Tom Holland Calls Spider-Man’s MCU Future Into Question
Tom Holland may be preparing to web-sling off into the sunset. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, the current Peter Parker said that the cast and crew of the upcoming Spider-Man film, Spider-Man: No Way Home, are treating it like it’s “the end of a franchise.” He described shooting his final scene with Zendaya and Jacob Batalon, who play his girlfriend Michelle and best friend Ned, as an emotional moment that saw the three young actors “moving into the next chapter of [their] careers.” To be fair, he also talks about the possibility of returning to make more Spidey movies, saying they would be very different from what he calls the “Homecoming trilogy” and that their emotional outpouring was due to uncertainty over whether they’d return. Entertainment Weekly also has a couple of new photos from the movie in their piece, which you can view below:
My instinct is to assume that there will be plenty more Spider-Man from the MCU. I mean, what else have they got right now? Shang-Chi and the Eternals? I like Doctor Strange a lot, but he’s not the kind of draw Spider-Man is, despite being powered by pure, un-Brit-ified Cumberbatch. The only way I could see them abandoning their flagship character is if No Way Home bombs big-time, and I doubt that will happen. The other possibility is if Sony doesn’t re-up the license-sharing deal; the agreement was for this film and then a Spidey appearance in another MCU movie. But if it rakes in the cash most probably figure it will, why would Sony want to back out of a lucrative partnership? So, assuming Holland means that this is just the end of one leg of Peter’s journey, that makes me happy, but somewhat less so than it would have before No Way Home was announced. I’ve wanted Spider-Man to get past this stage of walking in Iron Man’s shadow and constantly teaming up with other Marvel characters, as well as having these lesser versions of his supporting cast. Let him get out of high school, let him meet Harry Osbourne and Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane Watson, let him come into his own as a superhero. But now that they’re shoving those elements – and possibly his two greatest and most important villains – into Far From Home via the multiverse, it’s kind of a moot point.
What do you make of Tom Holland’s comments? Do you want more of his Spider-Man in the MCU? Will Marvel use future Spidey movies to showcase some of the also-rans that are headlining Phase 4? Let us know in the comments and stick around Geeks + Gamers for more movie news!
