Tom Holland's spidey sense will start tingling again very soon. The actor confirmed on a Tuesday night "The Tonight Show" appearance that the long-awaited fourth "Spider-Man" film is officially in the works and will begin filming in less than a year. "It's happening," Holland replied after host Jimmy Fallon asked about rumors of the film.
"Next summer, we start shooting. Everything's good to go. We're nearly there.
Super exciting. Yeah, I can't wait." This will be the first time a fourth "Spider-Man" film will be made with the same leading man.
The original live-action film starring Tobey Maguire ended as a trilogy after a fourth film was scrapped once director Sam Raimi withdrew from the project, and Andrew Garfield played the role for two films under "The Amazing Spider-Man" moniker. RELATED STORY | Disney plans to reduce annual Marvel releases. Here's how many you can expect to see each year Holland first appeared as Spider-Man in Marvel's "Captain America: Civil War" in 2016 before starring in his own film, "Spider-Man: Homecoming," the following year.
He played a part in two "Avengers" films before the 2019 sequel, "Spider-Man: Far From Home," and the record-breaking "Spider-Man: No Way Home" in 2021. That film saw Maguire and Garfield reprising their respective versions of Spider-Man — as well as villains like Willem Dafoe as Green Goblin and Jamie Foxx as Electro — as part of the multiverse. The fourth Spider-Man film is expected to be a sequel to the third, which .