8 Spider-Man: Homecoming Plot Spoilers We Already Know

Marvel have their work cut out for them if they want to meet the hype that's been directed at Spider-Man: Homecoming. Ever since his fantastic introduction in Captain America Civil War, it's fair to say Tom Holland's Peter Parker has quickly become one of the most hyped new additions to the MCU.

There is a fine balance to strike between focusing on Peter Parker as he tries to juggle high school with a bit of extra-curricular crime fighting and defining Homecoming as an integral piece of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And even with their finely honed approach to superhero movie hits, an icon like Spider-Man is always going to be tough to get right.

Thankfully, with a roster of villains that so far seem like they might actually have something interesting to offer, the stakes seem pretty high in Spidey's first solo adventure. Plus, Marvel have the assistance of a Robert Downey Jr shaped crutch to fall back on too.

With hype reaching fever pitch, interest in Homecoming's finer details couldn't be higher, and luckily there's already a lot of the plot we can work out from the marketing campaign...

While the majority of Homecoming will take place after the events of Civil War, with Spidey being told by Tony Stark that he's allowed to hang on to his fancy new costume, there are a number of notable moments in the trailer that suggest the movie will be skipping back and forward in time to see how Peter Parker started out.

In one of the trailer's more action-packed scenes, Bokeem Woodbine's Shocker punches some school buses towards Spider-Man. What's even more interesting than the destruction of government property though is that neither of the characters is wearing their full costume.

As you can see, this early version of Shocker is going for a much more toned-down approach to his outfit than the all-yellow version that has been circulating the web via leaked set images. The same is true of Spidey who, in this scene, is wearing the homemade outfit that Tony Stark finds hidden in his bedroom.

This implies that we'll be seeing an evolution of Parker's character, as well as the villains he is up against, which could mean that Marvel has learned from their mistakes when it comes to 2D antagonists.

This is an interesting narrative approach to take in what could have been a straightforward A to B story and hopefully, it doesn't mean that we have to sit through an extended Uncle Ben sequence for the third time.