Remember That Gadget That Iron Man Gave Spidey?

Tom Holland is about to get his first Spider-Man movie released this year, but he made his first appearance in Captain America: Civil War.  At the end of the movie (actually, after the end of the credits) we're shown Peter Parker opening up a gift from Tony Stark.  When he turns it on, a huge Spider-Man light shines up on the ceiling of his room, but what exactly was the device created for?  According to Spider-Man: Homecoming producer Eric Hauserman Carrol, it's an interface that's designed to work with Spidey's web-shooters.


“One of the ideas is that when he does this [movement] he can adjust the spray, and he can even scroll through different web settings, like spinning web, web ball, ricochet web… you know, all of the stuff we can see him do in the comics, Tony has built into this.  That was sort of unlocked for him. So when he shines that, it will go [boom noise], and if he wants to shoot just the one swinging web, it will go down really small. And if he wants to web a guy to the wall, it goes [makes noise] and goes like that. It’s kind of like a DSLR camera. He can shoot without it, or he can hold that thing a second, get his aiming right, and really choose a web to shoot.”


It isn't quite as advanced as the Amazing Spider-Man comic book web-shooters, which are voice activated, but as Jamie Lovett over at Comicbook.com says, "it's probably a lot more fun to watch on a movie screen."


Spider-Man: Homecoming hits theaters July 7, 2017.