Tom Holland’s Spider-Man is set to return to theaters on July 24, 2026. This yet-to-be-titled project from Columbia Pictures, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, will premiere just a couple of months after “Avengers: Doomsday,” which is scheduled for release on May 1, 2026.
This release strategy echoes “Spider-Man: Far From Home,” which followed “Avengers: Endgame” by two months and went on to gross over $1 billion worldwide.
During his appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Tuesday, Holland confirmed that production on the fourth “Spider-Man” movie will kick off in mid-2025.
“Next summer, we start shooting. Everything’s good to go — we’re nearly there,” Holland shared. “Super exciting. I can’t wait!”
Recently, in an interview on the “Rich Roll Podcast,” Holland discussed reading a draft of the script for his fourth Spider-Man installment. He commented, “It needs work, but the writers are doing a great job.”
Explaining the development process, Holland said, “With Marvel, your film is a small cog in a large machine.
That machine has got to keep running, and you have to ensure your film fits into that timeline at the right moment to serve the bigger picture. That’s one of the challenges we’re tackling.
The time frame is tight, but it’s achievable with the team we have.” It remains unclear if Zendaya will reprise her role as MJ.
Holland has portrayed Peter Parker in three standalone Spider-Man films directed by Jon Watts: “Spider-Man: Homecoming” (2017), “Spider-Man: Far From Home” (2019), and “Spider-Man: No Way Home” (2021).
In September, Variety confirmed that Destin Daniel Cretton, director of “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” would helm the fourth Spider-Man movie, taking over from trilogy director Watts.
Cretton’s past projects include “Short Term 12” (2013), “The Glass Castle” (2017), and “Just Mercy” (2019). He was initially set to direct “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty,” but after departing the project in November 2023, the film was restructured into “Avengers: Doomsday.”
Cretton remains within the Marvel fold, co-creating the upcoming “Wonder Man” miniseries starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II.
Although Cretton has been working on a “Shang-Chi” sequel, a source close to the production indicates that “Spider-Man 4” is currently the studio’s main focus.
The collaboration between Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures Entertainment has experienced its share of tension.
In late 2019, the two companies hit a standstill over the future of Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, briefly halting their agreement.
However, they quickly reached a compromise, leading to the “No Way Home” crossover event that saw previous Spider-Men Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield join the MCU.
