Here’s Why Peter Parker Is Going To Europe In ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’
Spoiler alert: despite the events ofAvengers: Infinity War, Spider-Man is alive and well. Or at least, he will be, inSpider-Man: Far From Home. TheHomecomingsequel will not only bring Peter Parker back for more adventures – it will also send him to Europe. And now we know why. Get ready: the answer isn’t really that exciting!
We had previously learned that theSpider-Man: Homecomingsequel, now titledSpider-Man: Far From Home, would take Peter Parker out of New York City and across the pond to Europe. But why? Why is our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man leaving the comforts of home? I personally thought it would be because of some sort of class trip, but Marvel PresidentKevin Feigehas supplied the answer toio9. Are you ready to have your mind blown!? Here it is!
“We know it’s the summer. I think it’s summer vacation. I think he’s going to Europe with his friends.”
There you have it: Spider-Man is on vacation. Look, I know we’re all starved for the latest Marvel info, but there’s not a lot to go on here. Whatisworth noting is that Feige is still trying to sell fans on thinking that every post-Infinity Warmovie will be setbeforethe events ofInfinity War. “I don’t know what summer… I mean, I do know [but you don’t],” Feige said, and then probably winked several times at the interviewer. This is Feige’s way of suggesting thatFar From Homeis set during a summer before the events ofInfinity War, but folks, I’m not buying it. And neither should you.
Marvel has painted themselves into a corner withInfinity War, and the annoying thing is, they really didn’t have to. Yes, at the end ofAvengers: Infinity War, half the Marvel Cinematic Universe went up in smoke, and yes, it was pretty shocking. The problem here is thatInfinity Warfilmmakers the Russo Brothers, and the Marvel brain trust in general, have been swearing up and down that the deaths inInfinity Warare permanent. But weallknow that can’t be true, because there are still a ton of MCU films to come.
Marvel could’veeasilyavoided this issue. Instead of constantly bulls***ting everyone, claiming theInfinity Wardeaths are permanent, and pretending all the subsequent films will be prequels, Feige and company should be asking: “How will we bring the dead characters back?” That’s how you sell the post-Infinity Warfilms – get the fans hyped for the solution to the problem, not the problem itself. We already know that Spider-Man (and all the other evaporated characters) will be back. Why not embrace that and generate excitement about their return?
Of course, Marvel is a billion-dollar company and I’m just some dumb guy on the internet, so maybe they know better than me. Either way, it’s clear that Spider-Man will be back in some capacity soon. And that he’ll be having a fun vacation with his pals.
