Spider-Man actor Tom Holland says Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures have a long-term agreement regarding the character's rights.
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Tom Holland Says Marvel, Sony Have a Long-Term Spider-Man Agreement
Spider-Man actor Tom Holland says Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures have a long-term agreement regarding the character's rights.
BY COLIN HICKSONPUBLISHED 8 HOURS AGO
Tom Holland is set to return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Peter Parker in
Spider-Man: No Way Home. However, Holland confirmed that -- while the movie will be the final one on his contract -- he'll return to the role if Sony and Marvel need him again due to the companies having a long-term agreement regarding Spidey.
While speaking to
Collider, Holland discussed
No Way Home being his tentative final
Spider-Man film and his willingness to reprise the role he's played since 2016's
Captain America: Civil War.
"[
Spider-Man 3] would be my last one [under contract] so I've always said to them if they want me back I'll be there in a heartbeat," Holland stated. "I've loved every minute of being a part of this amazing world. It's changed my life for the better, I’m so lucky to be here. If they want me back I'll be there, if they don't I will walk off into the sunset a very, very happy person because it’s been an amazing journey."
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The actor also discussed the agreement between Sony and Marvel that was struck in 2019 when a falling out between the companies earlier that year threatened to take the wallcrawler out of the MCU, with Holland being credited as the one who reunited the two. Holland added that his understanding was that the deal "between the two studios has already happened" and that he doesn't think they will "run into the same troubles that they did as we were going into."
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Far from Home had come out and then the whole thing happened between Sony and Marvel," Holland concluded. "I think the two studios have worked that out, and I don’t think that that will be a problem in the future. That said, I'm just the actor and I was a part of a few phone calls during that process, but I think they love working with each other, I think they found a way in which it can be beneficial for both studios, and I'm just kind of like a kid in the middle of it, between two parents during an argument."
Directed by Jon Watts,
Spider-Man: No Way Home stars Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Jamie Foxx, Alfred Molina and Benedict Cumberbatch. The film arrives in theaters Dec. 17.