WhileSpider-Man: Homecomingdoesn’t hit theaters for another week or two, Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios are already well underway with preparations for the sequel.Homecomingmarks the fruit of a unique collaboration between Sony and Marvel that sees Sony financing, distributing, and marketing the newSpider-Manfilm (and reaping the profits), while Marvel Studios serves as the creative producer on the film and gets to useTom Holland’s Peter Parker in a set number of Marvel Cinematic Universe movies.
When it came time to makeHomecominga reality, Marvel and Sony met with a number of different filmmakers to take the helm. Ultimately they settled onJon Wattsto direct this major superhero reboot, a director with only a couple of indie credits on his resume and whose most recent film,Cop Car, was an R-rated thriller involving two you kids pursued by a murderous cop.
Watts came in with a very specific vision for the film, and a heavy focus on ensuring the cast was representatively diverse, and judging bythe highly positive reviewsit sounds like the director had no trouble making the leap to mega-budget blockbuster. So it should come as no surprise to learn and Marvel and Sony are already keen on bringing Watts back to directSpider-Man: Homecoming 2.
The sequel is already set for release in 2019, and during the press day forSpider-Man: HomecomingCollider’s own Steve Weintraub asked Marvel Studios presidentKevin Feigeand producerAmy Pascalif the intention is to bring Watts back to direct theHomecomingsequel. When asked flat-out if Watts is directing the follow-up, Feige and Pascal responded thusly:
KEVIN FEIGE: Certainly that’s the intention for sure.
AMY PASCAL: He knocked it out of the park. We would be crazy [not to]. He did a wonderful job and the whole atmosphere of the movie, all the things that people like about it are the things he brought to it. He’s really special.
For his part, Watts was a little more mum, noting that while “everyone’s on the same page” he wasn’t crazy about confirming anything until after the movie comes out:
“I don’t like talking about anything until the movie comes out… [But] yeah I think I’m signed for two movies.”
Just because Watts’ contract is for twoSpider-Manfilms doesn’t mean Marvel and Sonyhaveto bring him back for the sequel, but it does make matters less complicated should they want to—and it definitely sounds like they want to.
Marvel Studios has been in the habit of bringing back directors as of late.Peyton Reedis returning forAnt-Man and the Wasp,James Gunndirected bothGuardians of the Galaxymovies and is returning forVol. 3, andJoe RussoandAnthony Russowill break the Marvel record withAvengers: Infinity WarandAvengers 4after directingCaptain America: The Winter SoldierandCivil War. So if Marvel and Sony like what Watts did—and it definitely sounds like they do—bringing the filmmaker back forSpider-Man: Homecoming 2makes a lot of sense.
Look for much more from ourSpider-Maninterviews on Collider soon, and if you missed what Feige and Pascal had to say about when the sequel starts filming and its title,click here.
