Spider-Man 4 Theory Reveals Ned Becomes Venom, Not Hobgoblin
The ending of Spider-Man: No Way Home left the door open to a number of possibilities for Spider-Man’s future in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and made way for a variety of theories, such as one that suggests Ned Leeds will become Venom instead of Hobgoblin in Spider-Man 4. After a long wait for Spider-Man to join the MCU, a deal between Marvel and Sony made his arrival possible, and so Tom Holland debuted as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War, where he was recruited by Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) to join his side of the battle.
Peter went on to star in his first solo adventure in Spider-Man: Homecoming, becoming one of the most popular and beloved characters from the MCU, and he later joined the rest of this universe’s heroes in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. Spider-Man closed the Infinity Saga with Spider-Man: Far From Home and returned to create massive multiversal chaos in Spider-Man: No Way Home, where a botched spell from Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) opened the gates to the multiverse, allowing villains from past Spider-Man movies (as well as variants of the web-slinger) to cross over into the MCU. The only solution was to cast a spell that would make the world forget Peter Parker, and this time the spell was successful.
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At the end of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Peter Parker was left completely alone and starting a new chapter in his life all by himself, while his girlfriend MJ (Zendaya) and his best friend Ned (Jacob Batalon) moved on with their lives without remembering who Peter is. This gives a fresh start to Spider-Man in the MCU and allows the studio to explore some fan-favorite
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