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Spider-Man 4 Has Shifted Its Release Date By A Week

Marvel Studios and Sony have shifted the release date of Spider-Man 4 by a week, from July 24, 2026, to July 31, 2026.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 23:03:07 -0600

Article Summary

Spider-Man 4's release date shifts to July 31, 2026, providing more breathing room from The Odyssey's July 17 debut.
The change aims to avoid direct competition with family-friendly films like Minions 3 and the Moana remake.
Tom Holland confirms a promising pitch for Spider-Man 4, but acknowledges the script still requires work.
Director Daniel Destin Cretton is set to helm the project; further casting news anticipated soon.

Sony and Marvel Studios blinked, sort of. It has become more and more apparent that The Odyssey is going to be a massive film not just because it is apparently employing half of the working actors in Hollywood. It's going to be a big movie, the kind of movie that is going to dominate the box office for weeks at a time. The month of July 2026 was already looking pretty busy with Minions 3 on July 3rd and the live-action remake of Moana on July 10th, both of which have the potential to be box office juggernauts. The Odyssey is currently stated to be released on July 17th, and according to Deadline, Sony and Marvel have decided to shift Spider-Man 4 by one week, moving the release date from July 24th to July 31st. That will give it a little more breathing room against The Odyssey, but it does put it up against Paw Patrol 3.

Spider-Man 4 Snags A July 2026 Release Date — L-R: Destin Daniel Cretton attends 19th Annual Unforgettable Gala at The Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills, CA on December 11, 2021. Editorial credit: Eugene Powers / Shutterstock.com | Tom Holland at the 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards – Arrivals at the Barker Hanger on January 14, 2024, in Santa Monica, CA. Editorial credit: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com

That month is going to be busy for families who are going to have to make some serious decisions as to which one of those films they want to invest in, and while The Odyssey is going to be massive, it really isn't going to be competing for the same audience as the other four movies mentioned. There is a better chance of the Minions, Moana, and Spider-Man cannibalizing each other because they are trying to bring in families with children. However, The Odyssey will likely go the Oppenheimer route, shooting for a teenager and adult audience instead. The move for Spider-Man 4 is really just giving the film more options in terms of IMAX screens.

Tom Holland has expressed how much he loves the pitch they came up with for Spider-Man 4 but revealed that the most recent draft of the script he got still "needs work." However, they have more than half a year to iron out all of the kinks, and with director Daniel Destin Cretton on board, you aren't trying to build a movie without a director's vision. Now that we have a release date and a director, maybe we'll get some casting announcements soon. It's unclear if revealing anything about Spider-Man 4 could be considered spoilers for Avengers: Doomsday at this time.

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