Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures won’t have Jon Watts for Spider-Man 4 this time around, and now the director has explained why he won’t be returning to the franchise

At this time, the Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, Spiderman 4hasn’t had a director since then Jon Watts (the person in charge of making the three films starring Tom Holland) will not continue to be involved in this franchise. Many have wondered why the director left the saga and finally we have an answer to this question.

Jon Watts wants absolute freedom

During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Watts confessed that Spider-Man: No Way Home It was a very high point for the Marvel character, so I think repeating something like that is practically impossible. Furthermore, revealed that he won’t be returning to the franchise with Spider-Man 4 because he wants to make films that feel entirely his own.

“It was a very specific moment and the reaction to that film was incredible, and I’ve come to the conclusion that it will never be like that again.”

“Sometimes you make an action movie and all the fun action gets handed off to the second unit director. On Marvel movies, you divide up the work because there’s so much to do. You rarely get Christopher Nolan’s chance to do it all. On this one, I was like, ‘I want to film every shot.’ I was just starting out and Marvel came along, and I took full creative responsibility for all those movies, but Spider-Man will always be Stan Lee and Steve Ditko’s creation. This was a chance for me to get back to my voice, my vision and my style. ‘The wolves are mine, and that feels really good.’”

While Watts is promoting his upcoming film titled Wolvesan action comedy starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt, Marvel and Sony They still haven’t revealed who will be the director of Spider-Man 4. As for the release date of the project UCMIn recent weeks, there have been rumors that it would be set for July 2026.