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Just as things look very wet (and very bad) for Peter, another problem emerges. Or maybe it’s not a problem yet as we’ll learn...who, or what is he? One of Spider-Man’s most fearsome foes, the marvelous Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal)!

First appearing in 1964, Amazing Spider-Man #13, Mysterio—aka Quentin Beck—was a special effects maestro and stunt man who turned to crime after he found it hard to make a name for himself in Hollywood, using his SFX knowhow to turn himself into a master of illusion.

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Gyllenhaal’s Mysterio, however, seems like less of a VFX master and more like...well, a straight up magic user. We see him flying into battle in what appears to be both the location Fury and Hill fought the earth elemental in, and then against the water elemental in Venice, casting green-hued bolts of energy and pulling up defensive runes that look rather similar to the displays of magic offered by the Sorcerer Supreme himself, Doctor Strange.

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So if this version of Quentin is a master of illusion, he’s pulling off some pretty wild stuff. But is he friend or foe? He seems to be helping out in the fight against the elementals, sure, but is it all a trick, or has one of Spider-Man’s most iconic villains been turned good?

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Peter’s friends seem to think so, at least, as the trailer ends with the kids back in their hotel after the water elemental attack, pondering the mystery of Mysterio. “He’s like Iron Man and Thor rolled into one!” one of them notes, only for Flash Thompson (Tony Revolori) to step in and defend the honor of his beloved Spider-Man...

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Even while he still mocks Peter. Poor Parker.


Our first major look at Far From Home has given us some cool stuff—new villains, new suits for Peter, a global adventure, and what appears to be a significant re-imagining of one of Spider-Man’s most famous and beloved villains. But if you were hoping this snippet would allow you to start filling in the gaps between Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, or get an idea of what the Marvel Cinematic Universe will be like after Thanos’ eventual defeat (and how Peter Parker comes back from a dusty death), then...well, you were never gonna get any answers here, but we didn’t really get any clues as to just when this film is even set, either.

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We’ll have to wait and find out all that when Spider-Man: Far From Home thwips into theaters July 5.


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