Shang-Chi 2, Naruto, and now potentially Spider-Man 4? It sounds like Destin Daniel Cretton has a lot on his plate

The director seems to be in Marvel’s good books.

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It looks like Marvel has finally found a director for Spider-Man 4 in a familiar face - Shang-Chi’s Destin Daniel Cretton.

There’s long been talk of a potential Spider-Man 4, including from the current incarnation of the character Tom Holland himself , but not much has been set in stone for it so far. That appears to be changing though, as The Hollywood Reporter shared yesterday that Shang-Chi director Destin Daniel Cretton is currently in talks to direct Spider-Man 4. It doesn’t sound like things are 100% locked in quite yet, though this is the closest Marvel appears to have gotten with signing on a director - it was reported earlier this year that Fast & Furious director Justin Lin was being eyed-up for it , but that appears to have not worked out.

Of course, Cretton’s involvement does leave one big question: does he even have time for it? The director is meant to be working on Shang-Chi 2, as well as a live-action adaptation of Naruto that was supposedly meant to be coming before the Marvel sequel - he was also attached to direct The Kang Dynasty before Marvel shifted gears towards Doctor Doom .

According to Variety , Spider-Man 4 is currently a priority for Marvel Studios, so to be honest it sounds like you’ll have to wait even longer for both Shang-Chi 2 and the live-action Naruto film if Kevin Feige gets his way.

It was always pretty clear that Holland was going to be involved in Spider-Man 4, given that he is Spider-Man, but Deadline has reported that both he and Zendaya are currently also talking with execs and producers, with new deals likely to be on the way for them soon.

Spider-Man 4 would obviously be a heavy hitter for both Marvel Studios and Sony , with the third film No Way Home having raked in almost $2 billion at the box office (it’s the seventh highest-grossing film of all time, by the way). A fourth film might not do quite as well, but with the rough few years the MCU has been having, Marvel kind of needs to have a swing and not a miss.

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