Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’s First Trailer Gives Fans Exactly What They’ve Wanted

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man finally has a trailer! And it looks pretty promising.

I don’t know about you, but when I first heard the show was about Peter Parker’s origins as Spider-Man, I thought it was a companion piece to the Tom Holland MCU films. That was way back in November of 2021. So, I’ve spent three years expecting something completely different from what’s shown in the trailer.

What Happens In The Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Trailer?

The trailer introduces an entirely different timeline that, as far as we currently know, has nothing to do with the MCU’s established Earth-616. Peter is 15 years old and has only recently obtained his powers. It’s so early he’s still wearing a makeshift outfit that looks more like bad cosplay than a superhero costume. He’s awkward, talkative, and livestreams his spider-outings.

A major twist comes when Norman Osborn calls Pete to Oscorp. A flash of security footage plays under Norman’s declaration, “So, you’re Spider-Man.” He continues, “With my help, you’ll achieve greatness.” We cut from a shot of a high-tech lab to Spider-Man decked out in the white-and-black Future Foundation suit.

If that sounds familiar to the relationship Tom Holland’s Spider-Man had with Tony Stark, that’s on purpose. This is a parallel story that’s operating almost like a “What if…”.

When Does Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Come Out?

The animated series premieres on Wednesday, January 29th, 2025, on Disney+. The first season will have 10 episodes.

Our Take On The Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Trailer

The trailer gives MCU fans something they’ve been asking for, for nearly a decade—a street-level Spider-Man story.

Homecoming took place mostly in the suburbs and at Parker’s school. We didn’t get Spider-Man web-swinging through New York City. Then Far From Home also missed that local flavor as the story occurred abroad and struggled to find moments for Spider-Man scenes. And then No Way Home is finally Peter in New York City, but it’s this epic, end-of-the-world scenario. Don’t get me wrong, I loved No Way Home, but it was a lot.

A lot of Spider-Man’s charm is the character’s day-to-day life juxtaposed against his crime-fighting. The MCU films have given us a lot of Peter Parker but barely any of the classic Spider-Man shenanigans that made the Sam Raimi/Tobey Maguire films feel so lived-in. This two-minute trailer had more of that classic vibe than any of the Holland pictures.