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What we can expect from the upcoming 4th 'Spider-Man' movie starring Tom Holland

Olivia Singh   

What we can expect from the upcoming 4th 'Spider-Man' movie starring Tom Holland
  • Marvel and Sony are developing a fourth "Spider-Man" movie with Tom Holland.
  • Development has been halted due to the writers' strike in Hollywood.

A fourth "Spider-Man" movie is in the works, with Tom Holland expected to reprise his role as the titular web-slinger.

Holland made his Marvel debut as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in 2016's "Captain America: Civil War."

He's since reprised the role for "Avengers: Infinity War" and "Avengers: Endgame," in addition to three standalone movies helmed by director Jon Watts: "Spider-Man: Homecoming" (2017), "Spider-Man: Far From Home" (2019), and "Spider-Man: No Way Home" (2021).

Discussions are currently underway for a fourth installment of the Spidey franchise. Here's what we know so far.

'Spider-Man' producer Amy Pascal teased another trilogy with Holland

Prior to the release of "NWH" on December 15, 2021, Pascal told Fandango that it wouldn't be "the last Spider-Man movie." Instead, Sony and Marvel Studios would continue working together.

"We are getting ready to make the next 'Spider-Man' movie with Tom Holland and Marvel," she said. "We're thinking of this as three films, and now we're going to go onto the next three. This is not the last of our MCU movies."

Then in an interview published after "NWH" hit theaters, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige confirmed to the New York Times that a fourth "Spider-Man" film was actively in development.

"Amy and I and Disney and Sony are talking about — yes, we're actively beginning to develop where the story heads next, which I only say outright because I don't want fans to go through any separation trauma like what happened after 'Far From Home,'" Feige said.

Five months later, Sony chairman Tom Rothman told Deadline he was optimistic that the studio would start working on the movie soon, hopefully with Watts, Holland, and all Zendaya (MJ Watson) returning.

Development has been delayed by the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike

Back in February 2023, Feige told Entertainment Weekly that the writers were beginning to carve out Spider-Man's next adventure.

"All I will say is that we have the story," he said. "We have big ideas for that, and our writers are just putting pen to paper now."

However, plans slowed down once the Hollywood writers' strike began in early May after the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) failed to reach an agreement over contract negotiations.

With writers on strike, production on films and TV shows has been halted.

Pascal provided an update in late May, telling Variety: "We're in the process, but the writers strike, nobody is working during the strike. We're all being supporters and whenever they get themselves together, we'll get started."

In various interviews, Holland expressed optimism about the storyline for the next Spidey movie

The subject of the next "Spider-Man" was unavoidable throughout the press tour for "The Crowded Room," a new Apple TV+ series that Holland stars in.

Being as vague as possible about the fourth film in an interview with Inverse in June, Holland said there was "some stuff going on" that he was "excited about."

"Whether or not it'll come to fruition, who knows?" he said. "But right now it's looking pretty good, and we'll just have to wait and see."

The actor shared similar thoughts in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. Holland said that developing the movie is a "collaborative process" and meetings occurred before the strike began.

"The first few meetings were about, 'Why would we do this again?' And I think we found the reason why," he said. "I'm really, really happy with where we're at in terms of the creative."

Holland said that he was also "a little apprehensive" about suiting up again.

"There's a bit of a stigma about the fourth one in all franchises," he said. "I feel like we hit a home run with our first franchise and there's a part of me that wants to walk away with my head held high and pass the baton to the next lucky kid that gets to bring this character to life."



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