The Superior Spider-Man 3 (S3/NWH Combo Edit)

Whenever fans think of No Way Home and the Raimi verse, sometimes their minds drift immediately to make the next “Spider-Man 4” and leave the first three alone…but I think there’s so much to mine out of the existing third film that it only makes sense to turn any sort of Toby focused take on NWH into a much more improved Spider-Man 3.

Everything largely clicks for me in my current timeline, except the Sandman. He needs to figure out who Peter is beore the spell can affect him, but I’m gradually beginning to piece together the story.

While working on the full-length version of this project (the ‘real one’ is well over three hours), I decided, as a fun challenge, and for a bit of a laugh, to see if I could condense it down to a two hour 28 minute ‘studio’ cut. This follows in the footsteps of other parody ‘executive meddling’ edits such as “Last Jedi: The Coward’s Cut” and “How A Studio Can Ruin Jurassic Park”…imagine a world where Sony greenlit a dream combo, Spider-Man 3 merged with No Way Home, and proceeded to make a slew of bone-headed decisions with it all the way through to the final product, all to quicken the pace and get people in and out of the theatre in no time at all.

Won’t spoil much in this cut, suffice to say the three hour version will give everything much more room to breath…also, if you’re looking for the three hour cut to simply be this one only it’s longer, forget about it, it’s practically an entirely different cut. This is Josstice League to the inevitable Snyder take.

…Though, who knows, maybe you’ll end up enjoying it despite the intention, and may come to think it has merit on it’s own, it’s not like I went on to make an intentionally bad parody edit.

I’m quite interested in this. PM sent…

Updates on the current workprint (I’ve sent a copy to stretch09)

-Edit length is 3 hours 6 minutes with credits.
-Film now opens with Gwen’s death from Amazing Spider-Man 2
-First time we see Toby’s universe is the rescue of Raimi Gwen
-The aftermath of Mysterio outing Holland’s Peter is trimmed down significantly (example, when Peter is told not to say anything without a lawyer, we cut immediately to Matt Murdock clearing up the charges over the phone)
-Harry dies early on and without redemption, consumed by his hatred for Peter and his devotion to revenge. This lines up with what Peter tells Ned later about his friend dying in his arms.
-MJ’s love convinces Peter to reject the symbiote, but despite their love, Peter is convinced he’s hurt MJ through his actions with Gwen, and thus isn’t ready for marriage.
-Peter confronts Flint in the black suit the same night as Flint gains his powers
-Eddie is now ‘humbled and humiliated’ by Symbiote Spider-Man smashing his camera. His request that God kills Peter Parker is cut.
-We switch from SM 3 to No Way Home while Peter is in the shower, we cut to Holland’s Peter on the highway confronting Doc Ock. His initial meeting with Strange is cut and we learn from Strange later what he actually did.
-Inserted the line “I Forgive You” from Spider-Man 3 after Peter assures a cured Flint they’ll be going home.
-Tom Hardy’s Venom used for the final scenes, just because he looked comics accurate.
-Film ends with Peter wanting to talk to MJ but can’t find the words so takes his leave, he finds out Venom is on the rampage and the last shot is of him looking at his Spider-Man costume. Nothing ever ends, the power and responsibility remains.