Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man - Official Trailer (2025) Hudson Thames, Colman Domingo

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man - Official Trailer (2025) Hudson Thames, Colman Domingo

Watch the trailer for Marvel Animation's Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, a new Spider-Man animated series on Disney Plus.

The animated series follows Peter Parker on his way to becoming Spider-Man in the MCU, with a journey unlike we've ever seen and a style that celebrates the character's early comic book roots.

Marvel Animation's Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man stars Hudson Thames, Colman Domingo, Hugh Dancy, Charlie Cox, Kari Wahlgren, Vincent D'Onofrio, and more.

Marvel Animation's Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man premiered on January 29 on Disney Plus.

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Spider-Man may answer to a higher authority, but unfortunately for Peter Parker, the high school student is still governed by the ringing of hallway bells.

In Marvel‘s newly unveiled trailer (above) for its animated series Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Parker casts his web between high school and fighting crime; though he has a spotless record on doing good, his attendance record would like to have a word.

The sleek animation style, in tribute to the famed New York hero’s early comic book roots, follows Peter Parker on his way to becoming Spider-Man in the MCU. In this alternate timeline, as the clip previews, the webslinger’s origin story features a mentorship by Norman Osborn (of Oscorp fame), the alter ego to bitter enemy Green Goblin, instead of Tony Stark.

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The 10-episode series, which swings onto Disney+ Jan. 29, includes a voice cast comprising Hudson Thames, Colman Domingo, Eugene Byrd, Grace Song, Zeno Robinson, Hugh Dancy and Charlie Cox. The head writer is Jeff Trammell and Mel Zwyer is the supervising director. Brad Winderbaum, Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Dana Vasquez-Eberhardt and Trammell serve as executive producers.

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The new trailer comes amid MCU’s continued unfurling of Phase Five, which includes forthcoming film Thunderbolts and series Daredevil: Born Again, as well as previously debuted Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Marvels and Deadpool & Wolverine. The phase also includes the shows Secret Invasion, Season 2 of Loki, Season 2 of What If…?, Echo, Agatha All Along, as well as yet-to-be-released Eyes of Wakanda, Captain America: Brave New World and Ironheart.

See additionally released key art and the poster below:

(Fourth from Left-R) Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Hudson Thames) and Harry Osborn (Zeno Robinson) in Marvel Animation’s YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN / Photo courtesy of Marvel Animation

(Second from Left-R) Pearl Pangan (Cathy Ang), Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Hudson Thames) and Nico Minoru (Grace Song) in Marvel Animation’s YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN / Photo courtesy of Marvel Animation

Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Hudson Thames) in Marvel Animation’s YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN / Photo courtesy of Marvel Animation

Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Hudson Thames) and Norman Osborn (Colman Domingo) in Marvel Animation’s YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN / Photo courtesy of Marvel Animation

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Spider-Man may answer to a higher authority, but unfortunately for Peter Parker, the high school student is still governed by the ringing of hallway bells.

In Marvel‘s newly unveiled trailer (above) for its animated series Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Parker casts his web between high school and fighting crime; though he has a spotless record on doing good, his attendance record would like to have a word.

The sleek animation style, in tribute to the famed New York hero’s early comic book roots, follows Peter Parker on his way to becoming Spider-Man in the MCU. In this alternate timeline, as the clip previews, the webslinger’s origin story features a mentorship by Norman Osborn (of Oscorp fame), the alter ego to bitter enemy Green Goblin, instead of Tony Stark.

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The 10-episode series, which swings onto Disney+ Jan. 29, includes a voice cast comprising Hudson Thames, Colman Domingo, Eugene Byrd, Grace Song, Zeno Robinson, Hugh Dancy and Charlie Cox. The head writer is Jeff Trammell and Mel Zwyer is the supervising director. Brad Winderbaum, Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Dana Vasquez-Eberhardt and Trammell serve as executive producers.

Watch on Deadline
00:00

00:00

The new trailer comes amid MCU’s continued unfurling of Phase Five, which includes forthcoming film Thunderbolts and series Daredevil: Born Again, as well as previously debuted Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Marvels and Deadpool & Wolverine. The phase also includes the shows Secret Invasion, Season 2 of Loki, Season 2 of What If…?, Echo, Agatha All Along, as well as yet-to-be-released Eyes of Wakanda, Captain America: Brave New World and Ironheart.

See additionally released key art and the poster below:

(Fourth from Left-R) Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Hudson Thames) and Harry Osborn (Zeno Robinson) in Marvel Animation’s YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN / Photo courtesy of Marvel Animation

(Second from Left-R) Pearl Pangan (Cathy Ang), Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Hudson Thames) and Nico Minoru (Grace Song) in Marvel Animation’s YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN / Photo courtesy of Marvel Animation

Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Hudson Thames) in Marvel Animation’s YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN / Photo courtesy of Marvel Animation

Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Hudson Thames) and Norman Osborn (Colman Domingo) in Marvel Animation’s YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN / Photo courtesy of Marvel Animation

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

Genre Superhero
Created by Jeff Trammell
Based on
Spider-Man
by Stan Lee
Steve Ditko
Written by Jeff Trammell
Starring
Hudson Thames
Colman Domingo
Eugene Byrd
Grace Song
Zeno Robinson
Hugh Dancy
Charlie Cox
Kari Wahlgren
Paul F. Tompkins
Music by
Leo Birenberg
Zach Robinson
Country of origin United States
Original language English
Production
Executive producers
Brad Winderbaum
Kevin Feige
Louis D'Esposito
Dana Vasquez-Eberhardt
Jeff Trammell
Production company Marvel Studios Animation
Original release
Network Disney+
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Marvel Cinematic Universe television series
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is an upcoming American animated television series created by Jeff Trammell for the streaming service Disney+, based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. It is intended to be the 12th television series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) from Marvel Studios and is produced by Marvel Studios Animation. The series explores Peter Parker's origin story and early days as Spider-Man, and is set in an alternate timeline where Norman Osborn becomes Parker's mentor instead of Tony Stark. Trammell serves as head writer, while Mel Zwyer is the supervising director.

Hudson Thames voices Parker, reprising the role from the Marvel Studios animated series What If...? (2021–2024), with Colman Domingo, Eugene Byrd, Grace Song, Zeno Robinson, Hugh Dancy, Charlie Cox, Kari Wahlgren, and Paul F. Tompkins also starring in the series. Disney+ announced Spider-Man: Freshman Year in November 2021, with Trammell attached. It was retitled Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man by December 2023. The series' animation style pays homage to the early art style of The Amazing Spider-Man comic book, with animation provided by Polygon Pictures.

The first season of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is scheduled to premiere on Disney+ on January 29, 2025, and will consist of ten episodes, as part of Phase Five of the MCU. A second season is in development.

Premise
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man explores Peter Parker's origin story and early days using the Spider-Man persona in an alternate timeline where Norman Osborn becomes Parker's mentor instead of Tony Stark.[1][2]

Cast and characters
Hudson Thames as Peter Parker / Spider-Man:
A 15-year-old freshman at Midtown High School who gains spider-like abilities after being bitten by a spider[3][4]
Colman Domingo as Norman Osborn:
The CEO of Oscorp who is Parker's mentor and "man in the chair".[5][6] Head writer Jeff Trammell said Norman does not embody the "hero role" in the same way that Tony Stark / Iron Man did as Parker's mentor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's (MCU) "Sacred Timeline", and added that "the methods [Norman's] sharing with Peter may not turn out in everyone's best interest".[7]
Eugene Byrd as Lonnie Lincoln: Parker's classmate and captain of the Midtown football team[4][8]
Grace Song as Nico Minoru: Parker's classmate and best friend[4][9]
Zeno Robinson as Harry Osborn: Norman's son[4]
Hugh Dancy as Otto Octavius[4]
Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock / Daredevil: A blind lawyer from Hell's Kitchen who leads a double life as a masked vigilante[10]
Kari Wahlgren as May Parker: Peter's aunt[4]
Paul F. Tompkins as Bentley Wittman[10]
Additional voice actors in the series include Vincent D'Onofrio as Wilson Fisk / Kingpin,[11] and Cathy Ang as Pearl Pangan.[12] Other characters confirmed to be appearing in the series include Dr. Stephen Strange, Amadeus Cho,[10][9] Jeanne Foucault,[13] Chameleon, Mac Gargan / Scorpion, Rhino, Tarantula, Butane, Speed Demon, Carmela Black, Unicorn,[10][9] Tony Stark / Iron Man,[14] Curt Connors,[15] Venom, and White Rabbit.[16]

Production
Development
By June 2021, Marvel Studios Animation was developing a slate of at least three more series in addition to their Disney+ series What If...? (2021–2024).[17][18][19] The next month, these were said to be in various stages of development and were not expected to debut until at least 2023.[20] Spider-Man: Freshman Year was announced during a Disney+ Day event in November 2021, with Jeff Trammell serving as head writer.[1] Mel Zwyer served as supervising director,[21] while Stu Livingston was an episodic director.[22][third-party source needed] Marvel Studios' Kevin Feige, Louis D'Esposito, Brad Winderbaum, and Dana Vasquez-Eberhardt were executive producers alongside Trammell.[21] During Marvel Studios Animation's panel at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2022, Spider-Man: Freshman Year and the other projects discussed were referred to as being part of the "Marvel Animated Multiverse".[23] The series was retitled Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man by December 2023.[24] A second season was announced in July 2022, then titled Spider-Man: Sophomore Year.[23]

Writing
Charlie Neuner serves as a staff writer.[25] The series depicts the origin story of Peter Parker / Spider-Man, which was never explored in detail in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films;[3] Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige stated in 2015 that they decided to not retell the character's origin in Captain America: Civil War (2016),[26] which was the character's first MCU appearance,[3] since there had already been two versions depicted in the Spider-Man films directed by Sam Raimi and Marc Webb and the studios decided to "take it for granted that people know that, and the specifics".[26] The series was originally planned to be set within the MCU's "Sacred Timeline" before the events of Civil War, but the creative team found this to be too restrictive regarding which characters and comic book elements could be included. They decided to move the series to an alternate timeline,[27] taking advantage of the MCU's multiverse concept: the story begins similarly to Civil War but depicts Norman Osborn becoming Parker's mentor instead of Tony Stark / Iron Man, which leads to Parker meeting other unexpected characters.[2]

Trammell said the series would explore Parker's identity pre-Spider-Man and how his superhero career began.[10] Spider-Man's origin story in Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man sees Parker get bit by a spider falling out of a portal created by Dr. Stephen Strange as he is fighting Venom, connecting his origin to magic rather than science as in the comics.[16][28][29] The creatives took inspiration from early The Amazing Spider-Man comic books by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Winderbaum said the series was "so essentially Spider-Man" because it features Parker trying to juggle high school, caring for his aunt May, and being a superhero. He also pointed to the large ensemble of characters that he felt allow "tragic and dangerous" relationships and stakes to be developed throughout the first season.[30] The series puts an emphasis on the "neighborhood" from the title by featuring some of the supporting characters in prominent roles,[31] which Winderbaum compared to Trammell's work on the animated series Craig of the Creek (2018–present).[32]

Casting and voice recording
In July 2022, Charlie Cox was revealed to be reprising his role as Matt Murdock / Daredevil from previous MCU media,[23] while Paul F. Tompkins was set as the voice of Bentley Wittman.[10] Cox recorded his lines in 2021 during breaks in filming his appearance on the live-action MCU series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022).[33] In September 2023, a United States Copyright Office filing for the series revealed that Hudson Thames was voicing Peter Parker / Spider-Man, reprising his role from the first season of What If...? (2021),[4][34] along with Eugene Byrd as Lonnie Lincoln, Grace Song as Nico Minoru, Hugh Dancy as Otto Octavius, Kari Wahlgren as May Parker, and Zeno Robinson as Harry Osborn.[4] In August 2024, Colman Domingo was revealed as the voice of Norman Osborn.[5] In December, Vincent D'Onofrio was revealed to be voicing Wilson Fisk / Kingpin, reprising his role from previous MCU media,[11] while Cathy Ang was cast as Pearl Pangan.[12]

Animation and design
The series' 3D cel-shaded animation pays homage to the early art style of The Amazing Spider-Man comic books.[1][35] The animation was provided by Polygon Pictures.[36] Some characters were designed to resemble their original looks from early Marvel Comics, such as Octavius and Mac Gargan / Scorpion who both wear comic-accurate costumes.[37] Spider-Man suits featured in the series include his homemade suit made from "gym pants, sneakers, goggles, a blue sweatshirt, red undershirt, knee pads, very clunky web-shooters, and a red logo on the chest", a yellow suit, a "classic 60s" red and blue suit, a white and blue Oscorp suit, a "beetle" costume, and a dark suit;[38] the last two costumes are reminiscent of those worn by the respective characters Hornet and Dusk in the comics,[39] while the Oscorp suit resembles Spider-Man's Future Foundation costume from the comics.[40]

Music
Leo Birenberg and Zach Robinson were revealed to be composing the series' score in June 2024.[41] The series' theme song is a rap remix of classic Spider-Man theme songs.[16][29]

Marketing
The series was discussed during Marvel Studios Animation's panel at the 2022 San Diego Comic-Con, where character art was revealed.[10] The series was featured in a sizzle reel of Marvel Studios Animation's 2024 series in December 2023.[24] Trammell, Thames, and Domingo promoted the series during Marvel Studios Animation's panel at the D23 Expo in August 2024, where Domingo's role as Norman was announced and footage was shown.[15][16][42] Footage from the series was included in a video that was released by Disney+ in October, announcing the release schedule for Marvel Television and Marvel Animation projects through the end of 2025.[43] That December, Marvel Comics began releasing a five-issue comic book prequel series, also titled Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, that was written by Christos Gage and features art by Eric Gapstur.[44]

Release
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is scheduled to debut on Disney+ on January 29, 2025,[43] and will consist of ten episodes.[45] It was previously scheduled to be released in 2024.[24][46] A filing for the first episode with the United States Copyright Office in October 2023 indicated an approximate release on November 2, 2024.[47] It is expected to be part of Phase Five of the MCU.[48]

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Peter Parker
Marvel Cinematic Universe character

Tom Holland as Peter Parker / Spider-Man in Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
First appearance Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Based on
Spider-Man
by Stan Lee
Steve Ditko
Adapted by
Christopher Markus
Stephen McFeely
Portrayed by Tom Holland
Voiced by Hudson Thames (Disney+ animated series)
In-universe information
Aliases
Spider-Man
Night Monkey
Peter-One
Occupation Vigilante
Affiliation
Avengers
Stark Industries
Weapon
Web-shooters
E.D.I.T.H. glasses
Significant other Michelle "MJ" Jones-Watson
Relatives May Parker (aunt)
Origin Forest Hills, Queens
Nationality American
Abilities
Superhuman strength, speed, reflexes, agility, coordination and balance
Ability to cling to solid surfaces
Accelerated healing
Genius level intellect
Proficient scientist and engineer
Precognitive spider-sense ability
Peter Benjamin Parker is a superhero portrayed by Tom Holland in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name—also known by his alias, Spider-Man. Parker is initially depicted as a student at the Midtown School of Science and Technology who received spider-like and superhuman abilities after being bitten by a radioactive spider. Parker initially uses his powers to fight crime as a vigilante in Queens.

Parker is approached by Tony Stark, who mentors him and eventually recruits him into the Avengers during the conflict against Thanos. After being a victim of the Blip and Stark's death, Parker encounters Quentin Beck/Mysterio teaming up with Nick Fury, while on a European school trip; after being discovered for his lies, Beck frames Parker for his murder and reveals his identity to the world, prompting Parker to seek Stephen Strange's help to reverse this. Strange's spell causes the multiverse to fracture, bringing in alternate versions of Spider-Man and their enemies. To repair the damage, Strange casts a spell that permanently erases the world's shared knowledge of Parker's civilian persona, including his relationships with his loved ones, friends, and other superhero allies.

Holland's version of the character is the successor to the Peter Parker portrayed by Tobey Maguire in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007) and the Peter Parker portrayed by Andrew Garfield in Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man duology (2012–2014), both of whom reprise their roles and appear alongside Holland in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). Holland's performance in the role has received critical acclaim, with his version of the character becoming a breakout hit among audiences and critics for his supporting role in Captain America: Civil War, before evolving into being one of the MCU franchise's flagship characters by the release of Spider-Man: Homecoming and it's sequels. Holland won several accolades for his portrayal of the character.

Parker is a central character in the MCU, appearing in six films as of 2024. Holland is set to return as the character in Avengers: Doomsday and the fourth Spider-Man film (both 2026) as well as Avengers: Secret Wars (2027). Alternate versions of Parker appear in the Disney+ animated series What If...? (2021) and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2025), voiced by Hudson Thames.

Fictional character biography
Peter Parker's story in the MCU takes place in the Earth-616 universe.[a] The fictional biography below also includes events that happened to Parker from other universes.

Early life
Peter Benjamin Parker was born on August 10, 2001, in Forest Hills, Queens,[1] and is primarily raised by his Aunt May, after the passing of his Uncle Ben.[2][3][4] While attending high school at the Midtown School of Science and Technology in 2015, Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider, giving him superhuman abilities.[5] He becomes the superhero Spider-Man by using his powers for good, and maintains a secret identity so his enemies can not attack his friends and family. At Midtown School, Parker is smart but is frequently bullied by Flash Thompson. He also befriends Ned Leeds, who has been his best friend since they were young. He constructs a homemade Spider-Man suit, designing it as a red and blue hoodie also equipped with his web-shooters.[5][6]

Avengers Civil War and rivalry with Adrian Toomes
Main articles: Captain America: Civil War and Spider-Man: Homecoming
In 2016, Parker is living with May in Queens, New York when he meets Tony Stark at his apartment, who reveals that he knows Parker is Spider-Man; Stark recruits him to join his conflict with Steve Rogers and sends Parker to Germany. There Parker is given a new Spider-Man suit designed by him and is brought to the Leipzig/Halle airport to aid Stark and his faction, consisting of James Rhodes, Natasha Romanoff, T'Challa, and Vision, against Rogers' team, consisting of Bucky Barnes, Sam Wilson, Clint Barton, Scott Lang, and Wanda Maximoff. Parker is a fan of Rogers despite them being on opposing sides, while Rogers likewise respects Parker's bravery. They briefly exchange where in New York they are from upon fighting. After incapacitating Barnes and Wilson, and helping to defeat a giant Lang, Parker is sent back to Queens.[6]

Two months later, Parker continues to try to balance his life as a high school student and Spider-Man, but eagerly awaits his next mission from Stark and continuously texts Stark's driver and bodyguard Happy Hogan. After Parker returns home from operating as Spider-Man, Leeds accidentally learns Parker's secret identity. Parker and Leeds attend a school party hosted by his crush, senior student Liz, but leaves early to stop a drug deal by Jackson Brice and Herman Schultz, who planned to sell Chitauri weapons to Aaron Davis. Parker follows Brice and Schultz before being caught by their boss Adrian Toomes, who drops Parker to a nearby lake. Stark remotely saves Parker using one of his Iron Man armors, and warns Parker of further involvement with Toomes. On an academic decathlon trip to Washington, D.C., Parker and Leeds disable the tracker on Parker's suit, and Parker intercepts Toomes on a Damage Control truck in Maryland, but gets knocked out and trapped in a Damage Control storage vault. He misses the decathlon, but rescues his class at the Washington Monument after a Chitauri core explodes. Back in New York, Parker captures Toomes' new buyer Mac Gargan aboard the Staten Island Ferry, but Toomes escapes and a malfunctioning weapon tears the ferry in half, which Parker attempts to briefly fix it before Stark arrives and saves the passengers. Stark confiscates Parker's suit as punishment for his recklessness, and Liz accepts to be Parker's homecoming date.[5]

Later, while on the way to pick Liz for the homecoming dance, Parker discovers Toomes is Liz's father and Toomes also deduces Parker is Spider-Man. Toomes gives Parker one final chance to not interfere with his business out of gratitude for Parker previously saving Liz's life, but Parker abandons Liz to stop Toomes from stealing a Damage Control cargo plane that is shipping equipment from Avengers Tower using his homemade suit. When Toomes' Vulture suit is damaged, Parker saves his life, but leaves him in a web for the DODC and Hogan to arrest. The next day at school, Liz is angry at Parker for abandoning her before tearfully informing him that she and her mother will be moving away since Toomes is imprisoned. Hogan brings Parker to Avengers Compound, where Stark congratulates him on defeating Toomes, admits he underestimated him and offers him a place in the Avengers, showcasing the newly developed Iron Spider armor with it. Parker declines the offer, preferring to focus on local activities in Queens. When Stark returns the Spider-Man suit to him, Parker puts it on, at which point a shocked May learns he is Spider-Man.[5]

Infinity War and the Battle of Earth
Main articles: Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame
In 2018, while headed on a field trip, Parker sees the Q-Ship above New York City and asks Leeds to cover for him as he leaves the school bus. As Spider-Man, he helps Stark fight Cull Obsidian and follows Ebony Maw—who had captured Stephen Strange–to his spaceship. This prompts Stark to fly into space and rescue Parker, sending the Iron Spider armor to Parker. He and Stark rescue Strange and kill Maw, and Stark officially declares Parker an Avenger. The spaceship lands on the planet Titan, where Parker, Stark, and Strange are confronted by some members of the Guardians of the Galaxy, before they realize that they are both on the same side: stopping Thanos. Thanos eventually arrives and Parker helps subdue him along with Stark, Strange, Peter Quill, Drax, and Mantis. However, Quill attacks Thanos, making Parker lose his grip on removing the Infinity Gauntlet. Parker rescues an unconscious Quill, Drax, Nebula, and Mantis after Thanos throws Titan's moon at them. Thanos leaves and is successful in disintegrating half of all life, including Parker, in the Blip.[7]

In 2023, Parker is restored to life and is brought via a portal to the destroyed Avengers Compound to assist the Avengers and their allies in defeating an alternate 2014 Thanos. Parker reunites with Stark, who later sacrifices his life to save the universe; Parker attends his funeral and returns to high school, having a heartfelt reunion with Leeds.[8]

European vacation and encountering Mysterio
Main article: Spider-Man: Far From Home
Eight months later in mid-2024, Parker still reeling from Stark's death decides to take a break from vigilantism and goes on a school trip to Europe with Leeds and other classmates, where he plans to reveal his romantic feelings towards his classmate Michelle Jones. In Venice, Parker and his classmates are attacked by a water monster but are saved by Quentin Beck. Parker is approached by Nick Fury, whose calls he had been fielding and who appoints Beck as his teammate in battling further element-based monsters (the "Elementals") throughout Europe. Fury gives Parker "E.D.I.T.H.", an artificial intelligence created by Stark to give to Parker. After defeating the Fire Elemental in Prague, Parker feels he "isn't ready to be the next Iron Man" and gives E.D.I.T.H. to Beck, who unbeknownst to Parker is a former disgruntled employee of Stark's.[1]

Parker goes on a walk with Jones, and reveals his attraction to her and accidentally his identity as Spider-Man. The pair discover Beck used holographic projectors to visually create the Elementals, and Parker goes to Berlin to warn Fury about Beck's deception. Beck catches wind of this and traps Parker in multiple illusions, and while impersonating Fury, tricks the latter into telling the names of the students that know his fraudulence. Parker is hit by a train and left for dead in the Netherlands, but calls Hogan and creates a new suit for himself using Stark's technology as he enters London to stop Beck, who has created an amalgamated Elemental using Stark Industries drones. Leeds and Jones evacuate the students and fight with Hogan while Parker destroys those drones and approaches Beck. Beck attempts to kill Parker using the drones, but Parker manages to get a drone to shoot him, Beck beginning to bleed. Parker gets E.D.I.T.H. back, as Beck seemingly dies, and disables the drones. Parker and his classmates return to New York City, with he and Jones planning a date the following week.[1]

Exposed secret identity, multiversal crisis, and losing Aunt May
Main article: Spider-Man: No Way Home
After swinging through the city, Parker and MJ witness a broadcast from J. Jonah Jameson of TheDailyBugle.net showing an edited video of Beck incriminating Parker for the London attack and revealing his identity as Spider-Man, much to the latter's shock.[1] Parker, MJ, Ned, and May are interrogated by Damage Control. While the murder charges are dropped with lawyer Matt Murdock's help, Parker and his friends still grapple with negative publicity from Jameson and Beck supporters. Parker and May then move into Happy Hogan's apartment for their safety. After his, Ned, and MJ's applications to MIT are rejected in light of the controversy, Parker goes to the New York Sanctum to ask Stephen Strange for help. Strange, despite Wong's warnings, attempts to cast a spell that would make everyone forget Parker is Spider-Man, though Parker repeatedly tampers with it. He tries to convince an MIT administrator to reconsider his and his friends' applications before being attacked by Otto Octavius, who rips Parker's nanotechnology from his Iron Spider armor, which bonds with his mechanical tentacles and allows Parker to disable them. As the Green Goblin appears and attacks, Strange teleports Parker and Octavius to the Sanctum, where he explains that before he could contain the tampered spell, it summoned people from alternate universes who know Spider-Man's identity and which allowed the multiverse to be broken open. Strange orders Parker, MJ, and Ned to find and capture multiversal visitors; they locate and retrieve Max Dillon and Flint Marko, and later, Parker retrieves Norman Osborn from a F.E.A.S.T. building and discovers that the latter, Dillon, and Octavius were pulled from their universes just before their deaths.[b] He refuses to send the villains home to their deadly fates in their original realities and traps Strange in the Mirror Dimension, stealing the spell, takes the villains to Hogan's apartment, and cures Octavius.[9]

The Goblin persona, having taken control of Osborn, convinces the uncured villains to betray Parker, and a fight ensues which culminates with Goblin fatally wounding May before escaping. Before she dies, May tells Parker that "with great power, there must also come great responsibility". After May's death, a bereaved Parker, whose guilt was accentuated by Jameson's gaslighting reporting, is ready to give up and send the villains to die; he is comforted by his friends and meets two alternate versions of himself that are later nicknamed "Peter-Two" and "Peter-Three". The alternate Parkers share stories of losing loved ones and encourage Parker (later nicknamed "Peter-One") to fight in May's honor. They develop cures for the villains and lure the Lizard, Dillon, and Marko to the Statue of Liberty, managing to cure them. The Goblin appears and unleashes the contained spell, and an enraged Peter-One tries to kill him before being stopped by Peter-Two. The former and Peter-Three inject the Goblin cure into him, curing Osborn of his Goblin persona.[9]

Peter-One realizes that the only way to protect the multiverse is to erase Peter Parker from everyone's memory and requests that Strange do so, while promising MJ and Ned that he will find them again. Heartbroken about having to forget each other, Peter and MJ reclaim their love for one another and share a passionate kiss as the spell is about to be cast. The spell is cast and everyone returns to their respective universes, with him saying goodbye to his alternate versions. A few weeks later, Parker visits MJ and Ned to reintroduce himself, but decides against it, not wanting to endanger them. While mourning at May's grave, he has a conversation with Hogan and is inspired to carry on, but decided to isolate himself from his allies and fellow superheroes to keep them safe, as he came to believe that he was dangerous to be around. Parker, having dropped out of school and moved into a new apartment, starts studying to get his GED and makes a new suit to resume his super-heroics as Spider-Man, who is now re-considered as a hero.[9]

Alternate versions
Other versions of Peter Parker are depicted in the alternate realities of the MCU multiverse.

Zombie outbreak
Further information: What If... Zombies?
In an alternate 2018, Parker (marketed as Zombie Hunter Spider-Man)[10] is among the survivors of a quantum virus outbreak which transforms the infected into zombies, and joins the survivors, consisting of Bucky Barnes, Kurt Goreshter, Sharon Carter, Hope van Dyne, Okoye, Happy Hogan, and Bruce Banner to the Grand Central Station to catch a train to Camp Lehigh, New Jersey. After meeting Vision and following a fight with a zombified Wanda Maximoff, he escapes with Scott Lang and T'Challa, taking the Mind Stone to Wakanda to put an end to the virus.[11]

"Peter-Two"
Main article: Peter Parker (Sam Raimi film series) § Appearances
See also: Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, and Spider-Man 3
Years following the events of Spider-Man 3 (2007), Peter Parker's (portrayed by Tobey Maguire) relationship with Mary Jane "MJ" Watson had worked out despite past complications. Due to Strange's malfunctioned spell, Parker is brought into Earth-616 and subsequently begins searching for that universe's Parker. After meeting an alternate version of himself and comforting "Peter-One" over the loss of his aunt, the Spider-Men work together to cure the supervillains and Parker subsequently reunites with Octavius. Parker stops "Peter-One" from killing Green Goblin out of rage, having previously reminded him that revenge would not suffice May's death, but this leads to him being stabbed in the back and injured by Goblin, who is in turn cured by "Peter-One". Parker says goodbye to his alternate versions and returns to his universe.[9]

"Peter-Three"
Main article: Peter Parker (The Amazing Spider-Man film series) § Film appearances
See also: The Amazing Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Years following the events of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), Peter Parker's (portrayed by Andrew Garfield) failure to save Gwen Stacy caused him to become bitter and overly aggressive and vengeful towards criminals, devoting most of his time to being Spider-Man. After Strange's malfunctioned spell, Parker is brought into Earth-616 and subsequently begins searching for that universe's Parker. After meeting an alternate version of himself and comforting "Peter-One" over the loss of his aunt, the Spider-Men work to cure the villains, with "Peter-One" curing Connors and Parker reconciling with Dillon, who was cured by Octavius. After Green Goblin destroys the contained spell, MJ falls from the scaffolding, but Parker saves her, bringing closure to his failure. Parker and "Peter-One" inject Osborn with a cure "Peter-Two" developed, curing him of his Green Goblin persona. Parker says goodbye to his alternate versions and returns to his universe with a renewed sense of heroism.[9]

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man and its second season, will explore an alternate universe version of Peter Parker's origin story (voiced by Hudson Thames) and early days using the Spider-Man persona as he is mentored by Norman Osborn (voiced by Colman Domingo) in his freshman and sophomore years of high school.[12][13][14]

Concept and creation
Background and development
The Marvel Comics character Peter Parker / Spider-Man first appeared in the fifteenth and final issue of Marvel's anthology comic book series Amazing Fantasy, which was published in August 1962.[15] The issue was written by Marvel Comics editor and head writer Stan Lee and drawn and penciled by artist Steve Ditko; Lee wanted to create a character whom teens could identify with,[16]: 1  and was influenced by pulp magazine crime fighter the Spider. He also took inspiration from seeing a spider climb up a wall.[17] The character became popular during the 1960s, and was adapted into various forms of media–including five films by Sony Pictures from 2002 to 2014, starring Tobey Maguire in three films directed by Sam Raimi as Spider-Man and Andrew Garfield in two films directed by Marc Webb as the character.[18][19]

Following the November 2014 hacking of Sony Pictures' computers, emails between Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chairman Amy Pascal and president Doug Belgrad were released stating that Marvel Studios wanted to include Spider-Man (whose film rights are licensed to Sony) in their Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Captain America: Civil War (2016), but talks between the studios concerning this were believed to have broken down.[19] However, in February 2015, the studios reached a licensing deal for the use of Spider-Man in an MCU film,[20] and reports indicated that the character would indeed appear in Civil War.[21][22] According to the deal, Sony Pictures would continue to own, finance, distribute, and exercise final creative control over the Spider-Man films.[20] Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige stated in April 2015 that they decided to not retell the character's origins in Civil War since there had been two previous retellings with the Raimi and Webb films, so Marvel Studios was "going to take it for granted that people know that, and the specifics". Feige also stated that Marvel had been working to add Spider-Man to the MCU since at least October 2014.[23] The following June, Feige clarified that the initial Sony deal does not allow the character to appear in any of the MCU television series, as it was "very specific... with a certain amount of back and forth allowed."[24]

By August 2019, Marvel Studios and its parent company The Walt Disney Studios had spent several months discussing expanding their deal with Sony. The existing deal had Marvel and Feige produce the Spider-Man films for Sony and receive 5% of their revenue. Sony wanted to expand the deal to include more films while keeping the same terms of the original agreement. Disney expressed concern with Feige's workload producing the MCU already and asked for a 25–50% stake in any future films Feige produced for Sony.[25][26][27] Unable to come to an agreement, Sony announced that it would be moving forward on the next Spider-Man film without Feige or Marvel's involvement.[26] The next month, Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman Tony Vinciquerra confirmed the character would be integrated with Sony's own shared universe–Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU)–moving forward.[28] MCU Spider-Man actor Tom Holland personally spoke to Disney CEO Bob Iger and Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group chairman Tom Rothman,[29] partly making the companies return to negotiations.[30] In late September, Sony and Disney announced a new agreement that would allow Marvel Studios and Feige to produce another MCU Spider-Man film–Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)–with Amy Pascal.[31] Disney was reportedly co-financing 25% of No Way Home in exchange for 25% of the film's profit, while retaining the character's merchandising rights.[31][30] The agreement also allowed Holland's Spider-Man to appear in a future Marvel Studios film as well as crossing over to the SSU,[31] with the latter interaction described as "a 'call and answer' between the two franchises as they acknowledge details between the two in what would loosely be described as a shared detailed universe."

Casting and appearances

Tom Holland at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con panel for Spider-Man: Homecoming
Sony was reportedly looking for an actor younger than Andrew Garfield to play Spider-Man,[32] with Logan Lerman and Dylan O'Brien considered front-runners.[33] Later in April 2015, Nat Wolff, Asa Butterfield, Tom Holland, Timothée Chalamet, and Liam James were under consideration by Sony and Marvel to play Spider-Man,[34] with Holland and Butterfield as the front-runners.[35] Butterfield, Holland, Judah Lewis, Matt Lintz (who would later be cast as Bruno Carreli in Ms. Marvel), Charlie Plummer, and Charlie Rowe screen tested for the lead role against Robert Downey Jr., who portrays Tony Stark / Iron Man in the MCU, for "chemistry".[36][37] The six were chosen out of a search of over 1,500 actors to test in front of Feige, Pascal, and the Russo brothers—the directors of Captain America: Civil War.[37] Feige and Pascal narrowed the actors considered to Holland and Rowe, with both screen testing with Downey again. Holland also tested with Chris Evans, who portrays Steve Rogers / Captain America in the MCU, and emerged as the favorite.[36] On June 23, Marvel and Sony officially announced that Holland would star as Spider-Man in the MCU in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017).[38][39] The Russos "were pretty vocal" about whom they wanted for the role, pushing to cast an actor close to the age of Peter Parker to differentiate from the previous portrayals. They also praised Holland for having a dancing and gymnastics background.[40]

A scene in Iron Man 2 (2010) depicts a young boy in a child's Iron Man mask targeted by Justin Hammer's drones before being rescued by Stark; Max Favreau, the son of director Jon Favreau, plays the boy.[41] In 2017, Watts said that he had suggested to Feige that they retroactively establish this child to be the introduction of a young Parker to the MCU,[41] an idea that Holland supported;[42] however, this notion has yet to be confirmed in any MCU film or television series.[43] The first reference to Spider-Man within the MCU, following the deal with Sony, is at the end of Ant-Man (2015) according to its director Peyton Reed.[44] The reference is made by a reporter to Sam Wilson / Falcon, who is looking for Ant-Man. The reporter states, "Well, we got everything nowadays. We got a guy who jumps, we got a guy who swings, we got a guy who crawls up the walls, you gotta be more specific."

In February 2021, Holland said No Way Home was the final film under his contract but he hoped to continue playing Spider-Man in the future if asked.[45] That October, Holland said No Way Home was being treated as "the end of a franchise" that began with Homecoming, with any additional solo films featuring the MCU Spider-Man characters to be different from the first trilogy of films and feature a tonal change.[46] By November, Holland was unsure if he should continue making Spider-Man films and felt he would have "done something wrong" if he was still portraying the character in his thirties. He expressed interest in a film focusing on the Miles Morales version of Spider-Man instead. Despite this, Pascal hoped to continue working with Holland on future Spider-Man films.[47] Later in November, Pascal said there were plans for another trilogy of Spider-Man films starring Holland, with work on the first of those about to begin,[48] though Sony did not yet have official plans for further MCU Spider-Man films.[49]

Tom Holland portrays Peter Parker in Captain America: Civil War,[40] Spider-Man: Homecoming,[38][39] Avengers: Infinity War,[50][51][52] Avengers: Endgame,[53] Spider-Man: Far From Home,[54] and Spider-Man: No Way Home.[31][55] Holland will reprise the role in both the ensemble film Avengers: Doomsday in addition to a fourth MCU Spider-Man film.[48][56] Hudson Thames voices the character in the What If..? episode "What If... Zombies?!".[57][10][58][59] The Disney+ animated series Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man explores an alternate Peter Parker in the multiverse's origin story and early days using the Spider-Man persona as he is mentored by Norman Osborn.[12][13][14]

Design

Top: The "Upgraded" suit used by Peter Parker in Spider-Man: Far From Home and Spider-Man: No Way Home, as depicted in the former
Bottom: A new homemade suit, inspired by the classic red & blue costume in the comics, as depicted in No Way Home
On the Spider-Man suit seen in Civil War, Joe Russo described it as "a slightly more traditional, Steve Ditko influenced suit," and that Civil War would explore the way the suit operates, particularly the mechanical eyes.[60] This suit is primarily used during Homecoming, and has more technical improvements than the previous suits, including a remote drone attached to the chest logo, an AI system similar to Tony Stark's J.A.R.V.I.S., a holographic interface, a parachute, a tracking device for Stark to monitor Peter's location, a heater, underarm webbing that provided wingsuiting capabilities, the ability to light up, and a head-up display incorporating augmented reality. Stark incorporates a "training wheels" protocol into the suit's software to initially limit Parker's access to all of its features. Homecoming co-producer Eric Hauserman Carroll noted Marvel Studios went through the comics and "pull[ed] out all the sort of fun and wacky things the suit did" to include in the Homecoming suit.[61] Spider-Man's web-shooters have various settings, first teased at the end of Civil War, which Carroll explained allowed him to "adjust the spray" to different settings like the spinning web, web ball, or ricochet web. He compared this to a DSLR camera.[2] In The Moviemaking Magic of Marvel Studios: Spider-Man (2021), Holland says that "what [he] loves about the original web-shooters is they're as real as they could be", and compares them to Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man, saying that his web-shooters; "[never made] much sense to [him]."[62] Spider-Man's Iron Spider armor, used by the character during the Civil War comic storyline, was also considered to appear in the Civil War film.[63]

Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) reuses two of Spider-Man's costumes from the previous films: his main costume from Captain America: Civil War and Spider-Man: Homecoming, and the Iron Spider armor from Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame. It also introduces two new costumes: a black "stealth" costume given to Parker by Nick Fury, and a new, upgraded Spider-Man suit that Parker designs for himself at the end of the film.[64] Marvel Studios' head of visual development Ryan Meinerding explained that Watts had wanted to include a suit inspired by the Spider-Man Noir version of the character, which led to the design of the more tactical stealth suit. He added that the suit represents Parker experimenting with being a new kind of superhero. Other tactical costumes from the comic books were looked at when developing this one, but Meinerding felt they looked less practical than the more straightforward Noir inspiration. The costume includes tactical goggles that can be flipped up. For Parker's new self-designed costume, Meinerding originally designed it with the idea that it would be made from Parker's webbing since that is the strongest material he has access to.[65] Practical versions of the costumes were created by Ironhead Studio, who previously worked on The Amazing Spider-Man films. For Far From Home, Ironhead developed a skull cap for the costumes that has built-in fans to prevent the goggles from steaming up. They also developed a magnetic bellows system for connecting the goggles to the mask, so they could be easily removed but not fall off during action sequences.[66]

Spider-Man suits featured in Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2025) include his homemade suit made from "gym pants, sneakers, goggles, a blue sweatshirt, red undershirt, knee pads, very clunky webshooters, and a red logo on the chest", a "beetle" costume, a yellow suit, a dark suit, a "classic 60s" red and blue suit, and a white and blue Oscorp suit.[67]

List of MCU Spider-Man suits
See also: Spider-Man suit (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
The Homemade suit is a suit developed by Peter Parker during his early months as Spider-Man. It appears briefly in Captain America: Civil War and is used for the climax of Spider-Man: Homecoming. Trixter applied a rigging, muscle and cloth system to Sony Pictures Imageworks's homemade suit to "mimic the appearance of the rather loose training suit".[68]
The Homecoming suit was a suit developed by Tony Stark for Parker, described as an upgrade to the Homemade one. It first appears as Parker's primary suit in Civil War and Homecoming, Parker uses it briefly in Avengers: Infinity War, and the suit is blown up in Spider-Man: Far From Home. A variation of this suit appears in What If...?
The Iron Spider armor, also known as Item 17A, was a suit developed by Stark that was made out of nanotechnology. The Department of Damage Control confiscate the charger in mid-2024, and Otto Octavius absorbs its nanites for his tentacles later that year; he eventually returns it to Parker. The armor appears at the end of Homecoming, is primarily used for Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, at the start of Far From Home, and one time in Spider-Man: No Way Home. For the suit's first appearance, Framestore created models and textures in anticipation for future MCU projects, while Trixter created the "clean, high tech" vault that the suit appears in.[68]
The Stealth Suit is a suit made by Fury for Parker. Parker becomes the vigilante Night-Monkey, a "European rip-off of Spider-Man", to conceal his identity using this suit. A prison warden steals the mask in Netherlands. It appears in Spider-Man: Far From Home.[64][65]
The Upgraded Suit is a red-and-black Spider-Man suit created by Parker using the Stark Industries Fabricator. It also contains a white spider-emblem on the front and back. A burglar throws paint on the suit, which remains uncleanable until May Parker (Marisa Tomei) cleans it months later. It forms into the Integrated Suit when Octavius returns his stolen nanites he stole from the Iron Spider armor. It appears in Spider-Man: Far From Home and No Way Home.[64][69]
The Black and Gold Suit is the Upgraded Suit inside-out. Parker uses this suit to defeat Electro in No Way Home.[69]
The Integrated Suit is the Upgraded Suit combined with the Iron Spider armor's nanites. It appears in No Way Home.[69]
Parker makes a new suit for himself at the end of No Way Home, inspired by the original red-and-blue suit of the early Spider-Man comics.[69] A similar suit appears in Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.[67]
Characterization
Parker is recruited by Stark in Civil War to help him arrest Rogers and his rogue Avengers. Feige said that Parker would be torn between superhero ideologies, saying, "Does he want to be like these other characters? Does he want nothing to do with these other characters? How does that impact his experience, being this grounded but super powerful hero? Those are all the things that Stan Lee and Steve Ditko played with in the first 10 years of his comics, and that now we can play with for the first time in a movie."[70] On aligning with Stark, Anthony Russo said that, despite entering the conflict after the two factions have formed and not having much political investment, Parker's choice comes from "a very personal relationship" he develops with Stark.[71][72] The Russos hoped "to take a very logical and realistic and naturalistic approach to the character" compared to the previous film portrayals. Anthony Russo added that the character's introduction had to fit "that specific tonal stylistic world" of the MCU, as well as the tone established by the directors in Winter Soldier, saying, "It's a little more grounded and a little more hard-core contemporary." That was "coloring our choices a lot" with Parker.[73]

Though the MCU films do not depict Parker's origin story,[23] Parker