Tom Holland is set to return to play Spider-Man in a new Marvel film which will fly into cinemas in June 2026. At the end of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Holland’s Peter Parker had caused the multiverse to implode and to save it from total collapse he made Doctor Strange erase the universe’s memory of Peter Parker.
The film ended with Parker unable to connect with his girlfriend MJ or best friend Ned. The story picking up and seeing how he copes without them might be interesting but given the easy chemistry that Holland shares with both Zendaya and Jacob Batalon the film will definitely work them into it.
The film is moving forward at a pace having recently signed up a new director, while Holland says he’s read a script for the film that “really lit a fire in me”. With that in mind, here’s what we know so far about Spider-Man 4…
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When will Spider-Man 4 be released?
The next Spider-Man film will be released in UK cinemas on 23 July 2026, and will start filming in summer 2025. It’ll be part of Phase 6 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and will arrive just two months after Avengers: Doomsday.
Holland last played the superhero in 2021 blockbuster Spider-Man: No Way Home. Speaking to Jimmy Fallon in October 2024, the British star said: “Next summer we start shooting, everything’s good to go, we’re nearly there, super exciting.” Marvel boss Kevin Feige announced in February 2023 that a fourth Spider-Man film was on the way, saying: “All I will say is that we have the story. We have big ideas for that, and our writers are just putting pen to paper now.”
What has Tom Holland said?
In October 2024, Holland confirmed that he and Zendaya have now read a script for Spider-Man 4. Talking on the Rich Roll Podcast, Holland said: “We have a creative and we have a pitch and a draft, which is excellent. It needs work, but the writers are doing a great job.
“I read it three weeks ago, and it really lit a fire in me. Zendaya and I sat down and read it together, and we at times were bouncing around the living room like, ‘This is a real movie worthy of the fans’ respect.’ But there’s a few things we need to figure out before we can get that really going, but it’s exciting.”
In a separate chat with Deadline in April 2024, Holland confirmed that “everyone wants it to happen” and that Marvel has “the best in the business” working on the film. “The simple answer is that I’ll always want to do Spider-Man films,” he said. “I owe my life and career to Spider-Man. So the simple answer is yes. I’ll always want to do more.”
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He first teased the prospect of Spider-Man 4 in December 2023, saying he’d love to return to Spidey’s tights — if Marvel can find the “right” story to tell.
He told the Critics Choice Association: “I won’t make another one for the sake of making another one. It will have to be worth the while of the character… But that said, if we can figure that out, I would be a fool not to put the suit back on again because I owe everything to Spider-Man. I love the character and the people I get to work with.”
He added: “We have the best in the business working toward whatever the story might be. But until we’ve cracked it, we have a legacy to protect. The third movie was so special in so many ways that we need to make sure we do the right thing.”
What is the plot of Spider-Man 4?
One of the criticisms of the previous MCU Spidey films is that he’s always been dependent on a mentor figure be it Iron Man, Nick Fury or Doctor Strange. Now the universe has no idea who Peter Parker is, he could break out into his own, and the inclusion of J. Jonah Jameson played by J.K. Simmons means that public perception of Spider-Man could be shaky at best.
How much, or how little, the plot will factor into the multiverse saga is yet to be seen as Holland hasn’t confirmed any involvement in a Marvel film since No Way Home, but given that film introduced the concept of the multiverse it would be only natural for him to appear.
Who is making Spider-Man 4?
Original trilogy director Jon Watts is hanging up his web slingers for now, passing directorial duties for Spider-Man 4 onto Destin Daniel Cretton, who helmed Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Watts was previously attached to director Marvel’s Fantastic Four before stepping down to take a break from superhero films.
“We love Jon,” Feige told CinemaBlend in July 2024. “Jon did three of the best Spider-Man films ever for us. He’s got lots of things going on now. So we’ll probably be looking for somebody else, just because he’s busy.”
Watts was the first director to complete a trilogy of films in the MCU, with Peyton Reed becoming the second with the release of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania in 2023.
Daniel Cretton will have to grapple with Parker choosing a life away from those he loves and hopefully going more towards the friendly neighbourhood side of things that always made the comics and early Sam Raimi films so enjoyable.
Spider-Man 4 will be released in UK cinemas on 23 July 2026
