Spider-Man: No Way Home (Shade Edition)

At the time of writing this, 2021 film *Spider-Man: No Way Home* has gotten not one, not two, but a whopping zero trailers. We barely know anything about the movie, bar some of the cast. So before the trailers come out and show us what this movie's plot is all about, I'm going to write down an idea that's been bouncing around in my brain for a year now, an idea for what this film could potentially be if I had full creative control.

The film opens with a montage of news reports, some of which coming from the Daily Bugle (and thus, J. Jonah Jamieson). All of these reports centre around Spider-Man, and his alleged murder of Mysterio. Some reports state that it was uncharacteristic of him to kill Mysterio, but most of them condemn Spidey. One reports mentions how Ned Leeds, Michelle "MJ" Jones and May Parker all disappeared soon after Spider-Man's identity as Peter Parker was made public. The final report mentions that the United States government is sending a task force to track and detain Spider-Man, led by Russian mercenary Sergei "Kraven" Kravinoff.

We cut to Times Square, New York. A bank is being robbed by a man in a green, metal suit, with a tail-like appendage dripping with poison sprouting from his back. Scorpion. Everyone at the bank is terrified to move, because Scorpion's tail is just fats enough to catch them. But then, someone makes a run for it. Just as Scorpion's about to pierce that guy's chest right open, Spider-Man swings a chuck of debris at Scorpion's tail, right before throwing a couch at Scorpion's face. A fight commences. However, something is different. Spider-Man is really, really violent during this fight. He punches a little too hard, and doesn't seem to care if the building around him is getting damaged. Ultimately, some police show up, and Spider-Man instinctively webs them to the walls. To him, they're just an annoyance. After shredding through Scorpion's armour, Spider-Man finishes the fight by snapping his spine. Spider-Man looks around, feeling accomplished, but he sees all of the bystanders staring at him, afraid. He swings away.

Spider-Man returns to a bunker of sorts. Here, he unmasks himself. Ned, MJ and May are all here too. Through dialogue, it is explained that, as associates of Peter Parker, they were considered criminals by the law and had to go on the run. The Avengers gave Peter a warehouse/bunker to hide in while they tried thinking of a way to clear his name. "Are you doing okay, Pete? I saw the fight, on the news, and... you went a bit hard on that scorpion dude," says Ned. "I'm fine," Peter replies, "the whole world just thinks I'm a murderer, that's all." Peter sulks into his room. It's a pretty terrible looking room. He has a broken mirror, which he finds hard to look at. He passes out on his bed.

In the middle of the night, Peter is woken up by a strange light that covers his room. He springs out of bed, ready to fight. A silhouette appears from a twisting, purple, orange thing. "Who the hell are you?" Peter shouts. The silhouette (whose face is obscured by a scarf and beanie) notices Peter's animosity and fighting stance, and dons one as well. They duel. Both of them are equally as acrobatic, neither of them can land a hit on the other. That is, until the silhouette jumps onto the wall, jumps off and kicks Peter in the face and out of his room. The two continue to fight, out in the living room, with MJ and Aunt May watching but powerless to do anything. Suddenly, another light appears, and another silhouette emerges. He webs both of them up. The light dissipates, and we see the second silhouette. Tobey Maguire's Peter Parker stands there, and demands "Where am I?" MCU Peter breaks free from the webbing and goes to fight Maguire, before both of them get a surge of spider-sense. They see a vision of each other, in costume.

* Maguire: "Wait... but... how can you be Spider-Man? I'm Spider-Man!"
* Holland: "Wait, but... what? And, who are you?" Holland asks the man with the scarf. He breaks free from the webbing too, and takes off his scarf and beanie. Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man. The two others see visions of him in-costume as well.
* Andrew: "That hurt."
* Aunt May: "What on earth is happening?!"
* Holland: "I have absolutely no idea, May."
* Maguire: "May? May Parker? That's you?"
* May: "Um... yes? Hi, total stranger?"
* Andrew: "But you look nothing like her! Wait a second, how do you know who May Parker is?" Andrew points at Maguire.
* Maguire: "I'm her nephew. Wait a second..."
* All Spider-Men: "You're Peter Parker too?"
* MJ: "What the f-"

We cut to a montage of the three Peters trying to figure things out. MCU Peter is writing down possibilities on a whiteboard: Clones, illusions, multiverse. Andrew Peter is trying to recreate his suit, which was "destroyed in my last fight alongside the Avengers". Maguire Peter is curious as to the nature of this world, and asks what the Avengers are. We learn some things here.

* The Avengers do not exist on Maguire's world.
* The Avengers began existing on Andrew's world after TASM2. It consists of Iron Man, Black Panther, Hulk and the Wasp. After learning this, MCU Peter decides that the others aren't illusions, as the Wasp isn't really a public figure at this time.
* Maguire and Andrew remember a swirling portal of purple light sucking them away from their realities.

Eventually, they all come to the conclusion that they are each from a different universe. Why three Spider-Men were all pulled together is unknown, but Holland Peter has an idea. He tells the others that he knows someone in New York who'll probably know what to do. He says, as the camera zooms in and the music subtly swells, "let's just hope the doctor's in".

Cut to a government building. A series of monitors are showing a spike in quantum energy in New York City that somehow contains DNA signatures. The scientists examine it and determine that the DNA strands are those of a human and a spider. This is where we meet Kraven. He looks like Igor Karkaroff in the classiest brown tuxedo you could imagine. He stares at the DNA analysis, and says "it's time. We must assemble the team." Kraven goes to a training room of sorts, featuring a bunch of military people sparring against one another with hi-tech weaponry. A plasma sword, a fire bow, an electric mace, etc.. Kraven picks up a spear. "Gentlemen, we have work to do!" He raises his spear to the sky.

(will be finished later)