During Spider-Man: No Way Home's press tour, Tom Holland strongly hinted that his time as Peter Parker might have reached its end. Something has changed since then, however, and the actor thankfully appears far more open to the idea of playing the web-slinger again.
In recent months, we've heard that Marvel Studios wants Holland's web-slinger to be Avengers: The Kang Dynasty's lead character and Sony Pictures' Amy Pascal has confirmed Spider-Man 4 talks are ongoing.
Talking to Inverse about Apple TV+'s The Crowded Room, Holland remained positive but largely noncommital about where things stand with the next movie.
"Whether or not it'll come to fruition, who knows?" he tells the site. "But right now it's looking pretty good, and we'll just have to wait and see." However, in a separate conversation with Kevin Polowy, Holland was quick to point out that, "If we can't find a way to compete with the third one, he'll swing off into the sunset."
We're guessing Spider-Man 4 will eventually happen, but the ongoing WGA strike has clearly slowed things down (we can't imagine the movie is going to swing into theaters before 2025 at the soonest).
As for what we could see in the Spider-Man: No Way Home follow-up, Holland said, "I would be honored to bring Miles Morales into the live action world. How we do that, I don't know, but given the opportunity, I would jump at it."
Rumours continue to swirl about Miles being Peter's neighbour in Spider-Man 4, with this next trilogy devoted to the hero passing the mantle to the wall-crawler's successor in the Ultimate Universe. It would make sense, anyway, and should allow Holland to move on from the role so another young actor can pick up where he left off.
Stay tuned for more updates as Spider-Man 4 as we have them.