SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Writers Chris McKenna And Erik Sommers Unsure About SPIDER-MAN 4 Return

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Writers Chris McKenna And Erik Sommers Unsure About SPIDER-MAN 4 Return

After Spider-Man: No Way Home, fans are already starting to get excited about a possible Spider-Man 4 from Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios, but the movie's writers claim to know nothing about that...

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By JoshWilding - Dec 21, 2021 09:12 AM EST
Filed Under: No Way Home

It feels like writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers don't get anywhere near as much credit as they should for Marvel Studios' Spider-Man franchise. They were two of six credited writers on Spider-Man: Homecoming (the others were director Jon Watts, Christopher Ford, and Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley), but penned both Far From Home and No Way Home by themselves. 

What they achieved with the latter is nothing short of amazing, and you have to hope they both return for Spider-Man 4. Unfortunately, neither of the writers know anything about the movie!

"This is one where we don't have to say that we're not allowed to say because we truly don't know," Sommers reveals in the video below. "To my knowledge, I'm not aware of any future projects in the works. That doesn't mean they don't exist, but that's nothing that you know anyone has talked to Chris and I about. I certainly hope so. I love Tom [Holland] as Spider-Man. I hope there's more, and I would love nothing more than to be involved. But at this point, we don't know."

McKenna, meanwhile, joked that Tom Holland filled him in about what comes next when they crossed paths at the Spider-Man: No Way Home afterparty. "So he told me a lot about it, but I just cannot let you know. I'm so sorry...I've been told by Tom, 'Please don't let Erik Sommers know.'"

With Spider-Man 4 in the tentative stages of development, it's most likely true that Sommers and McKenna have yet to be enlisted. Then again, they probably wouldn't say if they had, and are bound to have some ideas about where they'd like to take the wall-crawler next - especially after that ending...
 

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TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 12/21/2021, 9:40 AM
No future projects in the works. How cute
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 12/21/2021, 9:40 AM
I think that ending proves they get it in a way where they need to come back. They understand what the MCU Spiderman is and how that can coexist and evolve into what Spiderman has been and should be. This movie really bridged the gap between “this is MCU Peter Parker” and “this is Spiderman” imo and that’s not something they should let slip away because it acknowledged the past but made the future feel so bright.
GwenLantern
GwenLantern - 12/21/2021, 12:50 PM
@Ha1frican - I think that ending proves that Kevin Feige listens to the fans.
Luigi
Luigi - 12/21/2021, 9:40 AM
I like these movies but I'd like to see Spider-Man be more heroic in the future rather than just clean up messes that are his fault
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 12/21/2021, 9:44 AM
If they dont come back then its a shame. Feige should scoop them up ASAP for other projects❤
SheepishOne
SheepishOne - 12/21/2021, 9:46 AM
It's interesting how Tom's MCU trilogy now feels like one long origin story. A lot of what Tom learned in NWH, and the tragedies and decisions he faced, are critical elements of Spider-Man I always felt were lacking in his version of the character. By the end of NWH, he's in the perfect spot for a Spider-Man story through and through.

Now, it would be interesting if he meets the MCU versions of characters like Norman or Gwen, knowing what he now knows.
SoBeKing
SoBeKing - 12/21/2021, 3:43 PM
@SheepishOne - Makes the whole trilogy a lot better looking at it as one long origin story imo
RageDriver2401
RageDriver2401 - 12/21/2021, 9:54 AM
I'd actually like different writers for the next trilogy(?). More street level, less childish Spidey stuff. I liked NWH but it still kept a lot of the HC-FFH juvenile, oops I messed up framework.
manofillintent1
manofillintent1 - 12/21/2021, 9:56 AM
SPOILERS I GUESS??

I was all for them doing a spider man 4 with Tobey, I wanted to see a conclusive version of that movie so bad but now after actually seeing no way home I’m good with them leaving it right there with tobey, who knows whats coming next, heard Tom wants to take a break from acting and start a family
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 12/21/2021, 11:33 AM
@manofillintent1 - I feel the same way about Andrew. I think they successfully closed the book on previous Spiderman movies and really allowed for Tom to be it going forward without feeling like things were left unfinished
manofillintent1
manofillintent1 - 12/21/2021, 11:45 AM
@Ha1frican - yeah continuing or spinning off of any of those franchises would be a mistake now I feel
GwenLantern
GwenLantern - 12/21/2021, 12:58 PM
@manofillintent1 - We could do a compromise. Sam Raimi directing the next one (whether Tom Holland or his replacement). MCU Spidey is now pretty much where Sam left his version of Spider-Man at the end of Spider-Man 3. Single, sad, humbled by recent experiences and living in a run-down apartment.

Bring back Mr. Ditcovich and his daughter, have Spidey working for the Daily Bugle. It's basically Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 4 but with Tom Holland (or whoever).
manofillintent1
manofillintent1 - 12/21/2021, 1:13 PM
@GwenLantern -
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 12/21/2021, 9:58 AM
Kinda hope Daley and Goldstein get to return, really miss that John Hughes style they had in Homecoming. Can't speak for No Way Home since I've seen only a few clips (only the lab scene came close from what I've seen)
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 12/21/2021, 10:01 AM
@bkmeijer - No spoilers but the end of this movie really feels like it’s putting an end to that. It very much feels like from now on is going to be a more adult Peter and the coming of age stuff is over
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 12/21/2021, 5:27 PM
@Ha1frican - thats true. He is still going to college eventually I assume though
bobevanz
bobevanz - 12/21/2021, 10:00 AM
Suuuure
GhostDog
GhostDog - 12/21/2021, 10:13 AM
Watts definitely won’t be back so why not just commit to a whole new creative team to capture a street level Spidey
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 12/21/2021, 10:43 AM
@BlackBeltJones -


Is it me or did the last few minutes of peters shitty life felt radically differnt?


Kinda Felt like he was in tobeys universe.


If thats the tone they are going for then we are in for a treat❤


I really like watts. He gave SM the kid feel. From the cinematography to even the way he directed it. Felt like a show on nickalodian in all the great ways for me atleast.


With NWH watts directing grew with the character. So excited to see what he does with F4🌞
GhostDog
GhostDog - 12/21/2021, 11:10 AM
@AmazingFILMporg - the shitty apartment helped sell that.

But felt very sour but also emotionally grounded. Like Raimi’s.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 12/21/2021, 5:29 PM
@AmazingFILMporg - I kinda look forward to Watts directing F4 too. I think he captures certain dynamics between characters and their place in the world well, and exactly what I think F4 needs
DalekCraigWasson
DalekCraigWasson - 12/21/2021, 10:15 AM
Fun fact: Chris McKenna co-wrote this scene with Dan Harmon (who did rewrites on Dr. Strange):
SpaceAgent
SpaceAgent - 12/21/2021, 10:39 AM
@DalekCraigWasson -

All aside that was in 2015 though and I think Harmon probably changed his tune a little bit. Though to be fair Marvel does kinda keep snatching up his writing staff.



Also: I [frick]ing love Community. It's one of my all time favourite shows
CurlyBill
CurlyBill - 12/21/2021, 10:39 AM
The way that No way home ends they now have the perfect set up for a street level spiderman 4. Give me Peter in college and working at the Bugle, introduce Miles Morales and Black Cat and have Kingpin as the main villain with Scorpion, Rhino, and the Prowler as Henchmen.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 12/21/2021, 10:43 AM
@CurlyBill - the next film should definitely have Black Cat and Scorpion. Especially Scorpion. They set that up a while ago and they need to pay it off.
CurlyBill
CurlyBill - 12/21/2021, 10:56 AM
@BlackBeltJones - Yeah they definitely need to payoff some of the threads from Homecoming. Which reminds me that the Shocker is still around in the MCU, I dont know how Marvel has Bokeem Woodbine on retainer and not use him more, he'd be a great intro villain.
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 12/21/2021, 10:45 AM
Peter is gonna be street level now.


Its gonna be awesome. Missed opportunity if they dont have DAREDEVIL suit up with spidey.🕸
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 12/21/2021, 11:31 AM
@AmazingFILMporg - I think with them clearly positioning Peter as a street level hero, and the MCU very intentionally revealing Daredevil and Kingpin at the same time we are going to get that at some point. I was very skeptical given the prospect of Sony removing Spiderman from the MCU but it seems like their partnership is pretty firmly rooted at this point so I think there’s a good chance we see that
SethBullock
SethBullock - 12/21/2021, 11:06 AM
The writing for NWH was mostly terrible.
LeonNova
LeonNova - 12/21/2021, 11:13 AM
@SethBullock - Cap
valmic
valmic - 12/21/2021, 11:32 AM
Nah, the more you break down the movie, the more of a mess it is. The dialogue is weird in some parts. They need better writers for the next one.
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