Sony confirms Tom Holland will play Spider-Man in new trilogy of MCU movies

(Pocket-lint) - Despite the adjacent signifier of Marvel movies present good underway, Tom Holland volition not beryllium hanging up his Spidey suit immoderate clip soon.

Spider-Man: No Way Home is meant to service arsenic a finale to the existent trilogy of Marvel Cinematic Universe Spider-Man movies, but Holland’s mentation of the web-slinger isn't signing disconnected conscionable yet. Sony shaper Amy Pascal confirmed to Fandango helium volition instrumentality for a caller trilogy of Spider-Man movies acceptable successful the MCU.

"This is not the past movie that we are going to marque with Marvel - [this is not] the past Spider-Man movie", Pascal said. "We are getting acceptable to marque the adjacent Spider-Man movie with Tom Holland and Marvel. We're reasoning of this arsenic 3 films, and present we're going to spell onto the adjacent three".

Pascal added: "This is not the past of our MCU movies . . . Marvel and Sony are going to support going unneurotic arsenic partners".

Unlike astir different Marvel superheroes, the rights to Spider-Man, arsenic good arsenic his villains, are owned by Sony. But a 2015 agreement betwixt Sony and Marvel Studios has allowed the quality to beryllium integrated into the MCU. There person been immoderate oddities astir the deal, however, similar that Homecoming and Far From Home both aren’t disposable connected the Disney+ alongside different MCU films.

Still, it's an breathtaking clip for fans, to cognize that Sony and Marvel program to support making movies unneurotic and that Holland is coming back.

To spot wherever No Way Home fits into the Spider-Man timeline, spot our guide:

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Writing by Maggie Tillman. Originally published connected 29 November 2021.