Tom Holland has done a befitting job of portraying Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. While Holland last portrayed the character in the 2021 film Spider-Man: No Way Home, future MCU movies could see him take on a humongous role.
After all, with the death of Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man in Avengers: Endgame, many want Spider-Man to become the main focus of the MCU moving forward. Speaking of which, one unique ability of the web-crawler could play a crucial role in future Avengers films.
Spider-Man Could Be the Only Superhero Aware of All Incursions in Avengers: Secret Wars
Ever since the events of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Darkness, Marvel Studios has shifted its focus to the multiverse. Evidently, it means that Avengers 5 and 6 will undoubtedly tackle this issue.
If the MCU stays true to Marvel Comics, Avengers: Secret Wars will undoubtedly feature multiple realities colliding with each other, thus causing a plethora of incursions. Now, most characters in the MCU will lose grasp of reality due to the aforementioned incursions.
However, thanks to Spider-Man’s spider-sense, Tom Holland could keep track of the multiversal incursions. A small application of this ability was seen in action when Peter Parker’s spider-sense passively detected disturbances and anomalies in the Spider-Verse.
Considering the fact that incursions can wrap reality, the same principle could apply to Spider-Man passively being helped by his spider-sense to know what’s real and not in Avengers: Secret Wars.
If this theory turns out to be true, it will undoubtedly make Tom Holland’s Spider-Man arguably the most important character in the MCU in the future. However, Marvel still needs to figure out a way to ensure that everyone remembers Peter Parker before the events of Avengers: Secret Wars.
After all, at the end of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Dr. Strange’s spell made everyone forget the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. As of now, only Peter Parker remembers himself.
Is Tom Holland Returning For Spider-Man 4?
Despite many having their initial doubts about Tom Holland’s casting as Spider-Man, the British actor has done a terrific job of playing the most profitable character for Marvel. As of now, Spider-Man’s trilogy concluded with the 2021 film Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Since then, the character has been somewhat sidelined in the MCU. Evidently, the audience is waiting for another Spider-Man film. While the 2021 movie did set up a plot for Tom Holland’s character in the MCU, as of now, there is no confirmation that a fourth Spider-Man film is under development.
Holland did say that he is interested in returning for Spider-Man 4, but he won’t do it for just the sake of it. Previously, each Spider-Man film was released at a two-year gap, keeping that in mind, Spider-Man 4 should have been released in 2023.
