Spider-Man: Far From Home - 8 Fan Demands That Must Happen
4. Jessica Drew: Spider-Woman
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Curtesy of That Hashtag Show, we know that Far From Home will apparently feature a 'femme fatale', and that the femme fatale in question is likely to be none other than Jessica Drew herself, Spider-Woman.
The question of which studio owned the rights to the character has been up in the air for a good few years now, but it looks as though Marvel are poised to use the character - possibly without the Spider-Woman name - in Far From Home. This would make a great deal of sense, with Drew having acted as both a spy and a private investigator in the comics, and given that a great deal of Far From Home was filmed in London, the signs appear to be there that the London-born spy will appear in the sequel.
This is an exciting prospect for Marvel fans, who've been awaiting Drew's ascension to a live-action medium for a good few decades now. There's no underestimating the character's popularity, and with Far From Home set to spotlight spies both good and evil in a European setting, we can perhaps expect Drew to play both sides against each other, and for this film to seed a recurring role for the character in phases four, five, and beyond.
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.
