Tom Holland is swinging back into action as Marvel's Spider-Man. The as-yet-untitled fourth movie in Marvel's Spidey series — we'll call it SPIDER-MAN 4 for now — finally has a director. A script is in motion, and plans to film in 2025 are firming up.
While we don't know very much about the movie at this point, and it is increasingly difficult to separate fact from rumor, we can tell you a few things. Here's everything you need to know about SPIDER-MAN 4.
What's the Spider-Man 4 Release Date?
Marvel Studios will release SPIDER-MAN 4 in movie theaters on July 24, 2026. Returning star Tom Holland confirmed that it will film in Summer 2025.
Will Spider-Man 4 Be Part of the Next Avengers Story?
Since we know that SPIDER-MAN 4 will come to movie theaters a couple of months after the release of AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY, we wonder even more about whether or not that big Avengers story will affect the main plot of SPIDER-MAN 4.
The Spider-Man movies have often been immediate reflections of what happens in other major Marvel movies. (Since the MCU is pretty tightly connected, all the movies reflect one another to some extent, yes, but the Spider-Man movies, being primary tentpoles for Marvel, do so to a greater degree.) HOMECOMING reflected developments from CIVIL WAR and FAR FROM HOME reflected the events of ENDGAME, while NO WAY HOME was a summation of all the live-action Spider-Man movies to date.
In a way, it would be really nice to have a ground-level Spider-Man movie that isn't really connected to anything else. The setup is there, since NO WAY HOME ended with the world forgetting about Spider-Man — including the people closest to Peter. It's a chance to start over. We just don't know how this film will put that into action.
Will Spider-Man Appear in Avengers: Doomsday or Secret Wars?
This is another huge question, and right now we don't know. Tom Holland is rumored to be set to film a part for DOOMSDAY, but this has not been confirmed. In fact, Holland seems to be among the few people who knew that Robert Downey, Jr. would return to Marvel. "I've been speaking to [Downey] a lot," Holland said, "especially about him making his MCU return, which is super exciting. That was a tough secret to sit on because I have a reputation for ruining things, and I strategically have done no press."
The Webhead has been a big part of Marvel's team-up movies for a while now, so it would be somewhat surprising if he's not in at least one of the two Avengers movies. And since SECRET WARS is the story in which Spider-Man got his black costume in comic books — setting up the introduction of Venom — it's easy to assume that Tom Holland will be an important part of the two-part Avengers story.
The Shang-Chi Filmmaker Is Directing Spider-Man 4
The biggest news about SPIDER-MAN 4 is that Destin Daniel Cretton will direct. He made SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS for Marvel, and has been developing a sequel to that film. He was also set to direct the fifth Avengers movie when it was going to be THE KANG DYNASTY. Pivoting away from Kang caused a lot of changes in Marvel's planned storyline, but Cretton stuck around!
Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers, who wrote the previous three Spider-Man movies for Marvel, are returning to script the fourth.
Who's in the Cast of Spider-Man 4?
Tom Holland will be in Spider-Man 4! And… that's just about all we know. It's reasonable to expect that Zendaya, Marisa Tomei, Jacob Batalon, and Tony Revolori might all recur as well. But right now we don't know!
Rumors say that Robert Downey, Jr. will appear as Doomsday, which would bookend Downey's prominent roles in previous Spider-Man movies, as Iron Man. But nothing is confirmed right now. There are many other rumors flying, too. Some are more credible than others but nothing is confirmed.
We'll tell you more about SPIDER-MAN 4 soon!
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