174
Jake Gyllenhaal founded his own production company, Nine Stories, together with Riva Marker in 2015. One of Nine Stories' projects is the thriller The Devil All the Time (2020), in which Tom Holland also starred.
- #175
The first teaser was watched 130 million times in the first 24 hours, and the first official trailer 135 million times.
- #176
Special thanks to Jack Kirby and John Romita Jr. & Sr.
- #177
The song 'Sana Bir Mesaj, Rudy' on the soundtrack also features prominently in Chef (2014), another Jon Favreau film.
- #178
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In his introduction to Peter, Quentin Beck explains that he is a superhero from another universe where he destroyed and invaded the world of the four Elementals, which killed his family, and that he wants revenge. The way he delivers his good-guy dialogue foreshadows that Beck is lying about everything.
- #180
To coincide with the film's release, Marvel published the fourth Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus in 2019.
- #181
In 2024, all live-action Spider-Man films were re-released in Spain by Sony in a cycle dedicated to Stan Lee: * Spider-Man (2002): August 2. * Spider-Man 2 (2004): August 9. * Spider-Man 3 (2007): August 16. * The Amazing Spider-Man (2012): September 6. * The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014): September 13. * Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017): September 27. * Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019): October 11. * Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021): October 18.
- #182
Peter turned off the light switch and the Iron Spider charging station so the suit could always operate at full power.
- #185
Apart from its appearance in Captain America: Civil War (2016) or the "Avengers" films, every "Spider-Man" live-action film since the early 2000s has been released in the 2nd, 4th and 7th years. These include Spider-Man (2002), Spider-Man 2 (2004), Spider-Man 3 (2007), The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) and Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017). Released in 2019, "Far from Home" breaks this pattern.
- #186
The Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) has been known by this name since 1929. It was first founded in 1889 by Pim Mulier under the name Dutch Football and Athletics Association (NVAB).
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