MCU Spider-Man 4: 8 Past Clues To What Could Happen Next
Sony and Disney are working on Spidey's next adventure - so where might his story be heading?
This article contains MASSIVE SPOILERS for Spider-Man: No Way Home.
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Though Spider-Man: No Way Home just came out and made an ungodly amount of cash, the character's big-screen future is surprisingly uncertain.
With Tom Holland saying that he's "done something wrong" if he's playing Spider-Man when he's 30, producer Amy Pascal's confirmation of a new Holland-led Spidey trilogy being swiftly shot down, and whispers that Sony might take back Spidey and put him in the Venom-verse, it feels like nobody actually has a clue what's going on.
On that note, enter Marvel Studios president - and overlord of the Marvel Cinematic Universe - Kevin Feige, who recently provided what we hope is some truthful, definitive clarification on the matter. In a chat with The New York Times, he said that Sony and Disney are "actively beginning to develop" Spidey's next outing, indicating that not only is Spider-Man 4 coming, but that it will take place within the MCU.
So, when that movie finally happens... what could it be about?
With a multiverse-sized sandbox for the webslinger to play in, the possibilities are literally limitless, but putting the blind speculation to one side for a moment, there are a bunch of clues lurking in No Way Home (and other areas of Spidey's MCU journey) that could give us some insight as to what we can expect...
8. That Mid-Credits Symbiote Tease Is Probably Going To Lead To A Venom-Infected Peter
By far the clearest setup for future Spider-Man movies is the mid-credits scene in No Way Home, in which Tom Hardy's Eddie Brock gets transported back to his own universe, while inadvertently leaving behind a small piece of the Venom symbiote.
This, of course, leaves the door wide open for a storyline in which that symbiote sliver infects Peter Parker. That might not happen in Spider-Man 4, or even Spider-Man 5 - but the opportunity is now there, and Sony/Marvel Studios can exploit it as and when they see fit.
Interestingly, a Venom/Spidey crossover has actually been in the works for several years now - Feige recently told Collider that the success of 2018's Venom sparked conversations about how to "merge" the two characters.
So, again, while that No Way Home mid-credits scene might not be addressed in the very next movie, it's clear that the plan is to pay it off in the near-ish future.