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NewSpider-Man 4rumors suggest Sony is planning a huge crossover that will likely excite fans of the Peter Parker world.
Spider-Man 4is still in its early stages of development. With the world’s memory of Spider-Man wiped clean inSpider-Man: No Way Home, Marvel Studios can start fresh with Peter Parker’s story, despite using the same actor, Tom Holland. So, it’s entirely possible thatSpider-Man 4will not be a sequelbut more of a soft reboot.
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Established scooperDanielRPKreported that Marvel Studios’Spider-Man 4will feature more connections to Sony’s Spider-Man Universe. Following the trend inSpider-Man: No Way Home, these connections may be intended to set up a future merger between the separate universes, leading to more Sony characters featuring in Marvel Studios' movies. Additional details were not provided, and neither Marvel Studios nor Sony have commented on such plans.
Marvel Studios and Sony are no strangers when it comes to collaborating. Following Sony’s failure withThe Amazing Spider-ManandThe Amazing Spider-Man 2, the studio entered a deal with Marvel Studios, which allowed the latter to lead the charge in developing future movies for the character. Since then, Sony has continued to build itsSpider-Manadjacent universe with films likeVenomandMorbiusand more movies planned for the future, such asMadame WebandKraven the Hunter. The release date for the next Spider-Man movie has not been announced yet, but some have speculated thatSpider-Man 4may take longer than expected to produce.
In the recentSpider-Man: No Way Home, previous Sony-universeSpider-Man actors Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfieldappeared, as did Tom Hardy’s Venom. With all of these Sony-owned characters featuring in a Marvel Studios movie, the two companies are likely open to crossovers. This trend reportedly continuing withSpider-Man 4is causing scoopers and fans alike to suspect that a significant crossover event is coming.
With reports thatMadame Webis getting surprisingly good test-screening reactions, Sony’sSpider-Manuniverse may be approaching a high point if rumors of an expanded crossover are true. The studio has built an interesting cast of antiheroes and villains ripe for an exciting crossover event. And with Marvel Studios running into some rough terrain recently with a couple of box office flops, the studio may be more open than ever to expanding its list of characters. If these rumors are true,Spider-Manfans have a bright and exciting future to look forward to.
