Spider-Man 4 Webs Shang-Chi Director Destin Daniel Cretton

A brand new director is discovering himself caught in Spider-Man’s internet: Destin Daniel Cretton has been tapped to helm Marvel’s Spider-Man 4.

The information (through The Hollywood Reporter) demonstrates Marvel head Kevin Feige’s belief in Cretton, as its the fourth Marvel Cinematic Universe undertaking given to the filmmaker. First got here Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, one of many studio’s post-Avengers: Endgame excessive factors. Then he was tapped for the Disney+ Surprise Man collection starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, which is reportedly in post-production. Cretton was additionally set to direct Avengers 5 again when it was The Kang Dynasty, however dropped out final November amid Jonathan Main’s assault trial.

Now, Cretton will likely be given the webs reins to one of many greatest particular person franchises in cinema. He takes over for Jon Watts, who directed No Method Dwelling, Far From Dwelling, and Homecoming. Fortunately, Cretton may have a well-versed staff on the undertaking, as Tom Holland will likely be again beneath the masks, whereas Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers (who’ve labored on all three MCU Spidey movies so far) are engaged on the script. The co-production between Marvel and Sony is reportedly on a quick monitor because it appears to get earlier than lenses early subsequent 12 months.

Cretton can be nonetheless hooked up to a Shang-Chi sequel in addition to a live-action adaptation of the Naruto anime. There’s no phrase but on how his Spider-Man 4 job would possibly trigger a sticky scheduling state of affairs.

As for different Spider-Man initiatives, Nic Cage continues to be set to guide a stay motion Spider-Man Noir collection for MGM+ and Prime Video. In the meantime, we’re nonetheless awaiting phrase on Spier-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse (Half II), which is being led by our 2023 Filmmakers of the 12 months Kemp Powers, Justin Okay. Thompson, and Joaquim Dos Santos.

Elsewhere within the MCU, Robert Downey Jr. reportedly received paid to return to the franchise as Physician Doom in Avengers 5, which is now referred to as Avengers: Doomsday and will likely be directed by MCU icons the Russo Brothers. Given the character’s connection to the characters, it’s additionally doable Downey first seems in subsequent years The Implausible 4: First Steps alongside Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach. What’s extra, Holland’s Spider-Man will doubtless be within the subsequent two Avengers movies, so it’ll be attention-grabbing to see how he reacts coming face-to-face with a really completely different variant of his former mentor.

James Spader was additionally lately revealed to be returning to the MCU, reprising his Ultron function for the upcoming Imaginative and prescient Disney+ collection spinning off of WandaVision. All this comes on the heals of Deadpool & Wolverine’s record-breaking field workplace run. Up subsequent for the MCU will likely be Kathryn Hahn’s Agatha All Alongside collection premiering September 18th on Disney+, adopted by Captain America: Courageous New World hitting theaters on February 14th, 2025.