Rumor: Spider-Man 4 May Have Found A New Director

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Tom Holland's Spider-Man 4 is reportedly searching for a new director to replace the Homecoming trilogy's Jon Watts, and one of the rumored contenders comes from the Fast and Furious franchise.

After Spider-Man: No Way Home concluded the trilogy of films that effectively told the web slinger's MCU origin story, Marvel Studios and Sony were tasked with ushering Holland's wall-crawler into a new era where nobody remembered who Peter Parker was. However, behind-the-scenes drama has allegedly unfolded, as Marvel Studios and Sony reportedly disagreed on what direction to takeSpider-Man 4. According to reports, Marvel Studios wanted a grounded and street-level story for Spider-Man 4, while Sony wanted Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield to return for another multiverse tale.

Spider-Man 4 is also reportedly searching for a new director to replace Watts, who helmed all 3 installments of the Homecoming Spider-Man trilogy. According to Jeff Sneider's The InSneider, director Justin Lin may be in contention to helm Spider-Man 4, though he is just one of many filmmakers reportedly being considered. Sneider also reports that Spider-Man 4 should begin filming in September or October 2024. This filming schedule is also allegedly partly why HBO's Euphoria season 3 was recently delayed. Zendaya, who plays Rue in the teen drama series, is locked to reprise her role as MJ in Spider-Man 4 when production reportedly begins in the fall.

Lin directed five Fast and Furious movies and was set to helm the tenth installment before suddenly exiting over alleged disagreements with franchise lead Vin Diesel. He also directed Star Trek Beyond, the third installment of the franchise's rebooted movie series, after J.J. Abrams (director of the first two reboot films) opted to return solely as a producer to focus his efforts on Star Wars: The Force Awakens. More recently, Lin was tapped to direct the live-action One Punch Man movie. So, there's no denying Lin has vast experience adapting popular material