FILM · 2017 · USA
Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Directed by
- Jon Watts
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Studio
- Marvel Studios, Pascal Pictures, LStar Capital
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Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, 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 as a new threat, the Vulture, emerges.
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179 Interesting Facts About Spider-Man: Homecoming
- #002
In a 2013 interview, while promoting his then-upcoming film How I Live Now (2013), a reporter asked Tom Holland what kind of role he might want to try next. When Holland answered that a project full of action and humor would interest him, the reporter asked whether he would want to play a superhero. "Maybe Spider-Man, in ten years time," Holland replied. "The reboot of the reboot, if they do that."
- #004
(Around 1 hour 11 minutes) Aaron Davis (Donald Glover) mentions that he has a nephew. In the comics, Aaron Davis is the Ultimate Marvel Universe version of The Prowler, and his nephew is the second Ultimate Spider-Man, Miles Morales. Artist Sara Pichelli originally modeled Miles on Glover and President Barack Obama, and Glover voiced Miles in Ultimate Spider-Man (2012).
- #005
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Even before Disney and Marvel Studios worked with Sony to bring Spider-Man into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a popular fan theory about Iron Man 2 (2010) held that Peter Parker was the little boy in the Iron Man mask who stood up to a killer robot and was saved by Tony Stark. Tom Holland liked the idea so much that he asked Kevin Feige for permission to make it official, and Feige agreed.
- #006
Spider-Man never punches any of the villains he fights. He uses his webs, counters their punches in ways that cause his enemies to punch each other, and even kicks them, but he never punches.
- #007
The cast had to watch a John Hughes film marathon to prepare. Because this film is above all a coming-of-age story, Jon Watts turned to John Hughes, the master of such stories. "He gave us a lot of movies to watch," Tom Holland said in an interview with PopSugar UK. "God, there are so many movies and we all sat at my house in Atlanta, all the cast, and watched them all in one day and it was like a Domino day. It was amazing, The Breakfast Club (1985), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Pretty in Pink (1986), there were loads of them."
- #009
To prepare for the role of Peter Parker, Tom Holland spent several days attending classes at Bronx Science High School in New York City. He used his acting coach's name as an alias.
- #010
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(Around 1 hour 40 minutes) The scene in which Peter lifts the rubble pinning him down through sheer willpower is taken directly from The Amazing Spider-Man #33 (February 1966), one of the final Spider-Man issues drawn by Steve Ditko. The panels in this comic are considered by many to be among the most iconic panels in Spider-Man history.
- #011
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Nick Fury was going to be Peter's mentor in the film, and Samuel L. Jackson was to reprise the role, but they preferred Tony Stark instead. However, in the sequel Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019), it was confirmed that Nick Fury would be the new mentor.
- #013
This is the first live-action "Spider-Man" film in which the suit has resizable lenses, giving his appearance more expression (in keeping with the comics).
- #014
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(Around 2 hours) Happy says he has been carrying Tony's engagement ring since 2008. That was when the first Iron Man (2008) film came out, which was also the beginning of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- #017
According to Tom Holland, while filming a scene he accidentally punched Michael Keaton. Keaton in turn turned to Holland and said, "I'm Batman."
- #020
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The female news anchor on the school's news program is Betty Brant. In the comics, Betty is J. Jonah Jameson's secretary at the Daily Bugle (and Peter's first love). Elizabeth Banks portrayed her in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man films.
- #021
At around the 29-minute mark, Aunt May's car bears the license plate AMF-1562. AMF stands for Amazing Fantasy, the number 15 refers to issue 15, and 62 is the year Spider-Man first appeared, 1962.
- #022
Portraits of Howard Stark, Abraham Erskine and Bruce Banner can be seen at Peter Parker's school.
- #023
At around the 17-minute mark, according to James Gunn, Stan Lee's cameo in this film was shot alongside his cameos for Doctor Strange (2016), Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2 (2017) and another title he did not specify (suggested to be Thor: Ragnarok (2017)). Gunn, however, did not direct Lee's cameo here.
- #024
At around the 16-minute mark, Peter is wearing boxer shorts as he puts on the suit Stark gave him. Tom Holland, however, said that because the suit was so tight he wore a thong underneath.
- #027
At around the 5-minute mark, the music playing over the Marvel Studios logo is an orchestral version of the classic Spider-Man (1967) television theme written for the animated series in 1967 by Paul Francis Webster and Bob Harris. It is adapted here by composer Michael Giacchino.
- #029
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Howard Stark (John Slattery) and Abraham Erskine (Stanley Tucci) appear in a painted mural in the hallway of Peter's school.
- #030
This is the first Spider-Man film in which Spider-Man has his iconic web wings from the comics.
- #031
Michelle's literary tastes contain subtle references to the plot or to spiders. At the 26-minute mark she is first seen reading W. Somerset Maugham's "Of Human Bondage"; the protagonist of that novel is an orphan living with his aunt and uncle. At around the 46-minute mark she is reading Vladimir Nabokov's "Invitation to a Beheading", in which a man sentenced to death waits in his cell to be executed with only a spider for company. At around the 59-minute mark, in the Washington Monument scene, she wears a Sylvia Plath T-shirt; Plath wrote a poem titled "Spider" and used spiders as imagery in other poems.
- #032
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At around the 2-hour mark, one of the drawings in the final title sequence reveals that Mr. Delmar's store has been repaired and reopened.
- #033
Michael Keaton describes Adrian Toomes as a resentful character: "Some people see themselves as victims. He sees himself that way. He probably has a strong argument that he never got a fair shot. A lot of 'Why not me?', 'Where's mine?'".
- #034
At roughly 27 minutes, after showing a video in which Captain America encourages the students, a gym teacher mentions that he is "probably a war criminal now," referencing his situation at the end of Captain America: Civil War (2016), in which he and the other Avengers operating outside the Sokovia Accords are wanted by the government and in hiding. In the films shown in Spider-Man: Homecoming, Captain America appears in his Avengers (2012) costume and mentions having been frozen in ice, suggesting they were made shortly after Avengers (2012), the last time he wore that uniform, and making him easily recognizable as a potential positive role model.
- #035
In the comics, Flash Thompson was a large, athletic football player. He was updated here into a wealthy, arrogant character to fit modern portrayals of bullies.
- #037
Vincent D'Onofrio had expressed interest in appearing as Wilson Fisk, also known as Kingpin, the role he played in the series Daredevil (2015). Kingpin is a villain shared between Spider-Man's and Daredevil's rogues galleries and has appeared in much other Spider-Man media and in the "Punisher" comics.
- #038
At around 57 minutes, one of the items Spider-Man finds in the Damage Control storage facility is the head of an Ultronbot from Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).
- #039
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Despite prominent advertising, Gwyneth Paltrow appears in only a brief scene. It is her first appearance as Pepper Potts in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since Iron Man 3 (2013), after which her contract ended. Pepper's absence from Captain America: Civil War (2016) (and possibly Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)) is explained by a temporary rift in her relationship with Tony Stark.
- #042
While some fans complain about the high-tech Spider-Man suit, most of the gadgets were ideas that had appeared at one point or another in the Spider-Man comics over the years.
- #043
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At around the 2-hour mark, Kevin Feige said that the decision to have Aunt May discover Peter's secret as Spider-Man was inspired by a crucial exchange between the two of them in Spider-Man 2 (2004), and that he felt it had to be included. This film drew the most laughs in test screenings. It was based on J. Michael Straczynski's Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 2) No. 35. Director Jon Watts felt the scene was a tribute to the final scene of Iron Man (2008), and that doing it allowed them to do things in later films that had never been seen on screen before. When Marisa Tomei saw that line in the script, she too agreed to that moment and felt it allowed her character to develop in more areas in later installments rather than staying in the background.
- #044
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At about 1 hour 55 minutes, it is revealed that the character "Michelle" also goes by the nickname "MJ." This is a tribute to Mary Jane Watson and a hint at a possible relationship in future films.
- #045
Although most of the film is set in Queens, New York, a large portion of it was shot in Atlanta, Georgia, with additional footage shot in Germany. Some of the film was still shot in the real New York City.
- #047
This is the first appearance of Cindy Moon (Tiffany Espensen), known in the comics as Silk, Spider-Man's female counterpart.
- #049
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At around 1 hour 13 minutes, in the ferry scene, when Adrian Toomes meets Mac Gargan, you can easily see the scorpion tattoo on Gargan's neck (a concept originally derived from Ultimate Marvel). There is also the mid-credits scene (at about 2 hours 5 minutes), in which Toomes talks with Gargan in prison, hinting at his future as the Scorpion. In addition, a prison guard mentions that Toomes's family has come to visit right after Toomes refuses to give up Spider-Man's identity. Previous portrayals of the Scorpion generally targeted the family members of individuals who knew about Spider-Man, especially J. Jonah Jameson. Mentioning Toomes's family within Gargan's hearing may point to a possible future hostage situation.
- #051
Before landing the role, Tom Holland screen-tested with Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr. After Holland finally got the part, Evans wrote on Twitter: "HUGE congrats to @TomHolland1996! Well deserved. We're lucky to have you."
- #052
Robert Downey Jr. plays Tony Stark for the eighth time.
- #053
Before the Sony and Marvel Studios deal, Sony had planned a standalone cinematic universe built solely around Spider-Man characters, supported by two Amazing Spider-Man sequels, a Venom spin-off and a Sinister Six film to be written and directed by Drew Goddard. Andrew Garfield was signed to appear in at least two of these productions. A claim about an untitled spin-off focusing on a female superhero presumed to be Black Cat was not confirmed as an officially announced project in pre-production and was disregarded.
- #055
The film's July 28, 2017 premiere date was initially given to Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and was later moved to the November 3, 2017 release slot previously held by Black Panther (2018), triggering further scheduling changes for several other Marvel Studios productions.
- #057
Marisa Tomei said she was shocked when she learned that Aunt May is much older than her in the comics. However, her brother, a Marvel fan, explained to her that Aunt May is not Peter Parker's blood relative. This made her realize that Aunt May could be any adult age, depending on how old she and Uncle Ben were when they married.
- #060
On April 21, 2016, it was made official that Robert Downey Jr. would reprise his role as Tony Stark. This also meant that, for the first time, a superhero character from the Marvel Cinematic Universe would appear in a Spider-Man film.
- #061
In Marvel comics, Damage Control is a specialized repair and salvage company that deals with the damage caused by superheroes and supervillains as well as the various items both groups leave behind. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Damage Control is a government agency with the same general purpose.
- #065
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(At around 1 hour 21 minutes) When Tony Stark takes Peter's suit, he says, "if you're nothing without the suit, then you shouldn't have it." Tony learned this lesson in Iron Man 3 (2013), when he had to defeat the Mandarin without using his armor.
- #066
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(At around 2 hours) Toward the end of the film, it is revealed that "Happy" Hogan was in charge of the engagement ring Tony Stark planned to use to propose to Pepper Potts. In the comics, Happy and Pepper began a relationship after she and Tony separated.
- #067
(At around 36 minutes) During the first encounter, the Vulture briefly appears in front of the moon with his wings spread. This resembles the scene in Batman (1989) in which the Batwing flies in front of the moon. In both cases, the person using the "wing" technology is Michael Keaton.
- #068
Sony canceled its plans for sequels to The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) as well as the Sinister Six spin-off in favor of the deal that produced this film, though the studio continued developing spin-offs in this shared universe, including Venom (2018).
- #069
Gwyneth Paltrow thought she was shooting a scene for an Avengers film. Several years later, she realized it was for this film.
- #070
Zendaya was initially cast to play Mary Jane Watson. However, the producers decided to distance themselves further from Spider-Man (2002) and created the original character Michelle Jones instead.
- #074
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Although he never uses two "Shocker" gauntlets at the same time or wears a full suit, both versions of the character depicted are shown in the comics with sleeves made of insulated yellow, quilt-like material that make up the character's full suit.
- #079
(At about 1 hour 40 minutes) The scene in which Peter Parker looks at his reflection in a puddle and sees half of his face adjacent to half of his mask recalls how "Spider Sense" is often visualized in the comics.
- #080
Matthew McConaughey expressed interest in the role of Spider-Man's main villain, Norman Osborn, also known as the Green Goblin.
- #082
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(At about 1 hour 50 minutes) After the plane crashes on Coney Island, Peter sits on top of a roller coaster called the Cyclone. In Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), as the Howling Commandos are about to board a train, Bucky asks Steve whether this is payback for the time he made them ride the Cyclone.
- #083
According to what Kevin Feige has said about the film, there are actually many similarities between this film and Ultimate Spider-Man (2012): the film is not an origin story, Peter is in high school, Peter wears the classic Spider-Man costume, the film features new villains, Peter has a never-ending intellect as Spider-Man, Peter has strange interactions with other superheroes, Peter is a street-level hero, and Peter tries to balance his double life.
- #084
Adrian Toomes is never referred to as "The Vulture." However, the term "Vulture guy" is used by other characters.
- #086
This is the first Spider-Man film in which Oscorp, the Osborn family company, does not appear or play a significant role.
- #087
(Around 2 hours) Near the end, while Peter stands with Happy at the Avengers headquarters, he is wearing a black T-shirt with a popular "nerd" joke printed on it. The full joke goes: Two atoms walk into a bar. One says to the other, "I think I've lost an electron!" The other atom says, "Are you sure?" to which the first replies, "I'm positive!"
- #088
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Alfred Molina stated that he wanted to reprise the role of Dr. Otto Octavius, also known as Doctor Octopus, in another Spider-Man sequel. This was also confirmed by the trailer for the third Spider-Man film (No Way Home), which was officially released on August 23, 2021.
- #090
Marvel's original proposal was for Spider-Man to appear in many of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films in exchange for Columbia and Sony (which held the rights to Spider-Man) receiving a share of the profits, but this offer was rejected by Sony. However, the commercial disappointment of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), partly due to poor decisions by Sony in general and by executive producer Matt Tolmach in particular (at one point during production, Andrew Garfield and Tolmach did not get along), pushed Sony to renegotiate the deal with Disney/Marvel and reboot the series. Under the deal, Marvel produced the film for Sony within the MCU; Sony retained full financial, distribution and creative control, and Disney received the merchandising rights and a small percentage of the gross box office revenue.
- #091
Tony Revolori received death threats for playing the bully Flash Thompson.
- #093
The Vulture is the first major villain in a Spider-Man film to become a supervillain of his own free will. Doc Ock, Sandman, Venom, The Lizard, Electro and both Green Goblins became villains as a result of experiments gone wrong or other accidents beyond their control. (Rhino, Shocker and The Tinkerer are minor villains in the films.)
- #095
Speaking with The Daily Beast, Tom Holland says the new Spider-Man reboot will be the "biggest independent film ever." He said: "One of the special things about what we're going to try to do is that you're going to see the biggest independent film ever. It's not going to be something epic. It's a film surrounded by incredible things but about this kid and his life. Peter Parker is a lot of people's favorite because everyone can relate to him, and we're going to try to make everyone relate to our Peter Parker, and John Hughes is a perfect example of what we're going to try. And do."
- #096
Marisa Tomei said the following about working on the Spider-Man films: "I think some of my favorite things were watching Tom and Zendaya grow, fall in love with each other… and seeing their extraordinary talents."
- #097
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This version of Liz Allen is not the first version to be the daughter of a supervillain. In the Ultimate comic run, Liz is initially portrayed as extremely intolerant (even phobic) of mutants because she reflects her own fear that she might be one, since she has a mutant uncle. After she begins to display mutant abilities, it is revealed that the uncle in question is actually her father, Fred Dukes AKA The Blob, a member of the Brotherhood of Mutants. However, Liz goes on to join the X-Men as Firestar.
- #099
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Since Iron Man 3 (2013), there has been a fan theory that Pepper Potts, whom Tony Stark loves, died during surgery and that he has denied it ever since. The end of this film, as he and Tony are about to announce their engagement, confirms that this theory is false.
- #100
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In this film, the Vulture salvages alien technology and reworks it for his own use. This scavenger nature is similar to the way vultures actually live.
- #101
The fourth installment of Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- #103
It is the first Marvel Cinematic Universe film distributed by a company other than Disney since Captain America: The First Avenger (2011).
- #104
Jon Favreau played "Happy" Hogan for the first time in a film that was not an Iron Man movie.
- #105
When Adrian Toomes wears his Vulture costume, he wears a dark leather bomber jacket with a fluffy white collar. This gives him the look of a real vulture, with the light-colored tufts of feathers at his neck.
- #109
The film features two characters who bear the supervillain title "The Shocker": the original Shocker, Herman Schultz, and Jackson W. Brice, who was the Shocker in The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008). (In the comics, Brice was actually known as Montana, a former cowboy who could use ropes.)
- #110
Kevin Feige stated that Spidey's new themes would be based on the classic version of the costume (think of Spider-Man as drawn by Steve Ditko).
- #111
This is the first Spider-Man film to feature the villain "The Vulture." John Malkovich was planned to play the Vulture in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 4, but the film was never made. In the DVD commentary for Spider-Man 3 (2007), Thomas Haden Church revealed that they had discussed Ralph Fiennes and Sir Ben Kingsley playing the Vulture in the sequel.
- #112
It is the second reboot of the Spider-Man film series and the sixteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- #113
At around 1 hour 4 minutes, as Spider-Man falls down the elevator shaft, a few notes of the "Spidey falling" background music from Spider-Man (1967) can be heard.
- #116
When the film was announced, many actors were reported to be interested in taking over the role from Andrew Garfield. Dylan O'Brien and Logan Lerman were key names, but Daniel Radcliffe, Freddie Highmore, Alfred Enoch, Donald Glover, Josh Hutcherson and Grant Gustin were also mentioned. Freddie Highmore admitted he would "love to be considered."
- #117
Under the Sony and Disney deal, Kevin Feige served as a producer on the Sony film, while Marvel and Disney received only about 5% of first-dollar gross and all sales revenue; Kevin Feige did not receive a separate fee for an executive producer credit on the production.
- #118
The producers stated that the film was inspired by John Hughes's 1980s comedies about teenagers and high school. One of John Hughes's films, Weird Science (1985), features a young Robert Downey Jr., who plays Tony Stark in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- #119
Michael Keaton plays the character The Vulture, a man in a bird costume. Coincidentally, Keaton starred in the Best Picture-winning Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014), and that character was inspired by Keaton's Batman, which he played in 1989 and 1992.
- #120
It was sent to cinemas under the name "Scavenger."
- #121
This is Jennifer Connelly's third comic book film, after Hulk (2003) and The Rocketeer (1991) (which was also directed by Joe Johnston, the director of Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)).
- #122
This is composer Michael Giacchino's second comic book film, after Doctor Strange (2016).
- #123
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Peter Parker interacts with Mr. Delmar's cat Murphy several times in the film, initially petting it and later rescuing it after the deli is destroyed. Tom Holland is allergic to cats in real life.
- #124
The film's concept of Spider-Man being able to change his web-shooter's settings with voice commands was adapted from the comics, first seen in the first issue of the fourth volume of the "Amazing Spider-Man" series, released at the end of 2015.
- #125
While the film was still in development as the third film in the Amazing Spider-Man series, Andrew Garfield discussed the possibility of Peter Parker passing the mantle to Miles Morales, saying: "Miles Morales was a huge moment in this character's comic book life, and I do believe that we can do that. It's something I'm really interested in figuring out; an effective way of coexisting or passing the torch. I don't have an answer, but I think it's a really important move. I think it's a really beautiful and important move. I want the two ends to meet somehow. I don't yet know what that means in terms of the amount of Spider-Man films I've made. But I do know that I don't particularly want to be a Spider-Man at forty."
- #126
This is the first solo Spider-Man film set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it is not the character's first adaptation to interact with another character originating entirely from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Agent Phil Coulson, played by Clark Gregg and featured in multiple films from Phase I of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, also appeared in the animated series Ultimate Spider-Man (2012) as well as in various video game adaptations of Marvel properties that also include Spider-Man. Gregg reprised his role in the animated series and voiced the character in several video games.
- #127
This is Disney Channel star Zendaya's first feature film role.
- #128
Before this was greenlit, Sony considered approaching Sam Raimi to direct a new film trilogy.
- #129
This is the second time Robert Downey Jr. has appeared in a Marvel Cinematic Universe film in a credited role without taking a high fee.
- #130
The film did not begin with an origin story; it began with Peter Parker having already been Spider-Man for a long time.
- #131
Peter uses a frame from his video at the beginning of the film as Happy's photo in his contacts.
- #132
Michael Keaton dropped out of Cars 3 (2017) in order to take a role in this film.
- #133
Asa Butterfield, Nat Wolff, Liam James, Timothée Chalamet and Tom Holland were on the shortlist for the much-anticipated casting of Peter Parker.
- #135
When Adrian Toomes (the Vulture) realizes that Peter is Spider-Man, the traffic light they are waiting at turns green, signaling that Toomes has been exposed.
- #136
After Tony had to manually steer a nuclear missile in The Avengers (2012), he creates mini thrusters that push the ferry remotely.
- #137
In The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), Andrew Garfield is seen wearing a Ramones shirt. In this film, the Ramones' "Blitzkrieg Bop" features prominently. The Ramones covered the original Spider-Man theme song as a hidden bonus track on their album "¡Adios Amigos!". "Adios" was their final album, and its hidden bonus track "Spider-Man" was the last song on their last original album.
- #138
This is the first Spider-Man film to feature the Shocker (Herman Schultz), the Vulture (Adrian Toomes) and the Tinkerer (Phineas Mason). The Vulture is the main villain, and the Shocker and the Tinkerer serve as his henchmen.
- #139
After Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019) and Spider-Man 3 (2007), it is the fourth highest-grossing Spider-Man film worldwide.
- #140
Every live-action Spider-Man film released since 2010 has arrived ten years after one of the three Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire films. The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) was released ten years after Spider-Man (2002); The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) after Spider-Man 2 (2004); and Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) after Spider-Man 3 (2007).
- #141
(At about 1 hour 26 minutes) The man in the video Peter watches to learn how to tie a tie is named "Dean Crimson" because the actor playing him, Nitin Nohria, is the dean of Harvard Business School and Harvard's nickname is "Crimson".
- #143
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The century-old Spider-Man rhetoric "With great power, comes great responsibility" is never spoken aloud. It is alluded to several times, including in the Staten Island ferry scene and when Tony takes back the tech suit.
- #146
(At about 1 hour 35 minutes) When Peter steals Flash's car to chase the Vulture, the car's license plate reads "FLASHDRV".
- #147
Although this is the first film in which Spider-Man and his world are part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, numerous Spider-Man characters were already present in the MCU before Peter's debut in Captain America: Civil War (2016): Vincent D'Onofrio as Wilson Fisk in Marvel's Daredevil (2015) (Fisk is a villain of both Spider-Man and Daredevil); Vondie Curtis-Hall as Ben Urich in Daredevil (2015) (in the comics Ben Urich is a Daily Bugle reporter, but in the Marvel Cinematic Universe he is a New York Bulletin reporter); and Leslie Bibb as Christine Everhart in Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010) and Captain America: Civil War (2016).
- #149
Although Marvel confirmed that the film would not be an origin story, Steve Buscemi was said to be playing the role of Uncle Ben.
- #150
An AT-AT walker model from Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) can be seen on the desk in Peter Parker's room. In Captain America: Civil War (2016), Peter suggested to Luke Skywalker the maneuver of toppling this "walking thingy" as a way to bring down Giant-Man.
- #151
One of the Winter Soldier's code words was "Homecoming" in Captain America: Civil War (2016). However, the producers of Civil War later said in an interview that this was just a coincidence.
- #152
Michael Keaton and Tyne Daly were the only cast members alive when Spider-Man first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15 in 1962. Marisa Tomei and Robert Downey Jr. were born a few years shy of that, in 1964 and 1965 respectively.
- #153
The strong backlash to the rumor that Peter Parker might be played by a black actor sparked debate among comic book fandoms. Dan Slott, who was writing The Amazing Spider-Man at the time, said: "Some of the comments, the rigidity, the rationalizations, and in some cases the outright anger from some people that Spider-Man HAS to be 'white' scares me."
- #154
The film was shot in Atlanta in June 2016, one month after Captain America: Civil War (2016) was released.
- #156
(At about 59 minutes) At one point, in a scene set in Washington, D.C., Spider-Man is shown running beside the Reflecting Pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial, where Captain America and Falcon first met in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014).
- #157
The sequel to this film would not be titled "Spider-Man: Homecoming 2" or have a "2" in the title. Internally, Disney's Marvel Studios and Sony were referring to it as "Spider-Man: Homecoming 2," but the final title would not be that. Marvel chief Kevin Feige and former Sony executive Amy Pascal, who produced the film for the studio, told Collider that the film's title would be "Spider-Man: Subtitle" without a "2." Feige and Pascal also told Collider that they planned to begin production in April or May 2018. After Avengers: Infinity War (2018) was released, Tom Holland "accidentally" revealed that the next Spider-Man film would be titled "Spider-Man: Far From Home."
- #159
Hannibal Buress paid about $500 for an impostor to attend the premiere in his place. The impostor, Joe Carroll, did not look much like Buress but still fooled attendees. He gave interviews, took selfies with fans, and was announced as Buress when he reached the red carpet.
- #160
Depending on whether Tom Holland wore a stunt harness, it took him 25 to 45 minutes to put on the Spider-Man suit.
- #161
Donald Glover is the third Community (2009) actor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Danny Pudi and Jim Rash had small roles in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and Captain America: Civil War (2016) respectively. Martin Starr had also previously played Professor Cligoris on Community (2009), and here he plays the teacher Mr. Harrington.
- #162
When Spider-Man confronts the robbers at the ATM entrance, there is a poster behind him that reads: "Identity theft? We've got you covered." The robbers hide themselves by wearing Avengers masks.
- #163
On June 23, 2015, Marvel Studios officially announced that Tom Holland would play Spider-Man and that Jon Watts would direct the film.
- #164
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(At about 1 hour 26 minutes) The Beat's "Save it for Later" plays as Peter picks up Liz for their date. One of the lines in the lyrics is "Sooner or later, you'll hit the deck and get found out…" This exactly foreshadows what will happen to Peter Parker; Adrian Toomes soon realizes that Peter is Spider-Man after the two fight on the ferry's deck.
- #166
It is the 16th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- #167
Michael Keaton withdrew from talks to play the Vulture due to a scheduling conflict with The Founder (2016). When that film was also delayed, he resumed negotiations.
- #168
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This entry contains spoilers for all previous Spider-Man films: it is the only Spider-Man film without any cemetery scene. All five previous installments had cemetery scenes for some main characters: 1) Spider-Man (2002) - Norman Osborn; 2) Spider-Man 2 (2004) - Uncle Ben Parker; 3) Spider-Man 3 (2007) - Harry Osborn; 4) The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) - Captain Stacy; 5) The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) - Gwen Stacy.
- #169
Before Jon Watts was ultimately chosen, several directors discussed helming the film: Jonathan Levine, Theodore Melfi, Jason Moore, Jared Hess, and John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. Melfi dropped out of the running to direct Hidden Figures (2016). Daley and Goldstein were later chosen to write the film.
- #170
(At about 12 minutes in) While Peter is in class watching a YouTube video titled "Amazing Spider-Man Saves Bus Full of Kids," the video's URL is visible in his browser's address bar. If someone types that address in real life, the official trailer for Spider-Man: Homecoming appears.
- #172
Peter Parker and the Ramones are all from Forest Hills, Queens, New York. The Ramones' song "Blitzkrieg Bop" features prominently twice in the soundtrack.
- #173
(At about 9 minutes) Early in the film, while Peter (Tom Holland) is in the limousine with Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), Peter is wearing a shirt that reads "The physics is theoretical. The fun is real!" This is a quote from The Big Bang Theory (2007), a show about incredibly intelligent people with very poor social skills, much like Peter.
- #174
Michael Keaton is the fourth actor to cross over from the Batman series and appear in Spider-Man (or vice versa). Cliff Robertson appeared in Batman (1966) and also played Uncle Ben. J. K. Simmons played J. Jonah Jameson and currently plays Commissioner Gordon in Justice League (2017). David Dastmalchian also appeared in The Dark Knight (2008) and Ant-Man (2015).
- #175
The main villain in each first Spider-Man film of the different series (Tobey Maguire's, Andrew Garfield's and Tom Holland's) has a green costume or suit or green skin color (Green Goblin, Lizard, Vulture).
- #176
The name "Brian Pichelli" mentioned is a combination of the names of writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Sara Pichelli. Both received a special thanks in the end credits.
- #177
This is the first Spider-Man film in which Dr. Curt Connors / The Lizard does not appear or is not mentioned.
- #179
Although Chris Hemsworth was not in Captain America: Civil War (2016), Tom Holland appeared alongside him in In the Heart of the Sea (2015), and Mark Ruffalo is the only original Avenger Holland has never appeared in a film with (before Avengers: Infinity War (2018)).
- #180
All five boroughs of New York City are shown or mentioned during the film.
- #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) on August 2; Spider-Man 2 (2004) on August 9; Spider-Man 3 (2007) on August 16; The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) on September 6; The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) on September 13; Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) on September 27; Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) on October 11; and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) on October 18.
- #182
It takes place two months after the events of Captain America: Civil War (2016).
- #183
(At about 1 hour 35 minutes) While taking his date to the Homecoming dance, Flash Thompson says, in other words, "knows fresh branzino, and that was not fresh." In The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), when Gwen Stacy invites Peter Parker to meet her family, her family is preparing branzino for dinner.
- #184
Kevin Feige officially announced the film's title during CinemaCon on Tuesday, April 12, 2016.
- #185
Amy Hill, who plays the Decathlon Moderator, had a notable role as FBI agent and Kingpin's servant Susan Choi in the two-part episode of Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1994).
- #186
This is the first Spider-Man film in which the actor playing Spider-Man (in this case Tom Holland) is shorter than the actor playing his love interest (in this case Laura Harrier). Holland is 5' 7" and Harrier is 5' 9". This continues in later films where Peter and MJ are a couple; Zendaya is 5' 10". Tobey Maguire is 5' 8" and Kirsten Dunst is 5' 5". Andrew Garfield is 5' 10" and Emma Stone is 5' 6".
- #187
Marisa Tomei was 52 years old when this film was released, making her the youngest actress to play Aunt May. Rosemary Harris was 74 when Spider-Man (2002) was released, and Sally Field was 65 when The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) was released.
- #188
Before Tom Holland was announced, the original preference to play Spider-Man was Asa Butterfield, because Marvel had liked him since the first day they released the shortlist of the top 5 actors to play Spider-Man; these were him and Holland, Nat Wolff, Timothée Chalamet and Liam James.
- #189
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(At about 1 hour 4 minutes) The scene at the end of the Washington Monument rescue pays homage to previous Spider-Man films, particularly their love storylines. When Peter saves Liz just before she falls with the elevator, she slips from his hand, similar to The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), in which Spider-Man, then played by Andrew Garfield, lets his love Gwen Stacey fall in the same way during his battle with the Green Goblin. Later, after Peter has safely gotten Liz out of the elevator, he looks at her while hanging upside down. His AI Karen tells him to kiss her, a direct homage to the iconic scene in Spider-Man (2002) in which Peter, played by Tobey Maguire, kisses Mary Jane Watson while hanging upside down.
- #190
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(At about 46 minutes) On the way to Washington, D.C., there is a road sign at a traffic light reading "Triskelion" (Peter and Ned have a brief conversation about it in a deleted scene). Shortly afterwards, one of the bad guys says they "are still cleaning up that Triskelion mess." The Triskelion refers to the building that housed S.H.I.E.L.D. before and during the events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and where three ships called Helicarriers were ultimately shot down. Like "The Incident" (the climax of The Avengers (2012)), this also required a serious cleanup. Coincidentally, the flag of the Isle of Man, where Tom Holland's father comes from, features a triskelion.
- #191
Tom Holland can be seen in his 2015 films alongside two other Marvel Cinematic Universe stars: Chris Hemsworth (Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe) appears with Tom in In the Heart of the Sea (2015), and Jon Bernthal (Frank Castle/The Punisher in the Marvel Cinematic Universe) appears with Tom in Pilgrimage (2017).
- #192
Michael Keaton and Marisa Tomei worked together in The Paper (1994) alongside Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) star Glenn Close.
- #194
It is the first Spider-Man film to be released in theaters without a video game tie-in.
- #195
Although the Vulture costume is detailed, it does not appear to support the wearer's legs. They would not even be able to stand wearing it, and if they attempted to land on the ground they would immediately be crushed by it.
- #197
After playing Scarecrow (adapted from DC Comics material) in The Dark Knight trilogy, Cillian Murphy expressed interest in playing a villain in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, specifically in this Spider-Man film. He had also appeared alongside Tom Holland in In the Heart of the Sea (2015), so the two would already have known each other had it happened. In the end, Murphy was not cast.
- #198
It was the sixth highest-grossing film of 2017.
- #199
Robert Downey Jr. and Marisa Tomei appeared together in Chaplin (1992), Only You (1994) and Captain America: Civil War (2016). The two of them also dated briefly.
- #200
Michael Keaton, who plays Adrien Toomes (the Vulture) in this film, had previously appeared in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014), which also starred Emma Stone and Edward Norton. Emma Stone played Gwen Stacy in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), while Edward Norton had previously played Bruce Banner (the Incredible Hulk) in The Incredible Hulk (2008), set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- #201
Toomes's short speech, in which he says "We build their roads and we fight all their wars and everything, but they don't care about us," was clearly inspired by Sarah Palin's speech at the 2008 Republican National Convention, where she said: "They are the ones who do some of the hardest work in America, who grow our food, run our factories and fight our wars."
- #202
"The Art of Spider-Man: Homecoming" includes a concept drawing depicting War Machine and Vision helping Iron Man and Spider-Man after the ferry disaster, as well as a Quinjet flying nearby.
- #203
It is the first Spider-Man film since Spider-Man 2 (2004) not to feature Gwen Stacy.
- #204
The underlying theme throughout the film is the lack of respect and attention from the adults in Peter's life. Peter is repeatedly dismissed by Happy Hogan as a nuisance. Although Tony believes Peter has potential, he rejects everything Peter says, at one point using the phrase "below [my] pay grade" when Peter asks for help, and even when he listens he fails to connect. The names "Training Wheels Protocol" and "Baby Monitor Protocol" are reflections of this. Some of Peter's teachers also seem indifferent to their students' welfare, as when the shop teacher responds to a loud noise (in-universe) with a written sentence without even raising his head. This may be, intentionally or not, a reflection of the generational conflicts currently occurring in society (particularly between Baby Boomers and Generation X and Millennials and Generation Z). Especially the tendency of older generations to dismiss and disregard the ideas and values of younger generations as trivial and unimportant because they are not yet mature.
- #205
Michael Keaton and Marisa Tomei appeared in The Paper (1994). That film was written by David Koepp, who also wrote Spider-Man (2002), and directed by Ron Howard, whose daughter Bryce Dallas Howard appeared in Spider-Man 3 (2007).
- #207
John Francis Daley and Martin Starr played best friends in Freaks and Geeks (1999), which also featured Linda Cardellini, who plays Clint Barton's wife Laura in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Avengers: Endgame (2019) and Hawkeye (2021).
- #209
Theodore Melfi was in the running to direct but dropped out to direct Hidden Figures (2016) instead.
- #210
At around the 11th minute, Ned wears a T-shirt with a wasp on the chest, foreshadowing the future MCU film Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018).
- #212
At around 1 hour and 12 minutes, one of the advertisements on the walls inside the Staten Island Ferry belongs to Synchrony Bank, the company that issues the Marvel Credit Card.
- #213
Kirk R. Thatcher's role as "Punk on Street" may be a tribute to the "Punk on Bus" role in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986).
- #216
This film continues the tradition of every MCU film's cast including one or more Oscar winners (except Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), which had none). In this case they are Marisa Tomei, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jennifer Connelly (the voice of Karen/Suit Lady). At the time of its release, Spider-Man: Homecoming had the most Oscar winners of any MCU film.
- #219
Jake Schreier was considered to direct. He went on to direct Thunderbolts* (2025).
- #221
The exterior of Peter Parker's high school is Franklin K. Lane High School, located on the border of Brooklyn and Queens. The New York Daily News front-page headline of March 8, 2004 labeled FKLHS "City's Worst School." Some notable alumni include Red Holzman (NBA), Richie Havens (singer-songwriter, guitarist), DJ Spinderella (of Salt-N-Pepa (2021)) and John Gotti.
- #222
Jane Levy and Kaya Scodelario were considered for the roles playing Peter's love interest.
- #223
This is the first film in Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to have more than an hour of footage specially formatted for IMAX.
- #224
Not counting made-for-TV productions, this is the first live-action Spider-Man film that does not show Peter Parker crying (something the character has been quite prone to doing in the comics for some time).
- #226
Many actors were discussed online for the role of Peter Parker (Spider-Man) in this film. The list, some of which were rumors, some talked about, and some real, includes: Logan Lerman, Dylan O'Brien, Ansel Elgort, Taron Egerton, Freddie Highmore, Grant Gustin, Donald Glover, Zac Efron, Zayn Malik, Drake Bell, Nolan Gould, Mateus Ward, Vincent Martella, Nick Robinson, Sam Strike, Nat Wolff, Liam James, William Brent, Asa Butterfield, Timothée Chalamet, Daniel Radcliffe, Jack O'Connell, Andrew Garfield, Tobey Maguire, Eddie Redmayne, Tyrel Jackson Williams, Matt Lintz, Judah Lewis, Charlie Plummer, Charlie Rowe, Tanner Buchanan Ivan Escott and, of course, Tom Holland.
- #227
Michael Keaton and Jon Favreau appeared in Tim Burton's and Joel Schumacher's Batman films, with Keaton in Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992) and Favreau in Batman Forever (1995). Tommy Lee Jones also appeared in both Batman Forever (1995) and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), appearing in both universes. However, none of them share screen time in either universe.
- #228
This film is Bokeem Woodbine's second Marvel production. He had played Steppin' Razor twice in Blade: The Series (2006).
- #229
Garcelle Beauvais, who plays the Vulture's wife, once played the long-time love (and eventual wife) of Jamie Foxx, the villain of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), on The Jamie Foxx Show (1996). Bokeem Woodbine, who plays the Vulture's accomplice, also appeared with Foxx in Ray (2004) as a member of his group.
- #231
The first trailer received 116 million online views in its first 24 hours. This made it the fourth trailer to receive over 100 million views in that time frame, after Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), Fifty Shades Darker (2017) and Beauty and the Beast (2017).
- #233
This is the first Spider-Man film since Spider-Man 3 (2007) to gross over 100 million dollars domestically in its opening weekend.
- #234
Norman Reedus's son Mingus Reedus was offered an audition to play Spider-Man, but he turned the offer down.
- #237
Coinciding with the film's release, Marvel published the third Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus in 2017.
- #238
Although Tyne Daly appears in only one scene, her name is included in the main credits.
- #239
Marisa Tomei appeared alongside Alfred Molina in The Perez Family (1995) and Love Is Strange (2014). Molina had previously played Dr. Otto Octavius (Dr. Octopus) in Spider-Man 2 (2004). Michael Keaton worked with Molina in The Company (2007) and with Chris O'Donnell, who played Dick Grayson (Robin) in Batman Forever (1995) and Batman & Robin (1997).
- #240
The number 37 appears frequently in the film. Examples include one of the fire trucks outside the Washington Monument and the amount of time Karen (the AI of Peter's suit) says has passed by the time Peter is trapped in Damage Control.
- #241
This Spider-Man film shares the title "Homecoming" with the third season, eighth episode of the classic TV series The Incredible Hulk (1977), about a Marvel superhero.
- #242
Bokeem Woodbine and Logan Marshall-Green appeared together in the 2010 film Devil.
- #243
Robert Downey Jr. and Michael Keaton appeared in 6. Maçta (2005).
- #244
Katherine McNamara wanted to play Mary Jane Watson, who was suggested by the YouTuber Amazing Spider Man.
- #245
Disney, Marvel's owner, and Columbia had previously collaborated on the first Silly Symphonies cartoons.
- #247
With this film, the Spider-Man series' global box office gross surpassed 4 billion dollars.
- #248
This is the first MCU film Avi Arad has produced since The Incredible Hulk (2008).
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