New Spider-Man: Far From Home Clip Confirms Mysterio's Parallel World

Things are about to get even more confusing...

by Ewan Paterson
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The Marvel Cinematic Universe took a bold step into a whole new world this Monday, with the trailer for Spider-Man: Far From Home confirming the existence of the 'multiverse' in live action. Jake Gyllenhaal's Quentin Beck (Mysterio) claims to hail from another world, like ours, only different.

We wrote a guide to Marvel's multiverse shortly afterwards - as well as an article speculating what it could mean for the MCU going forward - but new details regarding Mysterio's origin have emerged overnight, courtesy of a clip from The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

The scene seems to take place just after Nick Fury takes Spider-Man from his European vacation. At a secret base, he introduces Peter Parker to Beck, who claims to hail from 'Earth-833'. Beck also confirms that the MCU is designated 'Earth-616', the name usually ascribed to the 'main' Marvel Universe from the comics.

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While the significance of '616' won't be lost on Marvel fans, it is Earth-833 that deserves extra scrutiny. That particular world was only introduced a couple of years back, and featured a version of Spider-Man who was also Captain Britain - Spider-UK.

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While Mysterio's true intentions are still yet to be determined, there were rumours a while back that Far From Home could potentially seed the introduction of Captain Britain into the MCU. The character is inextricably linked to the Marvel multiverse in the comics, and this latest hint follows an Avengers: Endgame Easter egg that seemingly confirmed the character's existence too.

It's a long shot granted, but parallel worlds mean parallel Spider-Men. Given Tom Holland is from the UK, could there be a moment in Spider-Verse where Peter Parker meets his 833 counterpart? Who knows - pretty much anything is possible at this stage, even if Mysterio isn't what he appears to be.

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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.