‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ trailer fuels speculation about Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire’s return to MCU

Maanya Sachdeva

November 17, 2021 at 2:06 AM·4 min read

A new trailer for the highly anticipated movie Spider-Man: No Way Home, teasing the debut of the Sinister Six group of supervillains, was released on Tuesday (16 November).

The three-minute-long trailer premiered at a fan event in Los Angeles, after which it was released online, leaving fans hyped for Tom Holland’s third, and possibly final, standalone Spider-Man film.

While it was previously confirmed that Doctor Octopus (Alfred Molina), the Green Goblin (William Defoe) and Electro (Jamie Foxx) would be facing off against the web-slinging superhero in No Way Home, the movie’s new trailer also features Thomas Haden Church’s Sandman and The Lizard (Rhys Ifans).

The identity of the sixth Spider-Man nemesis, however, has not been revealed.

The larger plot of the movie was also revealed by the new trailer.

We started getting visitors… from every universe. Watch the official trailer for #SpiderManNoWayHome, exclusively in movie theaters December 17.

Tickets on sale C̶y̶b̶e̶r̶ Spider-Monday, November 29. pic.twitter.com/poLaE677On
— Spider-Man: No Way Home (@SpiderManMovie) November 17, 2021

breaking the multiverse one trailer at a time@regalmovies @cinepolis pic.twitter.com/twJUFcYyUq
— Spider-Man: No Way Home (@SpiderManMovie) November 17, 2021

After he is outed as Spider-Man, Peter Parker (Holland) asks Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) to restore his secret. However, Strange’s spell unleashes the multiverse, leaving it exposed to supervillains who’ve fought different versions of the Spider-Man character in other alternate realities.

I just saw the new trailer for Spider-Man no way home and wow it’s freaking great, I’m really looking forward to watching it #SpiderManNoWayHome pic.twitter.com/L9z1jjdCdc
— 🍀....🐝 (@nutterbutter912) November 17, 2021

To save the world, the masked superhero must send the supervillains back to where they came from, in what promises to be an epic saga that brings back supervillains from the previous Spider-Man movies.

doc ock seeing tom's spider-man: #SpiderManNoWayHome pic.twitter.com/4HkPptmD20
— karl (@themarvelparker) November 17, 2021

It’s still not clear whether Holland will receive help from the different versions of Spider-Man, played by Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, in the earlier films.

Fans were expecting to catch glimpses of Maguire and Garfield in the second trailer for No Way Home, before it releases on 17 December, but were left wanting.

sony edited toby and andrew out of the new trailer like this😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂 #SpiderManNoWayHome pic.twitter.com/R349dKunoB
— farcrylego (@farcrylego) November 17, 2021

Despite the fact that neither Garfield nor Maguire appear in the trailer – and that neither has confirmed their participation yet – fans believe their return is imminent.

Both the actors began trending online after the trailer released as social media users analysed stills from the trailer.

Marvel fans trying to analyze every frame of the #SpiderManNoWayHome trailer. pic.twitter.com/bD0m0SYSXd
— Mercer Morrison (@MercerMorrison) November 17, 2021

More Proof that Andrew & Tobey r going to Team up with Tom to fight the Sinister 5 in #SpiderManNoWayHome 🕷️🕷️🕷️🆚☠️5⃣ pic.twitter.com/E0KkjsPvy6
— Spidey_Updates🕷 (@vr_mcu) November 17, 2021

One scene from the trailer in particular has become a fan favourite moment for Garfield’s possible re-entry as Spider-Man. At one point in No Way Home, Parker’s love interest MJ (played by Zendaya) dangerously falls off a scaffolding.

Fans recalled the tragic scene from Garfield’s 2014 film The Amazing Spider-Man -2 where he fails to save Gwen Stacy (played by Emma Stone) and theorised Garfield would swoop in to save MJ in No Way Home.

Just imagine, #TomHolland is not the one jumping out to save MJ, but #AndrewGarfield. Seeing the parallelism of the scene, he won't let history repeat itself. #SpiderManNoWayHome pic.twitter.com/pyxe1UboHj
— HUGO (@hugocorb) November 17, 2021

This shot but with a different hand 🤤 #SpiderManNoWayHome pic.twitter.com/UKM25rzXPr
— Spider-Man Shots 📸 (@SpiderManShots) November 17, 2021

No one:
Literally no one:
Spider-mans homegirl in Every movie: #SpiderManNoWayHome pic.twitter.com/vABl57y3tq
— J A L E E L (@brzdude_) November 17, 2021

Imagine if we got this again :,( #SpiderManNoWayHome pic.twitter.com/ymkpGFowcq
— ianrobertson (@ian_rob_goblin) November 17, 2021

While some were disappointed not to see either of the actors in the trailer, others suggested it was better this way and that their return “should be experienced in theatres, not spoiled or wasted.”

I know everyone is dying to see Tobey Maguire & Andrew Garfield as am I but its great they haven’t shown them. The two goats with Tom should be experienced in the theaters not spoiled or wasted like nothing. Showcasing the classic villains is awesome enough!#SpiderManNoWayHome pic.twitter.com/hcZWGxwcXc
— Alex Montes (@NotAlexMontes) November 17, 2021

“Showcasing the classic villains is awesome enough,” one user said.

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