While promotingSpider-Man: Homecominglast week, producers Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal confirmed that they are working on the story forSpider-Man: Homecoming 2, confirming that it will be set just minuts after the events ofAvengers 4. In another interview, Kevin Feige offered some new details, confirming that this sequel will in fact be the first Marvel Phase 4 movie, which deals with the aftermath ofAvengers 4. Here’s what the producer and Marvel Studios president had to say about their five-movie arc for Spider-Man.
“We are looking at a five-movie storyline, Civil War, Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity War, untitled Avengers, Homecoming 2 or whatever we end up calling it - as an amazing five-story journey forPeter Parker. In the way that the events of Civil War directly inform the opening of Homecoming and his state of mind as he goes back to high school, so too will the events of the next two Avengers movies as he continues with high school. This original 22-movie arc ends with the untitled Avengers in May of 2019 and then two months later it will be Peter and Spider-Man (on August 05, 2025) that usher us into the aftermath and how things proceed from there.”
What’s interesting is Kevin Feige doesn’t mentionSpider-Man: Homecoming 3in his interview withThe Toronto Sun, even though Tom Holland recently confirmed in an interview that there will in fact be a trilogy. There had originally been reports that Homecoming will launch a trilogy, with each movie taking place within one year of Peter Parker’s high school career, from his sophomore year inSpider-Man: Homecomingto his junior year inSpider-Man: Homecoming 2and presumably his senior year inSpider-Man: Homecoming 3. It was also recently confirmed thatIron Man and Vulturewill not appear inSpider-Man: Homecoming 2.
This comes just after Robert Downey Jr. teased his MCU retirement, hinting that he wants to walk away from the franchise at the right time. There have been rumors that many, or all, of the original Avengers from Phase 1 may be killed off inAvengers 4, paving the way for younger heroes like Peter Parker to take over. Since Kevin Feige mentioned howAvengers 4will wrap up the MCU up until this point, it’s certainly possible that Tony Stark or the other Avengers may in fact be killed off. As for the villains, there have been rumors that Jason Momoa is being sought to playKraven the Hunter, which could be interesting since he playsAquamanin the DCEU.
Kevin Feige also said in another recent interview thatSpider-Man: Homecoming 2will featurenever-before seen villainswho have not been featured on the big screen before. The producer didn’t mention any specific villains, but Kraven the Hunter certainly could be one of them. It also hasn’t been confirmed who will write or directSpider-Man: Homecoming 2, but hopefully we’ll find out afterSpider-Man: Homecominghits theaters on July 7.
