Key Takeaways
- Spider-Man 4 will likely explore the multiverse.
- Peter Parker may decide to venture into the multiverse to reconnect with loved ones.
- The film could lead to a live-action Spider-Verse story.
Excitement is building for Spider-Man 4 following Tom Holland’s confirmation that the film will begin shooting in mid-2025. The film will be released in between Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret War, which gives it the chance to help close out the Multiverse Saga in a significant way.
Spider-Man 4 will be Holland’s fourth solo superhero film, picking up with the web-slinger after the pivotal events of Spider-Man: No Way Home. The movie is being directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, replacing the MCU’s original Spider-Man trilogy director, Jon Watts who moved on to direct Star Wars: Skeleton Crew. Cretton’s history with the MCU is a strength going into Spider-Man 4, with the director having brought Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and the upcoming Wonder Man series to life for Marvel Studios. Spider-Man: No Way Home helped usher the multiverse into the MCU in 2021, so it makes sense that Spider-Man 4 could continue to capitalize on the concept.
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Will Spider-Man 4 Be A Multiverse Story?
Plot details for Spider-Man 4 are under wraps at the moment, although there are many indications it will continue to revolve around the Marvel multiverse. While this is disappointing to those who were hoping for more of a street-level Spider-Man experience, the trajectory of Peter Parker’s story in the MCU so far has made him an efficient character from which to explore the corners of the multiverse. Rumors indicate that Spider-Man 4’s script was overhauled to become more of a multiverse story, which makes sense given that the film will take place in between two Avengers films that will likely have huge ramifications on the multiverse.
There’s also the fact that Spider-Man: No Way Home was so integral to the multiverse saga. It helped to set up some of the plot aspects of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and was the first MCU movie to introduce the idea of using actors from past films to play variants, in the form of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Men. Spider-Man: No Way Home introduced some ground rules to Marvel’s multiverse and blended concepts introduced in Loki, with those in Doctor Strange. What’s more important, however, is that Spider-Man: No Way Home found a way to make its multiverse impactful by tying its concepts to important character arcs, and Spider-Man 4 could find a way to do the same.
Spider-Man Could Send Peter Parker Into the Multiverse
The ending of Spider-Man: No Way Home left Peter Parker with nothing. The character learned the hard way that meddling with magic had multiversal consequences, resulting in every character from the multiverse who knew Peter Parker’s identity converging on Earth 616. To prohibit this from happening, Peter makes the ultimate sacrifice by asking Doctor Strange to erase himself from everyone’s minds and memories, including that of his girlfriend MJ, best friend Ned, and the Avengers. The movie ended on a significant note for Peter, who had been trying too long to have it all by being both Peter Parker and Spider-Man, forcing him to live with the result of his choice and embrace a new life where nobody knows his name.
The ramifications of this are something that has to be explored in Spider-Man 4. With Peter having lost everyone thanks to the rules of the multiverse, this might inspire him to try and get everybody back by using the multiverse to his advantage. Peter’s journey into other multiverses to reconnect with his loved ones would be an impactful way of tying the multiverse to Peter’s character arc. Perhaps he could even visit the universe of one of his fellow Spider-Men to seek advice, which would support the rumors that Garfield may return in the fourth Spider-Man film.
With Peter having lost everyone thanks to the multiverse, this might inspire him to try and get everybody back.
Could the Multiverse Become the Spider-Verse?
This exploration of the multiverse could also be the MCU’s way of doing a Spider-Verse story. Perhaps, with Peter having lost his friends and family in his universe, he could find a new family in his fellow Spider-brothers in the Spider-Verse. Of course, there would be a catch to Peter’s actions and his meddling with other universes would no doubt cause incursions across the multiverse that don’t go unnoticed. This means Loki or the TVA could end up getting involved in his story.
Spider-Man 4 Needs to Support Avengers 5 & 6
Whatever the plot of Spider-Man 4 ends up being it will need to work harmoniously with whatever happen is to happen in the next two Avengers films. The film’s release date is sandwiched between the major superhero movies, meaning it can’t branch out too wildly and do anything that would break the canon of what Marvel Studios has planned in Avengers: Secret Wars. If Spider-Man ends up visiting other multiverses in his fourth film these experiences may give the character an edge or an important learning that could be an asset in the Avengers’ coming battle with Doctor Doom, which would make his exploration of the multiverse a worthwhile action.
Spider-Man 4 will be released on July 26, 2026.
Spider-Man
Spider-Man is one of the biggest names in entertainment today. The superhero first appeared in the Marvel comic Amazing Fantasy #15 before becoming a leading figure in the Marvel comic-book universe.
Spider-Man has also featured in numerous films and a plethora of video games, most notably Insomniac Games’ Spider-Man (2018) and Spider-Man: Miles Morales.
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