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Jon Watts In Final Talks To Direct Third Spider-Man Movie For Marvel


There sure is a lot of great Marvel news today. Disney and Sony just recently released a statement announcing that they had finally sorted out their Spider-Man agreement, bringing back Tom Holland's wallcrawler into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Now, news is out that Spider-Man: Homecoming and Spider-Man: Far From Home director Jon Watts is going to return for the third Spider-Man movie that Marvel's out to develop now that Disney and Sony's deal is back on.

According to a report by Deadline, Watts is officially set to return to direct Marvel's third Spider-Man movie. The director's involvement in the MCU was up in the air after negotiations between Disney and Sony fell through last month, however, it seems like the studios have finally been able to get their act together.

What's even better is that the studios have also been able to arrange the next Spider-Man movie, nabbing Watts to direct the film and then setting a release date for the project.

This is pretty exciting news for Marvel fans. Far From Home ended with a lot of great surprises. The post-credits scene for the film had Peter Parker's secret identity exposed to the entire world by none other than The Daily Bugle's J. Jonah Jameson who was playd by J.K. Simmons. The actor once played the same role in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy.

Now, Marvel fans are going to get a follow-up to the big reveal. We can't wait to see what life for Peter Parker is going to be like now that his identity as Spider-Man is out.

Spider-Man 3 is set for release on July 16, 2021.

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