It feels pretty bananas when you think about, but we haven't actually had a Spider-Man movie about Spidey just getting to be himself in New York since 2017's Spider-Man: Homecoming.
Since then we've seen Peter fight Thanos in space alongside Marvel's finest, join up with multiverse variants of himself, and jet off around Europe with SHIELD.
Don't get me wrong, I love seeing Spider-Man in new situations, but it'd be nice if the in-development Spider-Man 4 could go back to basics, especially given that's what was teased at the end of Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Unfortunately, this does not look to be the case. From the sounds of it, Sony has looked at the $1.9 billion No Way Home made and decided that actually, what we need is more multiverse nonsense.
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This is according to industry leaker Daniel Richtman, who recently claimed that Spider-Man 4 will be a multiverse-based story. This isn't the first time we've heard this rumour, sadly, with recent rumours all pointing in the direction of Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire turning up again.
Needless to say, at this point the fans are especially keen to see Peter Parker get back to his roots in a movie that focuses on him as a street level hero. Hell, I assumed we might finally get a proper Daredevil/Spider-Man team-up, which is something I reckon is long overdue.
"You’ve got Spider-Man in the most grounded he’s ever been, with limitless potential and instead of a Friendly Neighbourhood story, we’re going straight back to the multiverse," wrote one Twitter user. "I’m tired."
Another added: "Can we just let him save NYC against Scorpion or something? So tired of the multiverse stuff."
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"How have they not realised that nobody wants this to be a multiverse film," a third added.
Take this with a punch of salt for now, but given the way Sony usually makes decisions involving Spider-Man you can probably count on them doing the thing you want them to do least.
Topics: Spider Man, Marvel, TV And Film, Comics