WARNING: The following contains spoilers for WandaVision Episode 7, "Breaking the Fourth Wall," now streaming on Disney+.
Marvel released a video teaser on Twitter today with the name for the upcoming Spider-Man: Far From Home sequel. The video has Tom Holland walking out of director Jon Watt's office and telling his co-stars, Zendaya and Jacob Batalon, that Watt gave him another fake name. After teasing Holland about spoiling the last movie's name, they walk by a board with a ton of title options, and in the middle is the official title, Spider-Man: No Way Home.
However, ignoring all the title suggestions, there is another curiosity on display. There are several hexagons drawn on the board. Anyone who's watched WandaVision knows hexagons play an important role in that story. With No Way Home already featuring Doctor Strange, it wouldn't be a surprise to see the events of WandaVision, which are supposed to feed directly into Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, somehow effect Spider-Man's third film.
There have been several theories about what the hexagons in WandaVision mean. One theory was that AIM was coming back after disappearing after Iron Man 3, and another theory was that they're a sly nod to Wanda's hex magic in the comics. Still, too much has been made of the shapes throughout WandaVision to dismiss them so easily, especially since the entire field around Westview is a giant hexagon.
That leads to this third theory, which easily ties into Spider-Man 3. WandaVision Episode 7, "Breaking the Fourth Wall," proves nothing in Westview is at it seems, and Wanda is not completely in control of the situation. While the episode shows who the villain really is, many fans believe someone else is working with Agatha, like Marvel's version of the devil, Mephisto. A hexagon is a six-sided polygon with six vertices and six angles, and coincidently a number associated with the devil is 666. Mephisto also has a strong connection to both Wanda Maximoff and Spider-Man in the comics, so this could tie into both characters' stories in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
In the comics, Wanda created her children, Tommy and Billy using fragments of Mephisto's soul. This meant the two needed to be eliminated, which eventually broke Wanda mentally. In WandaVision, she also creates her children, and the show seems to be heading in a dark direction for Wanda and the twins, with her kids currently missing.
Meanwhile in the Spider-Man comics, Peter reveals his identity to the world after Civil War, which puts a bullseye on everyone he loves. His Aunt May takes that bullet, and Peter makes a deal with the devil, Mephisto, to save May's life in exchange for dissipating his marriage with Mary Jane, so everything that surrounded it disappears.
At the end of Spider-Man: Far From Home, Spidey and MJ are back in New York and ready to get on with their lives; however, before they could do anything, J. Jonah Jameson reveals a video from Mysterio. The villain makes it look like he's the hero trying to stop Spider-Man, revealing Peter's identity to the world.
Like in the comics, the world now knows that Peter is Spider-Man, which puts everyone he loves in danger. With Doctor Strange appearing in No Way Home and the speculation that this film could explore the multiverse, Mephisto might be the next big bad for the MCU, offering Peter a deal to keep his loved ones safe. Theoretically, after exploiting Wanda's trauma in WandaVision, Mephisto's next victim may be Spider-Man.
Directed by Jon Watts, the currently untitled sequel to Spider-Man: Far From Home stars Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Jamie Foxx, Alfred Molina and Benedict Cumberbatch. The film arrives in theaters Dec. 17.