Rumors have been circulating in the last few weeks aboutSpider-Man: No Way Homehaving the longest runtime of any previousSpider-Manmovie, and while that still stands, new information has suggested that it may be even longer than expected. According to information that appeared for a short while on Brazilian website Ingresso, the movie will be clocking in at 159 minutes, which is 9 minutes longer than previously reported. While this time is still to be officially confirmed, and the time has since been removed from the site, it once again raises the expectation that we are going to get an epic conclusion to the MCU’sSpider-Mantrilogy, which is set to deliver us fully into the Marvel multiverse.
To line this expected runtime up with previous outings for the web-slinging Avenger,No Way Homewill be 26 minutes longer thanHomecomingand 30 minutes longer thanFar From Home. When it comes to earlier movies from Sony’s moneyspinner,Spider-Manclocked in at 121 minutes,Spider-Man 2at 127 minutes,Spider-Man 3at 139 minutes,The Amazing Spider-Manat 136 minutes, andThe Amazing Spider-Man 2at 144 minutes. Although asSpider-Man 3in particular proved, sometimes longer isn’t better, butthis time aroundthere is a lot getting Spidey fans hyped for the December release.
No Way Homefollows directly on from 2019’sFar From Home, with Peter Parker’s identity revealed to the world by Mysterio and him having to seek help from Sorcerer Supreme, Doctor Strange, in order to get his old life back. It looks like while Strange agrees to help his ward, after taking over mentorship of the youngster after the death of Tony Stark, Peter interferes a little too much during the casting of the spell and, from what we know so far, instigates the creation of the multiverse. This opens the doorway fora whole host of Spider-Man villainsfrom the past to converge with the current MCU timeline, bringing the likes of Green Goblin, Electro, Doc Ock, and more into the MCU and setting up the rumored return of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield as their respective Spider-men.
However, as Disney+ series such asWandaVisionandLokishould have taught us,fan theoriesand expectations about who will feature and what can potentially happen in any property are only likely to lead to disappointment, something that Kevin Feige was eager to point out recently. “Rumors are fun, because many of them are true, and many of them are not true,” he said. “The danger is when you get into the expectations game of wanting people to be excited about the movie they get, and not disappointed about a movie they don’t get.”
Over the last month, numerous images and videos reportedly showing certain characters returning have been spreading through social media, ranging from those believed to be genuine articles to fully-produced, fan-made trailers that are so well put together that some people have been fooled into thinking they are real for a short while. With a second trailer said to be imminent, and the movie now just over 6 weeks away, we are almost in the home stretch to what is almost certain to be the biggest opening weekend of the last two years whenSpider-Man: No Way Homeis released inmovie theaterson December 17th. This story was originally reported byCBR.
