Tom Holland clarifies the status of his Marvel Cinematic Universe contract to play Spider-Man moving forward. Since debuting in Captain America: Civil War, Holland's version of Peter Parker has become an incredibly important part of the MCU. It's propelled Holland to become one of Hollywood's brightest young stars. He's already made five appearances to date, and Spider-Man: No Way Home's nearing release is as anticipated as they come. Despite the excitement for the film, plenty of attention has already turned to Holland's MCU future.

In fairness, the future of Spider-Man in the MCU has been a hot topic ever since Marvel Studios and Sony momentarily ended their partnership in 2019. It was later announced that the two studios would work together again on Sider-Man: No Way Home and that Holland would have a role in another upcoming MCU movie. Sony's plans for their villain universe have kept these plans in question, as the studio certainly wants Spider-Man to meet Venom, Morbius, Kraven, and so on. The most recent reports, though, say that Marvel and Sony are already working on Spider-Man 4, which could be the start of a new trilogy led by Holland.

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Between the possibility of another trilogy and appearances in Sony's movies, many have wondered about the status of Tom Holland's Spider-Man contract. The actor previously said Spider-Man: No Way Home was the end of his current deal, which contradicted reports about him returning in another MCU film. During a recent interview with THR, Holland was asked about those reports and provided some much-needed clarity on his Spider-Man MCU contract.

Yeah, that’s not accurate at all. The new deal that was struck up was this understanding between the two studios that should Marvel want me to appear in one of their movies, then it would be an open conversation. I don’t think it’s as black and white as, “I have a three-picture deal with Marvel and a three-picture deal with Sony.” It’s just this open conversation and open dialogue between Mr. Iger and Mr. Rothman.

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Even though Holland didn't state exactly how many appearances as Spider-Man he is now contracted for, it appears there might not be a set number at the moment. This lines up with Feige previously revealing Marvel is no longer signing actors to multi-film deals. The Spider-Man: No Way Home star implies that Marvel instead has the freedom to use him as they please, as long as it works for Sony. It is important to remember that Sony still owns the rights to Spider-Man after all. Marvel Studios may have a heavy creative hand in this iteration of the web-slinger, but Sony still has the final say at the end of the day.

No matter what Holland's MCU contract currently looks like, all signs point to him playing Spider-Man for the foreseeable future. The early plans for Spider-Man 4 wouldn't be happening if Marvel and Sony weren't confident he'd return or already have a deal in place with him to play Peter Parker again. All of this could be the result of the details of Marvel and Sony's latest Spider-Man deal. The access both studios have to him could be how Holland's Spider-Man jumps between cinematic universes, something Kevin Feige teased would happen, and appear in anything from Venom 3 to the MCU's Fantastic 4.

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Source: THR

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