In the official trailers for Spider-Man: Homecoming, the web-slinging superhero can be seen soaring through the sky next to Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man. It’s a shot that masterfully hypes the movie in mere seconds: it teases Downey Jr.’s return, gives fans of the ongoing MCU a chance to reminisce on Spider-Man’s first appearance in Captain America: Civil War and promises an epic team-up. But like so many before it in so many different films, that scene never appears in the film.
Suicide Squad’s Joker scenes, The Lego Batman Movie’s Justice League shot, Guardians of the Galaxy’s topless Gamora, and now this? These should be considered crimes against humanity.