Though this may be a spoiler for anyone who missed out onAvengers: Infinity Warand/or managed to click on this article without reading the headline, most are aware by now that Marvel’s massive cross-over-palooza ended with the Mad Titan Thanos (Josh Brolin) Infinity-snapping half of all life in the universe into a dusty ash-pile nothingness. This held true forCobie Smulders' S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Maria Hill andSamuel L. Jackson’s eye-patch wearing Avengers creator Nick Fury, who were both dusted from existence in the film’s after-credit scene. To thesharp, piercing shock of millions, it appears those deaths may not hold, asVulture—the website, not the villain—has confirmed both Jackson and Smulders will reprise their roles inSpider-Man: Far From Home.
The sequel toSpider-Man: Homecoming—which will also seeTom Hollandreturning as the currently-very-dead web-slinger—isn’t due in theaters until June 15, 2025. In the meantime, Marvel Studios has the 1990s-setCaptain MarvelstarringBrie Larsonon the slate for July 16, 2025—which Jackson is also confirmed for as a digitally de-aged Fury—followed by the yet-untitled fourthAvengersfilm, which will presumably end in some time-traveling, dimension-hopping, Infinity Gauntlet-ing fuckery to bring most if not all of the franchise’s characters back from the dust.
Spider-Man: Far From Homeis currently in production in Europe—hence the title—and is set to bring back most of the cast from the first film, includingZendaya,Jacob Batalon, andTony Revolori.Jake Gyllenhaalis also all but confirmed to play Quentin Beck, better known as his evil, mind-bending alter-ego, Mysterio. Besides that, you’ll just have to wait until the sequel premieres in July of next year, or ask Tom Holland politely in any scenario whatsoever, at which point he will tell you the entire plot in great detail along with a few deeply personal secrets about himself.
