Jon Watts Not A Lock To Direct Spider-Man 4

Multiple “insiders” report that the studios are currently exploring Drew Goddard as a potential director. Goddard was the EP and writer on Netflix's Daredevil series, but he has a long history with Marvel, having contributed uncredited screenplay polishes to the first two Avengers films. This is not the first time Goddard's name has been mentioned as a possible director, as a previous rumor suggested that Goddard might be Feige's top choice should Watts decide to step down.

This may be Holland's last appearance as the wall-crawler, even if he will most likely return. In a recent interview, the actor expressed that he feels that he has grown too accustomed to the "safety blanket of Spider-Man."

"I want to do things that scare me, things that make me uncomfortable. When you do what we do, you have to be comfortable with being uncomfortable. This show is a perfect example of that. Ben is consistently telling me, if you don’t commit, they won’t believe you. The reason I wasn’t committing is because I was afraid. I’ve never done anything like this before. I got so used to the Marvel machine and the safety blanket of Spider-Man, feeling like I was protected. So, doing something like this was incredibly scary, but because it was so scary, it was so fulfilling and so rewarding. Going forward, if there’s something that I feel like I can’t do, I want to do that one. Playing a sort of stupid English doofus is not what I want to do because that’s my life, right?"