The script for Spider-Man 4 needs work, the writers are doing a great job

Tom Holland revealed during an interview on the “Rich Roll Podcast” that he recently read a draft of the script for his fourth “Spider-Man” film and “it still needs to be worked on, but the writers are doing a great job.” diversity confirmed in September that Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton was in early talks to direct the sequel, taking over Holland's franchise from his trilogy director Jon Watts.

“One of the things is that at Marvel, your movie is a little cog in a big machine,” Holland said of the development of “Spider-Man 4.” “This machine must keep running. You need to make sure you can fit yourself into that schedule at the right time to help the bigger picture. This is one of the challenges we face. The time we have to get this done is a big task, but with the people working on it now, it’s definitely doable.”

“We have a creative and we have a pitch and an outline, which is excellent,” Holland added. “It takes work, but the writers are doing a great job. I read it three weeks ago and it really lit a fire in me. Zendaya and I sat down and read together, and sometimes we jumped around the living room like this was a real movie that deserved the fans' respect.”

Holland played Peter Parker/Spider-Man in three standalone films directed by Watts: Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), and Spider-Man: No Way “. Home” (2021). He also appeared in Marvel blockbusters such as “Avengers: Endgame.” Zendaya stars as MJ in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

At the end of 2021's Spider-Man: No Way Home, Benedict Cumberbatch's Doctor Strange cast a spell that made the entire world forget who Peter Parker is, which included his two closest friends MJ and Ned (Jacob Batalon). belonged. The upcoming “Spider-Man 4” would probably begin with this dilemma.

Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige confirmed to Entertainment Weekly in February 2023 that Holland's fourth Spider-Man film was being written at that time. “All I can say is that we have the story,” he then said. “We have big ideas for this and our writers are in the process of putting pen to paper.” Development of the script was halted later that year due to the WGA strike.

Last November, Holland told the Critics Choice Association that he would only return as Peter Parker/Spider-Man for a fourth film if the team involved could do the character justice.

“All I can say is that we have been in active discussions about what a fourth version of my character might look like,” Holland told the press at the time. “Whether we find a way to do the character justice is another matter.”

“I feel very protective of Spider-Man,” he added. “I'm very, very happy that we were able to work on a franchise that got better with every film and more successful with every film, which I think is really rare, and I want to protect its legacy. “So I'm not going to do another one make to make another one. It has to be worth it for the character.”

Watch Holland's full interview on The Rich Roll Podcast in the video below.