Spider-Man 4 is finally starting to take shape, with Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton set to helm the movie. Spider-Man: No Way Home scribes Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers are believed to be penning the screenplay.
Depending on who you choose to believe, we're either getting a street-level adventure co-starring Daredevil or a massive Multiversal epic featuring Venom, the Amazing Spider-Man, and the Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.
In a new interview, Holland addressed where things stand with the movie which is rumoured to begin shooting next year for a summer 2026 release. While work is seemingly progressing well, it doesn't sound like the script is quite where it needs to be.
There's also the small matter of making sure the movie fits into wider plans for the MCU.
"We have a creative and a pitch and a draft which is excellent. It needs work but the writers are doing a great job and I read it three weeks ago and it really lit a fire in me," he revealed. "Zendaya and I sat down and read it together and we at times were like bouncing around the living room."
"Like this is a real movie worthy of the fans’ respect, but there [are] a few things we need to figure out before we can get that really going. But it’s exciting and I’m really, really excited about it."
Holland added, "Obviously, one of the things to like bear in mind with Marvel is that there is, your film is a small cog in a large machine, and that machine has got to keep running, and you need to make sure that you can fit into that timeline at the right time to benefit the bigger picture."
"I feel like I owe it to [fans] to give and deliver the best version of what the next chapter for Spider-Man looks like, and I think that's really important, and I think the creative integrity for something like that is really important, and the studio is on board and supportive and really collaborative."
"I've been so blown away by how welcoming they've been into that creative room, but you know we're working now, pedal is to the metal, we're trying to get it going as as soon as possible," he noted. "Things are looking great, but there's still a lot of moving pieces that need to come together for us to hit the ground running."
As you might expect, Holland didn't give anything concrete away about Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures' Spider-Man 4 plans - we didn't exactly expect him to outright mention Venom, for example - but reiterated his interest in bringing Miles Morales into the MCU.
"If I would be lucky enough to somehow bring Miles Morales into my Spider-Man Universe and into the MCU, I’d love to do for a young kid what [Robert] Downey [Jr.] did for me," he teased.
A new trilogy serves as the perfect opportunity to bring Miles into the fold and for him to eventually take over from Peter Parker as the MCU's main Spider-Man (after all, by the time Holland is done with another trilogy, he'll have likely been playing Spidey for close to a decade and a half).
Tom Hardy was recently asked about the possibility of Venom crossing paths with Spider-Man and said, "You know...you know, there are always possibilities. I couldn't possibly say anything because this is the last movie. Yeah, I would love that."
We recently broke down all the biggest Spider-Man 4 rumours and you can read that by clicking here.
Elsewhere in this conversation, Holland also discusses what it's been like to learn from Kevin Feige and Tom Rothman, praising the studio executives for involving him in the Spider-Man franchise's creative process.
You can watch the full interview with the actor below.