Spider-Man: No Way Home ending explained: major cameos, post-credits and more

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Wed, 15 Dec 2021 16:58:00 +0000

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Heres our spoiler-filled recap on Spider-Man: No Way Homes major cameos, ending and post-credits scenes.

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Massive spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home follow. Youve been warned.

Spider-Man: No Way Home has finally swung into theaters and the latest MCU movie is another home run for Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures.

Theres a lot that goes down in the newest Marvel Phase 4 film and, if youve seen No Way Home, we imagine that you have plenty of questions about it.

Below, well answer the biggest questions viewers will have about Spider-Man: No Way Home. We also discuss the movies major cameos, character deaths, the films ending and post-credits scenes, and what it means for the MCUs future.

This is your final warning: were about to cover the biggest spoilers in Spider-Man: No Way Home. If you havent seen it yet, you wont want to read beyond this point. Spider-Man: No Way Home: are Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield in the film? (Image credit: Sony Pictures)

Lets address the elephant in the room first. For months, there have been numerous rumors about Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield s incarnations of Spider-Man appearing in No Way Home. Both actors, alongside current star Tom Holland, have vehemently denied their involvement, but fans havent been convinced that they're telling the truth, given that images and snippets of footage have leaked online pre-release.

So, are they in the movie? Yes, Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield are in No Way Home.

In the movies second act, Ned Leeds, Spideys best friend, is given Doctor Stranges sling ring which allows sorcerers to open portals across time and space by Spider-Man.

Later, when Ned and MJ are searching for Peter after hes defeated by Green Goblin (more on this later), Ned uses the sling ring to try and locate him. The pair end up finding Spider-Man in an alleyway a scene thats reminiscent of the famous Spider-Man: No More! storyline, as seen in The Amazing Spider-Man comic issue #50 but it isnt the MCUs version of Spider-Man

In a moment that will make all Spider-Man fans clap and cheer, Andrew Garfields webslinger walks through the portal that Ned created. After a funny scene involving Garfields Peter Parker, MJ, Neds grandmother and Ned, the latter opens another portal to try and find Hollands Peter and winds up finding another Spider-Man and this time its Tobey Maguires version.

Suffice to say, their arrivals in No Way Home will draw the biggest cheers during any screening, and with good reason. Maguire and Garfields Spider-Men are as beloved as Hollands, and having the trio humorously interact and team up in the films finale is a joy to behold. Spider-Man: No Way Home: is
Charlie Coxs Daredevil in the MCU movie? (Image credit: Netflix)

This is another major cameo thats also been heavily suggested by online speculation .

Yes, Charlie Cox who portrayed Matt Murdock/Daredevil in Netflixs Daredevil TV show is also in No Way Home. Hes only in it for one scene, about 10 minutes in, but its another wonderful inclusion nonetheless.

After Hollands Parker is installed as public enemy number one for supposedly killing Mysterio in Spider-Man: Far From Home, hes arrested and questioned by the authorities. Freed on bail, he hires Coxs Murdock as his lawyer and,
after the latter reviews his case, Murdock says that Peter has a case for plausible deniability. So the charges wont stand much to the delight of Peter, his Aunt May, and Happy Hogan.

After a brief chat following that revelation, we also get a glimpse of Murdocks Daredevil powers. A brick is thrown through Peters apartment window, but its Murdock who catches it. Its another delightful scene thats purely fan service and, when Peter asks Murdock how he was able to catch the brick, Murdock simply replies Im a very good lawyer. Clearly, he doesn't want them
to know he's a fellow superhero, which is ironic as Spider-Man is another superpowered being who wishes to re-conceal his identity following Far From Home's events.

Online speculation has suggested that Cox will reprise his role as Murdock/Daredevil in Echos forthcoming Disney Plus show, as well as potentially getting his own solo outing in the MCU. Given Marvel Studios President Kevin Feiges comments that suggest well see more of Murdock down
the line (per CinemaBlend ), thats a very distinct possibility. Spider-Man:
No Way Home: who dies in the Marvel movie? (Image credit: Sony Pictures)

Spider-Man: No Way Home is the darkest of the webslingers movies yet and
that means that not everyone survives.

In a sequence thatll break fans hearts, Aunt May dies during the films second act. As Spider-Man and Aunt May try to stop the films multiple villains from escaping and wreaking havoc on New York, Aunt May is stabbed by Green Goblins glider. While it initially appears that shes simply knocked down, its quickly revealed that shes been fatally wounded.

What follows is an upsetting scene in which Aunt May dies in Peters arms. Excruciatingly, he has to leave her when she falls, too, as a SWAT team soon surround their apartment complex to arrest him. Given that the MCUs version
of Spider-Man has already lost his Uncle Ben, this is another emotional hammer-blow to Peter. Spider-Man: No Way Home ending explained (Image credit: Sony Pictures/Marvel Studios)

After MJ and Ned introduce Hollands Peter to Maguire and Garfields
iterations, the quintet concoct a plan to stop the villains. But not by killing them: instead, they decide to cure them of their villainous ways by stripping their powers.

The three Peters work together to create antidotes for each villain, and then lure them to the Statue of Liberty using Doctor Stranges box prison, which contains a spell that would rip the multiverse wide open to end their reign of terror.

However, the trio are outmatched by Electro, Sandman and Lizard. That is, until Hollands Peter revises their plan: instead of working alone, the trio must work together to take down a single villain at a time. Putting the plan into action, the Spider-Men overpower and cure the three villains, showing that teamwork really does make the dream work.

But the fight isnt over. Green Goblin shows up and steals Stranges prison cube. To his surprise, the reformed Doc Ock who Hollands Peter saved earlier in the film stops him from escaping and snatches the cube back. But, to everyones shock, Green Goblin has planted a pumpkin bomb inside it. Cue a massive explosion that causes MJ to fall from the Statue of Libertys scaffolding, and releases Stranges multiversal spell.

Hollands Peter tries to save MJ but is stopped by Green Goblin. In another moment of emotional fan service, though, Garfields Spider-Man saves MJ
instead being redeemed, after he failed to save girlfriend Gwen Stacy in 2014s The Amazing Spider-Man 2, in the process. (Image credit: Sony Pictures)

Hollands Spider-Man uses a pumpkin bomb to cause Green Goblins glider to crash-land. The pair fight and, after Spider-Man overpowers his foe, he tries to kill Green Goblin using the latters own glider. Maguires Spider-Man stops him, but is stabbed by Green Goblin (don't worry, though, Maguire's
Spider-Man survives). As the villain cackles, Garfields Spider-Man throws Green Goblins cure to Hollands webslinger, who injects his adversary with the antidote, causing him to lose his powers and be defeated.

Doctor Strange, who has managed to escape the mirror dimension by this point, struggles to stop the other universes colliding with the MCU. Thats until Hollands Peter tells him to cast a spell thatll make everyone forget that hes Spider-Man. As youll remember from earlier in the film, villains from other universes are trying to enter the MCU as after Stranges botched spell made them aware that Peter Parker is Spider-Man. So, if Strange makes everyone forget hes Spidey, itll stop other villains from trying to cross over into
the MCU.

Strange agrees to cast the spell. Peter has a tearful goodbye with the other Spider-Men, MJ and Ned. Maguire and Garfields Spider-Men, and their
respective villains, are sent back to their universes, and Hollands
Spider-Man swings away from the scene as Stranges spell takes effect.

Some time later, Hollands Peter visits MJ and Ned at the coffee shop MJ works at. During their aforementioned goodbye, hed promised that hed come and find them to explain everything. However, after seeing how normal their lives are without him, he decides against telling them everything that went down.
Later, he visits Aunt Mays grave, where hes joined by Happy, who doesnt recognize Peter. The pair share a tender moment before Peter leaves.

The movies final scene shows Hollands Peter moving into the first apartment that hell rent alone. Despite the sombre ending, though, he smiles, as his future is still bright. He ends up creating a new Spider-Man suit thats reminiscent of Maguire and Garfields costumes, before swinging off into the city, with snow falling around him, to stop an in-progress crime. Spider-Man: No Way Home mid-credits scene explained (Image credit: Sony Pictures)

No Way Homes mid-credits scene reunites us with Tom Hardys Eddie Brock/Venom from Sonys live-action Spider-Verse. Hes sitting at a bar drunk, no less
and is trying to understand what the barman (Ted Lassos Cristo Fernandez) is telling him about Iron Man, Hulk, Thanos and Spider-Man. Its all done in amusing fashion, with Venom constantly butting in with snide comments and humorous suggestions.

As Brock gets up to go and find Spider-Man, though, hes whisked back to his own universe by Doctor Stranges spell. But, surprisingly, a small piece of Brocks alien symbiote aka Venom is left behind on the bar as Brock disappears.

This could set up one of two scenarios. The first may see the symbiote seek out Hollands Spider-Man and attach itself to him, which would finally give us the MCUs version of Spider-Mans black suit. The second, meanwhile, could lead to the MCUs iteration of Eddie Brock being bonded with the symbiote and give us an MCU version of Venom, who might end up fighting Spider-Man. If Holland sticks around as the webslinger for another movie, then, Spider-Man 4 could see a battle between the wallcrawler and another iconic foe. Spider-Man: No Way Home post-credits scene explained (Image credit: Disney/Marvel Studios)

No Way Homes post-credits scene is actually a teaser trailer for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness i.e. the next movie on Marvels film slate.

In it, we see Strange reunite with Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch, who thinks Strange wants to question her on what went down in Westview in the
WandaVision TV show. Instead, he asks for her help in finding out more about the multiverse and it isnt long before things get really weird.

We get our first glimpse of Xochitl Gomez as MCU newcomer America Chavez, Strange fighting a multidimensional creature known as Gargantos in New York , and the return of Chiwetel Ejiofors Mordo, who is sporting longer hair than when we last saw him in 2016s Doctor Strange. We also see Strange, Wanda and Chavez looking out onto the multiverse from behind a pressure-sealed steel door, which youd ordinarily find on a submarine or ship.

The biggest surprise, though, is saved for last. Mordo informs Strange that the biggest threat to the MCU is actually Strange himself. Cut to a shot of
an evil Doctor Strange aka Doctor Strange Supreme, who fans will recognize from Marvels animated What If? Disney Plus show telling his counterpart that things just got out of hand. Before anything else is revealed, however, the screen cuts to black.

What does this mean for Doctor Strange 2 and the rest of the MCU? It means
the multiverse isnt going anywhere and, if we thought things were surreal
now, just wait until Doctor Strange 2 arrives in theaters in May 2022.

With Spider-Man: No Way Home releasing in multiple territories on December 17 too its already out in the UK we shouldnt be waiting very long for Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness first teaser to be posted online. Thor: Love and Thunder : everything we know so far



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