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SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME

WHAT'S IT ABOUT? Spider-Man takes on new threats in a world that has changed forever.

WHO'S IN IT? Tom Holland, Angourie Rice, Zendaya, Jake Gyllenhaal

TRIVIA:

  • This is the 23rd movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
  • Jake Gyllenhaal was supposed to replace an injuredTobey Maguire as the web-slinger inSpider-Man 2(2004), but Tobey healed in time to return to the franchise.
  • Matt Damon reportedly turned down the bad guy role in Far From Home.

MIDSOMMAR

WHAT'S IT ABOUT? A couple travels to Sweden to visit a rural hometown's fabled mid-summer festival, but what begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.

WHO'S IN IT? Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Will Poulter

TRIVIA:

  • Directed by Ari Aster(Hereditary).
  • The film was shot in Budapest, Hungary.
  • Jack Reynor was up for the part of the young Han Solo.


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