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Tom Holland's Spider-Man WILL return for Avengers 4

Photo credit: Marvel / Sony
Photo credit: Marvel / Sony

From Digital Spy

Marvel dropped a classic good news/bad news combo on fans in regards to Tom Holland's future as Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Doom-and-gloom has been gathering in the MCU fan community ever since Amy Pascal hinted that Spider-Man could return to his separate Sony-based continuity after next year's Avengers: Infinity War.

The good news we mentioned earlier is that - according to Marvel's creative boss Kevin Feige - Tom Holland will be return for Avengers 4 and his own Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel in the MCU after Infinity War.

Photo credit: James Gunn / Facebook
Photo credit: James Gunn / Facebook

"That's as far as it goes for now," Feige told The Hollywood Report. That was the bad news we warned you about.

While it's not a definitive announcement that Spidey will be saying goodbye to his Avengers pals, it's clear that Marvel and Sony have very different ideas for the future of the web-slinger.

Sony is already moving ahead on a Spider-Man Universe spinoff for classic Venom and a team-up for female anti-heroes Black Cat and Silver Sable - but Marvel has absolutely no involvement in those.

"We had a very particular plan about Spidey himself," Kevin Feige explained last night.

Photo credit: Marvel Comics
Photo credit: Marvel Comics

One encouraging sign is that Tom Holland has hinted that plans were in the works for a Harry Potter-esque series of Spider-Man: Homecoming sequels to explore Peter Parker's school years.

"You know those discussions all happen behind closed doors with the creatives and I'm only brought into the process much later, when we have a script and I can sort of write little notes on what I'd like to happen," Holland explained.

"But I think that is the overall plan, I think the Harry Potter movies are a perfect example, they worked so well. I'm such a huge fan, as are billions of people, so why not follow that perfect formula? And I think we can do something really exciting with that."

Please make it work, Marvel and Sony!

Photo credit: Sony
Photo credit: Sony

Tom will be swinging across the skies of New York City once again when Spider-Man: Homecoming is released on July 7. Watch a trailer below:


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