

Have your spidey-senses been tingling? Well, for good reason — Tom Holland’s Spider-Man is set to make a return to cinemas, with a release date finally set for Spider-Man 4.
Sony has set a release date of 24th July, 2026, for the next Spider-Man film, with Destin Daniel Cretton (Shang-Chi: Legend of the Ten Rings) set to direct, following the reshaping of his Avengers / Kang film, which broke down following the controversy surrounding its antagonist Jonathan Majors.
That same controversy will have likely led to a significant shake-up for Spider-Man 4’s script, given that Peter Parker’s mentor Tony Stark, played by Robert Downey Jr., is the new face of Marvel villainy.
Doom-monger?
Downey Jr. is making a surprise return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as classic baddie Doctor Doom in Avengers: Doomsday, preceding Spider-Man 4 on May 1st, 2026.
Expect some multiverse madness then — and likely a very distressed Peter Parker dealing with his face-swapped hero-turned-nemesis.
It’s been over four years since Spidey last hit our screens, with Spider-Man: No Way Home bringing back Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, earlier onscreen Spideys, for extended cameos.
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That film ended with the world having forgotten Peter Parker’s dual identity — and that he’d ever existed at all for even those closest to him.
Tom Holland will be having a busy summertime in 2026, having received the much-wanted call up from Christopher Nolan’s casting team.
He’ll be starring alongside Matt Damon in an unnamed project from the Oppenheimer director, with a release date set for July 17th, 2026. The film’s plot is shrouded in mystery — some rumours are saying it’s about members of a helicopter police force team, while others have it down as a centuries-spanning vampire film.

Gerald Lynch is the Editor-in-Chief of Shortlist, keeping careful watch over the site's editorial output and social channels. He's happiest in the front row of a gig for a band you've never heard of, watching 35mm cinema re-runs of classic sci-fi flicks, or propping up a bar with an old fashioned in one hand and a Game Boy in the other.