Spider-Man 4 could finally have a director, and you won’t believe who it is

By Dan Girolamo September 10, 2024

Spider-Man with his mask off standing atop a train in Spider-Man: Homecoming. — Image used with permission by copyright holder

Spider-Man 4 is on the verge of landing a director.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, Destin Daniel Cretton is in early talks to direct Spider-Man 4, the next installment in the Tom Holland-led superhero franchise.

Recommended Videos

If an agreement is met, Cretton takes over for Jon Watts, the director of Holland’s previous three Spider-Man films: Homecoming, Far From Home, and No Way Home. Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers are writing the fourth Spider-Man movie, with Kevin Feige of Marvel Studios and Amy Pascal of Sony producing.

Cretton is best known for directing Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. The Marvel film received praise for its action sequences and strong representation of Asian culture. Released in September 2021, Shang-Chi grossed over $432 million and spawned the development of a sequel.

Cretton had been tapped to direct Avengers: The Kang Dynasty. However, Cretton exited the project last November to focus on his other Marvel projects, including a Shang-Chi sequel and the upcoming Disney+ series Wonder Man, with the latter in postproduction.

Scoop! SPIDER-MAN 4 finds its director with Destin Daniel Cretton. https://t.co/nU54d8DyaH

— Borys Kit (@Borys_Kit) September 9, 2024

THR’s report states Spider-Man 4 is planning to shoot early next year. Per Deadline, Holland and Zendaya have been in contact with Spider-Man producers and executives about the fourth installment’s development. New deals will “likely be underway soon.” Holland has played Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the MCU since 2016’s Captain America: Civil War. Zendaya has starred as Peter’s friend and love interest, MJ, in the MCU’s three Spider-Man films.

In July, Feige said he and Pascal were working on Spider-Man 4 and would be done with a script “relatively soon.”

Spider-Man 4 does not have a release date.

Topics

Entertainment Writer

Dan is a passionate and multitalented content creator with experience in pop culture, entertainment, and sports. Throughout…

Entertainment

Spider-Man’s Jon Watts to produce Final Destination 6 for HBO Max

Jon Watts attends the Premiere Of Sony Pictures' "Spider-Man Far From Home" at TCL Chinese Theatre on June 26, 2019 in Hollywood, California.

It's been over a decade since death's design unfolded in Final Destination 5. However, Final Destination 6 is finally going forward as a HBO Max original movie. Variety broke the story that Spider-Man: No Way Home director Jon Watts has signed on to produce Final Destination 6. Watts also wrote the treatment for the script, which will be fleshed out by screenwriters Lori Evans Taylor and Guy Busick. Watt's wife and production partner, Dianne McGunigle, will also produce Final Destination 6 with Craig Perry and Sheila Hanahan Taylor.

“Both Dianne and I have been massive fans of Final Destination from the very beginning,” said Watts in a statement. “So to be able to have a hand in crafting a new story with the original team and New Line is going to be both fun and exciting.”

Entertainment

The best movies on Amazon Prime Video (October 2024)

Blue and Cal in IF.

This may come as a surprise, but one of the top films of summer 2024 has come to Amazon Prime Video this week. IF didn't get a lot of press compared to the other movies last summer, but it legged out $111 million domestically in the most competitive cinema landscape of the year. That's impressive, and it's doing very well on Prime Video so far.

Our dark horse selection of the week is Constantine. This was Keanu Reeves' first — and perhaps only — comic book movie and one of his best flicks in the long years between The Matrix trilogy and his career rebirth in John Wick. You can find these choices and the rest of the best movies on Amazon Prime Video below. We update this list every Friday morning so you can stay on top of the newest arrivals.

Entertainment

The 50 best movies on Netflix right now (October 2024)

Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in Bad Boys: Ride or Die.

Netflix came to play on the second weekend of October. Bad Boys: Ride or Die — one of the top films of the summer — has arrived on the streamer and instantly hit No. 1 on the list of the most popular movies on Netflix. We can't say we're surprised, since even minor action films do well on Netflix. However, this might be the biggest non-Marvel action flick of 2024.

Additionally, Scream — the 2018 film, not the 1996 original — is making its Netflix debut just in time for the Halloween season. This is notably one of the few movies to feature Jenna Ortega before she became the star of Wednesday on Netflix. For that reason alone, we think the film will do really well on its new streaming home.