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145-505: Mary MacPherran (portrayed by Jameela Jamil ), also known as Titania , is a social media influencer with incredible strength who is obsessed with She-Hulk, ultimately becoming her rival. As of 2024, the character has appeared in the Disney+ series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law . Makkari (portrayed by Lauren Ridloff ) is an Eternal who can move at superhuman speeds. She is implied to harbor romantic feelings for Druig . The character

290-479: A F.E.A.S.T. building and discovers that the latter, Dillon, and Octavius were pulled from their universes just before their deaths. 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. The Goblin persona, having taken control of Osborn, convinces

435-577: A Zimmer frame to start walking. She credits the car accident for pushing her toward recovery from anorexia, saying it changed her relationship with her body. She attended Queen's College School in London but was unable to complete her A-Levels , citing the accident. She has said she then taught English to foreign students at the Callan School of English in London for two years. In a 2013 interview with The Independent , she said she worked as

580-552: A counterexample to her own identity. She also called Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld a "ruthless, fat-phobic misogynist" after his death. Jamil also supports the climate change movement, expressing her admiration for Jane Fonda , Greta Thunberg and several other climate change activists. In 2023, Jamil signed an open letter expressing "serious concerns about editorial bias" in The New York Times ' s reporting on transgender people. The letter characterized

725-745: A fourth MCU Spider-Man film . Hudson Thames voices the character in the What If..? episode " What If... Zombies?! ". 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 . 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

870-537: A parallel universe within the multiverse where her children exist in reality. After a murderous rampage in Earth-838 , in which she clashes with Doctor Strange and America Chavez , she becomes disillusioned when Earth-838's Billy and Tommy recoil from her and cry for their real mother. Realizing the error of her ways, Wanda relents and destroys all copies of the Darkhold in the multiverse, sacrificing herself in

1015-648: 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

1160-551: A water fast . Jamil often criticises Kim Kardashian for promoting unhealthy body ideals, such as by wearing a corset, promoting body makeup to cover skin imperfections such as psoriasis and offering maternity shapewear for her fashion line. In February 2020, she encountered criticism for taking a role as a host of the HBO voguing contest show Legendary, as she was not perceived as queer. Afterwards she came out as queer in response. In August 2020, Jamil announced on Twitter that she

1305-493: A DJ for eight years, after studying music for six years on a music scholarship. From 2011 to 2014 she wrote a column for the women's monthly magazine Company . In January 2012, Jamil replaced June Sarpong as host of the reality show Playing It Straight , in which a group of gay men lie about their sexuality and compete with a group of straight men for a woman's affections to win money. In June 2012, Jamil collaborated with Very to debut her first fashion collection. At

1450-580: 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

1595-440: A big part of Radio 1. I actually can't wait to get started now!  — Jamil, on being the first female host of The Official Chart on BBC Radio 1. Jamil also started working as an event DJ in 2010. She has said that her first show was at Elton John's birthday party, where she says she was invited to DJ because she lied about having prior experience. In subsequent interviews and social media, she said she worked as

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1740-416: A child whose residents are mind-controlled by Wanda. After Wanda "gives birth" to Billy and Tommy, the twins age rapidly to five and ten years old, acquiring supernatural abilities: Billy harnesses chaos magic like his mother, while Tommy gains superhuman speed like his uncle " Pietro " (in reality, Ralph Bohner in disguise). Following a battle between Wanda and the witch Agatha Harkness , Wanda dissolves

1885-717: A comedy game show on TBS . In 2018, Jamil joined the cast of Disney's Indian-inspired cartoon set in fictional Jalpur. Mira, Royal Detective debuted in March 2020, with Jamil playing Mira's Auntie Pushpa. In March 2020, she posed in a suit and tie for Playboy magazine's "On Speech" issue. She later tweeted, "From my Playboy shoot, I wanted to be shot like a man. No retouching, hi res, loose, comfortable clothes and completely unsexualized. I felt extremely free." In April 2020, she debuted her podcast I Weigh with Jameela Jamil , which focuses on women's accomplishments, body positivity, activism and racial inclusivity. In October 2020,

2030-404: A conversation with Hogan and is inspired to carry on, but decided to isolate himself from his allies and fellow superheroes in order 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

2175-589: 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. 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. The Marvel Comics character Peter Parker / Spider-Man first appeared in

2320-471: A disgusting crime to Photoshop your images and put them out there in the world without announcing that's what you've done. It's a lie, you're lying to your fans, and your followers, and people who look up to you. You're an asshole. I really believe that. You're an asshole. She is also critical of fashion and modelling industry standards and remarked that runway models looked "long-starved" and "terrified". Jamil frequently references Victoria's Secret models as

2465-425: 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

2610-568: A family. In a fight with Khan, she ended up hitting the bangle and unintentionally opened a rift to the Noor Dimension. Najma was convinced by Khan not to abandon Kamran, and Najma chose to sacrifice herself to close the rift, although not before passing on some of the Noor from the rift on to her son. As of 2024, the character has appeared in the Disney+ series Ms. Marvel . Jameela Jamil Jameela Alia Jamil (born 25 February 1986)

2755-411: A full meal between the ages of 14 and 17. She believes her eating disorder developed due to societal pressure, including magazine articles selling weight loss products. At age 17, she was struck by a car while running from a bee, breaking several bones and damaging her spine. She describes being told that she might never walk again, but slowly recovering after steroid treatment and physiotherapy , using

2900-479: A giant Lang, Parker is sent back to Queens. 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

3045-420: 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. 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

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3190-463: A heartfelt reunion with Leeds. 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

3335-470: A hero. Other versions of Peter Parker are depicted in the alternate realities of the MCU multiverse. In an alternate 2018, Parker (marketed as Zombie Hunter Spider-Man) 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

3480-413: A homemade Spider-Man suit , designing it as a red and blue hoodie also equipped with his web-shooters . 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

3625-499: A lot" with Parker. Though the MCU films do not depict Parker's origin story, Parker's Uncle Ben , whose death was a significant event in both the comic books and previous film series, is indirectly referenced; there was some discussion to include a direct reference to Ben in Spider-Man: Homecoming when Peter is getting ready for his homecoming by the revelation that his wardrobe consisted of Ben's clothes, but

3770-587: 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. 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

3915-399: A model scout but never as a model; however, in 2020, she said she worked as a model but denied being one in early interviews, saying she hid this because she was not successful at modelling. She also describes having worked as a photographer, scout and model agent for Premier Model Management. Jamil said in an NPR interview that she was working as a teacher when she was discovered by

4060-431: A petition on change.org titled "Stop celebrities promoting toxic diet products on social media", with a goal of reaching 150,000 signatures. She called upon social media networks such as Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram to ban the practice, noting its dangerous effects on teenagers. In September 2019, Instagram rolled out new global policy restrictions to help protect teen users. There's little to no information about

4205-429: A picture that she came across online of Kourtney , Kim and Khloé Kardashian with their half-sisters Kendall and Kylie Jenner , detailing each woman's weight. Jamil describes I Weigh as "a movement... for us to feel valuable and see how amazing we are, and look past the flesh on our bones". The account welcomes submissions of followers' non-edited or airbrushed selfies using the hashtag #iweigh, with text describing

4350-575: 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. 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

4495-403: A producer at a bar and asked to audition as a presenter. She also said she applied to be a presenter by email after seeing a T4 (youth slot of British free-to-air Channel 4 ) job advertisement. Jamil appeared on Music Zone on E4 , the youth channel owned by Channel Four , toward the end of 2008. She then began presenting at Channel 4 's youth slot T4 in 2009. In January 2009, when

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4640-488: A relationship with her abuser for fame, smoking marijuana, and posting "provocative images on Instagram to millions of hungry followers". In 2014, she voiced her disapproval of Beyoncé sexualising her public image like Nicki Minaj , Rihanna, Miley Cyrus , Iggy Azalea and criticised all these artists for "delud[ing] themselves into thinking it's 'feminism' if you get your fanny out on 'your terms'." In 2019, she called out rapper Cupcakke on Twitter for posting about doing

4785-654: A second attempt at the Mind Stone, Proxima fights Romanoff and Okoye , but is ultimately killed by Maximoff. A past version of Midnight from 2014 travels through time with Thanos's forces to stop the Avengers from foiling his plans. However, they are all disintegrated when Tony Stark uses the Infinity Gauntlet. As of 2024, the character has appeared in the film Avengers: Infinity War . Alternate variants of Midnight appeared in Avengers: Endgame and

4930-853: A spider climb up a wall. 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 . 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

5075-473: 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

5220-404: A white and blue Oscorp suit. 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

5365-446: A writer at 3 Arts , her agents told her that Michael Schur , who co-created Parks and Recreation , was looking for a British actress for an upcoming comedy series. Having no acting experience at this point, she went for the audition and told the casting director that she had stage acting experience. She was later recalled for a second interview with Schur and the producers, in which she claimed to have comedy improv experience. She

5510-573: Is Thanos' adopted daughter. She joined her father in his quest for the six Infinity Stones , initially attacked the Statesman with her brothers, helping to kill the Asgardians aboard to retrieve the Space Stone . While attempting to claim the Mind Stone, she and Corvus Glaive attack Wanda Maximoff and Vision , but are repelled by Steve Rogers , Sam Wilson , and Natasha Romanoff. During

5655-645: 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

5800-471: Is a former disgruntled employee of Stark's. 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

5945-473: Is a member of Stakar Ogord's team of Ravagers. He visits Yondu Udonta on Contraxia along with Stakar to remind him that he is in exile for breaking the Ravagers' code. After Yondu sacrifices himself to save Peter Quill , Martinex and Stakar are moved by his sacrifice, and he and the other Ravagers attend his funeral. The two of them decide to bring the rest of the team back together to honor him. As of 2024,

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6090-470: Is a small-time thief from an alternate reality who received an ability to transform into sand. He is one of the villains imprisoned by Doctor Strange, and rejects the cure that Spider-Man (Peter-1) attempts to give him. He is eventually cured and safely sent to his own dimension. As of 2024, the character has appeared in the film Spider-Man: No Way Home . Church reprises his role from Spider-Man 3 (2007). Martinex (portrayed by Michael Rosenbaum )

6235-710: Is a sorcerer and a former member of the Masters of the Mystic Arts . A close ally to the Ancient One , he assists in recruiting and training their future sorcerers. In this role, he trains Stephen Strange , using the Staff of the Living Tribunal as his weapon. He also helps Strange fight against Kaecilius . The Ancient One notes that Mordo's strength must be balanced by Strange since Mordo is unable to recognize

6380-460: Is a wealthy antiquities collector living in Egypt and an old acquaintance of Layla El-Faouly . Marc Spector, Steven Grant , and El-Faouly meet with him to find the map to Ammit 's tomb. He betrays them when Arthur Harrow arrives and is speared through the chest by Spector. As of 2024, the character has appeared in the Disney+ series Moon Knight . Karl Mordo (portrayed by Chiwetel Ejiofor )

6525-517: Is an English actress, activist and presenter. She began her career on Channel 4 , where she hosted a pop culture series in the T4 strand from 2009 until 2012. She then became the radio host of The Official Chart , and co-hosted The Official Chart Update alongside Scott Mills on BBC Radio 1 . She was the first regular solo female presenter of the BBC Radio 1 chart show. In 2016, Jamil moved to

6670-577: Is an agent of the Time Variance Authority specialized in the investigation of particularly dangerous "time variant" criminals. He befriends a 2012 variant of Loki . He travels through time and realities with Loki to find the variant Sylvie. While helping Loki to handle the time slipping, it's revealed that Mobius has been with the TVA for at least four hundred years, although he has undergone multiple memory wipes. In " Science/Fiction ," Mobius

6815-472: Is an old friend of Natasha Romanoff 's S.H.I.E.L.D. past. In 2016, he helps her while she is a fugitive. In 2026, he assists Nick Fury . As of 2024, the character has appeared in the film Black Widow ; as well as in the Disney+ series Secret Invasion . Ebony Maw (voiced and portrayed via motion capture by Tom Vaughan-Lawlor ) is an adopted son of Thanos and member of the Black Order who

6960-552: Is an original character, Spider-Man: Homecoming co-screenwriter John Francis Daley stated that she was intended as a reinvention of Mary Jane Watson and that the nickname was an homage to her. The Osborns, including Parker's best friend from the comics Harry Osborn , his father Norman Osborn and their company Oscorp doesn't exist in MCU as stated in Spider-Man: No Way Home by Norman Osborn from Sam Raimi's Spider-Man Trilogy to May Parker . Ned Leeds

7105-551: 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

7250-399: Is bitten by a radioactive spider, giving him superhuman abilities. 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

7395-562: 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

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7540-470: 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

7685-627: 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

7830-474: Is defeated, being exiled to an alternate reality. He is awakened when the Aether is released, and he merges with it, plotting to submerge Earth in darkness during the convergence. He is killed when his own ship crushes him on Svartalfheim. As of 2024, the character has appeared in the film Thor: The Dark World . Mar-Vell (portrayed by Annette Bening ) is a Kree scientist who rejected her species' war with

7975-516: Is instead shown to be Parker's best friend, who in the comics is The Hobgoblin . For their reviews of Spider-Man: Homecoming , Sara Stewart of the New York Post attributed much of the "heavy-lifting" to Holland's performance and the "perfectly cast" Michael Keaton ( Vulture ). She also noted Watts' focus on Parker's human side, while Mike Ryan at Uproxx felt it was the best Spider-Man film yet, with one of his specific praises being

8120-514: Is killed in space after being defeated by Tony Stark and Peter Parker. A past version of Maw from 2014 travels through time with Thanos's forces to stop the Avengers from foiling his plans. However, they are all disintegrated when Stark uses the Infinity Gauntlet . As of 2024, the character has appeared in the film Avengers: Infinity War . An alternate version of Maw appeared in Avengers: Endgame . An alternate version of Maw appeared in

8265-533: Is revealed to be a temporal variant of Don , a jet ski salesman from 2022 Cleveland who is also the single father of two sons, Kevin and Sean. In the season finale, Mobius enters Earth-616, the main universe, and observes his main counterpart at his house. As of 2024, the character has appeared in the film Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (post-credits cameo); as well as in the Disney+ series Loki . Anton Mogart (portrayed by Gaspard Ulliel )

8410-934: Is rooted in Black and Latino LGBTQ communities in New York. Jamil has experienced anxiety, depression , and obsessive-compulsive disorder . On 10 October 2019, as part of World Mental Health Day , Jamil said she survived a suicide attempt six years earlier. In a 2020 episode of the talkshow Red Table Talk , she said she had also attempted suicide eight years earlier due to a nervous breakdown. She said that she partook in EMDR therapy to treat her post traumatic stress disorder before moving to Los Angeles. In May 2024, Jamil said that her battle with an eating disorder has “destroyed” her bone density and damaged “my kidney, my liver, my digestive system, my heart”. Peter Parker (Marvel Cinematic Universe) Peter Benjamin Parker

8555-409: Is successful in disintegrating half of all life, including Parker, in the Blip . 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

8700-521: Is the first deaf superhero in the MCU. Actress Lauren Ridloff stated that she started running and muscle-building to have "the symmetry of somebody who looks like a sprinter". As of 2024, the character has appeared in the film Eternals . Malekith the Accursed (portrayed by Christopher Eccleston ) is the king of the Dark Elves who faces Thor in 2013. Eons ago, he faces Odin's father Bor and

8845-468: Is the leader of the renegade Jabari Tribe, who shun Wakanda 's technological society and have a religious reverence for gorillas, such as decorating their armor with white gorilla pelts and worshiping the ape god, Hanuman , as a part of a complex Indo-African religion rather than the Panther god Bast . In Black Panther , M'Baku challenges T'Challa for control of Wakanda. When he is defeated in combat,

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8990-488: 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]." 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. 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

9135-575: 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

9280-416: The Avengers ' battles and build advanced weapons out of the technology, such as Toomes's flight suit and modified versions of Brock Rumlow 's vibro-blast emitting gauntlets. While his assistants were defeated by Spider-Man and arrested by the authorities, Mason's fate is left unknown. As of 2024, the character has appeared in the film Spider-Man: Homecoming . Rick Mason (portrayed by O-T Fagbenle )

9425-585: 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

9570-553: 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

9715-638: The Homecoming script, and Mick LaSalle , writing for the San Francisco Chronicle , said the film did not explore the human side of Spider-Man enough and instead focused on action that is "not thrilling". Robbie Collin of The Telegraph criticized Watts' direction but was positive of Holland, Keaton, Tomei, and Zendaya. For their reviews of Spider-Man: Far From Home , Gleiberman again praised Holland's performance, along with Roeper, while Alonso Duralde of TheWrap highlighted

9860-414: The Homecoming suit. 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. In The Moviemaking Magic of Marvel Studios: Spider-Man (2021), Holland says that "what [he] loves about the original web-shooters

10005-482: The MCU television series , as it was "very specific... with a certain amount of back and forth allowed." 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

10150-674: The Mind Stone , with Pietro gaining superhuman speed . Harboring a lifelong hatred for American arms manufacturer Tony Stark , whose bombs killed their parents, they side with Ultron against the Avengers before later switching sides. In the final conflict with Ultron, Pietro dies a hero's death, saving the lives of Clint Barton and a Sokovian boy. In 2023, the witch Agatha Harkness forces Westview resident Ralph Bohner (portrayed by Evan Peters ) to impersonate Pietro to get close to Wanda within her created alternate reality. The character's reception has been lukewarm with complaints that

10295-629: The Skrulls . She fled to Earth in the 1980s and adopted the alias of Dr. Wendy Lawson , a physicist at Project Pegasus. Using the Tesseract , she sought to develop an experimental engine that would have allowed the Skrulls to settle beyond the reach of the Kree Empire. She is killed by Yon-Rogg , though she is able to instruct Carol Danvers to destroy the engine before Yon-Rogg is able to seize

10440-540: The Disney+ animated series What If...? . Billy Maximoff (portrayed by Joe Locke , Julian Hilliard , and Baylen Bielitz) and Tommy Maximoff (portrayed by Jett Klyne and Gavin Borders) are the twin sons of Wanda Maximoff and Vision . They were created by Wanda using chaos magic within the Westview anomaly in Westview, New Jersey , a reality modeled after a fictional sitcom inspired by those Wanda watched as

10585-563: The Disney+ animated series What If...? . Miek (voiced by Stephen Murdoch) is a Sakaaran insectoid warrior. This version of the character is a larva-like creature as opposed to a humanoid roach like in the comic books , and initially uses an exoskeleton equipped with blades in combat. Having been freed from the Grandmaster 's prison, Miek fights alongside Thor and Korg and joins the Asgardian people in their journey to Earth after

10730-565: The Disney+ animated series What If...? . Nico Minoru (portrayed by Lyrica Okano ) is a Wiccan and a member of the Runaways who isolates herself with her gothic appearance. As of 2024, the character has appeared in the TV series Runaways . An alternate variant of the character (voiced by Grace Song) will be introduced in the upcoming animated series Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man . Mobius M. Mobius (portrayed by Owen Wilson )

10875-571: 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. 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

11020-549: 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. 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

11165-527: The Jabari join the battle against Thanos's Outriders ; M'Baku survives the Blip . In 2023, he joins the final battle against a past version of Thanos. In 2025, following T'Challa's and Ramonda's deaths, and respecting M'Baku's advice during the Talokan—Wakanda War, Shuri allows M'Baku to issue a challenge for the throne of Wakanda, which she forfeits by not showing up to, indicating that M'Baku will become

11310-460: The London attack and revealing his identity as Spider-Man, much to the latter's shock. 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

11455-717: The MCU Spider-Man characters to be different from the first trilogy of films and feature a tonal change. 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. Later in November, Pascal said there were plans for another trilogy of Spider-Man films starring Holland, with work on

11600-467: The MCU are also designed by Stark, or built by Parker with Stark Industries technology, whereas in the comics Parker designed and constructed much of his suits entirely by himself while Stark only made the Iron Spider armor. Parker's relationship with Gwen Stacy does not exist in the MCU, instead he falls in love with Michelle "MJ" Jones-Watson ( Zendaya ) a fellow school student after his previous crush, high school senior Liz , moves away. Although MJ

11745-525: The MCU takes place in the Earth-616 universe. The fictional biography below also includes events that happened to Parker from other universes . Peter Benjamin Parker was born on August 10th, 2001, in Forest Hills, Queens , and is primarily raised by his Aunt May , after the passing of his Uncle Ben . While attending high school at the Midtown School of Science and Technology in 2015, Parker

11890-692: The Multiverse of Madness . Karli Morgenthau (portrayed by Erin Kellyman ) is the teenage leader of the anti-nationalist terrorist group the Flag Smashers , who were made Super Soldiers with the help of the Power Broker ( Sharon Carter ) and use violent tactics such as bombings to achieve open borders for refugees in the Baltic states . She is killed by Carter (to hide Carter's identity as

12035-701: The Power Broker) after she attempts to kill Carter and an oblivious Sam Wilson. As of 2024, the character has appeared in the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier . Najma (portrayed by Nimra Bucha ) is Kamran's mother, and the leader of the Clandestines , who want to return to their home dimension at any cost necessary. In 1942, Najma discovered one of the bangles at a Ten Rings temple in India, and gave it to Aisha for safekeeping when

12180-603: The United States. She played Tahani Al-Jamil in the NBC fantasy comedy series The Good Place . She also hosts the TBS late-night game show The Misery Index and is one of the judges of the voguing reality competition show Legendary . In 2022, Jamil worked on two superhero projects: the animated film DC League of Super-Pets and the live-action television series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law . Since 2022, she has voiced

12325-544: The Westview anomaly, erasing the imaginary existence of Vision, Billy, and Tommy. Billy reincarnates upon his "death" in the body of William Kaplan , a 13-year-old from Westview's neighboring town of Eastview, who was killed in a car accident after leaving his bar mitzvah early; Billy then assumes William's identity. After acquiring the Darkhold from Harkness, Wanda becomes corrupted by its dark magic and seeks to find

12470-402: The ability to light up, and a head-up display incorporating augmented reality . Stark incorporates a "training wheels" protocol into the suit's software in order 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

12615-538: 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. On June 23, Marvel and Sony officially announced that Holland would star as Spider-Man in the MCU in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017). The Russos "were pretty vocal" about whom they wanted for

12760-465: 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. 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

12905-661: The best live action iteration. Holland won several accolades for his portrayal of the character. Parker is a central character in the MCU, appearing in six films as of 2023 . 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–present) and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (2025), voiced by Hudson Thames. Peter Parker's story in

13050-615: The cast, including the chemistry between Holland, Zendaya, and Jacob Batalon ( Ned Leeds ). Ehrlich criticized the character development of Spider-Man in the film, feeling that he does not change throughout the film beyond becoming more confident. John Anderson of The Wall Street Journal also praised Holland and Zendaya's performances. Spider-Man: No Way Home features several characters from Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy and Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man duology, including past Spider-Man actors Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield as their respective Spider-Men. The multiverse aspect

13195-590: The character Asencia in the science fiction series Star Trek: Prodigy . Jamil was born on 25 February 1986 in Hampstead , London, to Shireen and Ali Jamil. She is of Pakistani descent on her mother's side and Indian descent on her father's side. In 2015, she revealed that, as a child, she faced numerous health problems, being born with congenital hearing loss and labyrinthitis , which she has had several operations to correct, and that she had 70% hearing ability in her left ear and 50% in her right ear. At nine, she

13340-535: The character has appeared in two films: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 . Phineas Mason (portrayed by Michael Chernus ) is a weapons maker and part of a salvage company alongside Adrian Toomes , Herman Schultz , and Jackson Brice . When the salvaging company goes out of business due to the Department of Damage Control , Mason helps Toomes steal leftover technology from

13485-611: 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 portrayal has received critical acclaim with his Spider-Man being hailed as

13630-492: The character or his power was not developed enough compared to the comic book version or 20th Century Fox 's X-Men film series version . As of 2024, the character has appeared in two films: Captain America: The Winter Soldier ( mid-credits cameo) and Avengers: Age of Ultron ; as well as in flashbacks and recaps in the Disney+ series WandaVision . M'Baku (portrayed by Winston Duke )

13775-519: The character would be integrated with Sony's own shared universe– Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU)–moving forward. MCU Spider-Man actor Tom Holland personally spoke to Disney CEO Bob Iger and Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group chairman Tom Rothman , partly making the companies return to negotiations. 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 . Disney

13920-479: 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. The following June, Feige clarified that the initial Sony deal does not allow the character to appear in any of

14065-486: 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

14210-585: 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

14355-713: The destruction of Asgard. Along with Korg, he survives Thanos's attack on the Asgardian starship and the Blip. He finds a new home with the Asgardians in New Asgard in Norway. Miek participates in the final battle at the destroyed Avengers Headquarters against Thanos and his army. Sometime later, Miek metamorphoses to a female form, and she organises tourism in New Asgard. As of 2024, the character has appeared in three films: Thor: Ragnarok , Avengers: Endgame and Thor: Love and Thunder . Alternate variants of Miek appeared in

14500-506: The device. The Supreme Intelligence later takes on her appearance while conversing with Danvers. As of 2024, the character has appeared in the film Captain Marvel . An alternate variant of Mar-Vell (voiced by Keri Tombazian) appeared in the Disney+ animated series What If...? . Flint Marko (motion-captured by Jon Watts , voiced by Thomas Haden Church ), also known as the Sandman ,

14645-443: 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. 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

14790-425: The end of 2012, she became the radio host of The Official Chart and co-host of The Official Chart Update alongside Scott Mills on BBC Radio 1 . Jamil made radio history, becoming the first sole female presenter of the BBC Radio 1 Chart show. Jamil left London in 2016 and moved to Los Angeles. She recounts having no plans to act, and that she instead intended to work as a screenwriter. While working as

14935-593: The energy that he uses to walk, stating that the world has "too many sorcerers". In an alternate universe designated as Earth-838, Baron Karl Mordo is the Sorcerer Supreme and a member of the Illuminati , following the betrayal of his universe's Stephen Strange. As of 2024, the character has appeared in the film Doctor Strange . The Earth-838 variant of Mordo appeared in Doctor Strange in

15080-525: The fifteenth and final issue of Marvel's anthology comic book series Amazing Fantasy , which was published in August 1962. 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, and was influenced by pulp magazine crime fighter the Spider . He also took inspiration from seeing

15225-505: The first of those about to begin, though Sony did not yet have official plans for further MCU Spider-Man films. Tom Holland portrays Peter Parker in Captain America: Civil War , Spider-Man: Homecoming , Avengers: Infinity War , Avengers: Endgame , Spider-Man: Far From Home , and Spider-Man: No Way Home . Holland will reprise the role in both the ensemble film Avengers: Doomsday in addition to

15370-588: The front-runners. 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". 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 . Feige and Pascal narrowed

15515-527: The goggles to the mask, so they could be easily removed but not fall off during action sequences. 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

15660-429: The idea that it would be made from Parker's webbing since that is the strongest material he has access to. 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

15805-477: The introduction of a young Parker to the MCU, an idea that Holland supported; however, this notion has yet to be confirmed in any MCU film or television series. 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 . 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

15950-522: The latter convinces him to yield. M'Baku returns the favor by looking after the wounded T'Challa following the latter's fight with N'Jadaka and agreeing to look after Ramonda . He initially declines T'Challa's request to help fight N'Jadaka, but ultimately reconsiders and leads the Jabari into battle against him. Following N'Jadaka's death, M'Baku is granted a place on Wakanda's national council. Later, in Avengers: Infinity War , he and

16095-533: 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

16240-512: The mentorship of Harkness, who dies and returns as a ghost, and set out to search for Tommy. As of 2024, Billy and Tommy have appeared in the Disney+ series WandaVision and Agatha All Along . Alternate variants of the characters appear in the film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness . Pietro Maximoff (portrayed by Aaron Taylor-Johnson ) is Wanda Maximoff's twin brother. They are introduced as Hydra assets, both acquiring superhuman powers after volunteering to be experimented upon by

16385-632: The need for moral flexibility and compromise. In 2017, disillusioned with the teachings of the Ancient One after learning that the latter's immortality has been the result of her drawing on the energy of the Dark Dimension and Strange further breaking nature's laws, he decides to leave his fellow sorcerers. He comes to believe that all magic perverts and disrupts the natural order, thus causing him to set out to stop others from using it. Mordo later visits former Master Jonathan Pangborn and steals

16530-641: The new King of Wakanda. As of 2024, the character has appeared in four films: Black Panther , Avengers: Infinity War , Avengers: Endgame and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever . Dr. Henry Philip "Hank" McCoy (portrayed by Kelsey Grammer ), also known as Beast , is a mutant and a member of the X-Men . As of 2024, the character has appeared in the film The Marvels . Grammer reprises his role from X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). Proxima Midnight (voiced and faced by Carrie Coon , motion-captured by Monique Ganderton )

16675-777: The newspaper's reporting as using "an eerily familiar mix of pseudoscience and euphemistic, charged language", and raised concerns about the Times ' s employment practices for trans contributors. Jamil appeared on C4 Orange Rockcorps 2009 , volunteering to help create a concert to fund local community projects. She has supported the Cultural Learning Alliance, which promotes access to culture for children and young people, and Vinspired National Awards for people aged 16–25 who have contributed to their communities through volunteering. Jamil designed her own version of SpongeBob SquarePants to be auctioned off with all

16820-530: The performances, writing: "A Russo Brothers influence can almost be felt ushering Holland's third Spider-Man movie into new, weightier territory. If the character is to become the next Tony Stark, this is the way to etch a few more scars into a more interesting hero's facade"; DeFore felt that the inclusion of "multiversal mayhem" in No Way Home addressed the "Iron Man-ification" of MCU Spider-Man that made Holland-centric films "least fun"; Roeper again praised

16965-835: The podcast was nominated for an E! People's Choice Award. In June 2021, Jamil was cast as the supervillain Mary MacPherran / Titania in the Disney+ streaming series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022), set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe . Also in 2022, she voiced Wonder Woman in the animated film DC League of Super-Pets . In 2021, Jamil contributed to the production of Blake's fifth album, Friends That Break Your Heart , adding additional production to its first single, "Say What You Will". Late in 2015, Jamil launched Why Not People?, an events and membership company dedicated to hosting live entertainment events accessible to people with disabilities. In March 2018, Jamil created an Instagram account called I Weigh, inspired by

17110-466: The previous presenter, Alexa Chung , left the morning TV show Freshly Squeezed , Jamil succeeded her as co-host, alongside Nick Grimshaw . In 2010, Jamil presented The Closet , an online fashion advice show on the social networking site Bebo produced by Twenty Twenty . It's very exciting. I know it shouldn't be a big deal, but there's also a huge lack of ethnic minorities in showbiz. I'm completely Asian – not mix – and I'm so proud to be such

17255-523: The proceeds going to Childline. She also said she would wear a chicken costume for the number of days equal to the number of thousands of pounds she raises for Comic Relief . She was sponsored approximately £16,000 and wore the costume for 16 consecutive days. Jamil was one of 15 women selected to appear on the cover of the September 2019 issue of British Vogue "Forces for Change", by guest editor Meghan, Duchess of Sussex . On 2 August 2019, Jamil

17400-555: The process. Following Wanda's death, Billy frees Harkness from a spell placed by Wanda and asks that she take him on the Witches' Road , a magical pathway where one's desires are granted after completing a series of "trials". In the final trial, Billy locates Tommy's soul and places it in the body of a drowning boy. After discovering that the Witches' Road was a myth created by Harkness and that he had willed it into existence, he accepts

17545-614: 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. 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. In 2017, Watts said that he had suggested to Feige that they retroactively establish this child to be

17690-422: 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. 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. The next month, Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman Tony Vinciquerra confirmed

17835-414: The same year, Jamil hosted a recurring segment on Last Call with Carson Daly during its final season, "Wide Awake with Jameela Jamil". Jamil's boyfriend, musician James Blake , said that she contributed to the production of his fourth album, Assume Form , in 2017–18; she is credited as an additional producer to five songs on the album. Since 2019, Jamil has been the host of The Misery Index ,

17980-442: 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

18125-634: The side effects or main ingredients, the harm they may cause or any of the science behind how these products are supposed to work. They are instead, flogged in glossy paid adverts by celebrities and influencers with no expertise or authority in nutrition/medicine/biology. Using social media, Jamil often criticises media industry standards and labels other female celebrities "double agents of the patriarchy " by promoting unhealthy body image , often invoking her own experience of having an eating disorder in her arguments. In 2013, she criticised Rihanna in her column for Company magazine, blaming her for maintaining

18270-648: The studios concerning this were believed to have broken down. However, in February 2015, the studios reached a licensing deal for the use of Spider-Man in an MCU film, and reports indicated that the character would indeed appear in Civil War . According to the deal, Sony Pictures would continue to own, finance, distribute, and exercise final creative control over the Spider-Man films. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige stated in April 2015 that they decided to not retell

18415-418: 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." 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. The Russos hoped "to take

18560-534: The things that they feel grateful for or proud of. In part due to this work, Jamil was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women during 2018. Jamil has been a critic of diet shakes and appetite suppressants. She explained that in her teens she starved herself, took laxatives and tips from celebrities on how to maintain a low weight. She has criticised the Kardashians , rapper Cardi B , and other influencers for promoting diet suppressants on social media. Jamil created

18705-594: 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

18850-435: The two in what would loosely be described as a shared detailed universe." Sony was reportedly looking for an actor younger than Andrew Garfield to play Spider-Man, with Logan Lerman and Dylan O'Brien considered front-runners. 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, with Holland and Butterfield as

18995-720: 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

19140-582: The vague take on Spider-Man's origin and powers, but "the flying action has a casual flip buoyancy, and the movie does get you rooting for Peter." At IndieWire , David Ehrlich praised the elements of the film that leaned into the high school life of Parker, while Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times criticized the "juvenile" depiction of Parker and Watts' "unevenly orchestrated" direction. Meanwhile, The Hollywood Reporter 's John DeFore praised Holland's performance as "winning" despite

19285-556: 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. Peter-One realizes that the only way to protect the multiverse

19430-441: The way the suit operates, particularly the mechanical eyes. 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,

19575-439: 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. In order 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

19720-408: The writers desisted because they felt that the moment veered away from Parker's character arc and made Ben's death feel like a "throwaway line". The one exception is the animated What If...? episode "What If... Zombies?!", where an alternate version of Parker mentions everyone who has died in his life in the episode's timeline. Another change is Parker's close paternal relationship with Stark. This

19865-472: The younger and more optimistic portrayal of Parker. Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times praised its focus on the character's school life and called Holland "terrific and well-cast", while Owen Gleiberman of Variety highlighted Homecoming ' s focus on making Peter Parker a realistically youthful and grounded character. He found Holland to be likable in the role, but did criticize

20010-525: Was awarded "Advocate of the Year" from the Ehlers-Danlos Society . Jamil received the "Phenom" award from the 12th annual Shorty Awards on 3 May 2020. Jamil has been in a relationship with musician James Blake since 2015. She publicly declared herself as queer after her appointment as a judge of voguing reality series Legendary received heavy criticism, as voguing ball culture

20155-443: Was deleting tweets from 2009 to 2020 in order to make her account more activism-focused. In November 2020, Jamil claimed that it was a third-party app that caused her Twitter posts to disappear in the previous months, and that she had deleted her entire Twitter post history to figure out why her posts were being removed. Jamil is against the airbrushing of editorial images and refuses to retouch all her photo shoots. I think it's

20300-430: Was diagnosed with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome , a genetic disorder affecting the connective tissue in the body, and at 12 with coeliac disease . She experienced mercury poisoning at 21, which she attributes to mercury leakage from amalgam teeth fillings, exacerbated by their improper removal, which damaged her digestive system. As a teenager she suffered from anorexia nervosa , and describes not eating

20445-420: Was eventually given the role. In September 2016, the NBC fantasy comedy series The Good Place premiered, with Jamil as a regular cast member, playing Tahani Al-Jamil. Jamil's character became known for her tendency to name drop . Jamil made her first American magazine cover on the February 2018 issue of The Cut . She provided her voice as a guest on the animated television series DuckTales . In

20590-503: Was partially adapted from the limited series Civil War , its three-issue prelude on The Amazing Spider-Man by J. Michael Straczynski , and the Ultimate Marvel comics where Stark and Parker share a trainer-trainee relationship. Some critics disliked Parker's reliance on Stark, as opposed to previous cinematic portrayals of Spider-Man showing the character as more self-reliant; several of Parker's proper Spider-Man suits in

20735-448: 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. The agreement also allowed Holland's Spider-Man to appear in a future Marvel Studios film as well as crossing over to the SSU, with the latter interaction described as "a 'call and answer' between the two franchises as they acknowledge details between

20880-572: Was then attacked by the British Armed Forces. She found Aisha in an Indian village five years later, during the Partition of India, and asked Aisha to return the bangle and come with her so they could return home. When she realized Aisha had no intention of relinquishing the bangle or going back home with them, Najma stabbed Aisha and left her to die. In 2025, Najma sensed that Kamala Khan had Aisha's bangle and realized Aisha had started

21025-531: Was widely praised by critics and audiences, and generated much speculation before the film's release. In their reviews, Don Kaye, writing for Den of Geek , praised the performances and chemistry of the cast, stating that " No Way Home channels the entire spectrum of Spider-Man movies while setting the character on a course all his own at last", while Pete Hammond of Deadline Hollywood praised Watts's direction and wrote that Holland, Zendaya, and Batalon are "a priceless trio"; Jennifer Bisset of CNET praised

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