Speaking about the new film, director Watts says it is used as "a sort of entry point to explore how all the world has changed" after Avengers: Endgame-the epic culmination and 22nd film of an 11-year-long Marvel Cinematic Universe story arc which began with 2008's Iron Man.

"The events of Endgame are just so massive and world-changing. Half of the world disappeared and came back again. This poor kid (referring to Parker, a teenager) has lost his mentor, Iron Man, and is just trying to figure out how he fits into this new world," says Watts.

"To me, that is immediately something we've never seen before," he adds.

As the new film marks an expansion of the footprint of Spider-Man, who mostly tackles villains in New York, one of the biggest hopes for domestic fans is that Spider-Man will travel to China in the future.