Tom Holland Talks MCU Spider-Man Future, Teases 'Setting Up the Next Chapter' for Miles Morales

Spider-Man prima Tom Holland has discussed his Marvel future, and says helium wants to assistance acceptable up a caller epoch for the franchise — perchance starring Miles Morales.

Speaking to Empire, Holland discussed his upcoming 4th Spider-Man solo movie Brand New Day, and revealed however helium had pitched its storyline astir Peter Parker's idiosyncratic transformation: thing helium dubbed arsenic his character's "Spider-Puberty."

Looking further ahead, Holland besides hinted that helium already knew however he'd similar his iteration of the famed webslinger to exit the MCU — aft shepherding successful a caller Spider-Man, oregon Spider-Woman, arsenic his replacement.

"For whoever's next, whether that is simply a Miles Morales oregon a Spider-Gwen oregon a Spider-Woman oregon thing similar that, I would emotion to beryllium a portion of mounting up the adjacent chapter," Holland said.

It's presently chartless however agelong Holland's caller Marvel declaration runs, though it's wide expected that Brand New Day volition statesman a caller trilogy for his instrumentality connected the superhero. Indeed, successful a accumulation enactment penned pursuing the decision of Brand New Day's filming, Holland suggested helium hoped to instrumentality respective much times.

"Whatever that looks like, I don't know," Holland continued. "But if I could bash what Downey did for me, past I would beryllium truthful contented swinging disconnected into the sunset."

Here, Holland is referencing the mentor relation that Robert Downey Jr.'s quality Tony Stark played aboriginal successful his Spider-Man tenure, specified arsenic successful Captain America: Civil War and Spider-Man: Homecoming. Whether this means we'd apt conscionable Miles Morales earlier the extremity of Holland's 2nd trilogy, however, is unclear.

Regardless, Holland says he's present taking a much elder relation connected the Spider-Man films' production, with his communicative ideas incorporated into Brand New Day.

"This is the archetypal clip successful my tenure arsenic Spider-Man that I was benignant of welcomed into the writers' room," Holland said. "[We would] conscionable erstwhile each 2 weeks to transportation ideas and sermon our ambitions and what we wanted to effort and do.

"My transportation erstwhile I came to the array with it was called 'Spider-Puberty.' What happens if Peter Parker is losing power and things are changing? 'Spider-Puberty' was my tagline transportation to the workplace — which was instantly changeable down. But they liked the kernel of the thought and it grew into what we person successful the movie now."

Brand New Day's record-breaking trailer has hinted astatine Holland's Spider-Man physically transforming somehow, with shots of him breaking retired of a webbed cocoon. Fans person speculated the movie whitethorn diagnostic the Venom symbiote oregon spot Peter alteration into the many-limbed Man-Spider — but precisely what's going on, we'll person to hold and see.

When could we conscionable the MCU's Miles Morales? Several nods to the quality person already been dropped successful MCU Spider-Man films, but these person been small much than Easter eggs. In the meantime, Sony has been engaged utilizing the quality arsenic the prima of its Spider-Verse films, and besides arsenic a playable protagonist successful Insomniac's Spider-Man PlayStation series.

Until then, Brand New Day arrives successful theaters connected July 31.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social