Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige
spoke to io9 about the importance of
Spider-Man in the MCU and it seems the wall crawler's stock will rise significantly after
Avengers 4 hits theaters.
"So much happens in [the 3rd and 4th Avengers movies], as you can imagine, and so much is affected by it that we felt what better person to hold your hand and lead you into the next incarnation of the MCU, in a grounded, realistic manner, than Peter Parker? So, coming out two months after Untitled Avengers, [that’s what] much of what the next Spider-Man film will be about.”
Unless there's a massive time jump after
Avengers 4, Peter will likely still be in high school so don't expect him to literally be leading the Avengers but it seems he'll be the most important window into the cinematic universe, much the same way that Chris Evans'
Captain America and Robert Downey Jr.'s
Tony Stark currently are. That's apparently been the plan ever since Marvel struck the deal with Sony.
“
It was purposefully done like this. Like how the events of Captain America: Civil War impacted Peter as he was dropped off by Tony and expected to go back to continue his sophomore year, how the hell are the events of Infinity War and Untitled [Avengers] going to affect him as he, yes, goes back to his junior year?”
Going by the above quote, it sounds like there won't be any time skip occurring. Though they have the broad strokes of what will happen to Peter in the two
Avengers films already on paper, Marvel is leaving it to whomever they hire to write and/or direct the sequel to fill out the details.
“
Much like, as we went into Homecoming, we knew all the general pillars, you then need the magic of the writers and directors to bring it all to life. So we’re in that same position and we’ll actually start putting pen to paper on the next Spider-Man film in the coming weeks once this film is finally released. But we do know the specifics and the time line.”
Spider-Man: Homecoming hits theaters July 07.
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