The Amazing Spider-Man 3: What Really Happened?

3. Spider-Man Joins The Marvel Cinematic Universe

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9 February 2015 was a landmark moment in modern pop-culture. That was the day Sony Pictures put out a press release announcing that Spider-Man was joining the MCU, in an as-yet undisclosed upcoming movie.

Fans had been clamouring for this to happen, but few people actually thought that it would - so it was a genuinely pleasant surprise when the news first broke!

Of particular note in the press release were the words "New Spider-Man", a signal that Garfield's time in the spandex was well and truly up. There had been speculation - and much hope - that it would be his Spider-Man joining the MCU, but if the press release didn't make it clear, then Tom Holland's June 2015 casting certainly did.

Holland made his debut in 2016's Captain America: Civil War, and went on to appear in Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, and a trio of hugely successful Spider-Man movies, all set within the MCU.

Garfield later stated that he was "heartbroken" about losing the role.

But what if things had panned out differently? What if The Amazing Spider-Man 3 - and movies beyond - had actually been made? What would they have looked like?

Well, in a single word... weird.

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