Warning: this article contains spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home.

Spider-Man: No Way Home writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers explain the movie's connection to the Disney+ show Loki. Directed by Jon Watts, No Way Home brings the first looks of the MCU's multiverse onto the big screen, as it follows Peter Parker's (Tom Holland) desperate attempts to undo the damage Mysterio's (Jake Gyllenhaal) final attack in Far From Home wreaked on his life. Peter turns to Dr. Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) for help, but when their spell goes awry, it pulls in everyone who knew Peter Parker was Spider-Man from every universe, including two alternate Peters (Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield) and a host of their villains. Spider-Man's efforts to save his reluctant villains culminate in a confrontation that nearly breaks the universe, opening cracks to other realities.

While this is the first time the MCU's heroes have clashed directly with the multiverse in one of their movies, the MCU's Phase 4 introduced the multiverse earlier. In Loki season 1, episode 6, He Who Remains (Jonathan Majors) explains the multiversal war he stopped to Loki (Tom Hiddleston) and Sylvie (Sophie Di Martino), but Sylvie decides to risk corrupting the Sacred Timeline and kills He Who Remains. Some fans wondered whether Sylvie's choice in Loki may have contributed to the cracks that appear in No Way Home and whether the events happen simultaneously.

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Speaking to The Wrap, Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers answered some of these questions. They explained that while their story for No Way Home already included the multiversal cracks when Loki's finale premiered, they felt the trouble with the multiverse in the Disney+ show helped their own story. McKenna went on to address the timeline for the two events, and he admits that even they don't know. Read his full explanation about writing No Way Home below:

“Whether certain things that were happening in ‘Loki’ line up in terms of the timeline exploding and is that the same time that Doctor Strange is casting the spell, I don’t know. There is, I’m sure, the Marvel talking points to that. But we were aware of a lot of the different things that were going on, and could we draw on those, how it would be affected by this thing, but ultimately we had our own giant story bear to wrestle with.”

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At this point, every MCU fan knows not to trust everything said in interviews, especially anything that might spoil upcoming movies or shows. It may be true that McKenna and Sommers don't know how the timelines are arranged in the MCU and No Way Home, or they might just not be allowed to say anything about it yet. Either way, fans still don't know for sure whether Sylvie killing He Who Remains coincides with Dr. Strange's spell cracking the universe.

Spider-Man: No Way Home demonstrated the sheer scale that Phase 4 of the MCU will encompass. With a huge cast of stars in both supporting roles and cameos, the tie-ins created by the characters' presences alone open endless avenues of storytelling potential. Marvel could weave all its stories together into one or follow separately branching storylines. With the multiverse constantly creating new questions for fans, they are certain to be excited for whatever comes next.

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Source: The Wrap

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