We don’t have a title or launch date for Spider-Man 4. But we all know for certain that Marvel and Sony are engaged on it. Both studios confirmed it on the No Way Home premiere, with Kevin Feige leaving no room for interpretation. But what if the subsequent Marvel-Sony co-production isn’t Spider-Man 4? Rumors point out that Marvel desires Spider-Woman to hitch the MCU, and it’d occur earlier than the subsequent huge Tom Holland undertaking.
Separately, we’ve simply discovered of a delay for an untitled Sony/Marvel undertaking. We just lately speculated it might be the Spider-Man 4 sequel.
Before we will proceed, we’ll warn you that some spoilers may comply with.
The Spider-Man 4 launch date
During press interviews forward of the Spider-Man: No Way Home launch, Marvel and Sony had been prepared to verify that Spider-Man 4 is within the works. But they by no means talked about a timeline for this manufacturing. Sony additionally confirmed that Tom Holland’s Peter Parker would seem in a special MCU crossover film with out disclosing the title.
After Comic-Con and the D23 Expo, we’ve a reasonably good concept of what’s coming subsequent in MCU Phases 4,5, and 6. And there are many dates to accommodate Spider-Man and Spider-Woman, assuming Marvel and Sony will companion on the latter.
A couple of weeks in the past, a rumor claimed that an “Untitled Sony/Marvel Universe film is coming out 6/7/24.” At the time, we speculated this might solely be the Spider-Man 4 sequel followers are dying to see.
But that was earlier than a brand new Spider-Woman rumor dropped.
Before we have a look at the rumor, we’ll notice Deadline’s Friday report that has this little gem in it:
And the untitled Sony/Marvel film will now go on July 12, 2024 as an alternative of June 7, 2024.
The MCU roadmap provides us at the least a couple of locations the place Tom Holland’s Peter Parker can present up subsequent. Fantastic Four, Avengers 5, and Avengers 6 are all prospects. Thunderbolts is one other huge crossover within the MCU, though we don’t essentially anticipate Spider-Man to be a part of that.
The level is that we would not want a Spider-Man 4 movie earlier than Holland’s subsequent MCU look.
Will Spider-Woman be launched earlier than Spider-Man 4?
This brings us to a brand new rumor from the MarvelStudiosSpoilers subreddit in regards to the Marvel-Sony relationship.
The report says that Marvel needed Sony to steer clear of three Spider-Man characters that Sony controls. These are Kraven, Black Cat, and Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew):
Ryan Coogler had actually needed to make use of Kraven within the first Black Panther movie, and Marvel even tried to work out a tit-for-tat with them in an effort to use the character. Marvel fought arduous to get Coogler entry to the character for the sequel, in addition they fought arduous to quietly kill Sony’s Black Cat-Silver Sable undertaking. More than something although, they needed to have the ability to introduce Jessica Drew of their 616 universe and use her of their new lineup of Avengers.
Furthermore, the report claims these negotiations occurred about three years in the past. Marvel might need gotten their Spider-Woman out of the deal:
At the time of the discussions, Sony held the rights to Jessica Drew whereas Marvel held the rights to Julia Carpenter, a special model of the Spider-Woman character who later takes on the mantle of Madame Web. Marvel tried very arduous to persuade Sony to swap the rights on these two characters. We imagine they had been profitable as when the Madame Web film was introduced it appeared prefer it was changing the beforehand introduced Spider-Woman one.
However, at this level, we’re not sure. But we do know that one among Marvel’s highest priorities of their negotiations with Sony, except for ensuring that they had been pleased with how the character of Spider-Man could be dealt with, was to ensure that they’d comparable management over Jessica Drew. Considering these negotiations had been nearly 3 years in the past now, we’d think about that we may most likely hear about Jessica Drew’s inclusion in a undertaking sooner somewhat than later.
What if we all know who Marvel’s Spider-Woman is?
If Spider-Woman/Jessica Drew sounds acquainted when speaking about upcoming MCU adventures, that’s as a result of we already mentioned her not too way back.
Specifically, a rumor stated that Emilia Clarke will play Veranke within the upcoming Secret Invasion sequence. That’s the TV present that hits Disney Plus subsequent 12 months. At the time, we defined that Veranke is a Skrull princess who orchestrates the Earth invasion. At one level, she takes over the Spider-Woman id.
We additionally famous that the rumor didn’t essentially make sense, as Sony controls the rights for Spider-Woman. But in mild of this new report, something is feasible.
Does that imply Emilia Clarke will masquerade as Marvel’s Spider-Woman? Not so quick! We have conflicting reviews about Clarke’s character. Instead of Veranke, Clarke may play G’iah, a special Skrull.
That stated, all these reviews actually counsel that Veranke may present up within the MCU earlier than later, particularly if Marvel provides a Spider-Woman model to its roster of heroes. And assuming Marvel retains these comedian storylines in place.
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