Although producer Amy Pascal appeared to have jumped the gun when she proclaimed that Marvel and Sony were already working on a new trilogy of Tom Holland MCU Spider-Man movies, Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige has moved to reassure fans of the web-slinger’s future within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
“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,” said Feige, referring to the period of uncertainty that followed Spidey’s second solo MCU movie when the initial agreement between Disney and Sony expired. “That will not be occurring this time.”
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Pascal then went on to discuss their vision for the character’s future, adding: “You can’t think about topping yourself in terms of spectacle. Otherwise movies just get larger and larger for no reason, and it’s not a good result. But we do want to always try and top ourselves in terms of quality and emotion. Kevin and I never want to lose sight of one thing: Peter Parker. That he’s a normal kid. That he’s a teenager, so everything in his life is at a heightened pitch and everything matters more than anything. That he’s fueled by goodness and guilt. That he’s striving for a greater cause, and he’s vilified by the press.”
While specifics are a little unclear, it is believed that the current deal between Disney and Sony covered No Way Home as well as an another appearance from Tom Holland’s web-slinger in a non-Spider-Man Marvel movie. However, given the enormous box office success of No Way Home, Sony isn’t going to want to wait too long for another Spidey movie (the Homecoming trilogy has two-year intervals), and so hopefully we won’t have long to wait until we get some concrete news on future plans.
For the first time in the cinematic history of Spider-Man, our friendly neighborhood hero is unmasked and no longer able to separate his normal life from the high-stakes of being a Super Hero. When he asks for help from Doctor Strange the stakes become even more dangerous, forcing him to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man.
Spider-Man: No Way Home sees Jon Watts (Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man: Far From Home) directing Tom Holland (Spider-Man), Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange), Zendaya (MJ), Marisa Tomei (Aunt May), Jacob Batalon (Ned Leeds), Tony Revolori (Flash Thompson), Jon Favreau (Happy Hogan), Angourie Rice (Betty Brandt), Jorge Lendeborg Jr. (Jason Ionello), Benedict Wong (Wong), J.K. Simmons (J. Jonah Jameson), Martin Star (Mr. Harrington), J.B. Smoove (Mr. Dell), Hannibal Buress (Coach Wilson), Jamie Foxx (Electro), Alfred Molina (Doctor Octopus), Rhys Ifans (Lizard), Thomas Haden Church (Sandman), and Willem Dafoe (Green Goblin).
