Spider-Man 4 has been pushed back by a week.

The fourth movie, starring Tom Holland as the тιтular superhero, will now hit cinemas on July 31, 2026, instead of July 24, 2026, Sony has confirmed.

The blockbuster – which is being helmed by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton – will be released two weeks after Holland’s Christopher Nolan film The Odyssey.

The 28-year-old actor previously revealed filming is due to start this summer.

During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in October, the host asked the Marvel star what he knew about the movie, to which Holland simply said: ‘It’s happening.’

After Fallon pushed the actor for more information, Holland revealed: ‘Yeah, next summer. Next summer we start shooting, everything’s good to go, we’re nearly there, super exciting. I can’t wait.’

Spider-Man 4, starring Tom Holland as the тιтular superhero, will now hit cinemas on July 31, 2026, instead of July 24, 2026 (Holland seen in 2022)

While plot details are being kept under wraps, the upcoming flick will see Holland and his real-life fiancée Zendaya, also 28, reprise their respective roles as Peter Parker and his partner MJ.

The Uncharted star previously teased he and Zendaya were ‘bouncing around the room’ with excitement after reading the first draft of the script. 

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‘It needs work, but the writers are doing a great job,’ Holland said on the Rich Roll Podcast in October.

‘I read it three weeks ago, and it really lit a fire in me. Zendaya and I sat down and read it together, and we at times were bouncing around the living room like, “This is a real movie worthy of the fans’ respect.” But there’s a few things we need to figure out before we can get that really going, but it’s exciting.’

The actor added it was important for the team to consider that the flick had to fit into the wider story of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

He explained: ‘One of the things to bear in mind with Marvel is that your film is a small cog in a large machine.

‘And that machine has got to keep running. And you need to make sure you can fit into that timeline at the right time to benefit the bigger picture.

‘That’s one of the challenges we’re facing. The time in which we need to get that done is a tall order but definitely achievable with the fantastic people we have working on it now.’

The blockbuster – which is being helmed by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton – will be released two weeks after Holland’s Christopher Nolan film The Odyssey (Holland and Zendaya pictured in 2018)

Holland has portrayed Peter Parker/Spider-Man in three films: Homecoming (2017), Far From Home (2019) and No Way Home (2021).

He’s also starred as the Marvel superhero in Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.

Before Holland, Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield famously portrayed the masked crusader on the big screen.

Meanwhile, Zendaya has starred in all three films with Holland as Peter Parker’s classmate-turned-girlfriend Michelle ‘MJ’ Jones-Watson.

In April 2024, Holland confirmed he would be returning for a fourth Spider-Man film.

‘The simple answer is that I’ll always want to do Spider-Man films,’ he told reporters at the Sands International Film Festival in St. Andrews, Scotland.

‘I owe my life and career to Spider-Man. So the simple answer is yes. I’ll always want to do more.’

The 28-year-old actor previously revealed filming is due to start this summer

‘We have the best in the business working toward whatever the story might be. But until we’ve cracked it, we have a legacy to protect. The third movie was so special in so many ways that we need to make sure we do the right thing.

‘This is the first time in this process that I’ve been part of the creative so early. It’s just a process where I’m watching and learning. It’s just a really fun stage for me. Like I said, everyone wants it to happen.

‘But we want to make sure we’re not overdoing the same things,’ he added.

2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home ended on a dramatic cliffhanger as Doctor Strange (played by Benedict Cumberbatch) cast a spell that erased the world’s memory of Peter Parker, including that of his girlfriend MJ (Zendaya).

A fourth Spider-Man film was first confirmed by Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige in 2023.

He dished to Entertainment Weekly that a ‘story’ had been written.

During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in October, the host asked the Marvel star what he knew about the movie, to which Holland simply said: ‘It’s happening’ (seen in 2021)

‘All I will say is that we have the story. We have big ideas for that, and our writers are just putting pen to paper now,’ he teased.

However, development was stalled in May 2023 due to the Writers Guild Of America (WGA) strike, which lasted 148 days.

Months after the strike ended, Holland worried Spider-Man fans when he told the Critics Choice ᴀssociation that he’d only return for a fourth film if they could do the character ‘justice.’

‘All I can say is that we have been actively engaging in conversations about what it could potentially look like for a fourth rendition of my character,’ he revealed at the time.

‘Whether or not we can find a way to do justice to the character is another thing.’

The Spider-Man trilogy starring Holland was helmed by director Jon Watts.

While plot details are being kept under wraps, the upcoming flick will see Holland and his real-life fiancée Zendaya, also 28, reprise their respective roles as Peter Parker and his partner MJ; seen in 2024

But director Destin Daniel Cretton — known for Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) has been in ‘talks’ to takeover the franchise, as confirmed by Variety in September.

Holland and Zendaya famously fell in love while making the Spider-Man franchise.

Five years after meeting on set for the first time in 2016, they confirmed their romance in 2021 when they were caught kissing in public.

Since then, the beloved Hollywood couple have been living together and they’ve also faced engagement rumors in recent years.

Most recently, Zendaya supported Holland by attending several productions of his stage play Romeo & Juliet in London’s West End.