Marvel is in energetic growth on a sequel to Spider-Man: No Means Residence, says Marvel president Kevin Feige. The threequel was a large boon for Marvel Studios and Sony Footage, which launched the movie in December 2021 to the tune of $1.9 billion worldwide. And whereas star Tom Holland could have questioned the long run on the time, Feige says Marvel has each intention of bringing the character again to the MCU.
“All I’ll say is that we’ve the story,” Feige instructed EW throughout press rounds for the upcoming Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. “We now have massive concepts for that, and our writers are simply placing pen to paper now.”
“We had been all treating [No Way Home] as the tip of a franchise, let’s say,” Holland mentioned within the lead as much as the trilogy-capper’s launch, noting that if Marvel and Sony did wind up luring him again to play Peter Parker, the staff “would give it a while and attempt to construct one thing totally different and tonally change the movies.” On the time, Holland even recommended that the studios attempt one thing fully totally different — perhaps even a Miles Morales live-action movie to accompany Sony’s profitable Spider-verse animated franchise. Possibly that’s as a result of Holland had a troublesome time imagining himself placing the go well with again on.
“If I’m enjoying Spider-Man after I’m 30, I’ve accomplished one thing improper,” he joked.
However Sony and Marvel appear to have little curiosity in letting their younger star off that straightforward. Even throughout the pink carpet for No Means Residence, producer and former Sony chairperson Amy Pascal was adamant that Holland’s Peter Parker would return.
“This isn’t the final film that we’re going to make with Marvel — [this is not] the final Spider-Man film,” Pascal mentioned on the premiere. “We’re considering of this as three movies, and now we’re going to go onto the following three. This isn’t the final of our MCU motion pictures.”
Greater than a yr later, Feige and Pascal appear to be on the identical wavelength, even after the Marvel-Sony deal almost dissolved within the lead as much as No Means Residence. Feige confirmed this week that on prime of every thing else occurring in Section 5 and Section 6 of the “Multiverse Saga,” there may be extra Spider-Man to return. Whether or not it’s Spider-Man 4 or a brand new twist on the character is but to be seen, however per regular, Feige is maintaining plot particulars below wraps and dangling limitless potentialities.
“I’m developing on 23 years at Marvel,” he says within the EW interview. “Many people have been collectively for a decade or extra. And we solely do it as a result of we’re so excited and in love with the potential for what we are able to do forward. The storylines that weave collectively by means of Section 5 and 6 into [Avengers: Secret Wars] and the alternatives that the multiverse brings storytelling-wise, it’s an entire new facet to the MCU.”
