Whereas rumors persist on whether or not or not Tom Holland would be the subsequent actor to tackle James Bond, he’s returning to the position that made his a family identify — revealing the complete, more-traditional-looking costume for subsequent 12 months’s “Spider-Man: Model New Day” in an August 2 teaser video posted to his Instagram.
Within the clip, giant elephant doorways open up in a naked sound stage, revealing the silhouette of Holland, who jogs towards the digital camera, stopping as the sunshine hits him in his Spidey go well with — one which resembles that of the unique Marvel comedian books. He says, seemingly to the film’s not-pictured crew, “We prepared?” Then he dashes out of body.
The publish additionally lists the discharge date, July 31, 2026 (introduced in March) — which is able to place it hitting theaters practically 5 years after the fourth Holland-led Spider-Man flick was launched in December 2021, “Spider-Man: No Method Dwelling.” That one famously webbed collectively everything of Sony’s “Spider-Man” output, with a multiverse plot that introduced again Tobey McGuire and Andrew Garfield’s variations of Peter Parker. That film was a monster hit — I imply, really monstrous, grossing practically $2 billion worldwide.
Since then, nonetheless, there was a lot ado about what to do with Spider-Man, as Sony debated precisely find out how to make the most of the character — which the corporate has to maintain utilizing with a view to retain the display rights. In keeping with Forbes, the studio has to “as a common rule” have began a brand new Spider-Man manufacturing inside 3 years and 9 months of the final Spider-Man film’s launch, and not more than 5 years and 9 months can lapse between Spider-Man releases.
In fact, different Spidey associated properties have been launched since then — together with the much-maligned “Madame Internet” in 2024 and the a lot, a lot, a lot better-received animated 2023 movie “Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse,” which was nominated for Finest Animated Characteristic on the Oscars and had its personal spectacular field workplace run. Between these tasks, Sony actually hasn’t been sleeping on conserving its rights intact.
Holland, in the meantime, has been busy since his final foray into superhero fare. Bond rumors apart, he’ll lead — alongside Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, fellow “Spider-Man” co-star and girlfriend Zendaya, and a number of different stars — the extremely anticipated Christopher Nolan movie “The Odyssey,” primarily based on the famed Homer story. On working with the “Oppenheimer” director, Holland informed GQ Sports activities it was “one of the best expertise I’ve had on the movie set. Unimaginable. It was thrilling. It was completely different. And I believe the film goes to be not like something we’ve ever seen.”
That film will hit vast launch on July 17, 2026, simply two weeks earlier than Holland slings into theaters as Peter Parker as soon as once more on July 31, 2026… which might make Holland subsequent summer time’s Pedro Pascal.
However as for Bond, Holland informed Gordon Ramsey, “Hear, there’s hypothesis on the minute. We’ll preserve it to a minimal for now. We’ll get there sooner or later.”