Tom Holland made his debut as the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man in last year’s Captain America: Civil War, and will soon be headling his own big screen adventure in Spider-Man: Homecoming, before reuniting with Earth’s Mightiest Heroes for Avengers: Infinity War and its as-yet-untitled sequel.
We do know that Holland will also be back for a Homecoming sequel, but there’s some uncertainty over his future beyond that; producer Amy Pascal has suggested that Homecoming 2 may mark the end of the collaboration between Marvel and Sony, while Kevin Feige has said that Avengers 4 is “as far as it goes for now.”
Well, it seems that Holland himself is certainly thinking long term, revealing to Empire that he’s been speaking to the powers that be about his ambition to portray the character for 20 years:
“Peter Parker is a character we see [in the comics] as a 15-year-old boy and then as a 35-year-old man. So I have an idea of what I’d like to do, and I’ve pitched it and it’s already been taken into the boardroom. It would be really cool if it pans out, because it means I would be Spider-Man for a very long time.”
Now, whether that “very long time” is part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, or Sony’s upcoming Marvel Spider-Man Universe (which is set to launch with the Tom Hardy-headlined Venom movie), we’ll have to wait and see…
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A young Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tom Holland), who made his sensational debut in Captain America: Civil War, begins to navigate his newfound identity as the web-slinging super hero in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Thrilled by his experience with the Avengers, Peter returns home, where he lives with his Aunt May (Marisa Tomei), under the watchful eye of his new mentor Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.). Peter tries to fall back into his normal daily routine – distracted by thoughts of proving himself to be more than just your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man – but when the Vulture (Michael Keaton) emerges as a new villain, everything that Peter holds most important will be threatened.
Spider-Man: Homecoming sees Tom Holland and Marisa Tomei reprising their roles from Captain America: Civil War as Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Aunt May, alongside Marvel veterans Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark and Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan. New additions to the cast include Michael Keaton (Birdman), Jacob Batalon (North Woods), Michael Barbieri (Little Men), Zendaya (K.C. Undercover), Angourie Rice (The Nice Guys), Tony Revolori (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Logan Marshall-Green (Prometheus), Martin Starr (Silicon Valley), Donald Glover (Community), Laura Harrier (One Life to Live), Kenneth Choi (Captain America: The First Avenger), Hannibal Buress (Broad City), Isabella Amara (The Boss), Jorge Lendeborg, Jr. (Graceland), JJ Totah (Glee), Abraham Attah (Beasts of No Nation), Michael Mando (Better Call Saul), Selenis Leyva (Orange Is the New Black), Bokeem Woodbine (Riddick), Tyne Daly (Cagney & Lacey), Garcelle Beauvais (Hollywood Today Live), Tiffany Espensen (Kirby Buckets), Michael Chernus (Orange is the New Black), Jona Xiao (Halt and Catch Fire) and Martha Kelly (Baskets). The film is set for release on July 7th.
Originally published May 21, 2017. Updated November 30, 2022.
