1) Iron Man/Spider-Man Team-Up
One area in which this trailer really delivers is in getting across that this won’t be like every other Spider-Man movie. Rather, it will make the most of the fact that the wallcrawler now lives in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The most significant example of this is the fist-pumping final shot – showing Spider-Man and Iron Man teaming up.
Here’s a word of warning, however. Despite that final shot and Tony’s prominence in the trailer, we wouldn’t expect him to show up too much in the movie. Obviously they’re going to use Robert Downey Jr.’s presence heavily in the promotion material, but we would think that he’ll just turn up for a few key scenes to lend a helping hand to Peter and to offer some advice.
If this is the case, then it’s another instance in which Marvel are borrowing from Miles Morales’ story. In the Ultimate comics, Nick Fury is the one to guide Miles in his early days as a superhero. In Spider-Man: Homecoming, Iron Man looks to be filling this role for Peter – something he never really had in the original Spider-Man comics.
In whatever capacity Tony shows up, Downey and Holland’s banter looks to be one of the highlights of the film.
