SPIDER-MAN 4 Serve As A Soft Reboot For Spider-Man
Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures' plans for a fourth Spider-Man movie have been rumored for months, but most insiders agree that creative differences over the story's direction delayed the project.
Kevin Feige and Sony's Tom Rothman are believed to have rewritten the script to make it more grounded with Multiversal elements (though the movie was still called a "Avengers-level event" until recently). Spider-Man: No Way Home's third-act Doctor Strange twist put the writers in a creative bind, but it also gave them a chance to start over and reinvent the franchise.
This appears to be Marvel/Sony's plan. Director Destin Daniel Cretton will give Spider-Man 4 a "new take" with a new supporting cast, according to Daniel Richtman.
The scooper didn't use the "R" word, but this led to speculation that the fourth Spidey film will be a soft reboot, which isn't that far-fetched given everything we've heard.
