Though Sony Pictures is most likely (we still don't have an official announcement) in the process of developing a fourth Spider-Man movie, it's said to be in the very early planning stages, and is not expected to enter production until 2025.
Even so, rumors have begun to swirl online, and a recent report claimed that Drew Goddard is being eyed to take over directing duties from Jon Watts.
In his latest newsletter, Jeff Sneider notes that finding a director for the movie is a top priority for the studios (no surprise there), but he's heard that Goddard will not be the man for the gig.
Tom Holland and Zendaya will almost certainly return as Peter Parker and MJ, but the former is believed to be "growing wary" of playing the iconic hero, so this could be his final time in the red and blue suit.
During a recent interview, the actor said he feels that he's become too used to the "safety blanket of Spider-Man."
"I want to do things that scare me, things that make me uncomfortable. When you do what we do, you have to be comfortable with being uncomfortable. This show is a perfect example of that. Ben is consistently telling me, if you don’t commit, they won’t believe you. The reason I wasn’t committing is because I was afraid. I’ve never done anything like this before. I got so used to the Marvel machine and the safety blanket of Spider-Man, feeling like I was protected. So, doing something like this was incredibly scary, but because it was so scary, it was so fulfilling and so rewarding. Going forward, if there’s something that I feel like I can’t do, I want to do that one. Playing a sort of stupid English doofus is not what I want to do because that’s my life, right?"
The script is being written by No Way Home scribes Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, but we still know very little about the story, including which of the Wall-Crawler's fearsome foes will be causing problems for Peter and co. Most of Spidey's major bad guys have already been utilized in previous films (Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, etc), but according to The Cosmic Circus, the still untitled sequel will feature a villain we haven't seen in live-action yet.
Spider-Man has a huge roster of enemies to choose from, including some lesser-known but still very popular characters such as Mr. Negative, Tombstone and Hobgoblin.
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