Zendaya and Tom Holland will soon share the screen again — this time in a role outside of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The couple will team up in Christopher Nolan ’s next film, according to Deadline . The outlet reported that the Euphoria star, 28, and Anne Hathaway have both been added to the cast that already includes Holland, also 28, and Matt Damon .
Nolan, 54, will write and direct the movie, which will premiere in theaters and IMAX on July 17, 2026, though plot details have not been released. Zendaya and Holland met in 2016 while filming S pider-Man: Homecoming and, according to a source, were friends first before things turned romantic. They did not confirm their relationship until 2021.
“Zendaya and Tom started off as really great friends and stayed that way for a long while before things turned romantic,” the source told Us Weekly shortly after photos of the couple kissing in Los Angeles surfaced for the first time, adding they “work really well together because he makes her laugh and she really helps guide him through the world of celebrity.” They have appeared onscreen together in three Spider-Man movies . With a fourth film to come, Holland revealed in October that the pair read the script together and it was “excellent.
” He has said that he will reprise his role as Peter Parker, but Zendaya’s return as MJ has not been confirmed. “It needs work, but the writers are doing a great job,” he said on the October 17 episode of the “Rich Roll�.
