Details Revealed on How SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING Starts Off and How it Ties to the MCU
I've got some new details to share with you regarding Marvel's Spider-Man: Homecoming. These details offer us information on how the film begins and how is all ties in with the MCU. If you don't want to know how director Jon Watts is starting this movie off, I suggest you don't read any further.
The following information comes from Comingsoon.net, who had a chance to visit the set of the film. The beginning of the story takes us back to 2012 after the events of the attack on New York in the first Avengers film. It's at this point that Michael Keaton's villainous character Adrian Toomes comes into play with his salvaging company, which is in charge of clean-up. That is until the Department of Damage Control comes in to make things difficult. The site explains:
"The film literally begins in the shadow of Stark Tower, now with its trademark 'A' still hanging on. Michael Keaton’s Toomes has arrived with his boys to begin the clean-up process, a nice little contract he’s picked up for his salvage business, only to be stopped by the Department of Damage Control (a nod to the classic Marvel comic series) who are taking over the clean up and send Toomes away. Following that, and the Sony and Marvel logos, things will jump into the middle of Civil War, just after Tony Stark has recruited Peter to his side of the fight. A montage will show Peter’s exploits in leaving New York, riding on a private jet to Germany, and taking place in the big airport fight. We’ll also see what he did right after that, hanging around in Europe… literally, as he explores the world in his brand-new Spider-Man suit."
Sounds like a solid setup to what I'm sure will be a great movie. Executive producer Eric Carroll went on to talk about the different tone of the film and what it's like for Peter Parker to be a part of this new world saying:
“All the other movies so far, take place in this weird penthouse level. Where you’ve met this alien royalty, and Tony Stark, who very literally lives in a penthouse. (Spider-Man) is a guy who grew up in a world where all these characters are real. Seeing it from the ground, what is that like? How is that different?”
He goes on to explain:
“It’s kind of the first time you get to see this tone. We’re really excited about, and we think is fun.”
Then obviously things have to get somewhat back to normal for Peter. Carroll explains:
“After seeing all this amazing, glamourous stuff. Boom… hard cut to him back in his cold weather gear. Riding the subway to school. Crammed next to all the other students, riding public transportation to school and we’ll realize that he’s still waiting for his call from Tony.”
I love the dynamic they are exploring with this character. It's going to make for an interesting story and interesting character development. Spider-Man: Homecoming will swing into theaters on July 7th.