MCU Spider-Man Movies Still Need To Payoff Far From Home's Best Setup
Spider-Man: No Way Home wasn’t the end for Tom Holland’s version of the web-slinger, as a new trilogy is reportedly in the works, and future Spider-Man movies need to pay off Spider-Man: Far From Home’s best setup: the return of J.K. Simmons’ J. Jonah Jameson. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been bringing different characters from Marvel Comics to the big screen, but some of them took some time to join this connected universe. Such is the case of Spider-Man, who after a deal between Sony and Marvel, finally debuted in the MCU in Captain America: Civil War and is part of both the MCU and Sony’s Spider-Man Universe.
After joining Team Iron Man, Holland reprised his role as Peter Parker in Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: Far From Home, and Spider-Man: No Way Home, the last two being key in the history of the MCU. Far From Home closed the Infinity Saga and was the first look at the world post-snap and without Iron Man, and it showed the first hints of the multiverse and the concept of variants without these even being formally introduced yet. The post-credits scene in Far From Home was a turning point in Peter’s arc, as Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) framed him for his death and revealed his identity, and the one who shared the news was none other than J. Jonah Jameson, played once again by J.K. Simmons.
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Before Far From Home, it was unknown if the MCU has its version of Jameson, but it was understandable that he hadn’t shown up as this version of Peter Parker is younger and isn’t working yet, instead focusing on surviving high school and his superhero duties. Jameson’s appearance at the end of Far From Home came as
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