Spider-Man coming home as fi lming
of new movie set to begin in Astoria
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TIMESLEDGER | QNS.COM | OCT. 16-OCT. 22, 2020 5
BY JACOB KAYE
Queens’ most famous hero
is coming home.
Filming notices posted in
Astoria this week slyly suggested
that filming for the
third installment of the latest
Spider-Man franchise from
Marvel Studios will begin
next week on 31st Avenue and
23rd Street.
Put on hold during the
height of the COVID-19 crisis,
filming is set to begin in the
neighborhood on Thursday,
Oct. 15, from 6 a.m. until 7 p.m.
Shooting will continue on Friday
from 6 a.m. until 7 p.m.
Filming under the name
“Serenity Now,” a reference to
another one of Queens’ native
sons, Frank Costanza of “Seinfeld,”
the third Spider-Man
movie follows in the tradition
of the previous two films.
“Spider-Man: Homecoming”
filmed under the working
title “Summer of George,”
and “Spider-Man: Far From
Home” began filming under
the title of “Fall of George,”
both of which were names
of Seinfeld episodes. Both the
Costanzas and Peter Parker
hail from Queens.
The fictional hero’s home
at 20 Ingram St., in Forest
Hills, is also home to real
life coincidence. In 2002,
TimesLedger Newspapers reported
the home was owned
by Andrew and Suzanne
Parker, who share a last name
with the young hero.
But the strange connection
didn’t end there. Across
the street lived Herbert Osborn
and Maxwell Osborne,
who share a surname with
Spider-Man’s arch enemy, the
Green Goblin, also known as
Norman Osborn.
Film and television production
shut down in New York
City in March, as the COVID-
19 pandemic began to take
hold. It resumed in late July.
A stunt man dressed as Spider-Man, poses during a photo call for the film “The Amazing Spider-Man
2” at the Empire State Building in New York April 25, 2014. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
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