Spider-Man: No Way Home is set to be one of the biggest hits in Marvel Cinematic Universe history, but it holds a whole different record (or rather a unique feature) within the firm. Explanations.
Not content with surprising Marvel fans, having the most viewed trailer in 24 hours and a hit at the global box office, Spider-Man: No Way Home can boast of being a film out of the ordinary in the MCU. A peculiarity that he will quickly lose, as we will see, but which currently sets him apart.
Spider-Man: No Way Home is the final installment in a trilogy, and this three-movie series is the only one in the MCU to have been overseen by one director.
Jon Watts is indeed the only director to have worked three times for the same superhero with Homecoming, Far From Home then No Way Home. The Captain America has changed directors twice in 3 films, the Thors 3 times in 4 films, the Iron Man twice in 3 films and the Avengers twice in 4 films.
That said, during 2022 will be released on Disney + the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, directed by James Gunn, with which the director will equal Watts’ record, just like Peyton Reed who will be at the helm of his third Ant-Man with Quantumania. , scheduled for July 2023.
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Jon Watts, record holder
Anyway, James Gunn will win this informal “contest”, thanks to his Guardians of the Galaxy 3, scheduled for May 2023, which will mark his fourth feature film around the same heroes. As Tony Stark says in Iron Man: “records are made to be broken …”
Before all these projects, viewers will be able to check out the upcoming Marvel film, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Sam Raimi’s first film for the MCU, and here are the first and intriguing images:
