What's Next For MCU Spider-Man?

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Last year, I made an essay topic about why I felt worried about Spider-Man: No Way Home. The thoughts I expressed seemed to be received fairly well, though my worries were more or less proven for nought when the movie came out.

But after the movie came out, it was confirmed that they were developing a fourth Spider-Man movie, with the hope that Tom Holland would return. The idea of it sounded promising. NWH ended with Peter Parker completely on his own-no backing from Stark Industries, no Aunt May, and no Ned or MJ. Where could they possibly go from there?

Unfortunately, we might not get answers for a little while longer. Marvel announced their full slate for Phases 4, 5, and 6 recently, and it confirmed the release dates for Blade, The Marvels, Guardians Of The Galaxy 3, Captain America 4, and others-but I didn’t see any Spider-Man in there. Even more worrying is that around the time NWH came out, Tom Holland made some comments saying that he might not want to play Spider-Man again. He said that he felt like he’d be doing something wrong if he was still playing Spider-Man when he was 30.

There definitely is some truth to that. If Marvel wants to keep Spider-Man as a high-school-aged superhero for the rest of his time in the MCU, then it would definitely feel wrong if Tom Holland was still playing the character when he was 30. How many times have people made fun of Hollywood casting 25-30-year-old actors as teenaged characters? On the other hand, there was a rumor circulating a while back that Marvel wanted three Spider-Man trilogies-one about him in high school (which has now been completed), one about him in college, and one about him as an adult. I haven’t read the Spider-Man comics, but I’ve been told that the really good Spider-Man stories come when he’s out of high school and living the adult life. So a 30-year-old Tom Holland Spider-Man might not be such a bad thing.

Oh, and there’s also gonna be a Spider-Man: Freshman Year animated series on Disney+. When I first heard about it, I thought it sounded interesting, but then leaks confirmed that it would feature characters such as Green Goblin and Dock Ock that appeared in NWH (as alternate reality forms, no less) and I was confused. Then the series was confirmed to be an alternate reality in the vein of What If…?, so…there goes the prequel status, I guess.

Whatever the case, it does appear that Spider-Man will continues in future MCU phases. And until we get more details, all we can do is speculate.

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Hopefully death, but you know.

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Perhaps they bring in mucu’s harry Osborn

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No they haven’t. They are gonna reveal more in September at D23.

My theory is that he wants a higher paycheck lol.

I don’t mind if they recast him though, wouldn’t be the first time in the MCU.

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Like Chronicler said, they didn’t.
Phase 4 is already known since years and only 3 phase 6 movies are known.
Based on prior SM movie releases, the next one would be in phase 5, but it seems more likely to be in phase 6.

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they do have a very easy opportunity coming up here in secret wars
i strongly believe that’s how they’re gonna bring t’challa
after all, the x-men are coming and storm needs someone to marry

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Peter Parker meets the real Miles Morales and gets killed, bringing in an excuse to use more licensed characters into the MCU. Then, it’s confirmed that he didn’t die, and we have a new series of movies!

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Wait what? Storm married Black Panther in the comics? Then again, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. I’ve heard that Black Widow married Red Guardian in the comics, while Red Guardian was her adoptive father in the MCU.

What makes you think that? Because the previous MCU Spider-Man movies were all released two years apart from each other? If it does follow that pattern, then 2023 would make sense. But there’s already Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3, Blade, The Marvels, and Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania coming out next year. I think that’s enough Marvel movies for one year.

That’s actually another rumor I heard: that Miles Morales might replace Peter Parker in the MCU, and thus Tom Holland would no longer be needed. Considering they’re already replacing Steve Rogers with Sam Wilson’s Captain America, that theory might have more weight to it than some might think.

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I’ve heard the idea float around that they might include Black Cat in Spider-Man 4 (though maybe not if she ends up appearing in one of Sony’s mostly clueless side projects instead). I think that could make an interesting dynamic, since Black Cat has always been more interested in Spider-Man than Peter. Plus, with MJ out of the picture for now, it would give them some room for flirtatious banter.

But anyway, what we’re still waiting for is the REAL ultimate crossover: the live-action Spider-Men with the Into the Spiderverse Spider-Men.

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Which makes sense given Venom’s cameo in the final scene of No Way Home. If he accidentally remains in the MCU, then it would make sense to have more dimension-hopping madness occur to get him out, possibly resulting in Miles being trapped in the MCU while Peter is killed by the Spiderverse villains as in the movie. Plus, then Electro’s quip about a Black Spider-man would come true.

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I felt it was like that due to every Phase having at least one SM movie since his introduction though I forgot that both Homecoming and Far from Home were in Phase 3

Yeah and that is why they would probably put it in Phase 6, rather than 5.

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Well, they WERE talking about Far From Home being the first movie of Phase 4…

But Phase 5 is still technically going in 2024, with NWO and Thunderbolts. Fantastic Four is coming that year, but it’s officially part of Phase 6 (at least right now).

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Well, D23 has come and gone…with no Spider-Man related announcements. Guess we’ll have to wait a little longer.

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Such a delightful message to read as we swim within the current ocean of Spider-Man’s heights of popularity regarding his latest film.

And about that film, an exchange of personal thoughts…

A slight notice, the X-Men are unfamiliar to me aside from light knowledge. Forgive any foolish assumptions.

I will say my favorite scene is Peter fighting with the Hand in a more brutal fashion, only to save one of them from being impaled while proudly declaring that he is both Spiderman and Peter Parker. However…

I would have preferred Spiderman to face a different sort of villain than what would be revealed as Jean Grey. I understand that Jean suffered traumatic events while grasping to the frail hope that her sister lived, but her brutality and sly wickedness seemed swept away without consequence?

Recall, during Jean’s taunting of Spiderman she had one poor construction worker run over by a large vehicle as he stepped into traffic in a manner that I am sure resulted in immediate death rather than permanent loss of limbs. She attempted to have at least two people almost commit to ending themselves by jumping off a building. And of course, engaging in a display of affection to torture Peter while MJ had no facilities of her own to stop this. Perhaps, I would be far more inclined to forgive Jean if she had simply possessed a guard or two without getting someone killed. Or if any of her actions were directed to entities related to Damage Control, not the average citizen.

Now, does this film contradict the sacrifice of the previous entry? I had thought MCU’s Peter saw fit to re-tread the arc of “Even though sometimes we have to be steady and give up the thing we want most, even our dreams.” Such a bittersweet ending for a character who had the whole world before him with Stark and Aunt May suddenly collapse from under his feet. I suppose the desired theme of Brand New Day is that you can live with your sacrifice, but not alone on an island of torment, that isolation is not the romanticized answer to real problems, which is a healthy assessment, quite particularly so after 2020 left many isolated.

But, could not have Peter naturally struck up again a friendship with Ned? Could he not have learned to make friends elsewhere, perhaps in the most unlikeliest of places? I suppose he confronted the reality that MJ is no longer an option, but why throw a bit of carrot to the audience with MJ’s feelings that she must wait for something greater, implying that internally, the spell cannot remove a feeling that is beyond the “logical” constructs of MCU’s science and magic. And regarding his message to Jean, I understand she sees May expressing a parental love that she never felt from her own mother, but that is it? Killing an innocent bystander due to never having parental love? I would have thought her sister performed a somewhat honorable role in a parental figure and loosing that anchor was terrible.

I am conflicted on this point and perhaps am missing an element of understanding, but I found the hospital scene with Frank and Peter rather touching. The V-Max twist a gut-wrenching realization. And will forever treasure the memory of hearing an audience member profusely shedding tears while shouting “SHUT UP” as Jean told Peter that happy lives were not for people like them.

Now, what is next for our neighborhood MCU Spiderman?

If Peter calls Jean as backup to deal with Dr. Doom I will be livid.

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Brand New Day was absolutely just diet Spider-Man 2 and not as good as everyone was saying. I wasn’t fond of the villain much either. She is a killer.

As for what is next, we’re gonna see Symbiote Spider-Man. Why do I say this?

Jean DeWolff.

In the comics, the death of Jean DeWolf was the launchpad of the symbiote storyline. Eddie Brock falsely accused Spider-Man of killing her during his black suit era. Spidey then cleared his name. However, with the Battleworld likely being the next (where, famously, Spider-Man gained the symbiote in the comics during Secret Wars) they are likely going to align these plotlines to make it about the Black Suit.

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They also showed Punisher drinking from a beer glass that had a symbiote sample on the bottom, so not gonna be surprised if Frank Castle is inadvertently carrying Venom around.

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I must have missed that. I thought having Peter already dealing with a dark nature covered a similar storyline. I would have liked to see Kraven’s Last Hunt as The Clone Saga seems a bit much for the MCU. (These are the only two big Spider-Man arcs I am familiar with, but I am sure smaller stories could work.)

After reading a few articles related to Brand New Day, it seems another Spider-Man 3 situation where they wanted a different sort of villain for Peter to face, but were unsure about which characters they were allowed to use. Chameleon seemed to be in the list of desired villains, but was not used due to the Sonyverse films.

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