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2022 is upon us, but here’s some news that will bring you back to the glory days of 2020 and 2021—Sony has delayed the theatrical release of the ‘Spider-Man’ spinoff film, “Morbius.” Yep, that’s right, just a matter of days before the release of the Jared Leto-starring “Morbius,” the studio has decided to delay the film until the spring.

So, after months of speculation and leaks, it’s true— “Spider-Man: No Way Home” saw the return of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield as different Peter Parkers to help Tom Holland’s new Peter Parker fight bad guys. And the film is exceeding even Sony’s wildest expectations, smashing box office records and earning rave reviews from critics and fans alike.

**Spoilers for ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ are incoming…** **You’ve been warned.** Say what you will about “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” the film definitely doesn’t underdeliver on the number of twists, turns, and surprising cameos. But believe it or not, if the studio went with the early drafts of the script, there could have been a lot more familiar faces showing up in the record-breaking sequel.

**Spoilers for ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ incoming…** **Seriously, if you haven’t seen the film, don’t let us spoil it for you…** **You’ve been warned…** Sony and Marvel Studios did about as well as they could to ensure fans were surprised when they witnessed the third act of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and the re-introduction of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield into the franchise.

Welcome back from your slumber and food coma. As you start to raise from your holiday fog (hope you had a merry one), you’ll start to receive bits of information that penetrate your haze.

It’s official— “Spider-Man: No Way Home” has done what no other pandemic-era film has done so far, earning more than $1 billion worldwide. And the film did it in only 12 days.

FRIDAY AM UPDATE: Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home ends the week with $385.8M, the third best first week at the domestic box office of all-time after Avengers: Endgame ($473.9M) and Star Wars: Force Awakens ($390.8M). Sony reports that the film will become the first $1 billion grossing movie at the global box office of the pandemic tom’w. Nancy will have more soon.

Tom Holland is finally speaking out in response to one of the most surprising moments in Spider-Man: No Way Home!

If Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson are still your OTP, you may want to know why Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst broke up after the first Spider-Man movie and how Maguire was almost replaced as Spider-Man by Dunst’s next boyfriend, Jake Gyllenhaal.

Two-and-a-half starsIt’s no secret that little kids love talking animals. But is it too much to ask that there be a stated reason why a koala, elephant, porcupine and pig live happily in the same urban city and all have a passion for music?That’s the crux of the so-so “Sing” movie series — tales of a showbiz zoo in which someone’s status as a turtle is hardly ever mentioned.

the cast of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” spent an amazing day on set with a fellow hero — little Bridger Walker, who put his life on the line to save his little sister from a dog attack in 2020 at age 6.The devout Marvel fan’s unparalleled bravery has turned the boy from Cheyenne, Wyo., into an international sensation.

Spider-Man: No Way Home” press tour.But producer Amy Pascal recently revealed that she attempted to steer Holland and Zendaya away from any future dating shortly after they were cast.“I took Tom and Zendaya aside, separately, when we first cast them and gave them a lecture,” Pascal in an interview with the New York Times published Friday. “Don’t go there — just don’t.

Coming into the weekend, everyone knew “Spider-Man: No Way Home” would break pandemic-era box office records. Previously, the biggest debut was with “Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” which earned $90 million over its first three days back in October.

, Miles Morales says, 'Anyone can wear the mask.' His proclamation speaks to Morales and Peter Parker's average nature that, along with radioactive arachnoid genetics, has been embedded in the character's DNA since Stan Lee created the superhero in 1962.Even before the, the MCU,  and the upside-down kiss, Spider-Man was already held up as one of Marvel’s biggest success stories.

Manchester United and Manchester City are braced for an update as talks over a possible cancellation of the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) are held.

Jamie Lang Global sports streaming service DAZN and leading Spanish broadcast group Movistar Plus have acquired the audiovisual rights to the country’s top soccer division, LaLiga, from the 2022/23-2026/27 seasons at a total cost of €4.95 billion ($5.6 billion). The deal represents a slight increase – around €10 million ($11.30 million) or 1% per season – from the previous cycle.

Even Spider-Man can’t stop a fart from coming out. Tom Holland, who plays Peter Parker/the web-slinging superhero on the big screen, confessed in a Dec. 10 interview with SiriusXM that he accidentally passed gas while performing a wire stunt on the set of Spider-Man: No Way Home, which arrives in theaters on December 17. As for the person that Tom, 25, farted on? That would be Zendaya, his on-screen sweetheart and real-life girlfriend.

What’s going to happen to the live-action ‘Spider-Man’ film franchise after “Spider-Man: No Way Home?” Tom Holland seems unsure, but producer Amy Pascal wants to keep having the actor appear as Peter Parker for years to come, hinting that a new trilogy is on the way.