Spider-Man fans brace yourselves, another live-action reboot is coming

If you love Spider-Man live-action movies, then you’re in for a treat. Well, that’s if Sony can get its act together.

Long before the Marvel cinematic universe was a thing, comic fans have been blessed with live-action Spider-Man adaptations, in particular, the Tobey Maguire movies of the early 2000s. However, perhaps the less said about Spider-Man 3 (2007), the better.

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I even enjoyed Andrew Garfield’s The Amazing Spider-Man movies which is why it still pains me today that that series has never completed its trilogy. That being said, fans are still hoping that we’ll get The Amazing Spider-Man 3 movie one day.

While the MCU has mostly gotten it right, the same cannot be said for Sony’s universe, outside of the Spider-Man live-action movies as well as the animated adaptations starring Miles Morales.

I mean, just look at the likes of Morbius and Madeem Web, movies so bad that I’d rather jump on a broken pogo stick butt first from 100 feet. I know the Venom movies starring Tom Hardy aren't great either, but at this point, it feels like I’m constantly accepting the best from a bad bunch due to my appreciation of the symbiote.

With such a level of inconsistency, it feels that Sony is forever rebooting with its latest attempts to compete with the MCU and now it looks like the upcoming Kraven the Hunter is the latest attempt, which I'm not all that excited about either.

Yet, as reported by IGN, it seems that Sony’s upcoming projects are either cancelled or in limbo. At the time of writing, only the aforementioned Kraven the Hunter as well as Venom: The Last Dance have release dates.

Everything else, including the next live-action Tom Holland movies, has no release date and that also includes the third animated Miles Morales movie, Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, which is expected to launch sometime in 2025.

The only plus is that we know the fourth Tom Holland movie and Beyond the Spider-Verse are in pre-production as well as a live-action Spider-Man noir series. Being the sceptical person that I am, it might be wise to keep our expectations low and perhaps brace ourselves for yet another Sony live-action reboot.

Hopefully, by the end of the year, we’ll get confirmed release dates for both the fourth Tom Holland movie and Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse. As for the immediate future, Venom: The Last Dance arrives in cinemas on 25 October and Kraven the Hunter on 13 December 2024.