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Welcome to the Spider-Man Brand New Day Global Home Premiere Party. I'm Mike Manalo your host for the home premiere party in addition to being a brand new day today is going to be a Spectacular one because we get to share this with all of you hardcore fans around the globe Can I hear from my friends in Australia? All right our friends in Japan Any Spidey fans in Thailand yeah what is up thailand how about india let's go fighty fans in south africa hey south african spider-man you guys look so great any spidey fans in germany what's up it's a brand new day in germany hey all right i love that jersey you are rocking it germany spideys fans in italy hey what's up italy let's kick it to the uk any spidey fans there you guys look amazing let's hear from our spideys fans in brazil how about our neighbors from the north canada let's go do we have any spidy fans in mexico i love it guys mexico all right great job uh can we hear from spidey's hometown of new york you got spideys baby anyone else from new yor what's up what is up what is up let's go to Missouri hey Missouri oh did everyone see that oh my god how about San Francisco very very awesome love it San Francisco and finally my hometown of Los Angeles can we hear from you what is up all right anyone else from la hey hey oh my god everyone looks so amazing and i am so grateful that you guys are all here across the globe in every different time zone look at this amazing crowd you guys look awesome thank you for being so amazing i gotta ask is anyone else's spider senses tingling right now i feel like something awesome is about to happen i think we've got some fans entering the chat right now is there a nathan on the call hi oh my god nathan kim so for anyone who has ever seen the tiktok trend just the jean gray thing going on it is this man right here nathan cam the telepath choreographer for spider-man brand new day it's great to see you nathan hey nice to be here all right i'm i'm also hearing word that there is a destin on the call is there a destin somewhere director of spider-man brand new day how are you destin it's amazing to be hier you know what i think we have some fans here that have some questions for you i think i'm gonna kick it to thailand do you guys have a question for destin Sawasdee ka. Sawasdika. Sawasdae ka I want to know what new challenges Peter Parker has faced in his life. Well, the biggest challenge that we had for this movie was where Peter Parker begins, which is it's his first time in his life being completely separated from his friends and his family and his community and to start spider-man in that place at the beginning of the movie was a challenge that we all really embraced and it was really exciting to watch him go on this journey from being completely outside and alone to to relearning the importance of community and then and and being around the people that he loves. I really miss you guys. That was great. Japan, do you have a question for Nathan? Hi. One really fun thing to keep an eye out for is just the change in people's expressions when they become inhabited. It's really fascinating to see all these different performers become a totally different character when they are jumped with this energy And one of my favorite scenes in the whole film is with Zendaya when you just see her transform from one person to another right before your eyes just through her expression. So that's one thing that I'd like to watch on. Thank you. Let's kick it over to Italy. Do you guys have a question for Destin? This movie is all about the importance of human connection. And I think right now, maybe more than ever, it's very easy to feel alone. This movie taught me, and I hope it spreads, taught me the importance of being really close to the people that we love. Yeah, you would've loved her. Let's kick it to the UK. Do you guys have a question for Nathan? Hey, Nathan, how are you? Good to see you. Firstly, I wanna say, it was such an amazing experience working with you on set and secondly wanted to ask you did you ever try on the spider-man costume good to see you Megan no I never tried on the spider man costume myself but some people from our movement dance team did occasionally wear versions of the costume when they were standing in for spider-men as we were developing the scenes but as far as the costume itself only Tom ever wore that um let's kick it to brazil i mean i think some of the most difficult decisions that i have to make as a director are are the things that we will not be able to include in a movie in pre-production we actually put a lot of time and effort and planning into a big action sequence and never made the final cut. It all took place in the bar with no name, so it was a giant bar fight with all kinds of fun characters in there. And our action design team did amazing choreography on it, and we just realized that it was not going to fit into the movie. Canada, do you have a question for Nathan? What's going on, Nathan? What is something you did privately to prepare for this project that most people don't know? Well, when I was a kid, I loved collecting comics. And one of the first ones I ever owned was actually a Spider-Man comic given to me by one of my older cousins. In a way, I feel like a lot of my childhood itself was preparation for this project. And just the wonder and fascination that I had for these characters and the worlds they lived in and my interest in all the special powers that they possessed kind of set me up to be ready to explore this as an adult. Let's head on over to Germany. Hi Dustin, nice to meet you. Hi, good to meet ya too. Thank you. So yeah, my question. Quite a few moments in this movie that we were always trying to find ways to do practically. The biggest one that comes to mind, and I'm glad Nathan Kim is on here, the the way that we portrayed the powers of Jean Grey. It was very hard to visualize but we wanted to find a real physical way to do it and so I called up my good friend Nathan Kim and and he got together a bunch of very talented dancers in Los Angeles and just started doing experiments with body movement and he was sending me the videos back on him that he was taking on his iPhone and we we were just kind of going back and forth until we found a movement that really felt right for that character. And it's one of my favorite parts of the movie is watching those dancers interpret what this power is for Jean Grey. And that took over TikTok. Let's kick it to Where I Left My Heart, San Francisco. Do you guys have a question for Nathan? Hi. I was wondering, has there been a fan reaction moment that you've loved or that you've been surprised by? I mean, just to pick up on that TikTok comment, like it was really so surprising to see so many people on different social media platforms sort of run with this idea of this jumping from one person to another and stage all their, all these little scenes where they could play out this, these ideas in, in theaters, in malls. I think I saw someone do one at a baseball game and I just love to kind of people exploring it creatively in their own way it's a lot of fun let's go to Mexico we mentioned Mexico good to see you how do you handle bitter barker's mutation and how far do you want to take it we definitely were exploring all the options and initially but where we landed was to find a balance that just helped to communicate the theme that Peter Parker is going through and the emotions that he's going through. We wanted it to just be relatable to anybody. And so the mutation to me is just a metaphor for emotions that I think many of us can connect to. And many of Us have felt like we are monsters at certain points in our lives and have felt like we are out of control and for me when I feel like that the thing that grounds me the most is my family and my community and that's what Peter Peter finds as well in this movie thank you so much for that uh let's kick it to Los Angeles uh Caitlin do you have a question for Nathan hi Nathan what was the most challenging Spider-Man sequence to bring to life in this particular scene we had that blast wave of energy uh moving across a city block with cars crashing in the foreground and stunt players that were getting um that were on bikes getting hit and rolling over the hoods of cars it was a scene that just required so many different moving pieces and different departments to come together to pull off but i think it was also one of the most fulfilling because it allowed us to really work as a team and tea do you have a question for destin um frank Peter Parker had such a great dynamic on screen. Was this the same behind the scenes? It was exactly the same behind the scene, which makes it very difficult to shoot sometimes, but it is a lot of fun. When two actors have a history together and they like each other and they enjoy each other like those two, it makes my job actually very easy because you just start rolling and they they you know they just start doing what they do and it's super fun to watch are you blushing that for dill uh let's head to australia nathan it's lovely to meet you so stylistically how did you decide which elements from the comics to feature in the film when it came to the movement sequences around gene gray's powers we tried out a lot of different ideas as Destin was saying as to how things might look and how these jumps might read on camera. What we landed on stylistically came down to what was going to read the best on camera so that you could understand the story and sort of see visually what was happening and that it made sense. He really just gave us a lot of guidance and direction as to what he wanted us to move towards and what he really connected with. Let's go to South Africa. Yeah Destin, Morlo from South Africa, you should come visit. If you had to film Spider-Man in South Africa which city would you choose? I'm pretty sure that Johannesburg was already destroyed, right? In Avengers Age of Ultron. So maybe Cape Town would be the next best place to go. India, do you have a question for Nathan? Hi Nathan, congratulations on the massive success and this thing becoming a trend. But keeping that in mind, how did you manage to film this entire thing on the streets and you know in public and wasn't that difficult well for the scenes that i was involved in with all the jumps i'd say most of them were actually not filmed on public streets but they took place on a specially built outdoor studio lot that was made to look like new york city and this lot was located in london at pinewood studios it was like four to five blocks of just streets and side streets and storefronts alleyways just kind of everything you needed to give the sense of like a full city movie magic great question india uh let's head back to the states missouri do you have a question for destin of course uh how is the tone different on this movie compared to the movies that came before it the tone of this movie is just shifted with with Peter Parker and and Ned and MJ we started to ask ourselves what type of music would they be listening to what type of personal problems would they'd be going through and that's also where we landed on the journey of Peter Parker you know when when you start a character who has who has literally lost everything every every person that is close to him is now gone when you start a character in a place at the beginning of a movie it it kind of sets the tone for you and that was uh the the hole that we wanted to watch peter learn how to fall out of and that that that became the the tone of of brand new day all right let's head to peter parker's hometown of new york brayden do you have a question for nathan Hello, I was curious what your favorite prop or set piece from the movie is that might've gone unnoticed. I kind of love that question because one of my favorite scenes involving props was the one in the restaurant and everyone in the scene had some sort of prop, whether it was a teacup or chopsticks or a piece of food that they were about to eat. When this wave came through and hit them, everything that they had in their hands either flew out against the wall or was frozen in space with them. It was just a lot of fun to sort of use these props to give the sense of this restaurant really kind of getting hit by this blast wave. And let's go to Jazzy. Do you have a question for Destin? Hey, Mr. Destin. So what is the biggest lesson that you hope young people take away from this movie? I love Spidey in the background there, Jazzy! Thank you. I really hope that young people go and watch this movie and regardless of where they are in their lives or how they're feeling or um i i do hope that this movie reminds reminds young people and i you know reminds the part of me and and who who who still feels like this at times reminds us that we are not alone in this crazy world um where when we don't have to walk through all the ups and downs of life by ourselves and and i hope just like what peter has to learn that if if certain people do feel that way that they they they take that little step to reaching out to somebody that they love and and reconnecting well do you have uh mrs spider-man do i have a mrs sweater man um wow that was amazing we could do this all day guys but we gotta say goodbye to destin and nathan for now thank you guys so so much for coming thank you thanks so much für having us all right folks great questions amazing to see everyone and to see destin and nathan um but because we're surrounded by the biggest and best spidey fans in the world i think we have to test some of their knowledge how about some trivia yeah um who out there thinks that they have what it takes to prove they're as smart and nerdy as peter parker and ned leads do we have any contenders i'm seeing a lot of nods and happy faces that means yes so let me explain really quickly how this is going to work i'm going to throw out some questions out there they're all going to have multiple choices, four possible answers, and all you have to do is raise your Peter Parker paddles to indicate whether you think the answer is one, two, three, or four. Those are the multiple choice options. And by the way, whoever wins, you guys get Ragnarok. Okay, let's get started. Question number one. Roughly, how many Spider-Man suits did the costume team make? Is it one, four suits, two, 56 suits, three, 365 suits, or four, eight suits? All right. I'm seeing a lot of paddles in the air. The number is 56 suits. Ah, everyone looks like they got it right. well done everyone uh really really good job i asked for 57 to be made so i could wear one at night but they told me no um that being said let's move on to the next question what scottish thing had to be recreated to look like a new york thing one the pigeons two the cakes Three, the bricks. Or four, parking tickets. All right, let's see some paddles. The correct answer is three, the brick. They had to craft the bricks to make them look like New York bricks. That's crazy, right? So, which city stood in for New York during the big car chases? Is it one, Las Vegas? Two, Glasgow? three venice or four blackpool all right let's see here correct answer is number two glasgow which means a lot of you got that right well done well done what was outside to help it look like the subway train was moving is it one a huge screen two the crew sprinting back and forth three a giant disco ball or four a long bed sheet correct answer is one a huge screen well done wow we got some experts out here this is crazy and the winner is we have so many spider experts on there and you guys did how about you guys at home what did you do did you get everything right now it's showtime i want to give a huge shout out to our very special guests dustin daniel cretin and all of you friendly neighborhood fans joining us from all across to blow every single one of you guys is the reason why we do this so thank you so so much sit back relax grab your popcorn and join us in watching peter parker's most thrilling adventure to date spider-man brand new day watch it at home now and check out all the amazing special features you're not going to want to miss this see you guys roll it big potato stuff it definitely wouldn't be the movie that it is without tom holland the shot has seven people on wire flying up and that last one was money god that's cool come on we did luck out with the cast of this movie I'll tell you what, kid, it's just been a real thrill for me. I'm blushing. This has been such a cool environment to step into. I can hear you breathing. We ain't messing around on Spider-Man 4. Thank you.