“So excited to announce the new Spider-Man title,” Holland shared on Instagram, along with the first official set photo from the film. “Can’t wait for you lot to see what we have been up to. Love from Atlanta.”
The set photo features all three stars gazing up at something off-camera with looks of surprised dread (Holland), grim concern (Zendaya), and anxious worry (Batalon). Swipe left on the post, however, and Holland’s post reveals the “title” of the movie
Spider-Man: Phone Home.
Phone home? Has the third Spider-Man movie been a secret homage to
E.T. all along? As fans scrambled to make sense of the post, Batalon unleashed an Instagram of his own.